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.)

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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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Milton H. Carter Park

February 1, 2022 |
What’s the story on….Milton H. Carter Park? Carter Park is a 12-acre recreational landscape located on Long Pond Road near The Mall at Greece Ridge. It hosts a playground, baseball fields, basketball, and tennis courts as well as an open pavilion. It is a representation of the long tradition and...
Categories: 1900-1950 Guest Stories Living in Greece Stories
Tags: 1931 1960 1968 1970 Edna Carter Gordon A. Howe Greece Police Greece Volunteer Ambulance Milton H. Carter Milton H. Carter Park Ridge Road Fire District The Mall at Greece Ridge World War I World War I Veteran
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The Ridgeway Air Park

January 1, 2022 |
For years during the 20th century, many communities in our area had their own airports ranging from grassy fields to paved run­ ways with hangers to store airplanes. Hilton had the Hilton Airport on Burritt Road. The Brizee airport in Pittsford was on Marsh Road. In Henrietta, there was the...
Categories: 1900-1950 Living in Greece Stories
Tags: "Power Puff Derby" 1947 1948 1955 1956 Army Air Corps veteran Britton Field Brizee airport Burritt Road Erie Canal Genesee Airfield Greece Aero Club Greenleaf Flying Club Henrietta Hilton Hilton Airport Honeoye Falls Hylan Airport Jim Earl Koda Vista Kuhn Road Latona Tract Lee Roads Leroy Marsh Road Monroe County Pittsford Richard (Dick) Kaiser Ridgeway Air Park Ridgeway Avenue Roy DeVal Salt Lake City Scottsville Road Shoremont The Greece Press Town of Greece Woodward Field World War I World War II WWI WWII
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“Climate Change in 1918?” – YUP Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

February 2, 2018 |
Was anyone aware of climate change one hundred years ago? Was that term even used then? More than likely not... The local families (usually farmers) spoke of a harsh winter or damp spring. The Farmer's Almanac might predict what was ahead with some luck. Here are a group of photos...
Categories: 1900-1950 Living in Greece Stories
Tags: Albert Bowers Jr. Alfred Bowers Sr. Charlotte Christmas Dewey Ave. Farmer's Almanac Kodak Kodak Park Lake Avenue Mrs. Bowers Parma Ridge Road Stone Rd Thanksgiving World War I
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“Calling Home” in The Great War, World War One

May 1, 2017 |
Incumbent President, Woodrow Wilson, barely won a second term over the Republican candidate, a former Governor of New York State, and an associate Supreme Court Judge, Charles Evan Hughes. Wilson's propaganda re-election promise had been, "He kept us out of war". President Wilson was born and raised in Virginia and...
Categories: 1900-1950 From The Historian's Files Living in Greece Stories
Tags: 1917-1919 A.E.F. Charles Evan Hughes Cog - 38 inf Congress Flags French French Machine Gun Harry G. Penny Postcards U.S. War Woodrow Wilson World War I
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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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The Manitou Trolley – Charlotte to Grand View Beach – “From The Historian’s Desk”

September 1, 2012 |
By the mid-1880s a steam railroad was planned to run from Charlotte to Grand View Beach. This plan never went beyond being chartered and was soon abandoned. The electric trolleys that began to appear on the streets of large cities seemed a more practical solution for this short line, which...
Categories: 1850-1900 From The Historian's Files Living in Greece Stories
Tags: 1895 1907 1908 1917-18 1924 1925 Beach Avenue Braddocks Bay Buck Pond Charlotte Children's Ticket Cranberry Pond East Manitou Hotel Edgemere Drive Edgewater Hotel Elmheart Hotel Grand View Beach Grand View Beach Hotel Island Cottage Hotel Little Round Pond Long Pond Pond Manitou Manitou Beach Hotel Manitou Line Odenbach Ontario Beach Park Rail Spikes World War I
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