But first, I hope to see you at the Symposium Saturday. I’ll be at the check-in desk. And second, to answer the questions of the previous post, the first winter symposium was in 1996, making this Saturday’s event a big anniversary, the 30th year. The first “study tour” was in July 1957, coincidentally, in the area of Port Byron, Montezuma, and Clyde. See the newspaper clipping at the end of this post. It seems that next year, given that it’s a big 70th anniversary of these events, deserve an extra special program, but of course they’re all extra special in my experience.

The links above are not live, but the info is correct.

I’d love to know more about the six people in this image! Is Jacob Rosa the man with the boy on his lap? How many years did the Boys of Ithaca engage in the trade? Or is that A. L. Boys? What trade? What cargoes?

And as promised above, here’s a clipping of an article about the first CSNY Study Tour from the Cayuga Chief, July 25, 1957.