The
            Edinburg Historical Society was founded in 1975 by Nellie Tyrrell to celebrate
            the Nation's 200th birthday. At that time it was called the Bi-Centennial
            Committee. It wasn't until 1990 that it became known as the Edinburg
            Historical Society.



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Nellie
            Tyrrell was
            a retired schoolteacher from Gloversville, New York and had acquired
            her interest and affection for the area from her summers spent
            at the Great Sacandaga Lake. Ms. Tyrrell was a direct descendant
            of Arad Copeland and became the first Town Historian and Curator
            of the Nellie Tyrrell Museum. Fittingly, the Nellie Tyrrell Museum
            is a former schoolhouse leased by the Town to the Society. The
            building opened as the Edinburgh Town Museum in 1975, then in
            1979, was named the Nellie Tyrrell Museum in honor of Miss Nellie
            Tyrrell, Town Historian, and originator of the museum.
 

            
Edinburg Historical Society
PO Box 801
Edinburg, NY 12134
www.edinburg-hist-soc.org

            
 
 

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