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 Information regarding the York Historical Society's  New York Heritage Collection of wines based on heirloom grapes and apples will be forthcoming at www.YorkWines.org		 2431 Dow Road
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April 24, 1836 -- CHURCHES - in Western New York are informed that Mr. SAMUEL WARREN of York, Livingston county has on hand five barrels of pure wine, from grapes of his own vineyard

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  • York Town Historian
    Steve Gates
    2431 Dow Road
    Piffard, NY  14533
    Telephone, 585-243-2027
  • York Town Historian - Retired
    Margaret Copeland
     
  • York Town Historian
    Davies Nagel
    2431 Dow Road
    Piffard, NY  14533
    Telephone, 585-243-2027
  • York Town  Historian - Retired
    Arleen Doolittle
     


Information regarding the York Historical Society's  New York Heritage Collection of wines based on heirloom grapes and apples will be forthcoming at www.YorkWines.org

 

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The Town of York Historical Society believes that the history of York and the surrounding area constitutes an important part of our community's heritage.  Our mission is to preserve this history in order that others, especially future generations, can learn and benefit from it.

 

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This 1836 advertisement is of historic significance.  It shows that Samuel Warren was offering wine from his vineyard for sale at a remarkably early date.  Not only is it earlier than the usual 1860 date mentioned for the beginnings of commercial winemaking in New York’s Finger Lakes.[1]  It is also earlier than the 1839 date that Pinney (who had no access to information about Warren) gives for the founding, in Washingtonville, of the first successful commercial winery in New York State.[2]

Based on evidence now available, it seems quite likely that Samuel Warren’s winery in the Town of York, Livingston County, NY, was the first successful commercial winery in New York State.

The ad’s focus on the churches of western NewYork, and its appearance in the New York Evangelist exemplifies what Pinney calls “the ancient tradition linking wine and the church. . . .”[3]  Warren himself was a devout Christian and active in the Congregational Church in York.

[1] Thomas Pinney, A History of Wine in America: From the Beginnings to Prohibition (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1989), p. 197.
[2] Ibid., p. 194.
[3] Ibid., p. 196
 

 

French's Gazetteer of New York State, 1860

YORK---was formed from Caledonia and Leicester, March 26, 1819. A part of Covington was annexed in 1823. It lies on the W. border of the co., N. of the center. Its surface is undulating, with a general inclination to the E. Brown and Calder Creeks flow E. through the central and N. parts. The soil in the center and S. is a clay loam, and in the N.E. part a sandy and gravelly loam. York Center (York p.o.) contains 4 churches and 321 inhabitants; Fowlerville (Inverness p.o.,)  in the N.E. part, 2 churches, a machine shop, and 369 inhabitants; Griegsville, (p.v.,) in the S. part, a church and 22 houses; Piffardina, (Piffard p.o.,) in the S.E. part, on the G.V. Canal, a church and 23 houses. Settlement was commenced in the N.E.part, by several Scotch families, about the year 1800. The first church (Scotch Ref.Presb.) was formed in 1816

 

York Troop 41 Camp Sam Wood  1960



Top (L-R) Wayne Rogers Dave MacIntyre, Jimmy Jones, Robby Walton, Robby Grant, Duane Campbell, John Snyder

Middle (L-R) Chris Troisi, Davies Nagel, Robby Stevenson, John Cunningham, Pete Radesi, Mark Towne, Rickie Stevenson, Larry Hildebrandt

Bottom (L-R) Eddie Jones, Van Spring, David Eaton, Glen Gambsby, Gary McCracken, Steve Gates, Eric Bristol, Billy Johnson

Photo courtesy of John Cunningham.


Can you name all of these guys?  If you think you can, please send an email to yorkhistorical@frontierner.net
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Photo courtesy of Luana Bailey (Radesi)
Information courtesy Steve Gates

 

York Cemeteries
NAME
EST.
LOCATION
Inverness ---- northwest of town, off of McVean Rd and Batzing Rd.
 
Greigsville ---- Southcenter of town, just south of Wadsworth, on Rte.36.  Also called "Oak View"
 
Job Wood ---- near Linwood, on Federal Road.
 
Newton's ---- West of #10 School, all interments have been removed
 
Old Scotch ---- in York, near Firehouse and Town Hall.
 
Fraser ---- one mile east of Leicester Road at Gillis Corners (Rt. 36 & 20), Town of York, Livingston County, New York
 
     
Olivet ---- west border of town, corner of Stewart Rd and Craig Rd.
 
Mt. Pleasant ---- south of Fowlerville, on Mt.Pleasant Road.
 
Pleasant Valley ---- between York and Greigsville, on corner of Retsof Rd. and Main St.  Also called "The Forks"
 
Toggletown ---- northeast border of town, on Telephone Rd.(Rte.20)
 

 

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