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Essex County

Remembering Lake George Steamboat Company’s Bill Dow

September 29, 2022 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Bill Dow in 1999 courtesy Lake George MirrorWilliam P. Dow, president of the Lake George Steamboat Company, died September 13th at the age of 86 at his home in Lake George. [Read more…] about Remembering Lake George Steamboat Company’s Bill Dow

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Essex County, Lake George, Steamboating, Ticonderoga, Transportation History, Warren County

Carleton’s Raid in 1780 Devastated Saratoga, Warren, and Washington Counties

September 20, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Map of Carleton's RaidThe 1780 Carleton Raid devastated the present-day New York State counties of Saratoga, Warren, and Washington. It was known as the “Great Burning” because many of the structures along the “Old Military Road” south of Fort George at the southern end of Lake George were destroyed.

British Maj. Christopher Carleton’s raid was part of a larger strategy that played out across upstate New York and Vermont. Together with Carleton’s raiders, Sir John Johnson swept across the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys, Col. John Munro attacked Ballston Spa, and Lt. Richard Houghton raided Royalton, Vermont during the autumn of 1780. [Read more…] about Carleton’s Raid in 1780 Devastated Saratoga, Warren, and Washington Counties

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: American Revolution, carleton's raid, Essex County, Fort Amherst, Fort Ann, Fort George, Fort Ticonderoga, Glens Falls, Kingsbury, Lake George, Military History, Queensbury, Saratoga County, Schuylerville, Warren County, Washington County

Fort Ticonderoga To Reenact 1777 Brown’s Raid

August 22, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

1777 Bown's Raid reenactment photo by Mark Morello (courtesy Fort Ticonderoga)After the British capture of Fort Ticonderoga on July 5, 1777, Major General Benjamin Lincoln was ordered to Vermont to organize militia being raised in New England, with part of his mission to harass General John Burgoyne‘s long supply and communication lines to Canada. That September, following the Battle of Bennington, Lincoln sent three 500-man detachments to take on this task. [Read more…] about Fort Ticonderoga To Reenact 1777 Brown’s Raid

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Brown's Raid, Essex County, Fort Ticonderoga, La Chute River, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Maritime History, Military History, Mount Defiance, Mount Independence, Ticonderoga, Vermont

Bradstreet’s Raid: A 1758 Riverine Operation

August 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

John Bradstreet's, 1758: A Riverine Operation of the French and Indian WarMajor General John Bradstreet, born Jean-Baptiste Bradstreet (1714 – 1774), was a British Army officer during King George’s War, the French and Indian War, and Pontiac’s War.

In 1756 he led a column to supply the greatly weakened Fort Oswego and issued ignored warnings to his superiors before Oswego was captured and burned later that year. In the spring of 1757 he helped assemble supplies and transports at Boston for the abortive attack on Louisbourg.

That December he was appointed Lt. Colonel and in 1758 he participated in the attack on Fort Carillon (now Fort Ticonderoga), where he led the advance guard following the death of General George Howe. When the Battle ended in disaster, Bradstreet attempted to organize a retreat. [Read more…] about Bradstreet’s Raid: A 1758 Riverine Operation

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany, Battle of Carillon, Essex County, Fort Oswego, Fort Ticonderoga, French And Indian War, French History, Indigenous History, John Bradstreet, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Lake Ontario, Maritime History, Military History, Montreal, New France

Garden Club of Lake George Celebrates Centenary

August 12, 2022 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Members of the Garden Club of Lake George and their guests gathered for a group portrait at the Lake George Club in 2016The Garden Club of Lake George was founded in the summer of 1922 by nine women: Mary Whitman Knauth; Marianne Schurz; Gertrude Ranger; Elizabeth Brereton; Mona Hawkins; Mary Hayden; Elizabeth Kreitler; and Charlotte Hyde.

