2008 Calendar of Programs & Events

For more information on upcoming events, contact the Historical Association Director Gail Murray by email or phone: 315 369-3838.

Month-Day 2008 Special Program or Event

Location

Dec. 2, 2007 Annual Christmas Open House
Refreshments, preview the new exhibit, door prizes, 50-50 raffle
Goodsell Museum
All Year Exhibit "All Aboard - Up the Tracks" - Link to Details Goodsell Museum
July 10th
Slide Show and Talk – 7:00 PM; The Trip to Blue Mountain Lake"
by Author and postcard collector Frank Carey. A program covering stage coach, train & steamboat travel.

Old Forge Library

July 12th Benefit Auction at the Town of Webb Historical's Goodsell Museum property. Preview available at 1PM - and 2PM auction start time. Goodsell Museum
July-Aug.

Historic Walking Tours - TBA

Goodsell Museum 
July Flower Arranging Contest and Garden Tea - TBA
Contest open to the public and garden clubs. Live flower arrangements using selected vintage containers will be judged by the public. Arrangements will be placed on all 4 floors of the White House Inn and on the porches. Prizes will be announced. Tea, lemonade, tea sandwiches and lemon squares, etc. will be served. A limited amount of tickets for admission will be available. More details to follow. The Town of Webb Historical Association thanks Margaret Haynes for offering her lovely bed and breakfast Inn for this event.
White House Inn Bed & Breakfast, Main St., Old Forge
August 7th Railroad Historian Lecture - by Michael Kudish
Michael has published two of his four volume series on Mountain Railroads of New York State, updating his previously published book "Railroads of the Adirondacks: a History (1996). Volume Two titled "Where Did the Tracks Go in the Central Adirondacks?" covers the New York Central's Adirondack Division from Herkimer and Utica to the Malone Junction and Lake Placid and other railroads in the Town of Webb. The lecture will begin at 7PM.
Old Forge Library
August 9th Okara Lakes Association - 50th Anniversary
for more information visit: www.okaralakes.com
Tappan Home
August 14th A Season to Remember – fundraiser beginning at 6:00 PM
Share photos of your memorable moments, special occasions, family events, graduations, and fun times between Memorial Day and August 1, 2008 on the "big screen" at the Strand Theatre. On August 14th, the fundraiser formal gala begins at 6 PM under the tent at Hemmer Cottage with cocktails and appetizers. Guests will then make their way to the "red carpet" at the Strand Theatre for the premier show that will include YOU as the cast. A limited number of submitted digital images will be selected for viewing. Call for details 315-369-3838.
Hemmer Cottage & Strand Theater
September 10th Annual Victorian Party on the Porch*
Save the date for this popular event, this year at Covewood Lodge - an historic Big Moose hotel listed on the National Register. Details will be posted soon.
Covewood, Big Moose Lake
December  Victorian Christmas Party - Open House & New Exhibit Premiere Goodsell Museum
  * Fundraiser, Advance Registration Requested
 

 

 

 

The Town of Webb Historical Association's 2007 exhibit, "Fire - 100 Years of Answering the Call,"  featured a tribute to the men and women who volunteered in the Old Forge Fire Department and surrounding mutual aid departments in Big Moose, Eagle Bay, Inlet, Otter Lake and Woodgate. It opened December 3, 2007 at the annual Victorian Open-House Christmas Party at the Goodsell Museum. The Historical also dedicated the new memorial brass plaque that commemorates the Goodsell Home's acceptance to the State & National Registers. 
Many of these events will be back by popular demand in 2008.

Month-Day 2007 Programs or Event

Location

All Year Exhibit "Fire - 100 Years of Answering the Call" - Link to Details Goodsell Museum
June 16th Benefit Auction - 9:00 AM
Auctioneer June DeLair from Constable, NY
Goodsell Museum
June 21st
Slide Show and Talk – 7:00 PM; Linn Tractors and Adirondack Logging
Ernest Portner of Rome, New York will present a slide program and talk on the Linn Tractor and early logging in the Adirondacks. This event is brought to you by the Town of Webb Historical Association using the Old Forge Library's large and comfortable community meeting room. Donations are welcome.
Old Forge Library
June 24th Sunday - Annual Old Forge Canoe Classic; Refreshments available; More details TBA Hemmer Cottage
July-Aug. Historic Walking Tours - every Fri. at 9:30am., FREE - All new 1 1/2 hour tours led by Town of Webb Historian; Call for details: 315.369.3838 Goodsell Museum & Hemmer Cottage
July 11th Flower Arranging Contest and Garden Tea - Noon to 3:00 PM
Contest open to the public and garden clubs. Live flower arrangements using selected vintage containers will be judged by the public. Arrangements will be placed on all 4 floors of the White House Inn and on the porches. Prizes will be announced. Tea, lemonade, tea sandwiches and lemon squares, etc. will be served. A limited amount of tickets for admission will be available for $4. Hats are welcome. More details to follow. The Town of Webb Historical Association thanks Margaret Haynes for offering her lovely bed and breakfast Inn for this event.
White House Inn Bed & Breakfast, Main St., Old Forge
July 14th Barn and Icehouse Restoration Cocktail Party - 5:00-8:00 PM
Greg and Dawn Timm will open their home for a cocktail party to benefit the Town of Webb Historical Association's efforts to raise matching grant funds for the restoration of the Goodsell barn and icehouse. Details to be announced.
Timm house - call for directions 
July 19th
Slide Show and Talk - Tuttles - 7:00 PM
The program will tell about the development of the Devil Bug Fishing lure created and produced by Orley C. Tuttle of Old Forge. It gives a brief history of the talented Tuttle family, and traces the growth of their successful fishing lure business. The program concludes with an outline of the highly popular and competitive hobby of fishing lure collecting. Numerous pictures and a collection of many of Tuttle's lures will also be featurd. Presenter - Sharon Yager. 
Old Forge Library
August 4th Postcard-Paper-Bottle Show 10AM-3PM Old Forge Firehall
August 16th A Season to Remember – fundraiser beginning at 6:00 PM
Committee co-chairs Judy and 'Doc' Foley invite you to share photos of your memorable moments, special occasions, family events, graduations, and fun times between Memorial Day and August 1, 2007 on the "big screen" at the Strand Theatre. On August 16th, the fundraiser formal gala begins at 6 PM under the tent at Hemmer Cottage with cocktails and appetizers. Guests will then make their way to the "red carpet" at the Strand Theatre for the premier show that will include YOU as the cast. A limited number of submitted digital images will be selected for viewing. Admission $45 each. Call for details 315-369-3838.
Hemmer Cottage & Strand Theater
September 6th Annual Victorian Party on the Porch* New location this year for this popular luncheon! Details TBA
December 2nd Victorian Christmas Party - Open House & New Exhibit Premiere Goodsell Museum
  * Fundraiser, Advance Registration Requested
 

Town of Webb Historical Association
P. O. Box 513, Old Forge, NY 13420
Phone: 315 369-3838
email: Gail Murray, Town of Webb Historical Association Director

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