From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County June 1-14

By Essex County Historical Society
May 30, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County May 15-31

By Essex County Historical Society
May 15, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

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Buildings tell history tales

By Essex County Historical Society
May 10, 2023
Category: HISTORY

              Do you believe in ghosts?

 

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County May 1-14

By Essex County Historical Society
May 01, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

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From The Archives : A Look Back On Essex County April 15-30

By Essex County Historical Society
April 14, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County April 1-14

By Essex County Historical Society
March 31, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

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An Adirondack Mountains National Park?

By Essex County Historical Society
March 16, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

By Essex County Historical Society
March 15, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County March 1-14

By Essex County Historical Society
March 01, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

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The Man in the Photograph: Ashley Leach (1857-1926)

By Essex County Historical Society
February 16, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County February 15-28

By Essex County Historical Society
February 15, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County February 1-14

By Essex County Historical Society
January 31, 2023
Category: HISTORY

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

By Essex County Historical Society
January 29, 2023
Category: HISTORY

In the September 21, 1950 edition of the Adirondack Record-Post recounted the story of the wayward coach.

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County January 15-31

By Essex County Historical Society
January 13, 2023
Category: HISTORY

75 Years Ago


LAKE PLACID


RONDEAU, COLD RIVER HERMIT, AIMS TO BECOME BONA FIDE PILOT


Strange though it seems, Noah John Rondeau, the Adirondack hermit who for years "holed up" by himself in a homemade tee-pee in the Co... Continue reading

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County January 1-14

By Essex County Historical Society
December 30, 2022
Category: HISTORY

75 Years Ago



LAKE PLACID


MED. BOARD FAVORS A NEW HOSPITAL


The following resolution was adopted at the monthly meeting of the Medical Board of the Lake Placid General Hospital, held January 6, 1948. "Resolve the Me... Continue reading

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County December 15-31

By Essex County Historical Society
December 15, 2022
Category: HISTORY

75 Years Ago



WILMINGTON


Whiteface Ski Project Delayed by Shortages


Completion of the Whiteface Mountain ski project has been delayed indefinitely by a shortage of materials and equipment, Conservation Commissioner... Continue reading


From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County December 1-14

By Essex County Historical Society
December 01, 2022
Category: HISTORY

75 Years Ago


TICONDEROGA


A Suggestion


Following the first snowfall of the season, The Sentinel received complaints from local residents regarding snow-clogged crosswalks near curbs. We were informed that more local pe... Continue reading

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County November 15-30

By Essex County Historical Society
November 14, 2022
Category: HISTORY

75 Years Ago


ELIZABETHTOWN


ETOWN PRESENTED WITH PROPERTY TO AID RECREATION


Chris Kringle made an early visit to the Village of Elizabethtown when its Mayor, Lee Phinney, and trustees Walter Shovan and William D. Dento... Continue reading

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County November 1-14

By Essex County Historical Society
November 01, 2022
Category: HISTORY

75 Years Ago



AID FIRE FIGHTER! DON'T CALL CENTRAL


Because of the heavy number of phone calls at the local telephone office inquiring as to the whereabout of fires, residents are urged by the volunteer fire department to ref... Continue reading

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From the Archives: A Look Back on Essex County October 15-31

By Essex County Historical Society
October 14, 2022
Category: HISTORY

75 Years Ago


LAKE PLACID


Dr. Ring, chairman of the Lake Placid Hospital Board, and unofficially representing the general view of the local physicians and surgeons, has submitted a study of the type of hospital Lake Placid needs... Continue reading

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