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Smugglers & The Law: Prohibition In Northern New York

January 19, 2023 by John Warren 4 Comments

A recreated chase of bootleggers in Chestertown, NY in 2013 (photo by John Warren)Dennis Warren left his job as a coal shoveler on the New York Central Railroad in Albany to ship out to the First World War. His transport ship had a close call with a German submarine on the way over, but got there in time to take part in what one of the bloodiest military campaigns in American history.

For Americans after the war, the Argonne would mean what Normandy meant just 25 years later – sacrifice. Sadly, that sacrifice in the Argonne Forest was never repaid to Dennis Warren, who met the death of a smuggler – running from an officious and invasive law on a treacherous mountain road near Port Henry on Lake Champlain.

According to the newsman who reported his death at the age of 29, “Canadian Ale was spread across the road.” [Read more…] about Smugglers & The Law: Prohibition In Northern New York

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Al Smith, beer, Canada, Clinton County, Crime and Justice, DeWitt, Essex County, Franklin County, Genealogy, Journalism, Lafayette, Lake Champlain, Legal History, liquor, Manlius, Newspapers, Onondaga, Onondaga County, Oral History, Plattsburgh, Political History, Pompey, Port Henry, Prohibition, Quebec, Rouses Point, Route 9, St Lawrence County, State Police, SUNY Plattsburgh, Vice, World War One

Key Adirondack Wilderness Inholding Protected

January 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

map showing Bear Pond ForestNortheast Wilderness Trust announced that it has purchased a key inholding in the Adirondack Park’s Five Ponds Wilderness, establishing the Bear Pond Forest. With this acquisition, the 1,056-acre Bear Pond Forest is now safeguarded from development, and the Forest will gradually be integrated into the surrounding 107,230-acre Five Ponds Wilderness, which is connected to the 23,816-acre Pepperbox Wilderness. [Read more…] about Key Adirondack Wilderness Inholding Protected

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Clifton, Diana, Fine, Five Ponds Wilderness, Hamilton County, Herkimer COunty, Lewis County, Long Lake, nature, Northeast Wilderness Trust, Pepperbox Wilderness Area, St Lawrence County, Town of Webb, Wildlife

Diapause & Insect Winter Inactivity

January 14, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack lake ice during a winter thawThe unseasonably mild conditions we have been experiencing this winter has been unusual, but is not unprecedented. In the past, there have been numerous bouts of warm weather and limited snowfalls that have produced similar periods when the ground became bare and the temperatures frequently rose above freezing. [Read more…] about Diapause & Insect Winter Inactivity

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Climate Change, ice, insects, snow, Wildlife, winter

Rehabilitation of Lows Lake Lower Dam Has Begun

January 14, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

lows lakeThe gate on the access road leading to the Bog River Dam, also known as Lows Lake Lower Dam, in the town of Piercefield, St. Lawrence County, closed December 6th, to allow for construction to maintain the Adirondack dam. [Read more…] about Rehabilitation of Lows Lake Lower Dam Has Begun

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Dams, Adirondacks, Bog River, DEC, Hitchens Pond, Horseshoe Lake, Lows Lake, paddling, Piercefield, St Lawrence County

Political History & Wit From Northern NY Newspapers

January 13, 2023 by Maury Thompson Leave a Comment

A New York Times pressman checking a newspaper for defects in 1942Trivia clue: He had an unusual career path from the ice business to lawyer, with a stopover in Congress.

Correct response: Who is Charles Henry Turner?

On December 27th, 1889, The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported that there were 130 new members of Congress, including this member who felt a bit out of place. [Read more…] about Political History & Wit From Northern NY Newspapers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Newspapers, Political History

Canal System Tourism Infrastructure and Events Grants

January 12, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

cyclists on the waterfront at Little Falls Canal Harbor courtesy Erie Canalway National Heritage CorridorThe New York State Canal Corporation, through the Reimagine the Canals initiative, and the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor are offering competitive grant funding to support tourism and recreation along the New York State Canal System including canal waterways and Canalway Trail. [Read more…] about Canal System Tourism Infrastructure and Events Grants

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor, Grants, NYS Canal Corporation

Ticonderoga’s 1700s French Village Forge Survey Planned

January 10, 2023 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Smith Forge at Fort Ticonderoga French Village (provided by Fort Ticonderoga Association)Shortly after establishing Fort Carillon (later named Ticonderoga), the French Army began the construction of a series of ancillary structures, including the Smith’s Forge, to the south of the fort beginning in early 1756.

This area, known as the lower town, or the French Village, housed a number of proto-industrial structures that supported the military activities of the armies who garrisoned Ticonderoga in the 18th century. [Read more…] about Ticonderoga’s 1700s French Village Forge Survey Planned

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Architecture, Essex County, Fort Ticonderoga, French And Indian War, French History, Historic Preservation, Industrial History, Iron Industry, Military History, Preservation League of NYS, Ticonderoga

Archibald McIntyre’s Life In Lotteries, Politics & Adirondack Mines

January 8, 2023 by Peter Hess Leave a Comment

Archibald McIntyre courtesy Project GutenbergArchibald McIntyre was born in Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland on the June 1, 1772. His parents were Daniel and Anne Walker McIntyre. Daniel McIntyre taught school in Scotland.

In 1774, Daniel and his family immigrated to the colony of New York and settled with four or five other Scottish families in what is now Broadalbin in Fulton County, NY. [Read more…] about Archibald McIntyre’s Life In Lotteries, Politics & Adirondack Mines

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Adirondack Guides, Adirondacks, Albany, Albany County, Albany Rural Cemetery, Archibald McIntyre, Broadalbin, Calamity Pond, Daniel D. Tompkins, Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Essex County, Fulton County, High Peaks, Hudson River, Industrial History, Iron Industry, Ithaca and Owego Railroad, Lake Placid, Mining, Newcomb, North Elba, Political History, Tahawus, Timbuctoo

Adirondack Conservation News: 5 Things You Need To Know

January 7, 2023 by Justin Levine Leave a Comment

Moriah Shock Correctional FacilityADK leaders urge state to reuse Moriah Shock Correctional Facility set to close December 31st

The Adirondack Council, along with several local and state elected officials and other environmental groups, called for the state to keep maintaining the former prison complex in Moriah. The state had slated to stop upkeep on the facility, which closed in 2021. While particular uses for the facility are up for debate, a wide coalition believes the facility can be used for training, housing, and other uses rather than reverting to constitutionally protected lands that would need a constitutional amendment to develop into something new. [Read more…] about Adirondack Conservation News: 5 Things You Need To Know

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondack Watershed Institute, Adirondacks, Climate Change, Moriah

Ausable River Association Receives $2 million

January 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Wrapping up a successful stream restoration project on the West Branch Ausable River in 2019 courtesy Ausable River AssociationThe Ausable River Association (AsRA) has received $2 million as part of the 2023 Federal Omnibus Bill, which was signed into law last week by President Biden.

[Read more…] about Ausable River Association Receives $2 million

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Ausable River Association

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