civil_war_cannon_smoke (Photo credit: Tom Gill. ) Little changed in Malone until the Civil War . At this time, the people became a little less puritanical and a little less amenable to censor from the clergy. Yet their amusements were puritanical by today’s standards: debating societies, bell ringers, concerts, bowling, dances, circuses and minstrel shows. Once the war arrived, changes …[ read more ]

Descendant of the Puritan Faith Malone, no shock to anyone living here for long, had never been prosperous. In the early years, no one had money. Literally. To purchase goods, people bartered. Only one man appeared to own any cold cash—Obadiah T. Hosford. He had two silver dollars that he clinked in his pockets. This …[ read more ]