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Historian Bissell Tells Oneonta Story

Through Tours Of Earliest Cemetery

Oneonta's Riverside Cemetery, behind the First Presbyterian Church, is eternal home to most of Oneonta's First Families.
Oneonta’s Riverside Cemetery, behind the First Presbyterian Church, is eternal home to most of Oneonta’s First Families.

ONEONTA – Visit the gravesites of E. R. Ford, the Wilbers and Huntingtons and learn about Oneonta’s First Families.

Lynn Bissell, local historian and member of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, is reprising his tours of historic city cemeteries:

  • This Wednesday, beginning at 7 p.m., behind the First Presbyterian Church, 269 Main St., Bissell will tell the story of early Oneonta through the stories of early families while touring the Riverside Cemetery there.

  • Wednesday, June 24, will focus on later Oneonta history. Again, meet behind the church at 7.

There is a $2 donation for participants in each Wednesday Walk ($1 for GOHS members). The rain date for each walk will be the following evening. For more information, call 432-0960 or e-mail info@OneontaHistory.org.

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