Village History
Old Middleport News Clippings
Stories, memories and images from the Village of Middleport archive. Choose an item below to read more.
Middleport Herald, July 12, 1912
While sorting through some old newspapers earlier this week, imagine my surprise when I came across a short article and an ad for Mr. Vary, the inventor I have recently featured on this…
Niagara Woodworking was in the news!
What can you add to this old newspaper clipping about Niagara Woodworking? Let us know by commenting below and we will add it to the story! The caption dates this at 1909 and says: “The…
Calling Middleport!
By Anna Wallace, Former Middleport Village Historian The first dial telephones in the area were installed in 1938 at Middleport and Gasport, apparently as a “trial run”. Lockport, with…
Cornerstone of New School Building Laid
Direct from the Middleport Herald, September 5, 1911 “Labor Day, Monday, September 4th, 1911, will pass into the history of the Union Free School District No. 1 of the Towns of Royalton and…
Commencement at Union School
A 1901 clipping from the local Middleport paper: The annual commencement exercises of the Mdpt. Union High School will be held at the opera house this eve. at 8:15, June 26, 1901. The class…