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Lyons, New York, USA

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.

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  • In 1796 Charles Williamson gave the settlement the name of Lyons, because the topography was similar to Lyon, France.

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  • 1811 - The Town of Lyons is formed.

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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.

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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 railroad from Syracuse to Rochester, 44 miles E. by S. from Rochester. It contains a bank, 2 newspaper offices, a fine union school house, which cost...Read MORE...


  • 1854 - The Village of Lyons is incorporated.

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  • Lyons, New York, USA
    Water Street, Lyons, N.Y.
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  • News 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 perpetual motion.
    St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    April 7, 1888

  • News 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 shippers are growing nervous fro fear their stocks in the cold storage houses will freeze. They are putting in kerosene oil heaters to get the temperature ...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 with Mud Creek. It is also on the New York Central Railroad, 45 miles W. of Syracuse, and 36 miles E. by S. of Rochester. It contains a fine stone...Read MORE...


  • News 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 Byron, the cook and Lillian Dippy of this place, a dining room girl, jumped from the third story window to the ground, a distance of 40 feet. Miss...Read MORE...


  • Lyons, New York, USA
    "Dam", Lyons, N.Y.
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  • Lyons, New York, USA
    Methodist Episcopal Church, Lyons, N.Y.
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  • Lyons, New York, USA
    Canal Street
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  • Lyons, New York, USA
    Electric Light Plant and Race, 1906
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  • News 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 being ground up by the Fast Mail this afternoon. Murphy had hoed out an engine and was crossing track No. 2 when he happened to see the Fast Mail almost...Read MORE...


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    William Street, 1907
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  • Lyons, New York, USA
    Bird's Eye View from Elmers Hill
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  • Lyons, New York, USA
    Wayne County Court House
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  • Lyons, New York, USA
    Evangelist Lutheran Church
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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 Canandaigua Outlet with Mud Creek. It is also on the New York Central and Hudson River and the West Shore Rs., 36 miles E. by S. of Rochester. It...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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Water Street, Lyons, N.Y.

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"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

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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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Evangelist Lutheran Church

History, News and Stories of Lyons, New York, USA

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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 - The Village of Lyons is incorporated.

    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 railroad from Syracuse to Rochester, 44 miles E. by S. from Rochester. It contains a bank, 2 newspaper offices, a fine union school house, which cost... Read MORE...

  • News  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 perpetual motion.
    St Joseph Herald
    Saint Joseph, Michigan
    April 7, 1888
  • 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 with Mud Creek. It is also on the New York Central Railroad, 45 miles W. of Syracuse, and 36 miles E. by S. of Rochester. It contains a fine stone... Read MORE...

  • News  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 shippers are growing nervous fro fear their stocks in the cold storage houses will freeze. They are putting in kerosene oil heaters to get the temperature ... Read MORE...

  • News  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 Byron, the cook and Lillian Dippy of this place, a dining room girl, jumped from the third story window to the ground, a distance of 40 feet. Miss... Read MORE...

  • News  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 being ground up by the Fast Mail this afternoon. Murphy had hoed out an engine and was crossing track No. 2 when he happened to see the Fast Mail almost... Read MORE...

  • 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 Canandaigua Outlet with Mud Creek. It is also on the New York Central and Hudson River and the West Shore Rs., 36 miles E. by S. of Rochester. It... 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.

    www.lyonsny.com

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