Years Ago in History

By CinDy BEll ToBEy

5 Years Ago – July 25, 2018

After three years in business in the local community, Peaks Coffee Co. has outgrown its location and is leaving its space at Nelson Corners.

But only half of the company is moving away – the café aspect of the business is heading into the city of Syracuse, while the roastery is staying local and relocating only a few miles down Route 20 in Cazenovia.

“We are so grateful to the community. We were just two kids with a dream to create a space to bring community and coffee together, and the support we received just means the world to us,” said Sam Bender, co-owner, along with his wife Kelsey, of Peaks Coffee Co. “But our business is growing and realistically, we just need more space.”

15 Years Ago – July 23, 2008

Saturday, Aug. 2 at 2 p.m. Hadley Kruczek-Aaron, Ph.D. will provide a tour of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark showing the locations of some of the thirty structures that once stood on the estate.

Dr. Kruczek-Aaron has conducted archeology studies for the past decade on the grounds of the estate and in 2007 completed her doctoral thesis on her archeological work at the site.

Also on the grounds, Kruczek-Aaron directed the public archeological excavations days hosted for several years by the Department of Anthropology at Syracuse University and the Beauchamp Chapter of the New York State Archeological Association.

The “Footprints of the Gerrit Smith Estate” tour on the estate grounds will indicate the foundation outline of such structures as the Gerrit Smith mansion, that burned in 1936, a temperance hotel, and essential oil shop, an ornithological museum, a gazebo, and an ice house.

25 Years Ago – July 29, 1998

After a long, hard search, Project Café