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Adirondack Architectural Heritage Announces 2023 Preservation Award Winners

August 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

aarch logoThe Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) Preservation Awards program annually recognizes exemplary historic preservation work throughout the Adirondack region, including sensitive restoration, rehabilitation, adaptive use, long-term stewardship, and individual achievement by individuals and organizations.

The recipients of the 2023 AARCH Preservation Awards, which will be honored at their Preservation Awards ceremony on Friday, September 22, are: [Read more…] about Adirondack Architectural Heritage Announces 2023 Preservation Award Winners

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events, History Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Adirondacks, Architecture, Ausable Forks, Crown Point, Diamond Point, Essex County, Franklin County, Historic Preservation, Lake George, Lake Placid, Loon Lake (Franklin County), Schroon Lake

The Geology of Clinton County and History

June 18, 2023 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Map of Clinton CountyThe geology of Clinton County has shaped the county’s history in complex ways. There are five major geologic rock types in the county, each mined for its beauty and strength. You can see them in the buildings. [Read more…] about The Geology of Clinton County and History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature Tagged With: Adirondacks, Alice T. Miner Museum, Architecture, Ausable Chasm, Ausable Forks, Ausable River, Bluff Point Light House, Champlain Valley, Chateaugay, Chateaugay Lake, Chazy, Chazy Lake, Churubusco, clinton correctional facility, Clinton County, Clinton County Community College, Dannemora, Delaware & Hudson Railroad, Fossils, Geology, Historic Preservation, I-87, Iron Industry, Keeseville, Lake Champlain, Lyon Mountain, Mining, peru, Plattsburgh, Potsdam, Samuel de Champlain History Center, Town of Ausable, Transportation History

The Origins of Rockwell Kent: The Development of an Artist and His Craft

December 19, 2022 by Anthony F. Hall 1 Comment

Our America a series designed by Kent for sets of chinaRockwell Kent, the artist who made the Adirondacks his home from 1928 until his death in 1971, mastered more media than any of his contemporaries, even if one were to include Andy Warhol.

And no one was more skillful than he at agitprop – exhorting the masses to political action through expressive combinations of images and words, in posters, pamphlets, books and even bottle caps, those he used to seal the milk bottles from his Ausable Forks dairy farm. [Read more…] about The Origins of Rockwell Kent: The Development of an Artist and His Craft

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Adirondacks, Art History, Ausable Forks, Clinton County, Cultural History, Essex County, New Deal, Plattsburgh, Political History, SUNY Plattsburgh

Ausable River Association Hires New Stream Restoration Associate

March 3, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ausable River Association logoThe Ausable River Association (AsRA) has hired Peru, NY resident Gary Henry for the position of stream restoration associate. [Read more…] about Ausable River Association Hires New Stream Restoration Associate

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Ausable Forks, Ausable River, Ausable River Association, conservation, nature

Father Fitz: Missionary to the Adirondacks

April 11, 2020 by Roy Crego 3 Comments

Rev-John-FitzgeraldThe Rev. John G. Fitzgerald, or “Father Fitz” as he was known to contemporaries, was the first resident Roman Catholic priest in Old Forge. He is fondly remembered as a missionary to the widely scattered working people of the region and as a prolific builder of churches.

His obituary in 1925 and local histories rightly focus on his time in Old Forge, but Father Fitzgerald had a significant career prior to that. His early assignments reveal a resourceful and energetic clergyman who made an impact across the Adirondacks and North Country. He served the people of northern New York State for a total of 49 years providing faith, culture, and kindness. [Read more…] about Father Fitz: Missionary to the Adirondacks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Ausable Forks, Immigration, Irish History, Logging, Old Forge, Religion, Religious History

Golfer Babe Ruth Played at Plattsburgh’s Hotel Champlain

June 18, 2019 by Lawrence P. Gooley Leave a Comment

Babe Didrikson’s visit to the North Country in 1934 was historic, especially for Plattsburgh, where it was acknowledged as one of the greatest moments in the city’s history. She was an American hero (thanks to a startling performance in the 1932 Olympics), undeniably one of the world’s top athletes, and a phenomenon because of her high levels of talent in various sports. Plattsburgh’s remote location in New York’s northeast corner makes it difficult to get noticed, so Didrikson’s visit was regarded as a major coup.

