Publications

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UPDATE: "Sara Jane McBride: Pioneering Entomologist and Fly Tier" in Dark Skies Fly Fishing (Fall 2025)

This is an expanded version of a piece previously published in the Summer 2024 edition of Dark Skies Fly Fishing Magazine and which contains newly discovered details about Sara J. McBride’s mysterious life, solving the mystery of her disappearance in Australia. Read about the accomplishments, mysteries, and legacies of Sara J. McBride, a pioneering woman entomologist and professional fly tier from nineteenth-century Cal-Mum, and discover why her life after the 1880s was so difficult to trace.


"Seth Green's Legacy: America's Oldest Fish Hatchery" in Dark Skies Fly Fishing (Winter 2025)

Read about the Caledonia Fish Hatchery and its founder, Seth Green, and how the hatcery has inspired both conservation and thrilling sport fishing for 160 years, building a distinctive, proud identity for Caledonia.

Read the article in Dark Skies Fly Fishing magazine here.

Based on the County Historian's popular presentation of the same title, this article outlines the accomplishments, mysteries, and legacies of Sara Jane McBride, a pioneering woman entomologist and professional fly tier from nineteenth-century Cal-Mum. Read the article for free here.

Women's Biographical Review: Achievers, Leaders, and Role MWomens book coverodels (2021)

The County Historian's newest foundational reference book, published as part of Livingston County's bicentennial year, features 200 women associated with Livingston County from the 18th-21st centuries. The biographies celebrate the lives of women who made an impact on the local community, the state, or the nation.

Contact the County Historian's Office to get your copy. Also available at Sundance Books in Geneseo and on Amazon.com.

Once you've read it, please write a review on Google Books or Goodreads. Thank you!


Blue Devils in Vietnam (2014) 

This powerful book, written by Vietnam veterans from Geneseo Central School and the community, is available via the Historian's Office; contact us to purchase your copy. Click here for more information about Blue Devils in Vietnam.


The Diaries of Moses Long, 1842-1860

The Sullivan Campaign of the Revolutionary War (2006)


Updated December 2025