The year is 1962: the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world close to nuclear annihilation, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, and Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart in Arkansas. Meanwhile the Horseheads Public Library moved Continue reading History of Public Library Service in Horseheads, NY Part 3—a Community Builds a Library
The Postwar years brought a population boom to Horseheads, NY and 4 different addresses for the Horseheads Library in 18 years. According to the 1940 United States Federal Census, the Town of Horseheads had a population of 8,804. By 1960, Continue reading History of Public Library Service in Horseheads, NY Part 2—the Nomadic Years
It was the spring of 1944. The world was at war. Freedom hung in the balance. The newly formed Horseheads Women’s Club busied themselves knitting and sewing items for the British war effort above Brown’s Pharmacy in Hanover Square in Continue reading History of Public Library Service in Horseheads, NY, Part One—The Beginning