• Fall Family Fun Weekend at SLCCHC

    Canton Farmer’s Market

    Date & Time: Friday, October 4 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
    Cost: Free
    Recommended Ages: All ages welcome
    No registration is required.

    Come visit SLCCHC at the Canton Farmer’s Market for special seasonal crafts and a cider pressing demonstration using an old-fashioned apple press.

    Día de los Muertos Family Fun Day at SLCCHC

    Date & Time: Saturday, October 5 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
    Cost: $5 suggested donation, additional fees for face painting
    Recommended Ages: Ages 5+
    Registration recommended. Space is limited. To pre-register, e-mail Carlene at carlene@slcah.org, call us at 315-386-8133, or pre-register online.

    Learn about the history and customs of the Day of the Dead, celebrated in Central and South America and the United States. Help to create a memorial ofrenda, or altar, in the Silas Wright House. Families can make the traditional decorative paper, papel picado, to add to the altar, and create a sugar skull, or calaveritas, to take home. Children can also get their face painted with Halloween or Dia de los Muertos imagery for a small additional fee. Loteria (a Mexican board game similar to bingo) will be available to play. Participants are encouraged to bring a small photograph of a loved one they wish to commemorate to add to the Silas Wright altar.

    Activities led by Alondra Maldonado Espinosa and Megan Royce.

  • Sticks and Stones: Designing an Ecological North Country Garden

    Sticks and Stones: Designing an Ecological North Country Garden

    Date & Time: Sunday, October 20 – 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
    Location: Russell, NY
    Cost: $15 Members/ $20 Non-members
    This tour is a fundraiser for the SLCCHC historic garden project.

    Registration required: Register online, e-mail Carlene Bermann at carlene@slcha.org, or call 315-386-8133. Anne’s address will be provided at registration.

    Join Anne Csete in her 1-acre garden in Russell to learn about incorporating natural elements like stones and branches into your landscaping. Anne will also discuss creating and maintaining wildlife habitat, mixing herbaceous perennials and woody shrubs, combining native and non-native plants, and creating and maintaining effective paths and edges. She will also touch on fall transplanting and “putting a garden to rest” for the winter, as well as any other topics participants are interested in.

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  • Hiking the Trail to Yesterday: Schuler Family Tract at Streeter Lake History Hike

    Hiking the Trail to Yesterday: Schuler Family Tract at Streeter Lake History Hike

    Date & Time: October 26, 2024 – 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM
    Location: Streeter Lake – Fine, NY
    Cost: $10 Non-members ~ $5 Members
    Registration required: Call (315) 386-8133, e-mail carlene@slcha.org, or register online

    Join us on Saturday, October 26 for a history hike at Streeter Lake! Bill Hill will be leading another historic hiking tour in conjunction with his series, Hiking the Trail to Yesterday. This scenic hike will visit the Schuler Tract at Streeter Lake in the 26,702-acre Aldrich Pond State Forest. The tour will start at a campsite on Streeter Lake Rd. There is parking available and an outhouse. Directions will be provided at registration.

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  • SLCCHC Online Silent Auction

    Auction Dates: October 18 through November 8

    Mark your calendars! The St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture’s Online Silent Auction will be going live on October 18. This year, the auction will be held on 32 Auctions. Bookmark the link and sign up for notifications to preview what we have for auction. All items will be available to bid on starting October 18.

    We are currently seeking donations for the auction. If you would like to donate an experience, tickets to an event, or items to our auction, please e-mail Megan Royce at engagement@slcha.org. The donation deadline is October 11.

    Money raised during this initiative will support our general operations and community, such as funding educational programming, school tours, and archival operations. We thank you for your continued support!

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  • Be Part of the Silas Wright House Memorial Walkway

    Be Part of the Silas Wright House Memorial Walkway

    As we continue restoring and developing our historic garden, SLCCHC would like to offer you an opportunity to showcase your commitment to our heritage by purchasing a brick engraving in the Silas Wright House Memorial Walkway.

    Your purchased brick will have words chosen by you engraved directly onto the newly installed brick pathway in the historic garden. This engraving opportunity is a wonderful way to commemorate special milestones and remember loved ones. The installation of the memorial walkway is being planned for summer/fall 2025.

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  • Become a Garden Sponsor Today

    Join us in nurturing history and community by becoming a garden sponsor. Your support helps us maintain and care for our gardens, creating a vibrant space for everyone to enjoy. Choose from the five levels below and help our garden grow!

    For more information, please contact engagement@slcha.org or call (315) 386-8133.

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To explore more about occupied Indigenous land, visit: https://native-land.ca.

The St. Lawrence County Center for History and Culture occupies the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee (the People of the Longhouse)/Iroquois Confederacy including, Kanienʼkehá꞉ka “the People of the Flint”/Mohawk, Onyota’a:ka “the People of the Upright Stone”/Oneida, Onondagaono “the Hill Place People”/Onondaga, Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ “the People of the Great Swamp”/Cayuga, Onongawaga “the People of the Great Hill”/Seneca, and Skarureh “the People of the Hemp”/Tuscarora who have stewarded this land through generations. This acknowledgment is not enough to honor the people and the land, but we hope that it raises awareness about suppressed Indigenous histories and promotes the visibility of Indigenous peoples.