Backbone Ridge History Group
Trumansburg, NY 14886
Charlotte Dickens - (910) 988-2268 - backboneridgehg@gmail.com
Backbone Ridge History Group
About
The Backbone Ridge History Group (BRHG) was formed in 2006. The BRHG is a grass roots organization to collect the history of the land and the people in the Backbone Ridge area of the Finger Lakes National Forest in Upstate New York.
The BRHG has adopted the following mission statement: "To identify and facilitate public access to sources of information documenting the history of the people, communities, and lands in around the Finger Lakes National Forest and promote the study of this history."
Backbone Ridge History Group is a member of the South Central Regional Library Council.
Collections
Photographs, maps and ephemera about the Backbone Ridge, an area between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes National Forest.
Newsletters written by volunteers of the Backbone Ridge History Group, with articles and reminiscences.
Gravestone transcriptions and other information about the cemeteries of Backbone Ridge, most of which were abandoned by the 20th century.
Oral histories and diaries from the Backbone Ridge of the Finger Lakes National Forest.