Editor’s note: In these days of divisiveness in the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to note that Americans – and York countians – have weathered past moments of controversy. Here was one such ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. (CBS Newspath/WWNY/WKRC) -The Jefferson County Historical Society is bursting with a new and unexpected collection. "A gentleman contacted us last Friday and claimed to have ...

HURRICANE -- Valley Park was transformed into a Civil War camp on Saturday. Cannons lined the path and men in blue, wool coats stood around small fires near old flags. Some young men sat around one ...

For three days this month, the intersection of 19th century media with the conflicts of the time – slavery, the Civil War and abolition but also supposed witchcraft and the economic tensions of Gilded ...