Living in Greece Stories

Stories and recollections from the people, places, and publications that document life in the Town of Greece.

These articles offer perspectives on what it was like to live in the Town of Greece in the past. Many are from the archives or newsletters of the Greece Historical Society. If you would be interested in learning more about the Town of Greece’s history, please feel free to contact us at (585) 225-7221.

(These stories are the property of the Greece Historical Society, which retains all right thereto. The contributors to these stories provide them for non-commercial, personal, educational, and/or research use only. Prior written permission from the Greece Historical Society and the individual authors must be obtained for any other use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publications, or any reproductions or redistribution of any kind.)

Share Your Stories and Memories

We love to read stories and memories by you or your organization. Submit a local history story or memory of growing up in the Town of Greece by emailing a zip file with your story and photos to greecehistoricalsociety@yahoo.com. Use the subject line: Share My Story of Local History or Memories Of Greece N.Y. plus your story title. Include a brief bio and one photo for publication.

Your story should be no more than 500 words. We can edit for continuity, grammar, and punctuation. Stories may cover one span or multiple spans: 1800-1850, 1900-1950, 1950-2000, and 2000-Present.

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A Vineyard in Greece

December 7, 2023 |
The Fetzner family, German immigrants to Greece, originally established their reputation through making and repairing transport vehicles. Later, J.P. Fetzner ventured into the liquor business, founding several successful companies including the Rochester Liquor & Distilling Company and the Lake Ontario Wine Company. However, following J.P.'s death in 1909, his businesses...
Categories: 1850-1900 1900-1950 Guest Stories Living in Greece Stories Pioneer Families Uncategorized
Tags: Arthur Fetzner Baden Blacksmithing and Painting Bruschal Cider Mill Germany J & F Fetzner Carriage Makers Jacob Fisher Jo Ann Ward Snyder Joseph Peter “J.P”. Fetzner Josephine Neidert Lake Ontario Wine Company Long Pond Road Mary Hutte Mill Road New York Pioneer Families Podunk Road pulmonary tuberculosis Rochester Liquor & Distilling Company Untergrombach Wayne County Wendell Fetzner William Aeberli William Hutte William Kipp
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The Post Card Craze Helped Popularize Halloween and Thanksgiving

November 1, 2016 |
The postcard craze of the early 1900s embraced all the holidays. Two of the holidays, excluding Christmas and New Year's, were the next largest, Halloween and Thanksgiving. For one cent, a colorful, often embossed card, the best printed in England or Germany, could be sent to any state. The average...
Categories: 1900-1950 Living in Greece Stories
Tags: Christmas England Frankfort Temple Germany Halloween LYRIC CLUB Masquerade New Year's Thanksgiving Thanksgiving night World War I
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Marketing to Farmers From the 1850s to the 1900s

March 1, 2016 |
Cover of the Genesee Farmer Hiram Sibley & Co. Seed Box, Used in the C.W. Barnes Store, 1882-1888, Located in the General Store at Greenfield Village, in Dearborn, Michigan Prior to the Civil War (1861-65) the farmers in Greece got the latest information concerning all aspects of farming from fellow...
Categories: 1850-1900 Living in Greece Stories
Tags: Bavaria C.W. Barnes Store Chicago Chromolithograph Civil War Colored lithography Cracker's Buffalo Phosphate Dearborn Genesee Farmer Germany Greece Grange Greenfield Village H. C. Phelps Hiram Sibley Hiram Sibley & Co. Seed Box Karle Lithographic Co. Keystone Mensing-Stecher Co. Michigan Monroe County Horticultural Society Montgomery Ward Moore's Rural New Yorker Sears-Roebuck The Patrons of Husbandry United States W.H. Rowerdink Co
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