Clyde Historical Highlights

Clyde's history includes a blockhouse constructed in 1722; Military Tract #27, now the Town of Galen, established in 1782 for Revolutionary War Memorial medical staff veterans; the beginning of permanent settlement at Lauraville south of the river in 1811 and at Clyde north of the river in 1817; the opening of the Erie Canal and Stow Insurance Office in 1825; Clyde Glass Works beginning operation in 1828; incorporation of settlements on both sides of the river as the Village of Clyde in 1835; an 1846 meeting at the Baptist Church that led to formation of the Rochester and Syracuse Railroad, later the New York Central Railroad; John Jones producing an early typewriter in 1852; the first train stopping in Clyde in 1853; a Mason jar patent in 1858 leading to major production in Clyde; Abraham Lincoln's inaugural train stopping in Clyde in 1861, when he spoke to a crowd of 3000 people; portable steam engines and boilers being manufactured in Clyde by S.W. Wood and Son in 1868; Clyde's Charles T. Saxton being elected New York Lieutenant Governor in 1884; an undefeated village football team beating several college squads in 1896; the Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Trolley beginning service in 1908; erection of the bandstand in the village park in 1912; Barge Canal improvement rerouting the canal along the course of the Clyde River in 1918; erection of a statue of George Washington by Sons of Italy in 1932; Katherine Wylie being elected in 1937 as the first woman mayor of a village in New York State; Clyde Central School opening in 1940; Clyde High School being used as a POW camp from 1943-46; Acme Electric, followed by General Electric, initiating Clyde's electronics industry in 1941; dedication of Clyde Industrial Park in 1967; and erection of a replica of the original blockhouse in 1976.

Clyde, New York · United States