RE: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info
I have my Great Great Grandmother’s diaries. She was Carrie Coleman and with her son Myron R. Coleman owned and ran the Coleman Hotel at Kidders, N.Y. She wrote that Cayuga Lake completely froze over in 1912. Then She wrote Feb. 4, 1912 – Cayuga Lake has not frozen over since 1885. She continued: Feb. 12, 1912 – A great many people are skating and walking on the lake. “ 14 – At least 200 people were here at Kidders on the ice. Charlie White (Sheldrake) is out with his iceboat. Two other iceboats and many skaters came over from the other side. “ 16 - Hundreds crossing the lake – Skating and walking. Two students were drowned a mile north of King Ferry. In the first 10 days of March she wrote of many in iceboats, skating and walking back and forth from both sides. Some came from Auburn or Ithaca on the train to King Ferry, then skated or rode on iceboats over the lake to Kidders. On St. Patrick’s Day, after five weeks of wonderful fun on the lake the ice broke up and moved north. With much ice moving up and down the lake as the wind changed, there were great fields of ice piling up on docks and boat houses. Going back to the year 1885, Carrie Coleman wrote in her diary : Feb. 17 , 1885 – The lake is frozen over. Myron (son) skated over to King Ferry after the mail. Many people skating on the lake. Mar. 4, - Thawed and injured the skating. No wind for iceboats. “ 5, - Ice is frozen over again. We all went out on the iceboat. Not much wind. “ 6 – The ice roared and groaned as it froze harder. “ 7 – A party of young men came from Auburn then over on the iceboat. “11 – Myron skated over after the mail. Then he and Fred (Wyer) skated to Aurora and back. “13 – Everyday people are on the lake. The iceboat sailed splendidly. Everyone was riding. I went over to meet the train and had a glorious sail. Mar. 22 - Men came from across the lake in a sleigh and horses and later went back. “27 – Teams crossing on the ice. Saw a horse and sleigh going to Ithaca – about in the middle of the lake. The iceboats flew about and people skating. April 1 - Mild and the ice is getting unsafe. Naomi Brewer (Sheldrake) 7214 Wyers Pt Rd. Ovid, N.Y. From: bounce-112542730-9392...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112542730-9392...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 6:29 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info Photos of the 1912 event show crowds of people out on the frozen lake; even horses. But two Cornell students skating near King Ferry were drowned when the ice gave way beneath them. Here's the Cornell Daily Sun article: http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=dd=CDS19120219.2.1 d=CDS19120219.2.1 -Geo Kloppel On Feb 9, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Linda Post Van Buskirk l...@cornell.edu wrote: I wonder for how long. The lake can skim over with a sharp dip in temp, and then winds break up the ice. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME Welcome and Basics http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES Rules and Information http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html The Mail Archive http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Surfbirds http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Cornell Peregrine
About an hour ago, while waiting for the bus at the Statler, I saw a PEREGRINE FALCON fly over … looked like it might have been heading toward Bradfield Hall. Ray -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Cornell Peregrine
Hello, The Peregrine has been seen around campus for a while now (perhaps a week or so). It perches on Bradfield Hall and it is being picked up on the Hawk Cam. Hollie (New Bird Cams Communications Specialist) On Feb 13, 2014 5:40 PM, Ray Zimmerman r...@cornell.edu wrote: About an hour ago, while waiting for the bus at the Statler, I saw a PEREGRINE FALCON fly over ... looked like it might have been heading toward Bradfield Hall. Ray -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] OT: Additional freezing info
Also, I've read that when the early settlers claimed their military lots in Lansing, the Ludlow brothers came up the frozen lake with their horse and wagon rigs to Salmon Creek, and then made their way up the stream to settle the hamlet of Ludlowville. To wit: Thomas Ludlow, the son of Henry Ludlow married Julia Norris in December 1778 in Southampton. They lived briefly at Roxbury, Morris County, NY. In February of 1791 who was then a major in the Continental Congress, his father Henry, and his brother Silas Ludlow moved to Tompkins County, NY. They were the first white settlers in the area and came by way of Athens, NY, on the Susquehanna River. The men arrived at the head of Cayuga Lake and went north on the ice pulling their valuables behind them on a sled until they reached the Salmon Creek outlet. They went up the ravine and found the falls which would later provide them with water power. They first located land that suited them and then gained title to it. This was a pattern many others attempted to follow, but most of them did so less succesfully than the Ludlows. They built cabins and waited for spring. They then applied to purchase the land on which they had settled, known as Military Lot Number 76 in the town of Milton. They paid $60.00 and gradually developed around them as they wold and leased land to others. They built a sawmill of logs, twenty feet square, and the first gristmill below the falls. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
