Warren county : a history and guide, Part 23

Author: Writers' Program (New York, N.Y.); Warren County (N.Y.) Board of supervisors
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: [New York] : Warren County Board of Supervisors
Number of Pages: 332


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Eagle Lake, 199 Eagle Point Campsite, 190,228,23 8


East Branch Sacandaga River, 25,177, 191,194 East Stony Creek, 174


Echo Lake, 180,187,224,227


Edgecomb, Roger, 168 Electric Street Railways, 105 Elephant Mountain, 198,244


Eleventh Mountain, 22, 176,194,217 Elm Hill, 178


Elmwood Seminary (Glens Falls), 134 Emerson, A. C. & L. W., 179 Emmons, Ebenezer, State Geologist, 218


266


INDEX


Empire Shirt Company, 179 Empire Theater (Glens Falls), 153 England, 178 English, 36,37,105,107,142 Erebus Mountain, 244


Essex County, 25,108,162,170,171,176, 177,183 Eyre, William, Capt., 43,51,55,57,58


Fairchild, 78


Fairfield (See Luzerne), 173


Fairfield County, 108


Farlin, Dudley, 180


Farrell, Matthew, Capt., 50


Faxon, C. H., 172


Faxon's Pond, 224


Feeder Canal, 116,121,154


Feeder Dam, 119,148,208


Fenimore, 77


Fenton, Luke, 207


Ferris, John A., 146,147


Ferris, Warren, 146


Finch, D. J., 117


Finch, J. W., 117,151


Finch, James, 176


Finch, Jeremiah, 176


Finch, Pruyn Company, 114,152,154,155


Fire of 1864, 142


First Brother Mountain, 192


First Pond, 224


First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls, 129


Fireplaces, 237 Fish, 33,223,225


Fishermen, 237


Fishing, 220,223


Fitch, Thomas, Gov., 47


Five Mile Mountain, 197,244


Five Mile Run, 185


Five Nations, 35,36,37,38,40,43


Flats, The, 55 Fletcher, Benjamin, Gov., 99


Flint, Wyman, 179


Floating Battery Island, 234


Flood, James, Rev., 131,132


Forbes, John, Gen., 67,69


Forbes and Johnson's Forge, 146


Forests, 113 Fort Amherst, 70,183


Fort Ann, 39,48,69,78,80,84,85,88,90


Fort Carillon, 59,60,65,67,68,71


Fort Duquesne, 44,67,69


Fort Edward, 44,55,62,64,65,80,82,85,88, 100,105,115,148,183,184,186


Fort Edward Institute, 134


Fort Frederick, 65


Fort Frontenac, 69


Fort Gage, 70


Fort George, 72,77,79,80,86,101,145,157, 158,160,165


Fort LaPrairie, 39


Fort le Boeuf, 50


Fort Lydius, 44


Fort Lyman, 44,46,48,51,53


Fort Miller, 39,81,85,88,100


Fort Niagara, 42,44,58


Fort Nicholson, 39


Fort Oswego, 58,59


Fort St. Frederic, 40,41


Fort Saratoga, 39,85


Fort Schuyler, 39


Fort Ticonderoga, 47,54,56,59,60,61,67, 69,70,71,72


Fort William Henry, 56,61,64,70,101,120, 157,158,160,165,183,185,232


Fort William Henry Hotel, 160


Fort Williams, 69,185


Four Corners, 129,146


Four Mile Post, 69,70


Fourteen Mile Island, 234


Fox, Alanson, 115,172,176


Fox Brothers, 115,172


Fox, Jehiel, Elder, 126


Fox, Norman, 115,172,176


Foxes, 221


Franklin, Benjamin, 47,74,145


Freeman, George W., 117


French-Canadians, 107,142,148


French and Indian War, 164,165,173,185, 232,244


French Mountain, 24,49,50,54,69,78,90, 185,212,213,232,241,247


French Point, 197,234,245


Friends' Church (Glens Falls), 126


Friends Lake, 26,162,171,189,192,224,227


Friends' Meeting House (Glens Falls), 211


Frontenac, Count de, 38,39


Fuller, Andrew, 73


Fuller, Benjamin, 92


Fuller Brook, 224


Fuller, Eben, 92


Fulton County, 177


Gage, Thomas, Gen., 70,72 Gardens, 29


Garnet Lake, 175,224


Garnet Mines, 122,243


Garretson, Freeborn, Rev., 129


INDEX 267


Garrison Ground, 67,100,183 Gates, Horatio, Gen., 78,82,85,101,207 Geer, Walter, 148,176 Gill, Columbus, 175 Glazier, Beamsley, Capt., 48,55,58 Glen, The, 177,179,200,203,210


