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25 Great Adirondack Hikes to See Fall Colors

September 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fall foliage in the Adirondacks courtesy Wikimedia user DigbyDaltonIt’s nearing peak fall colors in the Adirondack Park. There are many places to see the leaves as mountainsides and valleys turn bright orange, yellow, and red.

Protect the Adirondacks has put together hiking guides to 25 hikes that are easy, moderate, and challenging, but lead to terrific locations to see the fall colors in all corners of the Adirondack Park. These guides include maps, information about hiking conditions, and pictures. [Read more…] about 25 Great Adirondack Hikes to See Fall Colors

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Azure Mountain, Bald Mountain, Balm of Gilead, Baxter Mountain, Black Bear Mountain, Bloomingdale Bog, Bolton Landing, Catamount Mountain, Clinton County, Cobble Lookout, Coney Mountain, Cook Mountain, Elizabethtown, Essex County, fall, Five Mile Mountain, foliage, Franklin County, Goodnow Mountain, Hadley Mountain, Hamilton County, Haystack Mountain, Herkimer COunty, hiking, Indian Lake, Inlet, Jay Mountain, Johnsburg, Keene, Lake Luzerne, Lake Placid, Long Lake, Lyon Mountain, Minerva, Moxham Mountain, Newcomb, North Creek, Old Forge, Owl Head Lookout, Owls Head Mountain, Paul Smith’s, Pillsbury Mountain, Plattsburgh, Poke O Moonshine, Silver Lake Mountain, Snowy Mountain, Speculator, St. Regis Mountain, Stillwater Mountain, Ticonderoga, Town of Webb, Tupper Lake, Warren County, Wilmington

1888: The First National Monument to Unknown Soldiers

September 26, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

1888 memorial to Unknown Soldiers in Plattsburgh's Old Post CemeteryFrom the winter 1812 “Camp Saranac” (Pike’s Cantonment) to the fortifications built for the defense and protection of the village of Plattsburgh and the important military stores in 1814 (Forts Brown, Moreau, and Scott, the wooden barracks and two additional forts – Forts Gaines and Tompkins – in 1815), the Plattsburgh Stone Barracks in 1838, the brick “brownstones” of the 1890s, to the establishment of the Army’s “Plattsburgh Barracks” in 1945 and the “new base” of the Air Force in the 1950s, the military presence in Plattsburgh have had a long and interesting past. [Read more…] about 1888: The First National Monument to Unknown Soldiers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Battle of Plattsburgh, Battle of Valcour Bay, Cemeteries, Civil War, Clinton County, Fort Brown, Fort Gaines, Fort Moreau, Fort Scott, Fort Tompkins, Military History, Monuments, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh Air Foce Base, War of 1812, Whitehall and Plattsburgh Railroad

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson: ‘America’s Civil War Joan of Arc’

September 21, 2023 by Helen Allen Nerska 1 Comment

Mathew Brady photo of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, taken between 1855 and 1865On a cold, snowy January evening in 1874, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson became one of the first women of national prominence to speak on women’s suffrage in Clinton County, NY. Those gathering to hear her at the Palmer Hall, located upstairs at 60 Margaret Street in downtown Plattsburgh, were described as the most intellectual and cultivated in the community.

The crowd that night would have known her reputation. [Read more…] about Anna Elizabeth Dickinson: ‘America’s Civil War Joan of Arc’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Abolition, Black History, Civil War, Clinton County, Goshen, Intellectual History, Journalism, LGBTQ, Orange County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Plattsburgh, Political History, Quakers, Religious History, Slavery, Suffrage Movement, Voting Rights, womens history, Writing

Michael Anderson: Plattsburgh’s Native Astronaut

September 14, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Michael Anderson during the STS-107 Columbia Space Shuttle missionHistory is often treated as an old thing, of events before anyone’s living memory, of days gone by. And yet history is happening all around us, all the time, right now, if we only choose to recognize it.

