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The Oneida County Historical Society launched the
Historical Hall of Fame in 1946, honoring five historic figures.
For five years the Society inducted local people of note into the
Hall of Fame before the practice was discontinued.
The Society’s Board of Trustees in the year
2000 moved to correct that nearly 50-year lapse, resurrecting the
Hall of Fame with the intent of inducting a class of five honorees
in 2001. To accomplish that, the Society
solicited nominations from the county’s historians as well
as the community at large, and empanelled a Blue Ribbon Selection
Committee to review
the top nominees. |