News from Sue Thompson Enfield Town Historian - (sdt1@cornell.edu / 607-272-6412)
Our new Touring the Towns of Tompkins County, New York - Destination Enfield is now in print. You may pick up a copy at the Enfield Town Hall or the Visitor and Convention Bureau in Ithaca.
The Municipal Historians of Tompkins County have prepared handsome brochures for the nine towns in the county featuring historic, geologic, and sites of particular interest or curiosity. The brochures have been supported by the Tompkins County Strategic Tourism Board and with small stipends from each of the towns and they have been a production of the Office of the Tompkins County Historian. Creating these brochures has blended historical research with the needs of cultural tourists.
Participating are Barbara Kone, Town of Caroline Historian, Joan Grant, Town of Danby Historian, Sue Thompson, Town of Enfield Historian, Robin Andersen and Alan Chaffee, Town of Newfield Deputy and Historian, Laura Johnson-Kelly, Town of Ithaca Historian, Louise Bement, Town of Lansing Historian, and Elsie Gutchess, independent historian for the Town of Dryden, aided by Joan Manning, Village of Freeville Historian, Nancy Dean Town of Ulysses Deputy Historian, and Rosemarie Tucker, Town of Groton Historian.
The brochures, under the title Tourism the Towns of Tompkins County, will be published in an edition of 5,000 per town. The municipal historians will distribute the brochures in each town, to inns, restaurants, historic sites, and they will be available at town halls and the Visitor and Convention Bureau at the Chamber of Commerce. Each brochure features a map marked with special symbols showing cemeteries, historical markers, specialty shops, scenic views, and recreational areas. There is a section devoted to annual events and festivals.The brochures have been edited by Jane Dieckmann, City of Ithaca Historian and designed by Deena Rambaum. (Information by Carol Kammen, Tompkins County Historian)
