The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The central area of Vestal, near Route 26 at Choconut Creek, was the site of an indigenous village of the Ochugnut tribe of the Tuscarora people. During the American Revolution, a squad of soldiers from the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, under the command of Lt. William McKendry were sent to engage the tribes, when possible, and destroy their homes and crops. During the summer of 1779, the squad did burn at least two villages without encountering resistance, including one situated in what is now nearby downtown Binghamton (the Chenango, at the confluence of the Chenango and Susquehanna rivers), and the Ochugnut (Choconut) at the site of Choconut Creek near present-day Vestal High School.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Vestal’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vestal’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRes. of Geo. E. Ross, E.S.Q., Ves…, 1876: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Vestal
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Vestal, decade by decade
CommonsBC Transit buses2008
CommonsPennsylvania State Route 1672007
CommonsBinghamtonUniversity Campus82007
CommonsBinghamtonUniversity Campus72007
CommonsBinghamtonUniversity Campus62007
CommonsBinghamtonUniversity Campus42007
CommonsWHEEL2006
CommonsSpokes2006
CommonsVestalParkway2005
CommonsArnold-park-vestal-ny2003Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Res. of Geo. E. Ross, E.S.Q., Vestal, Broome Co., N.Y; Res. of A.F. Barnum, Binghamton TP, Broome Co., N.Y (1876) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.