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Salt potatoes, the tasty staple served up at Central New York barbecues and fairs for generations, will soon be immortalized with its very own historic marker. The historic salt potato marker is the first to be funded through Hungry for History, a brand-new grant program created by the Syracuse-based Pomeroy Foundation to help communities across the United States spotlight their local and regional foods. The salt potato sign reads - Salt Potatoes. Popularized by salt industry workers, potatoes boiled in brine & paired with melted butter served in local taverns and eateries as early as 1883. ...

Bill Buell’s Electric City Archives: New Rotterdam marker where history, geology, technology share landscape | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS GAZETTE COVERAGE The spot I’m referring to is along the bike path just east of Kiwanis Park, where the Plotterkill Creek comes running down from the Rotterdam hills and empties into the Mohawk River. A new historic marker telling part of the Erie Canal story is there, courtesy of Rotterdam resident Nancy Papish. Whether you’re on a bike, on foot, or in your automobile, it’s a great place to stop and soak in the atmosphere, learn more about the histo...

Drowned in a deep river by her lover in 1807, Naomi Wise's story lives on as people come to visit the Randleman marker, sharing the tale that has been known locally for hundreds of years.  Folklore expresses the heart and identity behind a community's stories, music, and other knowledge that one generation passes to another. Organizations such as the William G. Pomeroy Foundation offer to construct highway signs observing those stories from local communities, including Randolph County's famous Naomi Wise tale. The foundation's Legend & Lore Marker Grant Program promotes cultural tourism an...

SYRACUSE — The inaugural National Historic Marker Day, initiated by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, is Friday. The nationwide event is designed to encourage communities to help maintain their historic

Apr. 28—SYRACUSE — The inaugural National Historic Marker Day, initiated by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, is Friday. The nationwide event is designed to encourage communities to help maintain their historic markers by cleaning and taking care of them, all while providing an opportunity to celebrate local history. According to the Historical Marker Database, there are more than 138,000 ...