Click on the following links to view photos of Painted Post in 1973 & '74...
Looking North on Water Street. The gravestone of Ben Patterson, located in Townsend Cemetery near the Mulhollon Bridge (I took this photo in the early 1970's). A Civil War reenactment in Hodgman Park during a Colonial Days weekend in the 1970's.
Click on the following links to view a couple of photos from the 1969 Colonial Days parade:
showing Painted Post with a glyph for the post itself.
June 23, 1972
Platt Street at Hamilton, looking toward 4 corners, while the water was rising.
Here's a link to a good 10 minute Youtube video of before, during and after the Flood of '72 in the Corning-Painted Post area.
A link to an article titled:
Joe Kane Remembers The Flood of 1972 in Painted Post.
Did you know there was a song about The Flood of '72? And did you know there's a young adult book based upon The Flood of '72? Both the song and book are centered around Elmira, but are still
A few photos of
Just after pulling into Painted Post.
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Before it was torn down.
Looking North on Hamilton Street.
Looking at Tillmans Drug Store at Water & Hamilton streets.
Looking South on Hamilton Street at the
Post Office.
The Indian Monument before it was moved.
And who could forget Boscos?
An interesting grave stone found at the Coopers Plains cemetery.
Remember Bement's Dairy Store?
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Colonial Days 1978
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A Sons of the American Revolution (S.A.R.) marker describing Patterson's service during the Revolutionary War.
The above photo, but "aged".
1969 Colonial Days #1
1969 Colonial Days #2
Click HERE to see some Indian and historical artifacts I've found in the Painted Post/Gang Mills area.
A 1796 hand colored map of New York State
Click on the maps for a larger view.
Photos and map courtesy of Ann Finneran.
The Flood of '72
(Known as hurricane "Agnes")
The four corners in Post.
The Presbyterian Church on Hamilton Street.
A look at Hamilton St. south and Erwin Valley from the water tower.
The Apenowich
garage on Olive Street.
A photo of the Erwin Valley as taken from the top of the water tower on West Hill.
The "old" King's Dairy store on Pulteney street.
What's left of McDonalds on Pulteney.
A view of Riverside from the railroad bridge looking north on Pulteney.
The damage at Bill Connor's Auto Sales (kitty-corner from Fazzary's).
A house on the Gang Mills exit of route 15.
Flood Party 5
Flood Party 6
Flood Party 7
Flood Party 8
It's an interesting account of what happened in the village of Painted Post in the days and months after the flood, as told by the late and long time village resident, Joe Kane.
Click HERE to read it.
The name of it is: It Sprinkled, It Rained, and It Poured.
John Nickerson wrote and also recorded this song.
It's titled Rat Life by Tedd Arnold.
You can read a review of it HERE.
relevant to Painted Post and what the residents saw and experienced that day.
Lt Col Wally "Moe" Newcomb
and his homecoming to Painted Post from over five years in a North Viet Nam
POW camp.
An Air Force pilot of a F-105, he was shot down
and captured in North Viet Nam August 3rd, 1967 at about 7am on a Thursday morning...
And released on March 14th, 1973.
Happy to be home
A lot of Painted Posters turned out for his homecoming that day.
Another photo of the welcome home crowd.
And the start of the parade that took him home.
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