08/28/2024
All In a Days Work
The most interesting part of my work are the people I have had the opportunity to meet.
I have been working on refinishing the main entrance to the Mendon Town Hall in Honeoye Falls this week.
People visit the overlook of the falls throughout the day and occasionally are interested in what i am doing.
Yesterday I met a very vibrant and expressive woman who shared some local history with me regarding the town.
She has deep roots in the area and owns a property nearby.
In the course of our conversation, she shared stories about her experiences with the natural habitat and her small horse farm and suggested a book I should read.
This book relates a part of the areas history I don't think many of us have any awareness and since I also am very interested in history of many topics I am sure I will read it as well.
Thank you Emily it was such a pleasure meeting you.
The Town of Mendon and the Village of Honeoye Falls are today quiet western New York suburbs, but they weren't always so idyllic. In years past, the village was a center of commerce, manufacturing and railroads, and by the mid-nineteenth century, this prosperity brought with it an element of mayhem. Horse stealing was commonplace. Saloons and taverns were abundant. Street scuffles and barroom brawls were regular, especially on Saturday nights, after the laborers were paid. By Sunday morning, numerous drunks--like Manley Locke, who would eventually go on to kill another man in a fight--were confined to the lockup" in the village hall. It was at this time that the Village of Honeoye Falls earned the name "Murderville." As the town and village turn two hundred, join local historians Diane Ham and Lynne Menz as they explore the peaceful region's vicious history."
