
Stories Of 8 Little Upstate NY Towns With Great History To Them!
This writer spent the better part of a year once traveling across New York State looking for town welcome signs that actually told a bit of history of the place. From the tip of Long Island to the St. Lawrence River the variety of places I came up with is astonishing. I turned that research into a popular and fun book called "Signs of Distinction" published by the State University of New York (Amazon). The ones I came up with in Upstate New York are very interesting. This gallery looks at a bunch of them.
Here are eight places that claim to be the "birthplaces" of an odd collection of people and historic happenings. Maybe you know some of these. But, I am guessing that they might be as surprising to you as they were to me when I first stumbled upon them a few years ago. For example, the birthplace of pasteurized milk. Very cool. It is located in a tiny map dot in the rural hills of Delaware County. Just one building, standing silently along a back road with a NYS historical marker telling of its tale. And how about teh birthplace of the "world's largest sign?" And what the heck is that anyways. You will see it in this gallery.
These are all a bit of "head scratchers" but for any road warrior in Upstate New York, these are always treasures to come up on. If you know of a "birthplace community" in Upstate New York, please visit our Facebook page and give it a shout out!
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Gallery Credit: Chuck DImperio
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Gallery Credit: Chuck D'Imperio