SEARCH FORM SEARCH RESIDENTS DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT ABOUT Welcome to the Town of Clay, NY You are here Town of Clay Historian News TOWN HISTORIANS: Dorothy Heller PHONE: (315) 652-3800 x 196 EMAIL: historian@townofclay.org HISTORY MYSTERY: History Camp Article Date: 3, September 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: History Camp The week of July 9. 2012, seven Girls and seven boys from around town made some wonderful memories at the Clay Historic Park. Under the direction of Cindy Redhead, Chairman of this year’s History Camp and nine volunteers and helpers, the... Read More HISTORY MYSTERY: Clay Social Club Article Date: 25, August 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: Clay Social Club There was a little known group in the village of Clay that began its existence at the turn of the 20th century. For its 75th birthday in 1975, John W. Kisselburgh, who was Town Historian at that time, submitted an article to... Read More HISTORY MYSTERY: Clay Hamlin Marsh Article Date: 20, August 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: Clay Hamlin Marsh On October 8, 1992, the Herald American stated, “The Stanley Hamlin Game Management Area (GMA), formerly the Clay Marsh, may soon become the conservation education facility and duck-producing area its namesake worked a lifetime to promote... Read More HISTORY MYSTERY: Lynnville School Article Date: 18, August 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: Lynnville School There is much documentation about Dutch Settlement, but very little evidence of its sister settlement of Lynnville. They were established two years apart, about two miles apart. Around 1808, two Lynn families left Lynn, Massachusetts... Read More HISTORY MYSTERY: Clay 1995 Local Election Article Date: 9, August 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: Clay 1995 Local Election As a Memorial for these two Town of Clay officials, Supervisor Patrick DiDomenico and Councilor Clarence “Rye” Rycraft, here are some memories of the November 1995 local Clay election. Before campaigning began, the local Eagle... Read More HISTORY MYSTERY: Jerome Fire Equipment Company Article Date: 29, July 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: Jerome Fire Equipment Company For the celebration of the Town of Clay’s 175th Anniversary in 2002, Manford “Manny” Jerome relayed the history of the beginning years of the Jerome Fire Equipment Company. Actually as a cottage industry, it... Read More HISTORY MYSTERY: Wellers of Dutch Settlement Article Date: 16, July 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: Wellers of Dutch Settlement Dutch Settlement was a community founded by the Young brothers who settled in the Caughdenoy area of Clay. Actually they were Germans from the Palatinate area who were kicked out by the French. Deutsch means German, but was... Read More HISTORY MYSTERY: Tobacco Farming Article Date: 30, June 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: Tobacco Farming Fields of tobacco, sometimes as tall as a man and weathered curing sheds were once a common sight in Onondaga County particularly in the towns of Lysander, Van Buren and Clay. See the photo of Albert Hamlin standing in his field of tobacco... Read More HISTORY MYSTERY: VerPlank Home Article Date: 29, June 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: VerPlank Home The builder of the VerPlank home has a connection back to John J. Young, one of the first three Young brothers who came to Clay. His son, Joseph was born in Dutch Settlement on June I, 1811. He married Eliza E. and they lived in a log cabin... Read More HISTORY MYSTERY: New Life on the Sotherden Farm Article Date: 26, June 2021 HISTORY MYSTERY: New Life on the Sotherden Farm Originally owned by... Read More Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next › last » Latest News and Events Remembering Clay DEPARTMENTS Assessor Clerks Fire Highway Historian Planning Recreation Tax Receiver Water GOVERNMENT Town Office #: (315) 652-3800 Supervisor Town Board Town Court Town Officials TOWN MEETINGS Town Board: Minutes / Agendas ZBA: Minutes / Agendas Planning Board: Minutes / Agendas Legal Notices TOWN OF CLAY, NY TOWN HALL / COURT: 4401 Route 31, Clay, NY 13041 HIGHWAY BLDG: 4483 Route 31, Clay, NY 13041 site created by NetManageIT