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Lyons, Wayne, New York, USA
The first white settlers, the Featherly and Stansell families, made their way to what was to become Lyons in May 1789. On their journey from Albany, they made a left turn which brought them up the Clyde River to "The Forks", instead of their planned destination.
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- The first white settlers, the Featherly and Stansell families, made their way to what was to become Lyons in May 1789.
www.lyonsny.com - In 1796 Charles Williamson gave the settlement the name of Lyons, because the topography was similar to Lyon, France.
www.lyonsny.com - 1811 - The Town of Lyons is formed.
www.lyonsny.com - (Lyons) - Peppermint was the cash crop for many farmers in the mid 1800’s. Hotchkiss, Hale and Parshall are synonymous with the distillation of peppermint oil.
www.lyonsny.com - 1854 - Lyons
Lyons, a pleasant post-village, capital of Wayne county, New York, situated in the township of the same name, on the Erie canal, and on the direct...Read MORE... - 1854 - The Village of Lyons is incorporated.
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1888 - Perpetual Motion
David Jennings, of Lyons, N.Y., who has spent twenty-one years and $30,000 in experiments, claimed on the 30th ult. to have discovered a means of...Read MORE...- 1895 - Blizzard - THE STORM STILL HOVERS OVER THE UNITED STATES. IT IS SEVEREST IN THE EAST. TRAFFIC ALMOST ENTIRELY AT A STANDSTILL -- RAILROAD TRAINS BLOCKADED -- BUSINESS PARALYZED -- PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH AT SEVERAL PLACES...
...Sixty Miles An Hour.
Lyons, N. Y., Feb. 9. - The wind is blowing at the rate of 60 miles an hour with no abatement in sight. Apple and onion...Read MORE... - 1895 - Lyons
Lyons, a post-village, capital of Wayne co., N.Y., in Lyons township, on the Erie Canal and the Clyde River, at the confluence of Canandaigua Outlet...Read MORE... - 1896 - The Hotel Baltzel Burned
LYONS, N Y, Jan. 8 The Hotel Baltzel, the largest hotel in Wayne county, was partially destroyed by fire. During the fire Josie Fitzgerald of Port...Read MORE... 
"Dam", Lyons, N.Y.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, Lyons, N.Y.
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Canal Street
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Electric Light Plant and Race, 1906
Postcard- 1907 - FELL BETWEEN CENTRAL TRACKS
Lyons Man Escapes Being Run Down by a Train.
LYONS, May 1. - Patrick Murphy, a New York Central engine fire cleaner, had a narrow escape from...Read MORE... 
William Street, 1907
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Bird's Eye View from Elmers Hill
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Wayne County Court House
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Evangelist Lutheran Church
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Lyons, a banking post-village, capital of Wayne co., N.Y., in Lyons township (town), on the Erie Canal and on the Clyde River, at the confluence of...Read MORE... - (Lyons) - In December 1920, the large school on the corner of William and Lawrence Streets burned to the ground, resulting in the death of two students.
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Electric Light Plant and Race, 1906
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William Street, 1907
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Bird's Eye View from Elmers Hill
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Wayne County Court House
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The first white settlers, the Featherly and Stansell families, made their way to what was to become Lyons in May 1789.
www.lyonsny.com
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In 1796 Charles Williamson gave the settlement the name of Lyons, because the topography was similar to Lyon, France.
www.lyonsny.com
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1811 - The Town of Lyons is formed.
www.lyonsny.com
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(Lyons) - Peppermint was the cash crop for many farmers in the mid 1800’s. Hotchkiss, Hale and Parshall are synonymous with the distillation of peppermint oil.
www.lyonsny.com
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1854 - The Village of Lyons is incorporated.
www.lyonsny.com
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1854 - Lyons
Lyons, a pleasant post-village, capital of Wayne county, New York, situated in the township of the same name, on the Erie canal, and on the direct... Read MORE...
1888 - Perpetual Motion
David Jennings, of Lyons, N.Y., who has spent twenty-one years and $30,000 in experiments, claimed on the 30th ult. to have discovered a means of... Read MORE...
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1895 - Lyons
Lyons, a post-village, capital of Wayne co., N.Y., in Lyons township, on the Erie Canal and the Clyde River, at the confluence of Canandaigua Outlet... Read MORE...
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1895 - Blizzard - THE STORM STILL HOVERS OVER THE UNITED STATES. IT IS SEVEREST IN THE EAST. TRAFFIC ALMOST ENTIRELY AT A STANDSTILL -- RAILROAD TRAINS BLOCKADED -- BUSINESS PARALYZED -- PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH AT SEVERAL PLACES...
...Sixty Miles An Hour.
Lyons, N. Y., Feb. 9. - The wind is blowing at the rate of 60 miles an hour with no abatement in sight. Apple and onion... Read MORE...
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1896 - The Hotel Baltzel Burned
LYONS, N Y, Jan. 8 The Hotel Baltzel, the largest hotel in Wayne county, was partially destroyed by fire. During the fire Josie Fitzgerald of Port... Read MORE...
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1907 - FELL BETWEEN CENTRAL TRACKS
Lyons Man Escapes Being Run Down by a Train.
LYONS, May 1. - Patrick Murphy, a New York Central engine fire cleaner, had a narrow escape from... Read MORE...
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1916
Lyons, a banking post-village, capital of Wayne co., N.Y., in Lyons township (town), on the Erie Canal and on the Clyde River, at the confluence of... Read MORE...
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(Lyons) - In December 1920, the large school on the corner of William and Lawrence Streets burned to the ground, resulting in the death of two students.
www.lyonsny.com
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