Glen, John, Col., 145 Glenburnie, 235 Glen Island, 234,237 Glen Lake, 22,23,35,54,146,163,185,211, 212,224,231 Glen Lake Brook, 224 Glen Patent, 100


Glens Falls, 25,26,72,107,109,113,118,119, 121,126,130,132,141,144,162,163,171, 174,176,178,179,183,199,206,208,211, 217,219,240,247 Glens Falls Academy, 134,147 Glens Falls Country Club, 184


Glens Falls Insurance Company, 141,153, 154


Glens Falls Feeder Canal, 158


Glens Falls Library, 138


Glens Falls Paper Mill Company, 152


Glens Falls Portland Cement Company, 152 Glens Falls Railroad Company, 105


Glens Falls Recreation Commission, 247


Glens Falls, Sandy Hill and Fort Edward Street Railroad Company, 152 Glens Falls Times, 151 Glenville, 145 Goethals, George, Gen., 169 Golfing, 207,213,240 Goodspeedville, 148 Good Templars' Hall, 135


Gordon, James, 106


Gordon's Gazetteer, 180


Gore Mountain, 22,23,25,122,123,176,177, 203,205,217,243


Gore Mountain Ski Club, 205


Gore Mountain Ski Trail System, 205,249 Gore Mountain Trail, 243 Goupil, Rene, 37,38 Grange Hall, 126 Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 158 Graphite, 121,169 Great Carry, 38,44,84 Great Fire, 151 Great Warpath, 41,64,67,74,76,120 Greeks, 107,142 Green Island, 168,234 Greenland Sandwort, 28 Green Mountain Boys, 73 Greenslet, George, 135


Green Mountains, 86,97,191,197,243,244 Greenwich, 104 Grenville Sea, 21,23 Greylock, 243 Griffen, Jonathan, 171 Grimes, Father, 132


Gristmills, 207


Grouse, 222 Guides, 220


Hadley, 207,209,241,248 Hague, 108,121,132,162,169,170,191,195, 198,221,227,235,240,244


Haldimand, Sir Frederick, 89,94


Half Moon, 37,55


Halfway Brook, 59,65,69,80,86,89,100, 126,144,145,183,212 Hall, Horace L., 175 Hall, Theodorus, 175


Hamilton, 191


Hamilton County, 25,108,162,174,175, 176,177,200,205 Hammond, Tom, 212


Harbor Islands, 61,235


Hardy, Sir Charles, 55,57


Harness Racing, 246,248 Harris Bay, 212,233


Harris, Gilbert, 80,81,88,92 Harris Hollow, 94 Harris, John H., 171 Harris, John J., 168


Harris, Moses, Sr., 88,92,94,97


Harris, Moses, Jr., 80,81,82,92 Harris, William, 92.


Harrisburg Lake, 26,234


Harrisburg Lake and Village, 174 Harrisena, 35,94,97


Harrisena Episcopal Church, 97 Haviland, William, Col., 65 Hawley, Gideon, 133


Hawley, Jehiel, 142


Haystack Mountain, 218


Headley, Joel T., 218 Hearthstone Point State Campsite, 195, 227,233,238,239 Hebrew School, 132


Hendrick, King, 46,47,49,50,52,99,159,185 Henry, Robert E., 158 Hessian, 79,84,85,86 Hibbart, Billy, 129


High, John, 89,224


Highpoint Brook, 224 Higson, Content Wing, 86 Higson, James, 73,83,92


268 INDEX


Highlanders, Forty-second, 67 Hiking, 237,242 Hillis Brook, 247 Hillside House, 169 Hinman, Grueman, 142 History of Glens Falls, 152


History of Queensbury, 72,77


Hockey, 246 Hog Back Mountain, 198 Holden, A. W., 72,77,88,233 Holmes Creek, 224


Holy Infancy Church (Lake Luzerne) , 131 Home Day Celebration (Johnsburg), 178 Hooper Garnet Mines, 205


Hopkins, Henry, 171


Horicon, 24,109,136,137,162,169,170, 171,192,221


Horse Cars, 105


Hough, Franklin B., Dr., 218


House-raising, 103 Howe, George Augustus, Lord, 67,68


Howe, Sir William, 80


Hoyt, Benjamin, 142


Hoyt, Stephen, 170


Hubbardton, 79,84,85


Huberdeault, H., Rev., 137


Huckleberry Mountain, 193


Hudnut Pond, 224


Hudson Falls, 69,100,104,116,142,199,208


Hudson, Henry, 36 Hudson River, 22,35,59,76,79,118,158,162, 163,173,200,209,211,217,224,225,231, 241


