History, Natural History & the Arts
During the American Revolution, the Province of New York was a stronghold of Loyalism. While a difficult matter to estimate with any degree of certainty, available records would seem to indicate that the Loyalists may have constituted an actual majority of the total population.
The statement has even been made that New York furnished more men to the British forces engaged in the war than to the American. [Read more…] about Champlain Frontier Loyalists During the American Revolution
New York State Forest Rangers recently fought three wildfires started by illegal debris and garbage burning, and one unattended fire, on April 28th and April 29th, which burned about 4 acres.
They also recovered the body of a man from a creek in Tioga County, and responded to a hiker having an allergic reaction in the Catskills. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Fight Wildfires, Recover Body, Respond to Allergic Hiker
Washington County, NY is an area rich in historical and cultural significance along New York’s border with Vermont, at the head of Lake Champlain and east of Lake George. Many of the County’s towns have been around since before the American Revolution. The county is bisected by the Champlain Canal and the Hudson River. [Read more…] about 10 Washington County Museums Worth A Visit
Robert “Buzzy” Sweet was a seemingly healthy, adventurous 13-year-old boy when he passed away suddenly from acute leukemia in January of 1957. His unexpected death left friends and family grappling with grief and a thousand unanswered questions. There were no warning signs, no visible symptoms of illness.
Nothing had prepared the boy’s loved ones for this tragic loss. [Read more…] about Buzzy: My Adventurous Short Life
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) recently rescued to bald eagles in Washington and Livingston Counties, NY. [Read more…] about Bald Eagles Rescued in Washington, Livingston Counties
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people and engage in policing on New York State Lands.
What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Rangers Rescue Unprepared Hiker; An Eclipse Viewer; and Fight Washington County Wildfire
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers have been busy responding to wildfires as low humid and gusty winds create Red Flag Warnings across much of Upstate.
On Saturday, April 8 at 4:10 p.m., Forest Ranger Sprague responded to a wildland fire on Kuhrt Road in Forestville, in the town of Hanover, Chautauqua County. The local fire department contained the fire before Ranger Sprague arrived about 20 minutes later. [Read more…] about Numerous Wildfires Reported in Upstate New York
Historian L. Lloyd Stewart’s The Mysterious Black Migration 1800-1820: The Van Vrankens and Other Families of African Descent in Washington County, New York (2013) is an extensively researched and documented book on the geopolitical and economic conditions that instigated a migration of thousands of “free” African Americans from various New York State counties and New England during a period when slavery was still legal and active in New York State. [Read more…] about Washington County’s Mysterious Black Migration
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