Events

OCHS aims to encourage community interest in, and engagement with, the stories and history of Ontario County in ways that promote critical thought and reflection.

Commemorating Emancipation Day

Saturday, August 1

| 1:00 pm

Co-sponsored by 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse and Ontario County Historical Society, this event will take place at Austin Steward’s gravesite...

A Village Life in America Walking Tour

Friday, August 7

| 2:00 pm

From 1852-1872 Caroline Cowles Richards kept an extensive diary detailing her life growing up in mid-nineteenth century Canandaigua. Towards the...

Between Two Fires Book Release

Tuesday, August 11

| 6:00 pm

- 8:00 pm

Join us for a book release and author meet and greet with Paul Mitchell. Jasper Parrish was eleven years old...

The Holland Land Company and the Development of WNY

Thursday, September 17

| 2:00 pm

The history of Western New York is cobbled together through many purchases and development groups, particularly the Holland Land Company....