Hudson River Boom Association, 148


Hudson Valley, 92,125,200


Hughes, Charles Evans, Gov., 151,153 Huletts Landing, 132,235 Humphrey Lake, 224


Hunters, 237 Hunting, 220,221


Hurons, 36,38 Hyde, L. F., 152 Hyde Township, 102 Hydroelectric Power, 119,208


Ice Boating, 248 Ice Boat Sailing, 246 Imperial Paper and Color Corporation, 152 Independent Company of Rangers, 76


Indian Kettles, 199 Indian Lake, 194 Indian Trails, 88,120,218 Indian Ski Trail, 161 Indians, 43,48,70,76,80,91,93,99,106,143, 157,162,184,233


Industries, 102,105,107,113,125,152,163, 207 Insects, 33


International Paper Company, 152,153, 174,209


Ireland, 178


Irish, 105,107,142,148


Iron Ore, 121,180


Iroquois, 35,36,37,38,39,41,42,45,60


Island Harbor House, 169


Isle de Lac du St. Sacrement, 234 Italians, 107,142


Jacobs, Richard, 129


Jehovah's Witnesses, 130


Jessup Brothers, 77,78,173


Jessup, Ebenezer, 77,78,89,101,207


Jessup, Edward, 77,78,101,207


Jessup's Landing, 101


Jessup's Little Falls, 101


Jesuits, 37


Jewish Community Building (Glens Falls), 132, 137


Jewish People, 107,132,142


Jogues, Isaac, 37,38,41,131,154,234


Johnsburg, 75,101,108,122,162,171,175, 176,178,193,200,219,228,242


Johnsburg Association, 178 John's Farm, 86


Johnson Mansion, 88


Johnson, Sir John, 76,88,194


Johnson, Sir William, 38,41,49,50,54,61, 76,101,120,142,159,164,186


Johnson's Greens, 76,88


Johnstown, 194 Jones, Daniel, 72,73,92,145


Jones, David, 73,77,86,145


Kanes Falls, 118 Kanes Falls Electric Company, 118


Kattskill Bay, 108,163,220,226,233


Kavanaugh Memorial Chimes, 130 Kayaderosseras Mountains, 24,100,173,217 Kayaderosseras Patent, 99,100 Keenan, John, 148,151


Kelley, James A., Rev., 131 Kennebec River, 74 Kenyon, Lyman, 175 Kettle Rocks, 199


Keys, Solomon, Capt., 50


Kibby Pond, 224 King George's War, 40 Kingsbury, Patent, 142


INDEX 269


Lacey, 143 LaCorne, Sieur de Luc de, 62,64,69 Lake Allure, 24,173,206 Lake Champlain, 22,35,39,48,66,78,80,88, 90,99,166,199,211,244 Lake Forest, 24,173,206,227


Lake George, 22,41,72,101,105,109,115, 131,136,142,143,148,156,162,169,173, 188,191,206,211,212,217,224,231,238, 239,246


Lake George Battleground Campsite, 160 Lake George Battleground Park, 159 Lake George Battle Monument, 157, 159 Lake George Country Club, 233,244 Lake George Library, 137 Lake George Steamboat Trip, 231 Lake George Village, 38,48,102,120,163, 164,165,166,211,213,220,227,232,242, 248


Lake George Winter Sports, 248 Lake House, 158,159


Lake Luzerne, 101,131,136,165,173,194, 206,207,209,219,227,231,241,246 Lake Luzerne-Hadley Ski Club, 207 Lake Luzerne Village, 173,207,248 Lake Placid, 249 Lake St. Sacrament, 37,38,46,47,160


Lake Sunnyside, 22,126,163,212,225 Lake Vanare, 24,173,206,227


Lake View House, 168


Lalande, John, 3 8 Lamar, Marian, Capt., 75


Lancey, Ebenezer, 142 Lapham, Jerome, 151 Laprairie, 39 Laska, Rabbi, 132 Lawrence, John, 98 Leantos, 237 Leisler, Jacob, 39 Lewis, Andrew, 73,83,92


Lewis, Morgan, Gen., 83,88 Lexington, 73


Liberal Jewish Congregation (Glens Falls), 132 Liby Pond, 225 Lime Making, 107,121,125 Lindberg, Charles, 188


Little Pond, 175 Livingston, Henry, Col., 90 Livingston, Robert, 99 Lizard Pond, 225


Lockwood, David, 168 Locust Grove House Log Drives, 115,116,117


Logging Bee, 103 Lone Pine, 213 Long Island, 213,233 Long Pond, 146 Longueil, Baron, 53 Loon Lake, 26,162,171,188,189,192,225, 227 Lords of Trade, 143


