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6 Years Later Warrensburg Addition to Lake George Wild Forest Still Awaits Approval

September 13, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

View of the Hudson River from the Huckleberry Mountain Forest in WarrensburgThe 837-acre Huckleberry Mountain Forest tract in Warrensburg, Warren County, which New York State acquired from the Open Space Institute in 2017, will, in all likelihood, become part of the Lake George Wild Forest and be subject to the strictures of an updated Lake George Wild Forest Unit Management Plan. [Read more…] about 6 Years Later Warrensburg Addition to Lake George Wild Forest Still Awaits Approval

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: APA, DEC, Forest Preserve, Huckleberry Mountain, Hudson River, Lake George Wild Forest, Open Space Institute, Warren County, Warrensburg

Adirondack Voices: Residents Speaking Out For Environmental Protection

September 12, 2023 by Lorraine Duvall Leave a Comment

Adirondack Voices newsletter from the Residents Committee to Protect the AdirondacksI recently came across copies of Adirondack Voices from the 1990s, published by the Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks (RCPA). This organization was founded in 1990 by full-time residents of the Adirondack Park intent on trying to keep some peace in the Adirondacks.

RCPA believed that the integrity and economic viability of the Adirondack communities they lived and worked in could be enhanced while preserving their unique wilderness and wild forest landscape. [Read more…] about Adirondack Voices: Residents Speaking Out For Environmental Protection

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, APA, Clinton County, development, Environmental History, Essex County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Herkimer COunty, John Warren, Journalism, Lewis County, Oneida County, Political History, Protect the Adirondacks, Publishing, Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks, Ron Stafford, Saratoga County, Warren County, wilderness

1745: The First Battle of Saratoga

September 7, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Johannes Scuyler and his wife Elizabeth Staats Wendell Schuyler (New-York Historical Society)The First Battle of Saratoga took place during King George’s War (1744-1748) in November 1745. A force of French and Native allies set out from Fort St. Frederic at Crown Point to attack English colonies in either New England or Albany.

When deep snow made travel into New England impractical, they turned toward Old Saratoga, now known as Schuylerville in Saratoga County, NY (near where the 1777 Battles of Saratoga would later take place during the American Revolution). [Read more…] about 1745: The First Battle of Saratoga

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Abenaki, Canada, Crown Point, First Battle of Saratoga, Fort Burnet, Fort Saratoga, Fort St. Frederic, Haudenosaunee, Hudson River, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Military History, Mohawk, New France, Philip Schuyler, Quebec, Saratoga County, Schaghticoke, Schuyler House, Warren County, Washington County

Rangers Rescue 15 Rafters; Recover Body; Make Rescues at Fish Creek, OK Slip Falls, Whiteface, Colden, Phelps, N-P Trail

September 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Whiteface Mounatin rescue over Labor Day Weekend in 2023New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Rangers Rescue 15 Rafters; Recover Body; Make Rescues at Fish Creek, OK Slip Falls, Whiteface, Colden, Phelps, N-P Trail

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Allegany County, Belfast, Bolton, Boreas River, Cedar River, Essex County, Fish Creek Campground, Forest Ranger Reports, Franklin County, Hamilton County, High Peaks, Hudson River, Indian Lake, Keene, Lake Pleasant, Minerva, Mount Colden, Northville-Placid Trail, OK Slip Falls, Phelps Mountain, rafting, Rail Biking, Rollins Pond Campground, Santa Clara, Schroon River, Search and Rescue, Warren County, Whiteface, Wilmington

The Black Mountain Fire Tower on Lake George Is One of Kind

September 5, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Black Mountain Fire Tower on Lake GeorgeThe fire tower on Black Mountain, in the Lake George Wild Forest on the lake’s eastern side in Washington County, NY, was constructed in 1916 and has been maintained by New York State Police since 1996 when a 39-foot extension was added. The 80-foot-tall structure supports several antennas, a microwave dish and an aerial beacon, the only one of its kind in New York state. [Read more…] about The Black Mountain Fire Tower on Lake George Is One of Kind

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Black Mountain, Essex County, Fire Towers, hiking, Lake George, Lake George Wild Forest, Search and Rescue, State Police, Warren County, Washington County

The Panic of 1893: Among The Most Severe Financial Crises U.S. History

September 4, 2023 by Maury Thompson Leave a Comment

Drawing in Frank Leslie's of panicked stockbrokers on May 9, 1893 during the Panic of 1893New York Gov. Roswell Flower used his keynote speech to a national audience on “New York Day” at the Chicago World’s Fair to downplay the threat of the Panic of 1893, which started the nation’s worst depression up to that time.

