Library History
Is there still an active Club as a part of the library?
No, the club disbanded.
Before the municipal building was built, where did the people of Almond go to vote?
The Library!
Where is the mouth of the Genesee River?
Lake Ontario
Niagara Falls State Park is the oldest state park in the United States, when was it established?
1885
How many national parks are there in the United States?
63
Elva Owlett
Who is our current Town Supervisor?
Nathan Woodruff
Name the four counties in New York that boarder Allegany County.
Where is the birthplace of the women's suffrage movement?
Seneca Falls
Who sewed the first American Flag?
Betsy Ross
Who formed the original literary society that later turned into the 20th Century Club?
Mrs. Carrie Stillman
How did Almond get it's name?
An early Scottish settler named it after the Almond River Valley in Scotland.
What town held the county seat previous to Belmont?
Angelica
Name the six "major" Finger Lakes.
Seneca, Cayuga, Skaneateles, Owasco, Keuka, and Canandaigua
What President was elected to more than 2 terms?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What year was this building built?
1911
Which president supposedly stayed overnight at the Hagadorn House?
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
For centuries Allegany County was the territory of what native people?
The Seneca people of the Haudenosaunee
How many counties make up New York State?
62
What year did the U.S. put people on the moon?
1969
Where did the "Ladies Reading Circle" first meet before it became the Almond 20th Century Club Library?
Taylors, later called Kelloggs
What business used to accupy the building which is now the Big Dipper?
Alsworth Gas Station
What year was Allegany County created by the State Legislature?
1806
Name the five boroughs of New York City.
Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island
Name at least three of the 56 people who signed the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock, Samual Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, etc.