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May 13: Local Historian “Great Fire of 1849,”

By Gene Morse,

2024-05-12

Local Historian Larry Corbett Presents “Watertown – Before and After the Great Fire of May 13, 1849” at the Watertown Senior Center on Monday, May 13, starting at 10 a.m.

Watertown Senior Center
167 Polk St. Marcy Building, Elevator to the 2nd floor
Watertown, NY 13601

On the anniversary of the “Great Fire of 1849,” Corbett will be talking about Watertown before and after the fire. He will present a brief sketch of the pioneers who settled here and what was accomplished in the first 50 years, what was lost to the fire and what replaced it.

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