“This business men of this country deserve the greatest praise for the manner in which they have held their heads above water during these frightful days,” he said, speaking on September 5, 1893. [Read more…] about The Panic of 1893: Among The Most Severe Financial Crises U.S. History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, New York City Tagged With: Economic History, Financial History, Glens Falls, Love Canal, Panic of 1893, Roswell P. Flower, Warren County, Washington County, William McKinley

The French and Indian War: A New York Perspective

August 31, 2023 by Peter Hess Leave a Comment

Miniature of Fort Prince George under attack by French troops (diorama in the Fort Pitt Museum, Pittsburgh)In the early 1750s, the French were establishing trading posts and building forts along western the frontiers of the British colonies. In the fall of 1753, in part to protect his own land claims, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie had sent 22-year-old George Washington (then a militia leader and surveyor) to deliver a letter to Fort Le Boeuf at what is today Waterford in northwest Pennsylvania, demanding they stop.

When Washington returned without success, Dinwiddie sent a small force to build Fort Prince George at the confluence of the Allegheny  and Monongahela Rivers (today Pittsburgh). Soon a larger French force arrived, torn down the small British fort, and began and built Fort Duquesne, named for then Governor-General of New France, Marquis Duquesne. [Read more…] about The French and Indian War: A New York Perspective

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Appalachian Mountains, Battle of Carillon, Battle of Lake George, Canada, Crown Point, Detroit, Edward Braddock, Ephraim Williams, Essex County, Fort Carillon, Fort Duquesne, Fort Edward, Fort Frontenac, Fort Oriskany, Fort Oswego, Fort St. Frederic, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort William Henry, French And Indian War, French History, George Monro, George Washington, Hendrick Theyanoguin, Hudson River, Indigenous History, James Abercromby, James Wolfe, Jean-Armand Dieskau, John Bradstreet, Joseph Blanchard, Joseph Brant, Lake Erie, Lake George, Lord Howe, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Military History, Mohawk, Mohawk River, Montreal, New France, Niagara River, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, Old Fort Johnson, Old Fort Niagara, Oneida Lake, Oswego, Oswego River, Pennsylvania, Philip Schuyler, Pontiac's War, Quebec, Robert Rogers, Rogers' Rangers, Saratoga County, Seneca Nation, Seven Years War, Siege of Fort William Henry, Virginia, Virginia History, Warren County, William Shirley

Emerald Ash Borer Spreading Throughout Lake George Watershed

August 28, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Hearthstone Point Campground (photo courtesy I love NY)Within the past six years, three new nonnative terrestrial pests have emerged to threaten the forests of the Lake George watershed. Among them: emerald ash borer, which was first detected in Warren County in 2020, at the bridge that crosses the Schroon River near Chestertown. That discovery was the first indication that this species might have established itself in the Adirondack Park. [Read more…] about Emerald Ash Borer Spreading Throughout Lake George Watershed

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program, Adirondacks, ash t, DEC, emerald ash borer, Hearthstone Point Campground, Invasive Species, Lake George, Warren County

Forest Rangers Have Busy Week Making Rescues Around New York State

August 23, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Potash Mountain rescue in August 2023New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Have Busy Week Making Rescues Around New York State

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Algonquin Peak, Bald Mountain, Caroga, Catskills, Dix Range, Elizabethtown, Essex County, Fulton County, Greene County, Herkimer COunty, High Peaks, Hunter, Kaaterskill Creek, Lake Luzerne, Lexington, Minnewaska State Park, North Elba, North Hudson, Rusk Mountain Wild Forest, Shawangunk Ridge, Town of Webb, Ulster County, Warren County, Warwarsing

Albany’s Peter Gansevoort, “The Hero of Stanwix”

August 15, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Detail from portrait of Gansevoort by Gilbert Stuart, 1794Peter Gansevoort Jr. was born into the Dutch aristocracy of Albany to Harman Gansevoort (1712–1801) and Magdalena Douw (1718–1796). His younger brother Leonard Gansevoort, was politically active, serving in the state assembly and senate, as well as the Continental Congress. [Read more…] about Albany’s Peter Gansevoort, “The Hero of Stanwix”

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Albany Rural Cemetery, American Revolution, Canada, Cemeteries, Cohoes, DAR, Essex County, Fort Chambly, Fort Edward, Fort George, Fort Oswego, Fort Saratoga, Fort Stanwix, Fort Ticonderoga, Gansevoort, Invasion of Quebec, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Marinus Willett, Military History, Montreal, Monuments, Oneida County, Peter Gansevoort, Political History, Quebec, Richard Montgomery, Schuylerville, Siege of Fort Stanwix, Sullivan_Clinton Expedition, Ticonderoga, Van Schaick Mansion, War of 1812, Warren County

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