Rochester N.Y. - Today in History

The oldest cemetery in Rochester: King's Landing (1798) also called Hanford's Landing Cemetery is a pioneer cemetery on the west ba...

On November 11, 1862 the city council passed the following penal code related to nuisances within the city.  Some of the more critical ones...

A Collection of Ads in 19th Century Rochester Ice Companies - fresh from the Genesee River...    The ice may not be very good below...

April 18,1981 The Rochester Redwings played in the longest game in professional baseball history at 33 innings against the Pawtucket Red ...

February 20, 1895: Frederick Douglas died in his home in Washington D.C. at the age of 78.  He had been participating that day in a meeting ...

February 26, 1904: "Rochester's Greatest Fire" Starting before morning in a fuse of an elevator at the Rochester Dry Goods on ...

Rochester ranks among the top U.S. cities with the most annual snowfall at 92.3 inches, just below our neighbors Syracuse (#1 at 115.6 inche...