The Yates Heritage Tours Project

24/12/2018

Ever wonder where these historic markers on Main Street buildings came from?

They were produced and posted by the Yates Heritage Tours Project, a group composed of Sue and Jerry Lange, PY historian Fran Dumas, Sid Mann and Steve Knapp. We are now working on an update of Fran Dumas wonderful history of Yates County, "A Good Country, a Pleasant Habitation".. All of our publications are on display and for sale at Millie's Pantry..They make .wonderful After Christmas Gifts!

24/12/2018

Give Penn Yan History as a Christmas Gift! The wonderful publications of the Yates Heritage Tours Project are on display and for sale at Millies Pantry including (1) Penn Yan and How it Got that Way, by Fran Dumas, (2) Penn Yan History Coloring Book by Sue Lange, (3) A Walk Down Penn Yan's Main Stret, by Sue Lange, (4) The wonderful Universal Friend Driving Tour; and (5) Architecture in a Small Town, by Sue Lange. The driving tour is a great way to introduce vistors to the amazing history of Yates County...and to learn it for yourself!.

The Yates Heritage Tours Project is a group including Sue and Jerry Lange, Sid Mann, Yates County Historian Fran Dumas, and me. You can check out our page: https://www.facebook.com/TheYatesHeritageToursProject/?tn-str=k*F

25/10/2018

12/06/2015

Thanks to Milly's Pantry for the nice display of our books. If you haven't seen them, drop by and browse ...and maybe buy. They make wonderful "Penn Yan Gifts".
http://www.yatesheritagetours.com/products--projects.html

12/03/2015

Keukaview Marketing and Design, the parent company of Keukaview Photography, has developed this logo for the Keuka Outlet Trail to be used by the Yates Heritage Tours Project in its Outlet Trail projects

http://www.yatesheritagetours.com/

It will also be available to be used by Yates County, The Village of Penn Yan (Parks and Recreation), the Penn Yan Lions Club, and the Friends of the Outlet, upon request. We are recommending that for integrated marketing, a single logo be developed for the Trail for use both by the Village of Penn Yan and The Friends of the Outlet who each own a section of the Trail. Until a better one is developed and agreed upon, they are welcome to use this one.

It is fitting that the falls at Seneca Mills be selected as the "Iconic Image" of the Keuka Lake Outlet Trail and the centerpiece of this logo. It was this very falls that drew the first white settlers to Western NY and Yates County....the followers of the Universal Friend..in 1788, .because they needed water power for mills.

They built the very first water powered mill in Western New York (the "Friends Mill") right here..on the south bank, just downstream from the falls.

What a historic treasure this site....and the whole Keuka Outlet Trail is... for Yates County. You can learn the story of the Universal Friend community in the driving audio tour produced by The Yates Heritage Tours Project

http://www.yatesheritagetours.com/drive%20tour.htm

20/11/2014

Drive along one of Yates County's "Pathways Through History" with the Universal Friend Driving Tour...and learn where the County's first white settlers arrived....and lived. What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon showing visitors around Yates County, and learning the fascinating story of the Universal Friend and her community. You can purchase the tour at Milly’s Pantry and Longs Cards and Books. http://yatesheritagetours.com/drive%20tour.htm

14/11/2014

I took Leona Jensen on the first part of the Universal Friend Audio Tour this week........the fist time I had taken the tour since our team created it. If you haven't done it, stop in at Milly's Pantry, purchase a copy, and after a cup of coffee drive down to Perry Point and drive the first/eastern portion of the tour. You may want to save the latter portion, in the town of Jerusalem, for another warm, sunny, winter day.

Its a wonderful Christmas gift too. For more information on the tour go to the YHTP website at http://yatesheritagetours.com/drive%20tour.htm'

Historic Driving and Walking Tours of Yates County, New York

13/12/2013

In today's observer: Announcing YHTP's "Keuka Outlet Oral History Project"

24/07/2013

The Publick Universal Friend - Penn Yan, NY

http://exploringtheburnedoverdistrict.com/the-publick-universal-friend-penn-yan-ny/

The ‘burned over district’ is a nickname used for the area in Upstate, NY where much religious revivalism took place approximately from 1820-1850. However, the woman who is the main topic of this ...

18/04/2013

A great link to Yates County History Resources: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Yates_County,_New_York

15/04/2013

26/02/2013

"Penn Yan and How it Got That Way" by Fran Dumas, Yates County Historian

25/02/2013

The Mill and the Canal, looking Northeast, Penn Yan, New York.

17/02/2013

Welcome to The Yates Heritage Tours Project

Check out our website at www.yatesheritagetours.com.

Historic Driving and Walking Tours of Yates County, New York

17/02/2013

The Yates Heritage Tours Project's cover photo