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Jun 1, 2021
The writer of this piece, Connie Eshbach, is the vice president of the Rochester Historical Society. This is part of a series of Rochester history briefs.
ROCHESTER In Rochester Center, there’s an honor roll, which was adorned with flags for Memorial Day. The names of those who served their country from World War I through the wars that followed are there.
There’s another plaque for the man for whom the once Rochester Square was renamed.
Calvin Daggett was born in 1924. In 1942, he married Rochester native Palmeda Arruda and settled in her town.
Daggett, better known as Cal, was a master craftsman a carpenter, cabinet maker, and building contractor.
COTTONE AUCTIONS This Kentucky rifle belonging to the Rochester Historical Society fetched $306,000 at auction on May 8, 2021. The price is thought to be an auction record for Kentucky rifles. To the untrained eye, the Kentucky rifle the Rochester Historical Society put up for auction appeared to be nothing special. Just a scuffed up, old muzzleloader with a scraped barrel and a crack in the maple wood frame. But an inscription inside the patch box, a small compartment in the stock, suggesting it had been tested in battle during the Revolutionary War lent to its intrigue: “Taken from the British at the Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778.”
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I just wanted to share my appreciation for the beautifully written
“Our Lost Year” article and its subsections in the March edition of
CITY. CITY has always been a source of local pride and joy for me, while also at times stirring the pot of controversy. When I saw the cover page of this most recent issue, I was curious as to how the year would be presented with so much going on. The article was presented in such a matter-of-fact way with no bias! Even in history books, events are often presented in a biased manner, but this article was not. This article should be what is presented in our future history books.