KNOX HISTORICAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES 
KHS Activities 2019

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Memorial Day Essay contest 


scanning project:  merrymen's tea house guest book 

Merrymen's Tea House, owned and operated by Lesley Brower, was opened on June 30, 1927 and closed on Labor Day 1941. It was mentioned in Duncan Hines' book entitled Adventures in Good Eating.

KHS has begun scanning and transcribing the Merrymen's Tea House Guest Books. 
Click here to view the Guest Books scanned so far.
KHS Activities 2018

Memorial Day essay contest
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“Tales and Travail of Suffrage in Knox” 

Artistic quilts and needlework of knox, berne, and surrounding communities

​A History of American Women in Song

KHS Activities 2017
Farming in Knox - Past, Present, Future

​A Week in the Life of Aunt Nellie 

​Ben Franklin Visits BKW 

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KHS Activities 2016

Kris Driessen Presents a History of Feedsacks


​KHS Celebrates Path Through History with 4th Grade Art Show 
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Merrymen's Teahouse


Artistic Quilts and Needlework Show

Teddy Roosevelt Visits BKW
KHS Activities 2015
Click on the links below to learn more about Knox Historical Society's activities and programs.


Spring 2015

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​Summer 2015 
Path Through History weekend celebrated with unveiling of NYS Historical Marker for the Palatine Trail; 
Suitcases of History presented at BKW; Health and Hygiene Program;
Stevens Family Program;
unveiling of NYS Historical Marker for Toll Gate #3;
​Metal Detection Program

President Lincoln visits Knox 

Winter 2015



KHS Activities 2014

2014 Summary of Activities

January 2014: Barn Quilt

​Spring 2014: Quilts of the Civil War

April 2014: Suitcases of History

​May 2014: Sesquicentennial Book

​June 2014: Metal Detecting

​June 2014: Low-cost/No-Cost Collaboration

​July 2014: Pillbox Industry

​August 2014: Quilts of Berne and Knox

​August 2014: Righteous Rebellion

September 2104: The Guide-Board Display

October 2014: Lous Saddlemire's talk about the early days of Knox and the Saddlemire Homestead

October 2014: Civil War Display

Fall 2014: Tool Room Reorganization

Fall 2014: Sprucing Up

November 2014: Book About Schoolhouse #5


KHS Activities 2013

June 2013 Stevens Family and the Mobil Station

​June 2013 Memories of Knox as recollected by Lou Saddlemire and Bob Stevens 

​July 2013 Rededication of the Patriots Room
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August 2013 One Room School-House  Days

October 2013 Making of the documentary Righteous Rebellion

October 2013: Righteous Rebellion
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KHS Activities 2012



August 2012: Quilt Show