![]() Norman & Betty Colman then purchased the restaurant in May of 1972 and named it The Inn Between. In the late 1960s, the property was purchased by a Vito Militi who converted it into an exclusive upscale restaurant and subsequently went bankrupt in 1971. The property then became residential apartments as well as the 1st Elks Lodge in Camillus. The large cow barn burned to the ground in the late 50's, but the old pump still stands to remind us all of these hard working farm days when the beautiful countryside was streaked with dirt and cobble roads, ancient hardwood forests and when the farm hands used to go as far as Onondaga lake to bring the wandering cows home. It is said that the top breeding stock cattle was sold for $45,000.00. Farming activities stopped in 1945 when the estate was sold at auction. ![]() took over his father's farm and began breeding and developing prize-winning cattle with much success. Other barns and tenant houses are still present on the other side of the Route 5 and the block building in the parking lot served as the creamery. A very large cow barn stood on the west side of the property near the pond. The Inn Between Restaurant Was originally the manor home of Thomas Hill Munro. There were several barns on the property. The road on which The Inn Between is located was constructed as a plank toll road by the Munro family, connecting the area to the city of Syracuse and was the northern branch of Seneca Turnpike. The party however, was formally christened elsewhere. It is interesting to note that this was the first documented meeting of the Republican party in the United States. The Munro’s are also touted as being amongst the originators of the Republican party who held its first meeting right here in the Village of Camillus N.Y. He was also a member of the county and state Republican Committee and a leading agriculturist serving on the N.Y.S. Munro was elected Sheriff of Onondaga County and served from 1934 to 1936. He graduated in 1944.The Munro family is recognized as having been responsible for making a large segment of the history of Onondaga County. While attending old Capistrano Union High School, he worked for a short time with Carmen Oyharzabal at one of the mission ticket booths. In fact, he returned to coach seventh and eighth grade boys basketball from the 1950s to 1960s.Īlong with being an altar server in the historic Serra Chapel, he spent his summer vacations selling wildflower seeds gathered in the hills to mission visitors for 5 cents a bag. He was very active in sports, especially basketball. Joseph Day celebration broadcast by NBC from the sacred bell garden at the mission. Swallow” and “As I Stroll Through the Old Mission Gardens” as part of the first St. ![]() On March 19, 1936, at 10 years old, he and his classmates sang “Good Morning Mr. He attended the old Mission School until eighth grade, graduating in 1940 with other locals such as Norman Belardes, Viola Lobo, Carmen Oyharzabal, Ernestine Sanchez and Manuel Paramo. His great-grandparents were Jose Delores Garcia and Maria del Refugia Yorba Garcia, builders of the first Victorian house in San Juan Capistrano, now the location of the San Juan Capistrano Historical Society.įloyd was raised at Las Rosas, the former Casa Grande where his mother ran a Spanish/Early California restaurant for many years. 30, 1778, she was married at the mission to Jose Antonio de Cota, a soldier from the Mission San Diego Presidio.įloyd descends from pre-mission early California rancho families. The first of his ancestors to be baptized in Mission San Juan Capistrano was a 16-year-old Juaneno Indian named Chiqila (her Christian name was Maria Bernarda). 27, 1926, to Ventura Garcia Nieblas and Joseph Nieblas. Floyd Hugo “Ditty” Nieblas passed away Saturday due to a lengthy illness.
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