Loudoun, Earl of, 58,59,61,62,65,66


Louisburg, 61,62,67,69,70


Lovelace Brothers, 78


Lower Cloud Ski Trail, 249


Loyalists, 36,72,73,76


Lumber and Lumbering, 113,124,125,146, 152,203,204,206,209,211


Luzerne, 24,76,77,99,101,104,108,129,134, 137,162,164,173,174 Luzerne Mountains, 22,24,78,185,206,208, 217,221 Luzerne Villa Country Club, 241 Lydius, John Henry, 99


Lyman, Phineas, Maj. Gen., 43,45,46,47, 51,52,54,55,58,59,67,68 Lynx, 102


Mahicans, 35,36,126,167


Mann, Thomas, 76


Masonic Order, 148


Massachusetts, 39,42,44,55,56,57,99,167


Mead Family, 172


Meadow Run, 185 Mead, Wheeler, 179


Mechanicville, 170


Merritt, Daniel, 106


Merritt, Ichabod, 100,106,144


Merritt, Nehemiah, 106


Messenger, The, 147


Methodist Church (Glens Falls), 146


Methodist Episcopal Churches, 178 Methodists, 131


Military Road, 49,57,75,86,91,100,104,142. 164,165,183,184,185,211


Mill Brook, 192


Mill Creek, 177,178,193,225


Millionaires Row, 167,195,234


Mink, 221


Mohawk Valley, 97,125,143,194


Mohawk Sachems, 99


Mohawk Valley Kennel Club Dog Show, 196 Mohawks, 37,38,39,49,50,52,53,101,106, 143,159,160 Mohican House, 168 Monro, George, Col., 61,62,63,64


270


INDEX


Montcalm, Louis Joseph, Maj. Gen., 53,59, 61,62,63,65,68,69 Montcalm Point, 197,244


Montgomery County, 106,108


Montreal, 38,39,41,42,61,63,64,71,73,74, 76,164


Montressor, James, Col., 70


Montreuil, Chevlier de, 51,52,54


Moreau, 151


Morgan, James, 117,148,176


Mormons, 130


Morning Post, The, 153


Morning Star, The, 152


Morris, Governeur, 83


Moses Circle, 199


Moss, John, 168


Mother Bunch Island, 234,239


Motor Cruisers, 234


Motor Trips, 167


Mountain Climbing, 237


Mountain Side Library, 137


Mountain Spring Lake, 171


Mount Defiance, 68,79


Mount Hope, 70


Mount Independence, 79


Mount Marcy, 217,243


Mount McIntyre, 217


Mount Pelee, 66


Munro, John, Col., 89


Murphy, John, Rev., 130


Muskrat, 221


Mutiny Act, 72


McCrea, Jane, 73,77,86,145


McDermott, James, Rev., 137


McDonald, Alexander, 175


McEwan, John, 176


McGinnis, Robert, Capt., 53,54


McMahon, J. F., Rev., 131


McMullen Gardens, Robert J., 29 McNutt, Randolph, 135


Narrows, The, 157,166,167,196,197,232, 234,237,244 Natural Bridge, 189 New Netherlands, 38


New England, 42,64,74,82,120,148,164, 178,187


New Fairfield, 142


New Hampshire, 43,72,86,87,89,94,97,235


New Lake, 225


New Jersey, 42,58,61,235


New York, 42,43,57,58,72,79,97


New York Assembly, 72 New York City, 126,144,218


New York Power and Light Company, 120 New York Provincial Congress, 83 New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse University, 114


Niagara Expedition, 5 8


Niagara Falls, 208


Niagara-Hudson System, 120,208


Nicholson, Francis, 39


Nine Mile Mountain, 23 5


Noble, David, Rev., 129


Noble, Esa, Lt., 45


Nordberg, John, Capt., 74


North Creek, 23,123,131,136,177,179,194, 200,203,204,205,220,221,225,237,243, 247,249


Northern Turnpike, 206


North Pond, 191


North River, 122,177,194,200,205,220,249


Northville, 194


Nova Scotia, 42,61


Northwest Bay, 102,167,195,196,197,234, 235,245,246


North west Bay Brook, 196


Ochs, Adolph S., 132


Oblong, The, 83


O'Dell Island, 239


Ohio, 42


Old Fort Saratoga, 40


Old Dock, 213


Old Saratoga, 44,57,80,84,90


Old White (Presbyterian Church, Glens Falls), 129,146


Olmstedville, 205


Oneida Corners, 126,212


One-room Schools, 136


Onondagas, 39


Orange County, 106


Orchids, 29


Ordway, Jonas, 153


Orme, Robert, Capt., 54


Ottawas, 36


Outlet, The, 236


Oven Mountain, 193


Pack, Charles Lathrop, 114,188 Pack Demonstration Forest, Charles Lathrop, 27,113,114,188