These were no ordinary women. [Read more…] about Garden Club of Lake George Celebrates Centenary

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Food, History Tagged With: Bolton, conservation, Environmental History, Essex County, Garden Club of Lake George, gardening, German-American History, Lake George, Warren County, Washington County, womens history

New Adirondack High Peaks Shuttles From North Hudson

August 4, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area courtesy DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Essex County are launching a new shuttle route to help manage safe, sustainable visitation to backcountry destinations in the Adirondack High Peaks.

The new route builds on the existing Route 73 shuttles and will run on select summer and fall weekends from Frontier Town Gateway in North Hudson, to transportation to some of the region’s most scenic locations. [Read more…] about New Adirondack High Peaks Shuttles From North Hudson

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, DEC, Essex County, High Peaks, Keene, Keene Valley, North Elba, North Hudson, Route 73

Teddy Roosevelt’s Wild Ride to the Presidency

August 4, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

On September 9th through 11th Newcomb, in Essex County at the heart of the Adirondacks, once again celebrates 26th President Theodore Roosevelt, who was vacationing at the Tahawus Club there in 1901 when the wheels leading to his presidency were set in motion.

Roosevelt had come to the Tahawus Club, a hunting and fishing retreat created in the 1870s on the site of early mining efforts on the uppermost reaches of the Hudson River, as a guest of one of its members. His arrival had been delayed by the assassination attempt on William McKinley, but after a trip to Buffalo where the stricken President was recovering, Roosevelt felt assured that he could join his family at Tahawus. [Read more…] about Teddy Roosevelt’s Wild Ride to the Presidency

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Essex County, Minerva, Mount Marcy, Newcomb, North Creek, Political History, Theodore Roosevelt, TR Weekend, Transportation History, William McKinley

Adk Council: Manchin Harming Adirondacks, Local Green Jobs

July 19, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack CouncilWest Virginia Senator Joe Manchin’s refusal to negotiate legislation to curb climate change will harm New York’s Adirondack Park as well as the growing clean-manufacturing economy in nearby Plattsburgh, according to the Adirondack Council.

The Council called on New York State government to intensify its efforts to reduce carbon emissions, and called on the state’s voters to approve the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Bond Act on the ballot November 8th. [Read more…] about Adk Council: Manchin Harming Adirondacks, Local Green Jobs

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondacks, clean air, Climate Change, Clinton County, energy, Environmental History, Essex County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Herkimer COunty, nature, Plattsburgh, politics, St Lawrence County, Warren County

1860: A Southern Tourist Gives Saratoga, Lake George Mixed Reviews

July 13, 2022 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Saratoga Springs Hotel Life in 1874 (photo by Record and Epler)George Mercer, a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, took a summer trip to Saratoga Springs with a buddy after sightseeing at West Point. He had a pretty good time, but not a great time.

He enjoyed the nightlife, but wasn’t impressed with the ladies; he went boating on Lake George, but complained of the heat. Sounds like today, right? Try 1860. [Read more…] about 1860: A Southern Tourist Gives Saratoga, Lake George Mixed Reviews

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Civil War, Essex County, Glens Falls, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Moreau, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, Social History, Ticonderoga, Warren County

Black Adirondack Farmers, Escaped Slaves, Civil War Veterans, Remembered at Union Cemetery

July 10, 2022 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Curt Stager leads a group of two dozen people in a rendition of John Brown’s Body while playing the banjo in Union CemeteryCurt Stager’s scholarly demeanor cracked on July 4th when he spread three small plastic baggies of soil on three graves of Black Adirondackers at Union Cemetery on state Route 3 in Vermontville, Franklin County, NY.

Stager didn’t know any of these people personally. They all died in the late 1800s. But in researching their lives, Stager, a Paul Smith’s College biology professor, said he’s become immensely respectful of their fights for freedom for all Americans, on the battlefield, or at home. [Read more…] about Black Adirondack Farmers, Escaped Slaves, Civil War Veterans, Remembered at Union Cemetery

Filed Under: History, Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: Abolition, Adirondacks, Black History, Cemeteries, Civil War, Essex County, Franklin County, Gerrit Smith Estate, John Brown, Slavery, Timbuctoo, Underground Railroad, Vermontville

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