From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County September 15-30
75 Years Ago
UPPER JAY
Forest Fire In County Destroys 500-Acre Tract
Forest Ranger aided by more than 300 volunteers and fire departments from six communities battled a forest fire which raged Monday night and Tue... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County September 1-14
75 Years Ago
WILMINGTON
TELEVISION ATOP WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN
Television is an added attraction for the thousands of visitors who annually drive the eight-mile highway to the mile-high summit of Whiteface Mountain. M... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County August 15-31
75 Years Ago
PORT HENRY
NYSES Office To Be Continued At Port Henry
Indications from representative members of the community that a hardship would be worked on Port Henry and surrounding towns by the projected clos... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County August 1-14
75 Years Ago
WESTPORT
To Give Free X-Rays At Westport Fair
Officials of the Essex County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association announced this week that a mobile X-ray unit would be set up at the Essex... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County July 15-31
75 Years Ago
LAKE PLACID
THE PROPOSED HOSPITAL
Considerable enlightenment concerning the proposed Placid Memorial Hospital was delivered Thursday night of last week by speakers following the dinner given for the e... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County July 1-14
75 Years Ago
ESSEX COUNTY
Open Campaign To Get Hospital Beds In County
A subscription campaign to obtain additional hospital beds in Essex County got underway Tuesday, sponsored by the Essex County American Legion... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County June 15-30
75 Years Ago
CROWN POINT
Establish Speed Zone In Village Of Crown Point
As a result of the complaints of residents and action of the Crown Point Town Board, the New York State Traffic Commission has set up a speed... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County June 1-14
75 Years Ago
TICONDEROGA
Control Admissions At Local Hospital
Due to a reduced staff and in line with a nation-wide problem resulting from an insufficient number of available nurses, officials of the Moses Ludington H... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County May 15-31
75 Years Ago
TICONDEROGA
Process For Elimination Of Mill 'Fog' Here Will Be In Operation This Summer
Elimination of the "fog" which settles over Ticonderoga as the result of operations in the recovery plant of the Int... Continue reading
Buildings tell history tales
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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County May 1-14
75 Years Ago
TICONDEROGA
Merchants Here Vote For Meter Parking System
Ticonderoga merchants and business men have gone on record by a vote of 53 to 11 to recommend installation of a meter parking system in the bus... Continue reading
From The Archives : A Look Back On Essex County April 15-30
75 Years Ago
ESSEX COUNTY
Ask Bids On County Highway Project
Proposals for the reconstruction of eight and a half miles of roadway between Westport and Wadhams Mills, Wadhams Mills and Whallonsburg and Essex will... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County April 1-14
75 Years Ago
WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN
DEVELOPMENT OF SKI CENTER URGED BY SUPERVISORS
A resolution urging the Whiteface Mountain Authority to expedite the work on the Whiteface Mountain development, and a notificatio... Continue reading
An Adirondack Mountains National Park?
Ever get the opportunity to visit the Adirondack Mountains National Park? Now, this is not to be confused with the New York State Adirondack Park.
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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County March 15-31
75 Years Ago
TAHAWUS
Trails On Tahawus Property Opened To Public By Company
Opening of three new trails on the National Lead Company prop... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County March 1-14
75 Years Ago
TICONDEROGA
Experiments In Television Reception In Ticonderoga Prove 'Highly Satisfactory'
Television reception in Ticonderoga has been definitely established as "highly satisfactory," a development w... Continue reading
The Man in the Photograph: Ashley Leach (1857-1926)
It is said that a picture is worth 1000 words. There’s a photograph in the Adirondack History Museum of a mustachioed man in his 20s bedecked in a suit of work clothes with handkerchief and watch... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County February 15-28
75 Years Ago
NEWCOMB
Proposed Road Seen Nearer By New Agreement
The National Lead Company, operator of the huge McIntyre development in the production of titanium and ilmenite, has granted a right of way over its... Continue reading
From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County February 1-14
75 Years Ago
PORT HENRY
Asphalt Mixing Plant Underway At Port Henry
In addition to the large crushing and screening plant used for processing iron ore tailings, which are procured from the mining operations of Republi... Continue reading
A Further Look At The Story Of The Museum’s Concord Coach
In the September 21, 1950 edition of the Adirondack Record-Post recounted the story of the wayward coach.
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