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Saratoga County

Plans Afoot For Historic Victory Mills Near Saratoga Battlefield

October 29, 2020 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Private developers are planning for the clean-up and reuse of the historic Victory Mills complex located on Fish Creek in the Village of Victory, Saratoga County.

Developers are working to turn the 1918 cotton mill into 186 apartments and a brewpub at a cost of about $60 million. [Read more…] about Plans Afoot For Historic Victory Mills Near Saratoga Battlefield

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Battle of Saratoga, development, Military History, Saratoga County

20th Century’s Witness: Elmer Droms of Saratoga County

October 26, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Elmer Droms with his famous pumpkins ca 1998Long time Clifton Park (Saratoga County) resident Elmer Droms died on Friday, October 27, 2000 at age 102. He had been an occupant of Maplewood Manor Nursing Home in Ballston Spa since spring.

Prior to that time, he occupied a two-hundred-year-old farmhouse on Droms Road, near Grooms Corners in Clifton Park, his home for 98 years. [Read more…] about 20th Century’s Witness: Elmer Droms of Saratoga County

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Clifton Park, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable

War on the Middleline: Munro’s Raid On Saratoga County in 1780

October 26, 2020 by Jim Richmond Leave a Comment

Historical Marker on Middleline RoadLife as they knew it changed overnight. For years there had been fear, causing hardships day-by-day, but after this event their lives would never be the same. Much like our response to Pearl Harbor or September 11, October 16, 1780 was a day the people along Middleline Road in the Town of Ballston would never forget. [Read more…] about War on the Middleline: Munro’s Raid On Saratoga County in 1780

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: AmRev, Ballston Spa, Battle of Saratoga, Military History, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable

The Burning of Jones Mill During Battles of Saratoga

October 4, 2020 by Sean Kelleher 1 Comment

British Captain Alexander Fraziers Select Marksmen campWhen most people think about the Battles of Saratoga, they think of those at Freeman’s Farm (Sept. 19) and Bemus Heights (Oct. 7). Also well known is the siege period in the modern Schuylerville area from October 10th to the 17th.

There were many combat actions however, both great and small, that get less notice. One small skirmish, occurred at Jones Mill, near Grangerville in the town of Saratoga on October 2, 1777. [Read more…] about The Burning of Jones Mill During Battles of Saratoga

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: AmRev, Battle of Saratoga, Military History, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Schuylerville

Saratoga County Mills Using Manila Hemp Were Home To ‘The Paper Bag King’

September 27, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Union Mill (left), West Bag Factory and George West Office Building from Prospect Street in 2008 (courtesy Wikipedia User Daniel Case)One of the most prosperous residents in the history of Ballston Spa, NY, was a “Paper Bag King” who once laid claim to the largest manila paper bag operation in the world, also located in Saratoga County.

George West, was born in the English village of Kentisbeare in 1822. He was the sixth of nine children, and as soon as he was old enough West followed in his father’s footsteps and began working at a local paper mill. [Read more…] about Saratoga County Mills Using Manila Hemp Were Home To ‘The Paper Bag King’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, Brookside Museum, Industrial History, Labor History, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Roundtable

The New York Man Involved in the Capture of Tojo

September 15, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

John Wilpers capture of Japanese warlord Hideki TojoLate on the afternoon of September 11th, 1945, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jack Wilpers, a 25-year-old bookie’s son from Saratoga Springs, busted into the home of one of the United States’ most hated living persons. What he did over the next couple of hours would change history. [Read more…] about The New York Man Involved in the Capture of Tojo

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Military History, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Saratoga Springs, World War Two

Saratoga Museum Has New Name, New Mission

September 8, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Saratoga County Historical Society at Brookside Museum has reinvented itself as the Saratoga County History Center.

It’s the intention of the Saratoga County History Roundtable to work closely with the History Center as the new vision takes shape in coming months. [Read more…] about Saratoga Museum Has New Name, New Mission

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Brookside Museum, Saratoga, Saratoga County, saratoga county historical society, Saratoga County History Center

Clam Bakes Were Once A Popular Tradition

September 5, 2020 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Jonesville Methodist Church Annual Labor Day Clambake Sept 4 1922Clambakes were very popular during the early years of the twentieth century. Family and community bakes attracted large gatherings.

For example, a huge clambake sponsored by the Jonesville Methodist Church in Saratoga County, NY, was a Labor Day tradition in that historic hamlet for over 65 years. Church members and others from the community pitched in to serve as many as 600 people. The Jonesville bakes were famous and anticipated every year. [Read more…] about Clam Bakes Were Once A Popular Tradition

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Food, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Roundtable

Early Railroads From The Capital District To Saratoga

August 23, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

locomotive illustrationIt’s becoming popular to refer to our area as Tech Valley because of the nanotech facilities in Albany and Global Foundries in Malta (Saratoga County).

This is not the first time the region was at the forefront of a technological revolution. In the early nineteenth century some of the nation’s first railroads were built right here. [Read more…] about Early Railroads From The Capital District To Saratoga

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Ballston Spa, railroads, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Schenectady, Transportation History, Troy

When Saratoga Was An American Frontier

August 13, 2020 by Sean Kelleher 4 Comments

A trade good recovered from Saratoga along the Hudson River from the Saratoga NHP collectionOn August 13th, 1689, New York Governor Leisler wrote “Scharachtoge [Saratoga]…there are six or seven families all or most rank French papists that have their relations at Canada and I suppose settled there for some bad designe and are lesser to be trusted there in conjunctione of tyme than ever before the bad creatures amongst us gives me great occupatione.” [Read more…] about When Saratoga Was An American Frontier

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Military History, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Schenectady

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