Click on the following links to view photos of Painted Post in 1973 & '74...
Before it was torn down.

Looking North on Water Street.
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?

(Click on photo for larger view)


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

showing Painted Post with a glyph for the post itself.
Click on the maps for a larger view.
Photos and map courtesy of Ann Finneran.


The Flood of '72

Below are a some photos of Painted Post and the immediate area during and shortly after the flood of 1972.
(Known as hurricane "Agnes")

June 23, 1972

Platt Street at Hamilton, looking toward 4 corners, while the water was rising.
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.

The Olive Street Flood Party of 1975

Flood Party 1  Flood Party 2  Flood Party 3

Here's a link to an article titled: Joe Kane Remembers The Flood of 1972 in Painted Post.
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.

Did you know there was a song about The Flood of '72?
The name of it is: It Sprinkled, It Rained, and It Poured.
John Nickerson wrote and also recorded this song.
You can hear it by clicking on this LINK.

And did you know there's a young adult book based upon The Flood of '72?
It's titled Rat Life by Tedd Arnold.
You can read a review of it HERE.

Both the song and book are centered around Elmira, but are still relevant to Painted Post and what the residents saw and experienced that day.

And there's also a story about the Flood, that takes place south of Painted Post, in Pennsylvania. It's simply titled Agnes and is a narrative about a nine year old boy, the background of the flood and his memories of it.
You can hear it HERE.

A few photos of
 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.

Just after pulling into Painted Post.
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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