Rochester History Runs, LLC

16/09/2024

History Run sign up page is live!

The Campus to Graveyard: A Haunted Halloween History Run is on Saturday October 26, 2024.

25/03/2024

Ho! Jack!:

Rochester bridge was both a loved and loathed landmark for over 100 years

Beauty was in eye of the beholder when it came to this swing bridge over the Genesee River.

29/11/2023

Place name origins in Monroe County:

01/11/2023

#75 is “best guided tour”, if you’re so inclined to nominate us!

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14/09/2023

ExxonMobil buys former Vacuum Oil properties in Rochester from Masaschi LLC http://ow.ly/wXfe104Uj2O

16/08/2023

Ticket link for the Sea Breeze 👻 🏃🏻‍♀️ !

The Ghosts of Sea Breeze is on Saturday October 28, 2023.

22/07/2023

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20/07/2023

Attendees of the “Breweries of Eld” history run may recognize this extinct variety! Photograph was taken at Rocky’s, a super famous old school Italian restaurant.

11/07/2023

The Spring of Spring Street https://gonechester.wordpress.com/2023/07/10/indian-spring-the-buffalo-st-bathing-house/?fbclid=IwAR3e-aHTn1dED1D5gxVt1PQdzQrOg-gvd_iejI69Gx5GaKdu5SNMIOqb2F8

When Rochester was first a young settlement, its citizens relied on a number of springs for their fresh water needs. One of the most important early springs was located within the original 100-Acr…

24/10/2022

26/08/2022

https://irbir.weebly.com/

History is full of mysteries! Here is an article about IRBIR, the alien who was, for a brief time in the early 1980s, the mascot of Rochester.

I'd Rather be in Rochester

31/07/2022

Thanks to all who came to the Charlotte run! Stay tuned for a funny run for October! Funny how? Like it’s a clown? Like it’s there to amuse you? Funny how??

28/07/2022

Jonathan Child, a man of historical import, is memorialized in T’s Cafe, a spot of lunchtime import.

19/07/2022

06/07/2022

Ebenezer Allen’s millstones!

01/07/2022

The Event: https://fb.me/e/6bUjD7rl2

That's right, Charlotte used to be part of the dreaded, the stinky, the bro-ey, none other than the Town of Greece! Learn about how the neighborhood was saved from certain doom and made part of the light side.

(Greece residents are welcome on the run as long as you promise not to try to take back Charlotte with like pitchforks and torches stuff).

21/05/2022

If you know, you know

03/05/2022

Want more history, but on bikes? Check it out!

Coming this Summer from Reconnect Rochester!

16/04/2022

Just a few of some awesome photos from the Pittsford History Run! Courtesy of Vincent Alban!

14/04/2022

Mafia History Run: when the Black Hand comes a-calling, you better accept the charges.

22/10/2021

06/10/2021

Devotees of our "Breweries of Eld" history run will appreciate this slideshow:

https://www.democratandchronicle.com/picture-gallery/lifestyle/rocflavors/2021/10/05/beers-genesee-brewing-through-years/5495174001/

Genesee's lineup of beers have come in all shapes and sizes over the decades.

13/09/2021

"... cities are almost immortal; they cling to locality despite revolutionary changes in the political and economic system; they are reborn even as they die and in time they drape picturesquely over mounds of their own debris." -Yi-Fu Tuan

09/09/2021

Moar railroad stuff!