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Essex County

Charles Evans Hughes Documentary Now Available Online

November 27, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

My Native Air Charles Evans Hughes DocumentaryThe 43-minute documentary My Native Air: Charles Evans Hughes and the Adirondacks is now available for viewing free of charge on YouTube. [Read more…] about Charles Evans Hughes Documentary Now Available Online

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Charles Evans Hughes, Documentary, Essex County, Foreign Policy, Fort Ticonderoga, Glens Falls, Hyde Collection, Lake George, Legal History, Political History, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, Supreme Court, Warren County

Rangers Recover Body; Battle Late Season Wildfires, Conduct Search & Rescues

November 25, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

East Fishkill fire in November 2023New 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.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Rangers Recover Body; Battle Late Season Wildfires, Conduct Search & Rescues

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Allegany County, Allegany State Park, Altona, Caneadea, Catskills, Cattaraugus County, Chenango County, Dutchess County, East Fishkill, Essex County, Franklin County, Hardenburgh, hiking, hunting, I-84, Keene, South Valley, Town of German, Ulster County, wildfires

The Road to Ticonderoga: The Campaign of 1758 in the Champlain Valley

November 24, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Road to Ticonderoga Campaign 1758 Champlain ValleyThe British campaign to capture Fort Carillon on the Ticonderoga Peninsula in 1758 resulted in the largest battle of the French and Indian War. Crafted by Prime Minister William Pitt, the scope and scale of the British effort was staggering, calling for their northern colonies to raise 20,000 men to rendezvous with the British Regulars at Albany.

The directive would test the patience, resources, and will of the colonial governments as well as that of the newly appointed the British commander-in-chief, General James Abercrombie. [Read more…] about The Road to Ticonderoga: The Campaign of 1758 in the Champlain Valley

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Battle of Carillon, Canada, Clinton County, Connecticut, Crown Point, Essex County, Fort Carillon, Fort St. Frederic, Fort Ticonderoga, French And Indian War, French History, James Abercromby, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Lord Howe, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Massachusetts, Military History, New France, Rhode Island, Seven Years War, Ticonderoga, Warren County, Westholme Publishing

Deep History: Place Names of Lake Champlain

November 19, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

deep historyWriter and adventurer Erik Schlimmer dedicated two years of research and was assisted by a platoon of historians to produce Deep History: Place Names of Lake Champlain (Beechwood Books, 2023).

Described as “the only book dedicated to this unique aspect of Lake Champlain antiquity,” 440-page Deep History investigates the lake’s 392 toponyms – 124 in New York and 268 in Vermont. For those unfamiliar with the term, toponyms are the names of natural features such as bays, islands, points, and reefs. [Read more…] about Deep History: Place Names of Lake Champlain

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Burlington, Clinton County, Essex County, Indigenous History, Lake Champlain, Maritime History, Plattsburgh, Vermont, Washington County

Fort Ticonderoga Genealogy Initiative Goes Online

November 18, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fort Ticonderoga Project Archivist Kate Tardiff examines a 1775 payroll from Captain John Lamb’s Company of ArtilleryFort Ticonderoga has launched a new genealogy initiative, Ticonderoga Soldiers Project, launched as a result of a dramatic increase in genealogical interest and inquiries related to soldiers who served at Ticonderoga during the 18th century. [Read more…] about Fort Ticonderoga Genealogy Initiative Goes Online

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Albany County, American Revolution, Connecticut, DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution, Essex County, Fort Ticonderoga, French And Indian War, Genealogy, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Massachusetts, Military History, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, Vermont, Warren County, Washington County

Forest Rangers Recover Body, Rescue Hiker With Chest Pain, Another Having Panic Attack

November 15, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

ATV abandoned on Titusville State Forest in November 2023New 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.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Recover Body, Rescue Hiker With Chest Pain, Another Having Panic Attack

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Mohawk Valley, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Bellmont, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Franklin County, Fulton, Hamilton County, High Peaks, Keene, Long Lake, Mental Health, Schoharie County, Titusville State Forest

Louis W. Emerson: Warren County Industrialist & Political Leader

November 12, 2023 by Maury Thompson Leave a Comment

Louis W. Emerson (1893)Louis W. Emerson made a victory lap the day after he was elected to the New York state Senate.

“Senator-elect Emerson of Warrensburg was in town yesterday and smiled on his friends and ‘friends,’” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on November 7, 1889. [Read more…] about Louis W. Emerson: Warren County Industrialist & Political Leader

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Bolton, Chestertown, clinton correctional facility, Clinton County, Essex County, Hague, Horicon, Johnsburg, Lake George, Lake Luzerne, Political History, Queensbury, Stony Creek, Thurman, Warren County, Warrensburg

To Distress the French and Their Allies: Rogers’ Rangers, 1755-1763

November 3, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Rogers' Rangers, 1755-1763To Distress the French and Their Allies: Rogers’ Rangers, 1755-1763 (Black Dome Press, 2023) is the first volume in a new “Rangers of the French and Indian, Cherokee, and Pontiac’s War” series by Black Dome Press, that is expected to document for the first time the histories of all ranger units, from each of the colonies, that served in the French & Indian War and after.

Volume I begins with the most famous ranger unit of all ― Robert Rogers’ Rangers, which served in the major campaigns in New York and Canada, and then in the Caribbean, and continued to fight in the Cherokee and Pontiac’s Wars. [Read more…] about To Distress the French and Their Allies: Rogers’ Rangers, 1755-1763

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, History Tagged With: Abenaki, Adirondacks, Canada, Essex County, Fort Ann, Fort Carillon, Fort Edward, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort William Henry, French And Indian War, French History, Indigenous History, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Military History, New France, New Hampshire, Pontiac's War, Seven Years War, Ticonderoga, US Army, Warren County, Washington County

Louis Riel: A Canadian Rebel’s Exile in Northern New York

October 31, 2023 by Rebecca Rector Leave a Comment

Louis Riel in 1873 (Provincial Archives of Manitoba)Louis Riel (1844-1885) a founder of the province of Manitoba in Canada and a political leader of the Métis people (mixed Indigenous and European ancestry) at a time when they actively resisted the Northwest Territories integration into the Dominion of Canada in the late 1860s and 1870s. [Read more…] about Louis Riel: A Canadian Rebel’s Exile in Northern New York

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Canada, Catholicism, Clinton County, Cultural History, Essex County, French History, Glens Falls, Indigenous History, Keeseville, Military History, Montreal, Plattsburgh, Poetry, Political History, Quebec, Religious History

SUV Recovered From Crane Pond Rd; 70-Yr-Old & Dog Spend Night in Woods; Hikers, Hunters Rescued

October 31, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

SUV recovered near Crane Pond in October 2023 (DEC Photo)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.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about SUV Recovered From Crane Pond Rd; 70-Yr-Old & Dog Spend Night in Woods; Hikers, Hunters Rescued

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County, Bolivar, Crane Pond, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Hamilton County, Indian Lake, Neversink River Unique Area, Oswego County, Pharaoh Lake Wilderness, Piercefield, Sandy Creek, St Lawrence County, Sullivan County, Thompson, Ticonderoga

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