July 27, 2019 Continue reading “A Fair Haven Sunset”
July 27, 2019 Continue reading “A Fair Haven Sunset”
‟I remember the ice cream stand. We got ice cream every night and I got the same flavor every night, black raspberry and it still is my favorite!” Kathy Martin
‟Ah, the good old days! I remember us kids trying to drench each other by spinning the umbrellas on the tables after it rained.” Todd Parsons
‟Where are the tables? They used to get so mad at us kids for hanging out there, sitting on the tables. Learning tricks on our BMX bikes, doing stunts, skateboards, etc. Dale McFarland driving up telling us we had to move, like everyday. Haha 1986-1994.” Jeffrey W. Clark
Big Bo’s, Inc. was founded by John Gagas and incorporated February 19, 1973 in Oswego. He was then ready to find franchisees to open locations. Continue reading “Who was Big Bo?”
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Historian Don Richardson often said, “What good is history if it isn’t being shared with people?”
Each project starts somewhere. Some projects can be completed swiftly and others are perpetually ongoing. Once a framework is established for a project, information can be added over time.
Our goal is to make the history of Fair Haven organized and presentable, through stories, photos, books, and this website. To do this we need to not only gather information but preserve it in a way that is accessible to writers, artists, historians and everyone who is interested in how life in Fair Haven came to be as it is.
Fair Haven was incorporated as a Village in 1880. But, its history goes back much further when it started out as a small hamlet know as Little Sodus at the head of Little Sodus Bay. Prior to this, the area was home to the Cayuga and Seneca and their predecessors going back 12,000 years.
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