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</p>Mr. & Mrs. Steve Behunin at the mouth of Snake Creek in Richland

On October 31, Mr. & Mrs. Steve Behunin of Utah visited the town of Richland.  This was significant for us as Steve is a direct descendant of one of out three first settlers who arrived in 1801, Albert Bohannin. […]

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Despite high gas prices it is still a bargain to take a country drive and explore our region on a sunny fall day. The autumn colors across the Tug hill/eastern Lake Ontario landscape are now approaching their most brilliant.       This writer looks forward to just such a day next week, to travel around and wander some of the cemeteries from Barnes Corners to Florence, Glenfield to Redfield. […]

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Half-Shire Historical Society: October 3, 2008

At long last the planned renovations and replacement of the second story fascia of our Richland headquarters has been completed!   The work was done in less then a week by Basciani Construction and looks terrific.  The Bascianis also did some additional masonry work while we had the hydraulic lift rented (rental courtesy of members Phil & Rita Rombach).   This work and a little additional upkeep to the chimney complete our planned capital projects for the year. […]