The old brick factory, built in 1898, is still there, at 505 Roberts St., right behind 1000 State St. There is a sign out front that reads “Muree B. Brown Gallery,” but I can’t find that listed in the ...
Fred Divine made fishing rods in Utica, and he was the subject of a column in this space three years ago. Divine began making rods by hand in the 1870s, and eventually built a factory on Roberts ...