Riverside Students Plant Apple Trees, Help Restore Piece of Oneonta History ONEONTA On Friday, April 28, the City of Oneonta planted an apple orchard on the Swart-Wilcox House Museum property with the help of Riverside Elementary School students. The planting was made possible thanks to funds obtained by City Community Development Director Judy Pangman through a special “Tree Planting in Disadvantaged Communities after Ash Tree Loss” grant. The new apple orchard at the Swart-Wilcox House consists of several heritage varieties…
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Henry Wilcox diaries
HENRY WILCOX, IN HIS OWN WORDS City Father’s Diaries Being Transcribed By Swart-Wilcox Friends Some Of It Humdrum, Some Endearing By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Huntington Library didn’t know what it had. When the Upper Susquehanna Historical Society – now the GOHS – was cleaning the Swart-Wilcox House for the 1976 Bicentennial, someone found all of Henry Wilcox’s diaries, said Helen Rees. “They gave them to the Huntington Library and two were transcribed, but they didn’t…