Coincidentally, she wasn’t the only Babe from the stratosphere of sports fame to visit Plattsburgh in the 1930s. Even more unlikely is that both Babes were among the most famous athletes in America, and both were able competitors in sports other than the one that brought them the greatest fame. Didrikson, a track-and-field gold medalist, brought her basketball team to Plattsburgh, while Babe Ruth, a baseball giant, came north to play in an international golf tournament. [Read more…] about Golfer Babe Ruth Played at Plattsburgh’s Hotel Champlain

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Ausable Forks, Baseball, Golf History, Major League Baseball, Plattsburgh, sports, Sports History

Nonpareil Athlete Babe Didrikson’s North Country Visit

February 25, 2019 by Lawrence P. Gooley Leave a Comment

During the first half of the 20th century, traveling basketball and baseball teams were part of America’s social fabric, providing great entertainment for millions of appreciative fans. Mostly visiting cities and surrounding communities, the famous and near-famous made the rounds each year. Their competition consisted of locally organized squads that often recruited one or more talented college or semi-pro players. [Read more…] about Nonpareil Athlete Babe Didrikson’s North Country Visit

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Ausable Forks, Golf History, Plattsburgh, Sports History, womens history

Ugly History of North Country Nationalism Offers Lessons For Today

March 14, 2017 by Lawrence P. Gooley 4 Comments

Goodness has long been an admirable part of our identity as Americans. It is evident at the national level in our response when natural disasters strike here or abroad. Closer to home, we see it manifested daily in our own Adirondacks and foothills, where people donate, volunteer, and reach out to help others. Our foundation as small-town folk is one of welcoming, caring, sharing.

Along with that comes the knowledge that we’re also lucky to be Americans, lucky to not have been born in some other country where things are much different. Many of the lessons we learned in school were derived from the struggles of others in less fortunate circumstances.

We were taught to appreciate certain rights and freedoms, to speak out against perceived wrongs, to defend the less capable, and to question the directives of those in leadership positions. In some countries, those rights are viewed as privileges for the chosen few, or are not available at all. [Read more…] about Ugly History of North Country Nationalism Offers Lessons For Today

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Ausable Forks, Cultural History, Immigration, Political History, World War One

Aviation History: Air Marking The North Country (Conclusion)

May 17, 2016 by Lawrence P. Gooley Leave a Comment

AMP2A 1951CiceroNYShortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, it was realized that airmarks could be used by enemy planes, so the order was given to remove 2,500 airmarks that stood within 150 miles of the nation’s coasts. Six weeks later, those marks were obliterated, undoing six years of labor—but shortly after, the blanket order was modified. Why? The absence of airmarks was causing military pilot trainees to become lost. The new order allowed airmarks within 50 miles of flight training airfields.

The national program resumed after the war, with improved methods (including government-supplied plywood templates for lettering) and greater participation, but it’s truly remarkable that despite historic advances in communications and airplanes, the airmark system remained in use into the 1970s.

If you’re old enough to have flown locally back then, you might recall some North Country rooftop markings, some of which are listed below with their year of origin. Most were maintained until the system became outdated. [Read more…] about Aviation History: Air Marking The North Country (Conclusion)

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Ausable Forks, Transportation History

An Adirondack Mountain’s Brush With Hollywood Fame

November 11, 2013 by Lawrence P. Gooley 2 Comments

SealedValley coverNYHCatamount Mountain, the one rising from the shores of Taylor Pond north of Whiteface, has always been one of my favorite climbs.

Exposed rock can be so alluring, just one of the many elements that draws in people who love the outdoors. And Catamount has it all for the average hiker/climber―beautiful woods, a conical peak with great views, a dike to climb through, and lots of open, rocky expanses. [Read more…] about An Adirondack Mountain’s Brush With Hollywood Fame

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature Tagged With: Adirondacks, Ausable Forks, Film History, Saranac Lake

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