Trains shape area's future

STERLING - With summer still in full bloom, museums use Cayuga County's rich, deep history to help teach children more about America's historic significance.

The latest lesson was taught at The Little Red Schoolhouse Museum on Route 38 in Sterling, as the Sterling Historical Society presented an afternoon dedicated to teaching children about how trains and steam engines shaped the area.

Even though Sterling and neighboring Fair Haven are located on the Great Lakes, it wasn't until the first trains rolled through in 1871 that the economy began to boom.