This Saturday, October 24, 2026, the Edinburg Historical Society will be presenting their 4th annual Holiday Bazaar. 9am to 3pm at that Sand Hill School House on Tange Road. Vendors will be on site offering a variety of items for purchase, as well as cookies, soup, hot cider, and EHS merchandise. There will be a basket fundraiser as well. Hope to see you all there!
The August program of the Edinburg Historical Society will be a tour of the Northampton United Methodist Church of Fish House at 7 p.m. Aug. 18. (The EHS board will meet at Sand Hill Schoolhouse at 6:15 p.m., then move to the church.)
The church is located at 1605 County Highway 110 and Old Fish House Road.
The EHS summer bake sale is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 1 at the Rural Museum on North Shore Road.
Open houses continue this summer at the society’s Nellie Tyrrell and Rural museums from noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 8, 15, 22 and 29. Stop in and take a look at our exhibits. Become a member for just $5 a year, $10 per family.
We’ll also have attractive new t-shirts and insulated tote bags for sale.
We recently found an old plastic bag at the Nellie Tyrrell Museum containing several photographic portraits. Many were taken in studios in Northville, Johnstown and Gloversville but many more were taken in Brooklyn, Vermont and farther away.
Sadly, just a few prints identify the subject. The only clues are the names of the studios they walked into one day long ago for a special keepsake.
Who were they? How did they live their lives? We put them together on a poster at the Nellie museum as a way to remember them. And maybe, just maybe, someone today will recognize them.
The Edinburg Historical Society presents a free program Tuesday, July 21, about the tornado that struck the Great Sacandaga Lake area and caused major damage in 2024.
Do you have a story to tell about that day? Come to the Sand Hill Schoolhouse on Tange Road at 7 p.m. and listen to some recollections, see some photos and videos and share your experiences.
(National Weather Service)
On June 16 the Edinburg Historical Society will welcome Denise Cheney of the Edinburg Newsletter who will talk about the monthly publication serving the Edinburg-Northville area since the early 1980s.
The gathering, open to all, will take place at 7 p.m. at the Sand Hill Schoolhouse on Tange Road. We also welcome new members.
The society is also making plans for its July 21 program, where we’ll talk about the tornado that struck the town and caused heavy damage two years ago. Bring your stories and your photos. The program starts at 7 p.m. at the schoolhouse.
The Rural and Nellie Tyrrell museums on North Shore Road near the Four Corners will open to the public on Saturday, June 27 from noon to 3 p.m. They will continue each Saturday until Aug. 29, except for July 4 and Aug. 1, which is the date for the summer sale at the Rural Museum. Other dates to remember are the Sept. 26 fall festival and the Holiday Bazaar on Oct. 24.
Come see our new display on the Copeland covered bridge at the Rural Museum.
As always we welcome members and volunteers. Dues are only $5 per person or $10 for a family and can be paid to Treasurer/Edinburg Historical Society, PO Box 801, Northville, NY 12134. Also feel free to drop by one of our events and join in person.
Edinburg Town Historian Evonne Barber took Edinburg Common School students on a tour of historic sites in the town on May 28, including the Rural Museum. The elementary students in Celeste English’s class learned about bridges in the town and some of the many activities and jobs townspeople have been involved in over many years. Evonne was assisted by long-time historian Priscilla Edwards.
The Rural Museum’s exhibits include a Victorian parlor and kitchen, a general store, maple sugaring, blacksmithing tools, an old machine shop and a new display on the Copeland covered bridge.
Free tours to the general public will begin June 27 and run Saturdays until Aug. 29 except for July 4 and Aug. 1 at the Rural Museum and the Nellie Tyrrell schoolhouse, both on North Shore Road near the Four Corners.
Our Annual Memorial Day Baked Goods and Salads Sale will be held on Saturday, May 23 at the Rural Museum from 9am to 12pm. See you there!
Join the Edinburg Historical Society on 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, at Sand Hill School on Tange Road when Darlene and Fred Lee offer a presentation on Isaac Thayer and other “hometown” patriots from the Revolutionary War whose final resting places are located in town cemeteries.
“Headstones can reveal things about the person there interred,” Darlene Lee says. “It turns out, there is science to the type of engraving on the stone. The artwork can tell us about his belief in the hereafter. Poetry was frequently engraved on gravestones.”
Thayer is buried in the Partridge Cemetery, on Sinclair Road. Little was known of him, according to Darlene Lee, who is a member of the Schenectada chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. His headstone was darkened with lichen and the inscription was barely readable, when a small group of volunteers found him.
If you are interested in learning more about the history of Edinburg and its people, please come to our meetings and consider joining the society. We plan a number of other programs and will have open houses at our museums this summer and more events in the fall.
