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Bovina Bicentennial Celebration, Update 7
Our first big fundraising event, the Bovina Country Pie and Cake Auction, was a big success, with over $2500 raised. Thank you for everyone who helped with the pie and cake auction - Brooke Alderson,...
View ArticleThis Day in Bovina for July 2019
101 years ago today, as later reported in the Andes Recorder, "The first allotment of boys arrived at the Gerry Camp in southern Bovina Monday afternoon [July 1, 1918]."Seventy-seven years ago today,...
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August 1919 - 100 Years Ago "in That Thriving Town"
100 years ago saw a soldier return from the Great War and a doctor and a minister depart Bovina.August 1, 1919· Supt. Of Schools Arthur Hamilton was here Tuesday [July 29, 1919] taking the...
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Mystery Bovina letter
I found this letter in a collection at the Delaware County Historical Association not long after I started working there in 2011. A quick skim excited me because I recognized several of the names. When...
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Bovina Bicentennial Celebration, Update 8
We are now less than a year away from the Bovina Bicentennial Celebration, scheduled for August 1-2, 2020. The Bovina Country Pie and Cake Auction brought in almost $3000 for the celebration fund. The...
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This Day in Bovina for August 2019
Here is the compilation of the Town of Bovina Historian Facebook entries for August 2019: 112 years ago today, on August 1, 1907, Rev. William Robb was married to Orlena Russell, the daughter of James...
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September 1919 - 100 Years Ago "in That Thriving Town"
A couple of Bovina residents move away, one to Pittsburgh, PA and the other to Egypt, much to the regret of many. September 5, 1919· United States Senator Peter G. Gerry and Miss Angelica L....
View Article“Political Corruption in Bovina” 1889, Part One
On September 25, 1889, Bovina readers of the Delaware Standard, a prohibitionist newspaper published in Walton, likely read with great interest the following letter:Political Corruption in Bovina, The...
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Bovina Bicentennial Celebration, Update 9
The Bovina Bicentennial committee met on September 14 to discuss plans for the upcoming celebration. Here's the tentative schedule for the celebration weekend:Saturday, August 1Parade – 10 am - floats...
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This Day in Bovina for September 2019
134 years ago today, on September 1, 1885, as later reported in the Stamford Mirror, "…a large crowd assembled on the farm of Robert Thompson to witness the trial of Andrew Johnson's new engine and...
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October 1919 - 100 Years Ago "in That Thriving Town"
October 3, 1919· Robert Hunt and Robert Fiero were the only ones to bag a partridge on the first day of hunting.· Everett Joslyn has moved from Coulter Brook to the rooms in the rear of...
View Article"Political Corruption in Bovina" 1889, Part Two
1889 Bovina and the surrounding towns saw a very contentious race for the State Assembly involving Andes' James Ballantine and Bovina's Isaac Maynard. In the September 17, 2019 entry in this blog is...
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Bovina Bicentennial Celebration, Update 10
We are less than ten months away from the big day and four months from the actual Bovina Birthday!Last month's blog entry focused on the plans for the celebration weekend in 2020, so please go to that...
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This Day in Bovina for October 2019
Fifty-five years ago today, the October 1, 1964 issue of the Delaware Republican Express published a report about the local 4-H club, the Bovina Busy Boys.116 years ago, the October 2, 1903 Otsego...
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November 1919 - 100 Years Ago "in That Thriving Town"
November 1919 in Bovina saw a surprise in the election of the Bovina Town Supervisor, a 50th wedding anniversary and the passing of a noted Bovina citizen.November 7, 1919· It is reported that...
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Bovina Ex-Pats: Alexander Brush (1824-1892), Mayor of Buffalo
This is the first in a series on Bovina natives who made a name for themselves in the 'outside' world. Ex-Pat is a British term meaning someone who has settled away from their homeland. Our...
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Bovina Bicentennial Celebration, Update 11
We are three months away from Bovina's 200th Birthday. We will start the Bicentennial celebration with a Bovina Birthday party on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at the community hall, from 6 - 9 pm. Bring...
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This Day in Bovina for November 2019
Here are the daily entries from the Town of Bovina Historian Facebook page:135 years ago today, November 1, 1884, this bill from Paine & Smith, Delhi, was sent to the Town of Bovina for several...
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December 1919 - 100 Years Ago "in That Thriving Town"
The last month of the teens in Bovina saw the demolition of an old cooperage and some activity concerning dry milk produced at the creamery. December 5, 1919· Miss Lela Miller was home from...
View ArticleA Foot Race at the Hook - 1867
152 years ago, the Delaware Republican published three letters to the editor concerning a race on December 3, 1867 at “The Hook,” the area known today as Lake Delaware. The race being mentioned likely...
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