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Georgia O’Keefe At Wiawaka On Lake George

June 23, 2022 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

a new york minute in history podcastOn this episode of A New York Minute in History, Devin Lander and Lauren Roberts discuss how the poor conditions of female textile workers in Capital Region cities led to the creation of a retreat on Lake George where women could “escape” the cities. [Read more…] about Georgia O’Keefe At Wiawaka On Lake George

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany, Georgia O’Keeffe, Labor History, Lake George, Podcasts, Troy, womens history, Yaddo

Charles Evans Hughes Doc Screening in Glens Falls on Saturday

June 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

My Native Air (Charles Evans Hughes & The Adirondacks)Charles Evans Hughes, a Glens Falls native, was Governor of New York from 1907 to October 1910, when he resigned to accept appointment as a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice. He resigned from the court in June 1916 to accept the Republican nomination for President, narrowly losing to incumbent Democrat Woodrow Wilson. He later served as U.S. Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the United States.

Many places in the Adirondacks lay claim to the distinction that Charles Evans Hughes slept there. A century ago, it was at the home of Louis and Charlotte Hyde, now The Hyde Collection art museum, where Charles and Antoinette Hughes stayed overnight on June 24th, 1922, the night before dedication of the Helen Hughes Memorial Chapel, built in memory of their daughter, at Silver Bay Association in Hague on Lake George. [Read more…] about Charles Evans Hughes Doc Screening in Glens Falls on Saturday

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Charles Evans Hughes, Crandall Public Library, Documentary, film, Glens Falls, Hague, Hyde Collection, Lake George, Political History, Warren County

Lake George Village Eyes International Student Dorm

June 6, 2022 by Anthony F. Hall 1 Comment

Lake GeorgeStudents who travel from foreign countries to work on Lake George face a scarcity of affordable, safe housing, according to Mayor Bob Blais.

As a founder of the Student Connection, a group established to help foreign workers resolve issues related to their employment, Blais has promoted initiatives to improve the stock of available housing, from inspecting facilities to posting listings from landlords. [Read more…] about Lake George Village Eyes International Student Dorm

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: diversity, Housing, Immigration, Labor History, Lake George, Tourism, Warren County

Effort to Abolish Lake George Village Underway

June 1, 2022 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Lake George Village courtesy Crown Focus MediaA vote to dissolve Lake George Village and force its assets to be merged with the Town of Lake George will, in all likelihood, be held in September. [Read more…] about Effort to Abolish Lake George Village Underway

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: Lake George, Political History, politics, Warren County

Lake George Boards Seek More Active Role in Historic Preservation

May 26, 2022 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Towers Hall by Walt GrishkotThe Town and the Village of Lake George in Warren County, NY may play a more active role in preserving historic sites and significant architecture if both adopt laws creating a joint Historic Preservation Commission. [Read more…] about Lake George Boards Seek More Active Role in Historic Preservation

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Architecture, Historic Preservation, Lake George, Warren County

Recent Adirondack Conservation News

May 19, 2022 by Justin Levine Leave a Comment

Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled new water infrastructure in Lake Placid The North Country to receive $40 million for water infrastructure projects

New York State and the Adirondacks, in particular, will soon benefit from a large round of funding from the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act to help keep waterways and drinking water cleaner. Seven communities in the Adirondack Park – notably Lyon Mountain, Schroon Lake, and Indian Lake – will receive about $8 million in clean water project funding. This funding will relieve some of the burden on taxpayers in these tiny rural towns. Waterways do not follow political boundaries so improvements to water quality in the Adirondacks will also benefit nature and communities far beyond the Park’s borders. [Read more…] about Recent Adirondack Conservation News

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondacks, clean water, Essex Farm Institute, Lake George, local farms, Tahawus, water quality

Buried Pirate Treasure At Lake George?

May 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Howard Pyle's fanciful painting of Kidd burying treasure from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main, New York (1921)In his 1986 article “Treasure Seeking in the American Northeast, 1780-1830” for the American Quarterly historian Alan Taylor made the following observation:

“A canvas of travelers’ accounts, town histories, and other antiquarian sources for the American Northeast documents over forty incidents where groups of rural folk employed occult techniques to seek buried treasure, generally in very unlikely inland locales, and usually during the fifty years between 1780 and 1830. Most episodes involved small parties, handfuls of men bound to share equally in any discoveries. Tradition held that a minimum of three (a particularly magical number that occurs repeatedly in treasure lore) seekers was essential for a successful dig.” [Read more…] about Buried Pirate Treasure At Lake George?

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Atlantic World, Captain Kidd, Cultural History, Lake George, Maritime History

Several Anglers Ticketed in Warren County Sweep

April 30, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

ECO Walraven piloting a Zodiac vessel on patrol in the Hudson RiverOn the morning of April 15th, Lieutenant Higgins and NYS Environmental Conservation Officer (ECO) Brassard patrolled a small trout pond in Queensbury and discovered several anglers catching freshly stocked trout without incident. However, some anglers also possessed out-of-season chain pickerel. In addition, two fishermen had failed to buy a fishing license, resulting in tickets to the offenders.

It was one of several incidents where anglers were ticketed for illegal fishing in Warren County. [Read more…] about Several Anglers Ticketed in Warren County Sweep

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Crime and Justice, DEC, ECOs, Fisheries, fishing, Lake George, Queensbury, Warren County

The Showboat Era on Lake George 1933-1937

April 27, 2022 by Dave Waite 1 Comment

Horicon IIWhen the sidewheel steamboat Horicon II was launched on Lake George in 1910, she was both the longest and fastest passenger vessel to ever sail the lake. Over the next 29 years, she would be used for transportation of cargo and residents around the lake, as well as cruises for tourists.

The construction of a road on the west side of the lake, as well as the region’s rapidly increasing mobility with the introduction of the automobile, brought a dramatic decline in passengers. In response to this trend, in 1932 the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, owners of the steamboats on the lake through the Lake George Steamboat Company, announced that they would not be running boats that year. [Read more…] about The Showboat Era on Lake George 1933-1937

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Bolton, Delaware & Hudson Railroad, Essex County, Jazz, Lake George, Maritime History, Musical History, Performing Arts, railroads, Steamboating, Ticonderoga, Transportation History, Warren County

Adirondack Park Agency Has Not Held An Adjudicatory Hearing In More Than A Decade

April 21, 2022 by David Gibson Leave a Comment

Lake George from Prospect Mtn, by Dave GibsonThe Adirondack Park Agency (APA) last held an adjudicatory public hearing in 2011 – the kind of hearing that involves sworn testimony and cross-examination of evidence before a law judge, followed by a full hearing record on which to base a judicious, carefully examined, evidence-based decision.

That 2011 hearing was for the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort subdivision and development near Tupper Lake. In the eleven years since, and despite the many hundreds of permits issued by the APA over that time, including many large, regional projects, not a single adjudicatory public hearing has been convened by the APA. [Read more…] about Adirondack Park Agency Has Not Held An Adjudicatory Hearing In More Than A Decade

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, APA, development, Environmental History, Lake George, Legal History, nature, water quality

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