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Samuel de Champlain History Center

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

Adirondack Coast Museum Days Weekend

June 13, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Museum Days display at the Clinton County Court Building by Geri FavreauThe Adirondack Coast Cultural Alliance has announced the 14th Annual Museum Days Weekend throughout Clinton County has been set for June 17th and 18th, inviting visitors and residents to “be a tourist in your own backyard” and explore the area’s wealth of museums, galleries, and cultural organizations. [Read more…] about Adirondack Coast Museum Days Weekend

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events, History Tagged With: Adirondack Coast Cultural Alliance, Alice T. Miner Museum, Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum, Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum, Clinton County Historical Association, Dannemora Village Museum, Heart’s Delight Farm Heritage Center, Kent-Delord House Museum, Lyon Mountain Mining and Railroad Museum, North Star Underground Railroad Museum, Northern New York American-Canadian Genealogical Society, Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum, Rouses Point History Welcome Center, Samuel de Champlain History Center, Strand Center for the Arts, SUNY Plattsburgh, War of 1812 Museum

Samuel de Champlain History Center Gets Grant For Digital Project

October 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

champlain history centerThe Samuel de Champlain History Center has received a grant for $2,500 from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership. The grant will fund the digital dissemination of material in the Center’s Franco-American Collection.

The collection, one-of-a-kind in New York State, is composed of materials reflecting the history and culture of French settlers in upstate New York and Vermont. [Read more…] about Samuel de Champlain History Center Gets Grant For Digital Project

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: French History, Genealogy, New France, Samuel de Champlain History Center

Samuel de Champlain History Center Digitizing Quadricentennial Materials

March 31, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Samuel de Champlain History CenterThe Samuel de Champlain History Center has been awarded a grant to fund the continued digitization, cataloguing and preservation of the History Center’s 2009 Quadricentennial documents and artifacts related to the Champlain Valley’s celebrations in New York and Vermont, including books, programs, brochures and newspaper articles. [Read more…] about Samuel de Champlain History Center Digitizing Quadricentennial Materials

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, Grants, Samuel de Champlain History Center

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