Spotlight on Early Settlers –Arletta Talladay Northrup Recently, Tioga Point Museum was contacted by Peg Tracy, the great, great, great...

From Our Archives…at Tioga Point Museum Shared by Sandy Chamberlain   The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was a group of women who...

By Sandy Chamberlain If you’re like me, you’ve never heard of the Athens Car and Coach Company.  It was a thriving business in the late...

Traitor or Hero? Colonel John Franklin was a well-known man in the early days of Athens and Tioga Point. He was born in Canaan,...

Continuing with the connection to evangelism and music, P.P. Bliss is the other man that Rome is proud to recall. From a 1978 issue of...

Shared by Sandy Chamberlain Evangelism and music was not something I ever thought about as going hand in hand. But the people of Rome,...

Shared by Sandy Chamberlain The Civil War was a dark time in our nation’s history. Many, many lives were lost, including some local men....

Shared by Sandy Chamberlain Spring has sprung and with that comes thoughts of flowers and butterflies! We have a wonderful collection of...

Shared by Sandy Chamberlain Unless you’re new to the Valley area, you’ve no doubt heard of Queen Esther. She was quite a memorable...

January 13th marks Stephen Collins Foster Memorial Day. Stephen was born on July 4th, 1826 in a white cottage on a knoll, two and a half...