Readers may be interested in seeing an advertisement for Hayden Bros. They also had a store in Syracuse.
Hayden Bros. Woolen Mills Advertisement
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It is reported that Horace Greeley's white coat was stolen.
Location of Hayden Bros by Richard T King
The mill was located on the Port Byron-Auburn Road. The woolen mill moved into the building previously used to manufacture wooden pails, where a young Brigham Young was once employed.
1853 Map of Mentz
See Military Lot # 84, to the left is wool fact and across the street shows the office Wm Hayden, heading toward but before the township of Throop, NY, being Lot #84 in Mentz.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Can you believe Ralph Waldo Emerson was invited to speak at Port Byron in 1858?
It's true!
A published book of Emerson's pocket diary shows that Horace V Howland and Finlay M King attempted to bring Emerson to Port Byron. The biographer suggests that Port Byron was unable to pay Emerson's fee, so the engagement never took place.
The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's true!
A published book of Emerson's pocket diary shows that Horace V Howland and Finlay M King attempted to bring Emerson to Port Byron. The biographer suggests that Port Byron was unable to pay Emerson's fee, so the engagement never took place.
The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Horace Greeley's White coat manufactured by Hayden's
I continue to be amazed at all the wonderful connections that the Port Byron area has. I was not aware that the cloth used for Horace Greeley's famous white coat was made at Hayden's factory in the Town of Mentz, just outside the village of Port Byron!
.Cloth for Horace Greeley's White Coat crafted in the Town of Mentz
Horace Greeley was the famous founder of the New York Tribune. The Foreman of the Tribune composition room was Thomas N Rooker, who is related to all of the Port Byron Rooker families.
Horace Greeley
Greeley was famous for his quote "Go West Young Man", was a founder of the Liberal Republican Party and ran for President with an unsuccessful run against Ulysses S Grant.
Other newspaper articles indicate that the Hayden Brothers presented the coat to Greeley.
.Cloth for Horace Greeley's White Coat crafted in the Town of Mentz
Horace Greeley was the famous founder of the New York Tribune. The Foreman of the Tribune composition room was Thomas N Rooker, who is related to all of the Port Byron Rooker families.
Horace Greeley
Greeley was famous for his quote "Go West Young Man", was a founder of the Liberal Republican Party and ran for President with an unsuccessful run against Ulysses S Grant.
Other newspaper articles indicate that the Hayden Brothers presented the coat to Greeley.
