Spencer’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Spencer. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The land for the town was purchased in 1791 and settlement began in 1794.
When the town was organized in 1806 from the Town of Tioga (the Old Town of Owego), it contained territory that is now in more newly organized towns: Candor (1811), Caroline (1811), Danby (1811), Newfield (1811), and Cayuta (1824) in Tioga and other counties.
The Halsey Valley Grand Army of the Republic Meeting Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
Town resident Cal Harris was tried four times for murder, and ultimately acquitted, over a decade following the 2001 disappearance of his estranged wife.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Spencer’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Spencer’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewA dairy farm two miles north of S…, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Spencer
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Spencer, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as A dairy farm two miles north of Spencer, New York (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.