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Fulton County

Mohawk River Basin Grants Available

February 4, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mohawk River Basin courtesy DECThe Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is offering $600k in Mohawk River Basin Grants to help municipalities, soil and water conservation districts, school districts, colleges and universities, and not-for-profit organizations to implement the goals and objectives of the Mohawk River Basin Action Agenda 2021-2026, a five-year plan advancing efforts to conserve, preserve, and restore the Mohawk River and its watershed. [Read more…] about Mohawk River Basin Grants Available

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Albany County, DEC, Fulton County, Grants, Hamilton County, Herkimer COunty, Lewis County, Madison County, Mohawk River, Oneida County, Otsego County, Saratoga County, Schenectady County

Lake Ice Related to Snowmobile Death, Serious Accident

January 31, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

forest ranger logoAccording to New York State Forest Ranger Lee, on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 4:30 pm, he overheard radio traffic from Herkimer County 911 reporting a snowmobile accident on Stillwater Reservoir in the Town of Webb.  Herkimer County 911 indicated there were two accidents and both victims were at the Stillwater Restaurant. [Read more…] about Lake Ice Related to Snowmobile Death, Serious Accident

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Bleecker, Forest Ranger Reports, Fulton County, Herkimer COunty, Peck Lake, Search and Rescue, snowmobiling, Stillwater Reservoir, Town of Webb

Bob Cudmore’s 2022 History Topics Review

January 13, 2023 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

This week on The Historians Podcast, host Bob Cudmore takes a look at some of the topics he covered in his weekly Focus on History columns in 2022 in the Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder newspapers.  [Read more…] about Bob Cudmore’s 2022 History Topics Review

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Fulton County, Montgomery County, Podcasts

Archibald McIntyre’s Life In Lotteries, Politics & Adirondack Mines

January 8, 2023 by Peter Hess 1 Comment

Archibald McIntyre courtesy Project GutenbergArchibald McIntyre was born in Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland on the June 1, 1772. His parents were Daniel and Anne Walker McIntyre. Daniel McIntyre taught school in Scotland.

In 1774, Daniel and his family immigrated to the colony of New York and settled with four or five other Scottish families in what is now Broadalbin in Fulton County, NY. [Read more…] about Archibald McIntyre’s Life In Lotteries, Politics & Adirondack Mines

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Adirondack Guides, Adirondacks, Albany, Albany County, Albany Rural Cemetery, Archibald McIntyre, Broadalbin, Calamity Pond, Daniel D. Tompkins, Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Essex County, Fulton County, High Peaks, Hudson River, Industrial History, Iron Industry, Ithaca and Owego Railroad, Lake Placid, Mining, Newcomb, North Elba, Political History, Tahawus, Timbuctoo

Northville Vigilantes & The Murder at Johnnycake Hollow

December 18, 2022 by Dave Waite Leave a Comment

Johnnycake Hollow MapIt is strange how a seemingly innocent event can set into motion something that grows to engulf a whole town and change forever the lives of untold numbers of people.

In this case, the event was a man, who in hopes of bettering himself brought his family to live in the hamlet of Johnnycake Hollow in rural Fulton County. [Read more…] about Northville Vigilantes & The Murder at Johnnycake Hollow

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Fulton County, Great Sacandaga Lake, Northhampton, Northville, Sacandaga River

Broadalbin Public Boat Launch Comments Sought

December 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

DEC LogoThe Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) are holding a joint public comment period to solicit comments for the Broadalbin Public Boat Launch Draft Unit Management Plan (UMP).

The public is invited to submit input on the draft plan, which will guide future management of the facility and its conformance to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. Comments will be accepted until January 16th, 2023. [Read more…] about Broadalbin Public Boat Launch Comments Sought

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: APA, boating, Broadalbin, DEC, development, Fulton County, Great Sacandaga Lake

A Place Called Pauley: An Adirondack History

November 27, 2022 by Dave Waite 2 Comments

1906 Topographic Map Powley PlaceIn the autumn of 1917, the well-known hotel and sportsman’s lodge Pauley Place was torn down as part of New York’s pursuit to bring her wilderness back on the path to being forever wild. The hotel was in Arietta, one of the most remote sections of the southern Adirondacks.

This town in Hamilton County spans sixty miles of wilderness, with Caroga Lake to the south and Tupper Lake to the north. The town was so sparsely populated during those years that the 1915 census listed less than four hundred permanent residents, only one physician, and more wilderness guides than farmers. [Read more…] about A Place Called Pauley: An Adirondack History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Guides, Adirondacks, Arietta, Caroga Lake, East Canada Creek, Fulton County, Hamilton County, Herkimer COunty, hunting, Salisbury, Stratford

Adirondack Voters Join Environmental Bond Act Approval Landslide

November 10, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Mountains from the top of Whiteface Mountain courtesy Wikimedia R khotResidents of the Adirondack Park’s 130 rural communities voted overwhelmingly to approve the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act on Election Day.

The measure won approval by more than a two-to-one margin statewide. [Read more…] about Adirondack Voters Join Environmental Bond Act Approval Landslide

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondacks, clean air, clean water, Clinton County, Environmental History, Essex County, Forest Preserve, Franklin County, Fulton County, Hamilton County, Lewis County, nature, Oneida County, Overuse, politics, Saratoga County, St Lawrence County, Warren County, Washington County, Whitney Park

Learning To Be A Leatherman: A Leather Business Memoir (Podcast)

November 4, 2022 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians podcast, Rod Correll discusses his memoir Learning to Be a Leatherman: A Rite of Passage (Troy Book Makers, 2022). Correll lived in the leather business for 50 years, from childhood up to when he left the business in the 1980s. [Read more…] about Learning To Be A Leatherman: A Leather Business Memoir (Podcast)

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Fashion History, Fulton County, German-American History, Gloversville, Industrial History, Labor History, Podcasts

NYS Forest Rangers Battle Numerous Wildfires Exacerbated By Dry Conditions

November 1, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Forest Rangers battle a wildfire in Fort Ann on October 30, 2022 (photo courtesy DEC)New York State Forest Rangers joined local firefighters from multiple fire companies to fight numerous wildfires in New York State on Sunday as careless campfires and debris burning combined with dry conditions. About 40 acres were burned in three locations in Washington, Fulton and Herkimer Counties. [Read more…] about NYS Forest Rangers Battle Numerous Wildfires Exacerbated By Dry Conditions

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Bleeker, Fires, Forest Rangers, Fort Ann, Fulton County, Herkimer COunty, Poland, Town of Newport, Town of Russia, Washington County, wildfires

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