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DISCOVER THE PAST IN CORTLAND COUNTY
Come Walk Through History With Us … Visit Three Unique Museums for One Price!
Brockway Trucks & Memorabilia Military Memorabilia Trains & Railroad History Local History
Agricultural History Vintage Tractors and More!
LET’S GO ON A GEOTOUR!
© Katie Keyser, Cortland Standard
Experience the history and beauty of Cortland County
NEW YORK STATE by taking the Experience Cortland GeoTour! A Hidden Gem in the Heart of Central New York
Offering a Spacious and Clean, Family Friendly Facility!
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME
W hen you think of country music, the first thing that might come County to the secret (and not-so-secret) hideaways 4386 US Route 11 Cortland Something for Everyone & Plenty of Parking, too!
This tour will take you along the byways of Cortland
Friendly & Informative Staff Handicapped Accessible
where we’ve stashed caches for you to discover. Learn
to mind is Nashville, home of the National Country Music Hall
New Attractions and Exhibits
of Fame. But fans of country music in New York need not travel
about a Civil War encampment, Cortland’s connection
any further than Cortland to get a taste of its rich history. Visit
OPEN: Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
1/2 mile off I-81, exit 12
the New York State Country Music Hall of Fame and browse to major league baseball, the most unusual grave marker Halfway between Binghamton and Syracuse Future Exhibit ~ ANTIQUE FIREHOUSE & 1st RESPONDER MUSEUM
you’ll ever see, and more.
the array of memorabilia from the many Nashville and local entertainers. 607-299-4185 www.cnylivinghistory.org Last Admission at 4:00
There is Tammy Wynette’s $10,000 sequined dress, Kenny Rogers’ famous If you like to solve puzzles, we’ve incorporated one into HOURS: Thursday - Saturday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Visit our Website or Facebook Page
white suit, Ernest Tubbs suit, Jeannie C. Riley’s dress, Jack Greene’s suit our tour. Each geocache site contains a three-letter code. Last Admission is at 4:00 PM for More Information and Our Many Weekend Events
and more, as well as memorabilia from local NYS musicians and singers.
Visit all 20 sites, record all the code letters, decipher the Groups & Buses Welcome Anytime with Prior Arrangements Discounted Rates, Meal Packages & Meeting Rooms Available
NYS COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME correct message, and claim your prize at our office! Valid for up to 4 adults per coupon. May not be combined
1824 NY-13, Cortland • (607) 334-8109 We hope you’ll explore Cortland County, have some fun, $1.00 off Adult Admission with other offers or discounts. Expires 4/30/2023
www.cortlandmusicpark.org/nys-country-fall-of-fame
learn a bit of history, and enjoy the great outdoors. Grab
your favorite GPS-enabled device, print a map from our
website, and get started on your geocaching adventure!
CORTLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
geocaching.com/play/geotours/experiencecortland
Museum & Research Center
FUN LOCAL HISTORY FACTS
CORTLAND RURAL CEMETERY
Amelia Jenks Bloomer, a pioneer in women’s
Established in 1853, this open-air museum is a beautiful rights and the temperance movement, was
19th-century Victorian garden cemetery that sits on born in Homer, NY. She popularized women’s
apparel that came to be known as “bloomers.”
50 acres and is the final resting place for 18,000 people.
A fine example of the rural cemetery (as a solution to the problem Francis B. Carpenter, painter of Lincoln’s
portrait, Willian Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln’s
of overcrowding urban cemeteries), the Cortland Rural Cemetery
private secretary, and Eli Devoe, foiler of an
is a carefully-planned garden cemetery with a deliberate focus on
assassination plot, all hailed from Homer, NY.
architectural and landscape design. Walk the cemetery with an
interactive “cemetrail tour” and admire the beauty of the headstones and the The Lamont Memorial Free Library was
diverse species of trees to discover those who helped shaped Cortland history. the former home of Daniel Lamont,
the Secretary of War during one of Grover Discover your family roots and explore Cortland County’s Past!
Visitors may see the graves of the last Upstate Governor of New York, Cleveland’s presidential terms.
Nathan Miller; the graves of veterans of all American wars, including that Suggett House Museum Kellogg Memorial Research Center Gift Shop New for 2022—Then &
of Brigadier-General Joseph Reynolds, who served in the War of 1812 and Truxton, NY was the home of John McGraw, Now Children’s Room NARM Affiliated
Colonel Andrew J. Grover, who died at Gettysburg; and the grave of a 30-year manager of the New York Giants.
Visit us Wednesday-Saturday 12-5:00pm
Dr. Julia Spalding, who arrived in Cortland in 1883 as one of the nation’s He was inducted into the Hall-of-Fame in 1937 25 Homer Avenue, Cortland, New York 13045 - (607) 756-6071 – www.cortlandhistory.org
earliest women doctors. after compiling 2,763 victories and
THE CORTLAND RURAL CEMETERY leading the Giants to 10 National League
110 Tompkins Street, Cortland • (607) 756-6022 pennants and three World Series titles.
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