Clyde Historical Highlights

Clyde Historical Highlights. . , 1722 Blockhouse constructed , 1782 Military Tract #27 (now Town of Galen) established for Revolutionary War medical staff veterans , 1811 Permanent settlement, Lauraville, begins south of river , 1825 Erie Canal completed/Stow Insurance Office opens , 1828 Clyde Glass Works begins operations , 1835 Settlements on both sides of river incorporated as Village of Clyde , 1846 Meeting at Baptist Church leads to formation of Rochester and Syracuse Railroad (later New York Central Railroad) , 1852 John Jones produces early typewriter , 1853 First train stops in Clyde , 1858 Mason jar patent leads to major production in Clyde , 1861 Abraham Lincoln inaugural train stops in Clyde; Lincoln speaks to crowd of 3000 people , 1868 Portable steam engines and boilers manufactured in Clyde by S.W. Wood and Son , 1878 H.C. Hemingway Co., food processors, begins its nearly 100 years of operation , 1884 West Shore Railroad begins service on south bank of river , 1894 Clyde's Charles T. Saxon elected New York Lieutenant Governor , 1896 Undefeated Clyde village football team beats several college squads , 1908 Rochester, Syracuse, and Eastern trolley begins service , 1912 Bandstand in village park erected , 1918 Barge Canal improvements reroutes canal along course of Clyde River , 1932 Statue of George Washington erected by Sons of Italy , 1937 Katherine Wykle elected first woman mayor of a village in New York , 1940 Clyde Central School opens/Old Clyde High School used as POW camp from 1943-46 , 1941 Acme Electric (followed by General Electric) initiates electronics industry in Clyde , 1967 Clyde Industrial Park dedicated , 1976 Replica of original Blockhouse erected