Grand Excursion to Willsboro
During the early 1870s the New York and Canada Railroad commenced construction of a rail line along the western shore of Lake Champlain...
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Essex County, The Modern Political Bellwether
"As Essex County goes, so goes the Nation" is a maxim that accurately captures what has happened in every Presidential election in the...
"A Heartless and Cold Blooded Affair": The Sage of Wife Murderer Henry Debosnys
April 27, 1882. For Essex County Sheriff Rollin L. Jenkins only one item stood out on his day’s schedule—a hanging....
dhwickman
Nov 78 min read
Grand Excursion to Willsboro
During the early 1870s the New York and Canada Railroad commenced construction of a rail line along the western shore of Lake Champlain...
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Peter Slocum
Oct 112 min read
Essex County, The Modern Political Bellwether
"As Essex County goes, so goes the Nation" is a maxim that accurately captures what has happened in every Presidential election in the...
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Don Wickman
Sep 197 min read
"A Heartless and Cold Blooded Affair": The Sage of Wife Murderer Henry Debosnys
April 27, 1882. For Essex County Sheriff Rollin L. Jenkins only one item stood out on his day’s schedule—a hanging....
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dhwickman
Aug 13 min read
Ghosts: A Word With A Double Meaning
Do you believe in ghosts? The Essex County Courthouse has several of them. Now I’m not writing about the spirit of abolitionist John...
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dhwickman
Aug 16 min read
Elkanah Watson – A Man of Many Talents
Travel along Lake Street in Port Kent and it is easy to see why this hamlet became a popular location of hotels and the tourist industry....
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dhwickman
Aug 15 min read
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...
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dhwickman
Aug 18 min read
An 1888 Trek to Mount Marcy’s Summit
In 1936, W.J. Brown decided to take pen to paper and composed a lengthy letter to the editor of the Essex County Republican, a weekly...
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dhwickman
Aug 14 min read
John Brown’s Body Comes Home
On the evening of December 1, 1859 within the confines of the Charles Town, Virginia jail (now in present day West Virginia which became...
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dhwickman
Aug 14 min read
The ‘Adirondac’ Grape
People make their mark in history in assorted manners: bravery, politics, leadership, writing, discovery, inventions and the list goes...
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dhwickman
Jul 235 min read
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...
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echs48
Apr 64 min read
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. In 1919 Arthur B. Wells, summer...
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