The late Judge John Austin’s unrivalled collection of books and documents related to the history of Warren County, its towns and families has been reassembled as a reference library in the Warren County Clerk’s Office. There, hundreds of books, folders and much more, including documents that are particularly useful for those who research genealogy, are accessible to researchers by appointment. [Read more…] about Featured Collections: Warren County’s Austin Historical Collection
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Sap to Syrup: Inside Adirondack Maple Season
For generations, maple sugaring has been a defining seasonal ritual across New York State, particularly in the Adirondacks, where families have long transformed sap into one of the region’s most iconic products.
This episode of the ADK Talks podcast features Randy Galusha, owner of Toad Hill Maple Farm in Thurman, exploring the deep roots of maple production in the Adirondacks and how the craft has evolved from traditional bucket collection to modern operations spanning more than 850 acres of sustainably managed forest. [Read more…] about Sap to Syrup: Inside Adirondack Maple Season
Rangers Fight Wildfires, Rescue Hikers, Cliff Jumper
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State locating and extracting lost, injured or distressed people and policing state lands.
This report of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers was prepared by DEC: [Read more…] about Rangers Fight Wildfires, Rescue Hikers, Cliff Jumper
Beware the Enemy: World War II Upstate New York Manhunts
It was July 1942, the seventh month of the United States in World War II (1941–1945). The German military had driven into the Caucasus region of southeastern Europe. New York residents were shocked, too, by news that fascists from a German U-boat had landed several weeks earlier in eastern Long Island but the Nazi agents were captured.
Then the media reported that on July 16, six parachutists had been spotted in the skies near Hyde Park, NY, home of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The government worried that enemy spies or assassins might be near Roosevelt’s Hudson Valley residence. [Read more…] about Beware the Enemy: World War II Upstate New York Manhunts
1957: The I-87 Northway and the Adirondack Forest
What follows is The Northway and the Adirondack Forest: A Highway Location Study, published August 31, 1957 by the New York State Department of Public Works. The 333.49-mile-long Adirondack Northway, Interstate-87, has origins in the construction of the Major Deegan Expressway in the 1930s and was completed to the Canadian border in 1967.
The Northway (Interstate Route 502 [now designated I-87]) gets its name by traversing the area once known as the “Great Northern Wilderness.” Vital to the national defense network, it is being designed and constructed in accordance with the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 as a joint Federal-State venture. [Read more…] about 1957: The I-87 Northway and the Adirondack Forest
The Hitching Post & Kemp Sanctuary at Nettle Meadow Farm
About 18 years ago, Lorraine Lambiase and Sheila Flanagan left corporate law careers in California to pursue their two true passions — cheese-making and animals — on a rustic farm in Upstate New York.
Upon arriving at Nettle Meadow Farm in Adirondack town of Thurman (in northern Warren County) with their four dogs and four goats, the women never imagined that their new home would so quickly evolve into a rescue facility for elderly, neglected, and differently-abled animals. [Read more…] about The Hitching Post & Kemp Sanctuary at Nettle Meadow Farm
Rescue Crews Recover Bodies Upstate, Including Crane Mountain Climber
Backcountry rescue crews had a busy week last week when they responded to reports of people missing in Otsego and St. Lawrence County and a medical emergency in Warren County, NY. The bodies of three people were recovered, including an ice climber who suffered a heart attack at Crane Mountain in the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about Rescue Crews Recover Bodies Upstate, Including Crane Mountain Climber
Louis W. Emerson: Warren County Industrialist & Political Leader
Louis W. Emerson made a victory lap the day after he was elected to the New York state Senate.
“Senator-elect Emerson of Warrensburg was in town yesterday and smiled on his friends and ‘friends,’” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on November 7, 1889. [Read more…] about Louis W. Emerson: Warren County Industrialist & Political Leader
Students Lost In Adirondacks Were Abandoned On University Trip
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reporting that the received a request for Forest Ranger assistance on October 1, 2022 at about 9:30 pm near Dippikill Pond in Thurman, Warren County.
The pond is part of the Dippikill Wilderness Retreat, considered the the largest student-owned natural preserve in the United States, just northwest of Warrensburg. It covers about 1,000 acres in the Adirondack Park. [Read more…] about Students Lost In Adirondacks Were Abandoned On University Trip
Adirondack Fall Farm Tour in Thurman October 8th
The Thurman Fall Farm Tour, showcasing working Adirondack farms — some over 200 years old, has been set for Saturday, October 8th, from 10 am to 4 pm. [Read more…] about Adirondack Fall Farm Tour in Thurman October 8th
New Effort to Promote Western Warren County’s “First Wilderness” Heritage Underway
The Warren County Department of Planning and Community Development has launched a collaboration with Cliff & Redfield Interactive (CRI), a Saratoga Springs-based rich-media communications organization, for a year-long campaign to promote community development and heritage tourism in the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor of western Warren County. [Read more…] about New Effort to Promote Western Warren County’s “First Wilderness” Heritage Underway