Clinton County made that choice in 2020 — in a big, bold way — a choice to mark the remarkable life of one of its own, Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson. [Read more…] about Michael Anderson: Plattsburgh’s Native Astronaut

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History Tagged With: Air Force History, astronomy, Clinton County, Clinton County Historical Association, Outside Art, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh Air Foce Base, Science History

Aitkin’s Rifles: Mementos of the Battle of Plattsburgh

September 12, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Commemorative plate on the stock of the rifle awarded Captain Martin Aitkin in 1826 "For His Gallantry at the Siege of Plattsburgh" (Battle of Plattsburgh)By any measure, things were looking very grim for General Alexander Macomb and his army on September 3, 1814. Scouting reports indicated that as many as 11,000 battle-hardened British troops were moving south along the western shore of Lake Champlain with Plattsburgh in their sights, and most Plattsburgh inhabitants had left for safer quarters. [Read more…] about Aitkin’s Rifles: Mementos of the Battle of Plattsburgh

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Alexander Macomb, Battle of Plattsburgh, Chazy, Clinton County, Clinton County Historical Association, Material Culture, Military History, Plattsburgh, Saranac River, War of 1812

Police Update Case Of Murdered Man Found in Ausable Chasm

September 12, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York State PoliceOn March 20, 2023, around 2:12 am, New York State Police responded to the AuSable Chasm Bridge on State Route 9 in the town of Chesterfield, Essex County, NY, for a suspicious death. When Troopers arrived on the scene, they located Kenneth C. Darrah, age 37 of Keeseville, NY, deceased on the riverbank on the north bank of the AuSable River. [Read more…] about Police Update Case Of Murdered Man Found in Ausable Chasm

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: Ausable Chasm, Ausable River, Chesterfield, Clinton County, Crime and Justice, Essex County, Keeseville, Plattsburgh, State Police

Saranac River Watershed Landowners Sought to Steward Rivers & Streams

July 16, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Heathy rivers and streams provide important habitat for wildlife like this Great Blue Heron. Credit: Wiltse/PSC AWI.Paul Smith’s College’s Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) is seeking landowners to assist in protecting and improving local rivers and streams by participating in Stream Wise. [Read more…] about Saranac River Watershed Landowners Sought to Steward Rivers & Streams

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Beekmantown, Black Brook, Brighton, Clinton County, Dannamora, Essex County, Franklin, Harrietstown, North Elba, Plattsburgh, Santa Clara, Saranac, Saranac River, Science, St Armand, water quality

The Plattsburgh Old Base’s Memorial Chapel: Some History

June 19, 2023 by Helen Allen Nerska 1 Comment

Plattsburgh Memorial ChapelDuring the War of 1812, the Plattsburgh Cantonment was established in Clinton County, NY.  A garrison for American armies it was briefly abandoned by the U.S. Army after World War Two, before being acquired and expanded by the U.S. Air Force in 1953 which operated the facility, now known as the “Old Base” until 1995. The Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel is described by many as the most beautiful building on the Old Base. [Read more…] about The Plattsburgh Old Base’s Memorial Chapel: Some History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Air Force History, Architecture, Clinton County, Historic Preservation, Military History, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh Air Foce Base, Plattsburgh Old Base, Religion, Religious History, US Army, World War One

The Geology of Clinton County and History

June 18, 2023 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Map of Clinton CountyThe geology of Clinton County has shaped the county’s history in complex ways. There are five major geologic rock types in the county, each mined for its beauty and strength. You can see them in the buildings. [Read more…] about The Geology of Clinton County and History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature Tagged With: Adirondacks, Alice T. Miner Museum, Architecture, Ausable Chasm, Ausable Forks, Ausable River, Bluff Point Light House, Champlain Valley, Chateaugay, Chateaugay Lake, Chazy, Chazy Lake, Churubusco, clinton correctional facility, Clinton County, Clinton County Community College, Dannemora, Delaware & Hudson Railroad, Fossils, Geology, Historic Preservation, I-87, Iron Industry, Keeseville, Lake Champlain, Lyon Mountain, Mining, peru, Plattsburgh, Potsdam, Samuel de Champlain History Center, Town of Ausable, Transportation History

William Beaumont, Father of Gastric Physiology

May 31, 2023 by Helen Allen Nerska Leave a Comment

One of the important historical figures of Clinton County, who is not often mentioned, is Dr. William Beaumont (1785 – 1853), considered “The Father of Gastric Physiology.”

His name is honored across the nation on schools and hospitals and locally on historic markers, a SUNY Plattsburgh building, and a local medical practice. [Read more…] about William Beaumont, Father of Gastric Physiology

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Battle of Plattsburgh, Champlain, Clinton County, Clinton County Historical Association, Medical History, Plattsburgh, SUNY Plattsburgh

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