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Clinton County

The 10 Deadliest Accidents in the Adirondack Region

December 9, 2021 by John Warren Leave a Comment

Sinking of Lake George Steamboat John JaySome of tragic accidents have occurred in the Adirondack region.

Here is a list of the ten believed to have been among the deadliest: [Read more…] about The 10 Deadliest Accidents in the Adirondack Region

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Dams, Aviation History, Chazy Lake, Clinton County, Dannemora, Essex County, I-87, Lake George, Saratoga County, Steamboating, Transportation History, Warren County

Forepaugh’s Wild West Show & Circus Enthralled Upstate NY

September 14, 2021 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

1889 Forepaugh Show Trade CardAsk someone the name of a three-ring circus and their response would likely be Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey, or a combination of the two. Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows was established in 1884 and P.T. Barnum’s Great Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Hippodrome had opened in 1871. Predating both was the biggest, most successful, though also the least known of the traveling shows, Adam Forepaugh’s Great All-Feature Show and Wild West Combined, established in 1863. [Read more…] about Forepaugh’s Wild West Show & Circus Enthralled Upstate NY

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany County, Clinton County, Performing Arts, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Warren County, Washington County

Isaac Johnson: A Soldier, Quarryman, Master Mason

July 5, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Isaac Johnson as a Young ManThe Clinton County Historical Association will host the lecture “Isaac Johnson: Slave, Soldier, Quarryman, Master Mason, Contractor” by Cornel “Corky” Reinhart, on Tuesday, July 13th, in Plattsburgh. [Read more…] about Isaac Johnson: A Soldier, Quarryman, Master Mason

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Architecture, Black History, Churubusco, Clinton County, Clinton County Historical Association, Grass River, Historic Preservation, Ogdensburg, Ontario, US Colored Troops, Waddington

Prohibition In North Country Project Supported With Grant

February 14, 2021 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

The Clinton County Historical Association has been awarded $7,500 in Grant Funding from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership for an exhibit and public  presentation on the story of the Prohibition Era in the North Country. [Read more…] about Prohibition In North Country Project Supported With Grant

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Clinton County, Clinton County Historical Association, Historic Preservation, Prohibition

A Visit To The Deansboro, Oneida Co, CCC Camp

May 27, 2020 by Richard Williams 3 Comments

Deansboro CCC Camp flag pole and three buildingsDuring the Great Depression of the 1930s the federal government started numerous programs to provide jobs. One, based on an earlier New York State program established by then Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

The CCC employed about 3.5 million young men nationwide, with about 210,00 of them at 116 camps across New York State. The camps, for men only, were supervised by the U.S. Army and the Soil Conservation Commission. [Read more…] about A Visit To The Deansboro, Oneida Co, CCC Camp

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: CCC, Clinton County, Great Depression, Oneida County, Utica

No Helmets, Seatbelts: Teen Killed, Others Injured In UTV Crash

May 18, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

NYSP logoOn May 16, 2020, at approximately 4:58 pm, State Police responded to a report of an UTV crash at 659 Fuller Road in the town of Peru, Clinton County. [Read more…] about No Helmets, Seatbelts: Teen Killed, Others Injured In UTV Crash

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Clinton County, peru, State Police

Wally Foote: ‘The Most Handsome Man in Congress’

May 10, 2020 by Maury Thompson Leave a Comment

Wallace Turner Foote JrThe Plattsburgh Daily Press in late 1894 fact-checked the boasts of M.W. Howard, age 32, of Alabama, and George M. Southwick, age 31, of Albany, who each claimed to be the youngest member of the incoming U.S. House of Representatives.

Actually, it was local Representative-elect Wallace T. Foote Jr., who would still be 30 when he took office, that would have the distinction. Foote represented New York’s 23rd District, which included Essex, Clinton, Franklin, Warren and Washington counties. [Read more…] about Wally Foote: ‘The Most Handsome Man in Congress’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Clinton County, Essex County, Franklin County, Lake Champlain, Political History, Port Henry, Union College, Warren County, Washington County

John H. Moffitt’s North Country Political Biography

April 23, 2020 by Maury Thompson 4 Comments

John Henry Moffitt courtesy Cole Collection, Plattsburgh Public LibraryConstituents in New York’s 21st Congressional District, unlike U.S. Rep. Constantine B. Kilgore, D-Texas, didn’t get caught taking summer naps, joked The Plattsburgh Sentinel on April 5, 1889.

Kilgore, better known by the nickname “Buck,” had persistently blocked Republican John H. Moffitt, who represented New York’s North Country, from securing a $10,000 appropriation to construct a road through the military reservation in Plattsburgh. [Read more…] about John H. Moffitt’s North Country Political Biography

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Clinton County, Fort Ticonderoga, Grover Cleveland, Plattsburgh, Political History

How William Beaumont Changed Medical History

March 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

William BeaumontIn 1822, a fur trapper named Alexis St. Martin was accidentally gut-shot by a shotgun in Mackinac Island, Michigan. Near death, he was treated by William Beaumont, an Army physician who for much of his career had practiced medicine in Clinton County, New York. What followed was a remarkable chapter in medical history, one that resonates today. [Read more…] about How William Beaumont Changed Medical History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Clinton County, Clinton County Historical Association, Medical History, Plattsburgh

Remember Adirondack Dumps? And the Bears?

December 17, 2019 by Lawrence P. Gooley 6 Comments

LandscapeRemember that long-ago weekly ritual, the trip to the dump with Dad? I’m talking about the 1960s, and maybe in some cases the 1970s. If you’re not old enough to look back that far, you’ll be amazed (appalled) to see how trash, garbage, and another-man’s-treasures were disposed of by most folks.

It was a part of small-town life that we can now look back on and be thankful it has largely vanished. From a child’s perspective, the dump was a mysterious and somewhat scary place that you couldn’t wait to visit, and soon enough couldn’t wait to leave. [Read more…] about Remember Adirondack Dumps? And the Bears?

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, black bears, Clinton County, nature, Wildlife

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