Sam Patch News Today

Bryce Angell plays Rip Van Winkle in his latest poem, waiting for his truck to warm up so he can go to the store for breakfast foods.

I woke up late this morning, ‘bout an hour past daylight. I turned the propane stove up high to warm the winter’s bite.

I woke up late this morning, ‘bout an hour past daylight. I turned the propane stove up high to warm the winter’s bite.

I woke up late this morning, ‘bout an hour past daylight. I turned the propane stove up high to warm the winter’s bite.

On Oct. 24, 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to successfully take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Friday the 13th is a famously unlucky date. Even though some people dismiss it, these horrible events happened on this day throughout history.

The Riverie replaces the retired Mary Jemison tour boat, which ceased operations in 2013.

Riverie will arrive at Schoen Place in Pittsford Thursday morning and will remain docked for viewing until Sunday, when the boat departs for downtown Rochester.May 18, 2023

Early American settlers said that a squirrel could climb up a tree on the coast of Massachusetts, set off westwards and not touch the ground until it reached the Ohio river. The squirrels, like the Native Americans, were pushed out and west. Timber was the settlers’ main resource, and they stripped New England of wood

Corn Hill Navigation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting the community and visitors to Rochester’s historic waterways through boat experiences and educational programs. The group operates the Sam Patch and will launch a second cruise vessel the coming weeks.May 5, 2023