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Hamilton County

Barbara Linell Glaser Named ‘Conservationist of the Year’

June 11, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack CouncilThe Adirondack Council will present its Conservationist of the Year Award to Barbara Linell Glaser, EdD, during the organization’s Forever Wild Day celebration on July 9th at Great Camp Sagamore, near the Adirondack hamlet of Raquette Lake. [Read more…] about Barbara Linell Glaser Named ‘Conservationist of the Year’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondack Park, Clarence Petty, conservation, Environmental History, Great Camp Sagamore, Great Camp Uncas, Hamilton County, Historic Preservation, Raquette Lake, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, wilderness

Adirondacks Forest Pest Symposium April 22nd

April 18, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Forest Pest SymposiumHamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District has announced a Forest Pest Symposium, highlighting bad bugs that are invasive to the Adirondacks, set for April 22nd. This symposium will focus on identification, impacts, and how partners are slowing the spread of emerald ash borer, hemlock woolly adelgid, and spotted lanternfly. [Read more…] about Adirondacks Forest Pest Symposium April 22nd

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Nature Tagged With: Hamilton County

Featured Trail: Foxy Brown XC Trail In Jessup River Wild Forest

January 22, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Piseco Airport map courtesy Adirondack AtlasThe Foxy Brown X-Country Ski Trail is a 5.6-mile trail located within the Jessup River Wild Forest, in Piseco (in the town of Arietta, Hamilton County).

After traveling along the Piseco Airport runway, the trail routes users primarily through over a newly built bridge across a muddy bog and northern hardwood forest. To complete a loop, users will follow the trail just north of the runway and should be sure to check for oncoming aircraft before traveling back to the trailhead and parking area. [Read more…] about Featured Trail: Foxy Brown XC Trail In Jessup River Wild Forest

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Arietta, Cross-Country Skiing, DEC, Hamilton County, hiking, Jessup River Wild Forest, nature, Piseco, skiing, Trails Less Traveled, winter sports

Frank Tweedy: A Tenderfoot Becomes An Experienced Surveyor

December 2, 2020 by Noel Sherry 8 Comments

Frank TweedyFrank Tweedy landed his dream job after graduating from Union College as Civil Engineer in 1875. Verplanck Colvin, Superintendent of the Adirondack Survey, needed a topographer to work under veteran forest surveyor Squire Snell in his Southwestern Division and so he hired Tweedy.

Colvin was taking a big chance on a tenderfoot surveyor, but for Tweedy this was the chance of a lifetime to learn from a renowned cartographer and his expert woodsmen. “Tenderfoot” became the subtitle of the autobiography Frank later penned. [Read more…] about Frank Tweedy: A Tenderfoot Becomes An Experienced Surveyor

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Beaver River, Frank Tweedy, Hamilton County, surveying, Verplanck Colvin, wilderness

Hamilton County’s Tower Plans For Cathead Mountain

July 6, 2020 by Peter Bauer Leave a Comment

Cathead Mountain communications towerThis is the fourth article in a series that looks at three possible constitutional amendments to Article 14, Section 1 that are being debated in 2020.

This article looks at the issue of utilizing Forest Preserve lands around Cathead Mountain, in the south edge of the Silver Lake Wilderness area, in the Adirondack Park in Hamilton County, to locate a new emergency communications tower, similar to such towers on Blue Mountain and East Mountain. [Read more…] about Hamilton County’s Tower Plans For Cathead Mountain

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Article 14, DEC, development, Fire Towers, Forever Wild, Hamilton County, Protect the Adirondacks, Silver Lake Wilderness, State Land Master Plan, wilderness

1984 Hamilton Co Homicide Remains Unsolved

April 12, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Darling JrOn October 10, 1984, the body of Robert Darling Jr. was found in a wooded area off the Benson Road in the town of Benson, Hamilton County, New York. His body was discovered by hunters who had been scouting a heavily wooded area approximately 1,000 feet off the north side of the roadway. [Read more…] about 1984 Hamilton Co Homicide Remains Unsolved

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Gloversville, Hamilton County, State Police

Peter Betz’s Stories from Fulton, Hamilton Counties

May 24, 2019 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Bob Cudmore’s guest is Leader Herald newspaper history columnist Peter Betz has stories about a murderer who wanted to hang and a salesman who stole the goods he was supposed to sell. [Read more…] about Peter Betz’s Stories from Fulton, Hamilton Counties

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

Adirondack Witchcraft? Sarah Bennett’s Babies in Hope, NY

November 20, 2017 by Lawrence P. Gooley Leave a Comment

This story is about as bizarre as it gets. Locals in the Wells and Northville area were privy to the odd situation when it first came under public scrutiny a little over a century ago. At that time, a goal of regional counties seeking tourism dollars was providing easier public access to the Adirondacks, which was achieved in part by building new roads and improving old ones.

In southeastern Hamilton County, Northville marked the end of rail access in 1910. From there, stage lines carried visitors north through the hamlet of Hope to Wells and beyond. To accommodate automobiles, which were becoming increasingly common, the road to Wells was chosen for macadamization. The new, hard, flat surface would allow tourists to travel north independently, and then access stage lines from Wells into the mountains. The road would also drastically improve travel conditions for locals using horse-drawn transportation. [Read more…] about Adirondack Witchcraft? Sarah Bennett’s Babies in Hope, NY

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Hamilton County

Hamilton County Plans Bicentennial Celebration

April 8, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

hamilton county bicentenial logoThe celebration of Hamilton County’s bicentennial begins on April 12th, 200 years to the day after the provisional creation of the county in 1816.

The year of events gets started at 10:30 am April 12 with a birthday party for the county, held at the County Courthouse in Lake Pleasant. State Senator Hugh Farley and Assemblyman Mark Butler will join other officials on the steps of the courthouse. A small reception with birthday cake will follow, and Hamilton County Historian Eliza Darling will offer tours of the historic county complex. [Read more…] about Hamilton County Plans Bicentennial Celebration

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Hamilton County

Soviet Leaders’ Drownings in Long Lake Being Recalled

August 20, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Leon Trotsky and Ephraim Sklyansky Red Square review of Moscow troops October 14 1918On Saturday evening, August 22, 2015, at 7:30 pm, at the Long Lake Town Hall, Abbie Verner, Long Lake Town Archivist and President of the Long Lake Historical Society will present a program with slides and music about two men from the Soviet Union who drowned in Long Lake in 1925.

The two men, Isaiah Khurgin, and his colleague Ephraim Skliansky, were prominent Soviet citizens and active in the politics of Soviet Russia. The program outlines their backgrounds, their family information and the possible reason for their visit. [Read more…] about Soviet Leaders’ Drownings in Long Lake Being Recalled

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Crime and Justice, Hamilton County, Long Lake Historical Society, Political History

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