Sterling HIstorical Society

09/18/2026

On Tuesday, September 22, we will be at the Little Red Schoolhouse at 7:00 pm. Our speaker will be Robert Coant who is the Historian for Volney, and he will be speaking about “the Ghost of Seneca Hill.” Do you believe in ghosts? One way to find out more is stop on over, we’re at 1294 St. Rt. 104A, Sterling. Hope to see you here, we have this program and then one more for the month of October. You don’t want to miss out , it’s a long winter.. 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻

08/17/2026

Sterling Historical Society
On Tuesday, August 25 @ 7:00 pm. @ the Little Red Schoolhouse, George Irwin will be discussing " Railroads Around Sterling." George will point out the fact that if we drew a 20 mile radius around Sterling, we would find six railroads of the past . This discussion will be on the trains, how they came to the area and lastly why. Hope you can make it, we'd be glad to see you, so don't forget where you'd like to be on Tuesday, August 25.

06/20/2026

Tuesday, June 23rd, @ 7:00 pm the Sterling Historian Society will be at the Little Red Schoolhouse for this months program. Gene Longley will be our speaker and his program is " A Tale is Told: The Longley's." This discussion will include the history of the Longley name, their migration to the USA and their local history in Sterling.
All of our programs are free to the public, you do not have to be a member of the historical society to particapate in any of our events.
For those who haven't been here before , our address is 1294 State Route 104 A Sterling,NY.
Come and join us!!

05/26/2026

Tuesday, May 26th at 7:00, we will be at the Schoolhouse to hear Barb Warner Deane.
Barb will be discussing "Women of World War II: On the Front Lines and the Home Front. Between Rosie the Riviter and the Atomic Girls , women made contributions to the war effort.
Stop on over and stay a while.

04/24/2026

On Tuesday, April 28th @ 7:00 PM at the Little Red Schoolhouse, located at 1294 State Rt. 104A, Sterling; will be having their first program of the season.
Lee Hickey has agreed to be our first speaker. Her topic for the night will be "The Murder of Cora Sweet". This brutal murder that took place in Scriba, New York; according to the "Oswego Daily News, May 29th, 1905. A slideshow and book signing event will take place that evening. If you attended last years program, Lee introduced her first book called "Girl in the Glass Coffin: the Tonkin Affairs. This should be another interesting topic. Please join us and see for yourself what this book is about.

02/24/2026

10/18/2025

Tuesday, October 28th@ 7:00 p.m; the Little Red Schoolhouse will be hosting their last program for this year. The program will be about A.L. Lee Memorial Hospital, that was located in Fulton, NY.
Les Weldin and Tom Brown will be presenting the known history of the hospital, and what it did for the community.
We are located at 1294 State Rt. 104A, Sterling. All are invited to attend and reminisce about what was and what is now.
Hope to see you there and enjoy the night.