Clinton County Historical Association

The Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA) have announced “Lest We Forget – The Story of the Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel,” a program with Kate Chilton and Helen Nerska, set for Tuesday, October 25th, at the Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel. [Read more…] about Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel History Program On Tuesday

The Catholic Summer School of America was both a vacation and religious destination for Catholics throughout New England during the early to mid-twentieth century.

Establishing a permanent home on the shores of Cliff Haven on Lake Champlain in 1896, during its hey-day, the school had over 14 cottages and accommodated more than 1,500 people during their busiest summer seasons. [Read more…] about Champlain History: Catholic Summer School of America

The Clinton County Historical Association has announced a tour of Town of Clinton cemeteries, led by Town Historian Rebecca LeClair, set for August 20th. [Read more…] about Town of Clinton Cemeteries Tour Planned

Many Clinton County residents are descended from the over 5,000 men who enlisted there for the Civil War.

The Clinton County Historical Association will host “Clinton County’s Civil War Soldiers,” a program set for Tuesday, August 9th, at the Lake Forest Senior Living Community in Plattsburgh. [Read more…] about Clinton County’s Civil War Soldiers Talk Set For Tuesday

Henry Abrahm Lozier was an Indiana-born sewing machine and bicycle manufacturer. After selling his bicycle business, Lozier moved to Plattsburgh in Clinton County, NY, in 1900 to manufacture boats and marine engines. In 1905 Henry Abrahm Lozier Jr. started manufacturing the Lozier automobiles.

Loziers were top line luxury cars and for a time were the most expensive cars produced in the United States. The 1910 model featured cars priced between $4,600 and $7,750. That same year, a Cadillac could be bought for about $1,600 and a Packard for about $3,200. A pre-assembly line Ford Model T of the same year retailed at approximately $850 and the average annual salary in America was approximately $750. [Read more…] about The Lozier Family and Car Company in Plattsburgh

The Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA) will host a narrated walking tour of the historic buildings surrounding the Old Base Oval, in the City of Plattsburgh, on Saturday, July 16th. [Read more…] about A Tour of Plattsburgh’s Old Base Oval

The Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA) will host a tour of the historic Bluff Point Lighthouse on Valcour Island on Sunday, July 10th. [Read more…] about Lake Champlain Bluff Point Lighthouse Tours Begin July 10th

The Clinton County Historical Association will host “Summer Sundays at The Bluff Point Lighthouse,” featuring guided tours of the Bluff Point Lighthouse on Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, each Sunday in July.

The lighthouse, once the home of the lighthouse keepers, now is filled with themed rooms containing interpretive materials. The gallery around the light at the top of the building, is at the same level as the osprey nest at the top of the tower next to the building.

A short walk south of light will bring you to the spot where the Philadelphia ran aground during the Battle of Valcour in which Benedict Arnold engaged the British on October 11, 1776. [Read more…] about Valcour Island’s Bluff Point Lighthouse Opening For Season