Marion’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Marion. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Marion was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The area was first settled around 1795.
The Town of Marion was created from the Town of Williamson on April 18, 1825, as the "Town of Winchester." It was renamed in 1826 for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.
The Ezra T. Phelps Farm Complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Marion’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marion’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOntario (Village); Furnaceville (…, 1874: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Marion, decade by decade
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Ontario (Village); Furnaceville (Village); Marion (Village) Business Directory.; Marion (Village) (1874) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.