Gerald Smith

A history museum in the village of Owego is preparing to hold a grand reopening event to allow visitors to experience the improvements that have been made.

Some special exhibits and informational programs will be happening in the coming weeks at the Tioga County Historical Society Museum in Owego.

Things have changed on Endicott's Washington Avenue... and looking back over the decades, there have been some very big changes.

More than a half-century after the Triplets played their final game in Johnson City, a pair of historic markers are to be erected at the site of their ballpark, Johnson Field.

The man who has served as the city of Binghamton and the Broome County historian for decades is resigning from the posts.

Always fun Broome County Historian Gerald Smith is featured on the October 6 edition of the weekly, local public affairs program, Southern Tier Close Up.

Gerald Smith, who has been the Broome County historian for three decades, has been recognized for distinguished service by the New York Academy of History.

The City of Binghamton is about to mark its sesquicentennial. Binghamton was incorporated as a city on April 9, 1867.

For a brief time in the early 20th century, Binghamton was home to the New York state headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan. On St. Patrick's Day in 1923, city residents were shocked to discover pamphlets promoting the Klan had been left at their homes.

One of Broome County's more unusual small historic landmarks sits in the corner of a Johnson City park. It's a pagoda constructed by Endicott Johnson shoe factory workers over 100 years ago. The odd-looking structure is a short distance from the carousel in CFJ Park...