Who knew? Whitesboro is known as the "mother of towns."
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Another claim to fame: the ingenius roll top desk was invented and manufactured by the Quigley Furniture Company here in our own back yard.
This information comes from a newly published book that two local women, Judy Harp Mallozzi and Dana Nimey Olney, collaborated on. It's entitled Images of America: Whitesboro, which details the history of our small village. Their book is available for purchase at Barnes & Noble in New Hartford, Colonial Pharmacy and the Potting Shed in Whitesboro, and at the Oneida County Historical Society in Utica.
The authors will be present for a book signing at our library on on Tuesday, April 7 from 7 until 8 PM. Barnes and Noble will follow suit on April 11 from 2 to 4 PM in Consumer Square.
What a wonderful addition this book would make to your personal library. Why not set aside an hour to meet and thank the authors for their efforts, and for helping to build community spirit. This is yet another reason to be proud to live in the "mother of towns".
Note: We at Whitesboro Writers Group present this information as a free public service as part of our ongoing effort to promote local writers.
2 comments:
Technically, WHITESTOWN, not Whitesboro is the "Mother of Towns. Hugh White's original land patent was a vast amount of territory which eventually spawned Whitesboro, Oriskany and dozens upon dozens of other towns.
Anyway, we have this fine book at the Dunham Public Library, where I've worked for the past twenty-one plus years. I know my Whitesboro history quite well and Mallozzi and Olney did a great job on the book.
Thanks for the correction, Dennis- I was going by the information I found in the magazine article. I see that in rality Whitesboro is a village and Whitestown is a town that encompasses much more than Whitesboro. In any case, it's good to learn about our roots. To my mind, going forward in progress and with a sense of community and purpose is equally as important to knowing where we came from.
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