Paleozoic Seas, 21 Palmer Pond, 225


Panthers, 102


Paper Mill, 121,207


Paradise Bay, 231,234


Paradox Lake, 199


INDEX 271


Parker, John, Col., 61 Parkman, Francis, 52,54 Park's Mills, 77,78 Parks, Daniel, 74,77,83,145 Parks, Daniel, Jr., 77 Parks, Elisha, 77 Parks Family, 145 Parks, Isaac, 77 Parks, Joseph, 94


Parks Massacre, 77 Parks, Solomon, 83


Parochial School, 137


Partridge, 222 Partridge Mountain, 176


Pasco, S. and Brother, 179 Patent of Queensbury, 126 Paul, Anthony, Rev., 126 Paulist Fathers, 131,235 Payne, Noah, 81 Peace of Paris, 71,72 Pearl Ash, 124


Pearl Village, 129,145


Pease's Distillery, 146 Pennsylvania, 58


Pequots, 36 Pet Gay Ski Trail, 249 Pettis, Eli, 166


Pettit, Micajah, 146


Pharoah Lake, 192


Pharoah Mountain, 192,244 Pheasants, 222 Phips, Spencer, Gov., 47,55


Picnic Island, 239 Picnic Sites, 234,237 Pilot Knob, 233 Pioneers, 106 Pitcher Plant, 29 Pitt, William, 66,67 Pitts, James, 180 Plank Road Public School, 135


Plank Roads, 105,166 Plant and Animal Life, 27 Platt, Charles A., 154 Plattsburg, 104 Population, 106 Polish, 142 Pomeroy, Seth, Col., 49,50 Porcupine, 34 Portland Cement, 121 Potash, 168 Potash Burning, 107 Potash Factories, 163 Potash Mountain, 24 Potter, Joel F., 172


Pottersville, 136,171,172,189,205,220, 227,238 Powell and Sons, 131 Powell, Caleb, 144


Power, 141 Power Plants, 120


Power Boats, 231 Powers, Harvey, 172 Pownall, Thomas, 44


Precipitation, 26


Presbyterian Church (Glens Falls), 129 Presbyterian Church at Lake George, 130 Presbyterians, 148


Prices, 159 Prindle, Daniel, 100,142,143


Prospect Mountain, 25,156,160,165,192, 232,238,239,243,248 Prospect-Cobble Ski Trail, 161


Protestant Parochial Schools, 137


Provincial Council, 142


Pruyn, Samuel, 117


Puffer Mountain, 22,176,217


Puffer Pond, 225,238 Putnam, Asaph, 144


Putnam, Benajah, 144


Putnam, Israel, Capt., 57,59,65,67


Putnam's Rangers, 62


Pulver, P. H., 174


Pulpwood, 113 Pulp and Paper, 179


Quail, 222 Quaker Hill, 144,145 Quakers, 72,87,88,100,126,144,146,148, 211 Quarries, 121 Quebec, 48,71,74,92,188 Queen Anne's War, 39 Queensbury, 73,75,81,86,91,97,99,100,115, 124,129,133,134,143,145,151,162,163, 165,166,173,180,212,241


Queensbury Hotel, 154 Queen Village Golf Club, 241


Rabbit, 34 Rabbit Pond Ski Trail, 249 Raccoon, 33,221 Racquette River, 218 Railroads, 105,151 Rakely, Andrew, 88,94 Ranger Island, 234 Rangers, 57,59,60,64,65,66,70 Rattlesnake Cobble, 165 Rattlesnakes, 102


272


INDEX


Recluse Island, 233 Recreational Facilities, 217-249 Recreation Field, 155,248 Regattas, 231 Reid, Max, 158,232 Revolution, 46,72,101,126,144,145,160,


162,163,164,165,167,173,180,207,232 Rexford, Eben B., Monument, 203


Richards Library, 180


Richards, Peletiah, 180


Richelieu River, 74,89


Riddle House, 207


Ridge Road, 126,146,211


Ridge Ski Trail, 249


Riedesel, Baron, 79,86,183


Riparius, 177,192 Ripley Point, 212 Riverside, 177,192


Riverside Epworth League Institute, 178


Roaring Brook Ski Trail, 249


Robards, William, 73,82


Rochester, 169 Rock Rossian, 99


Rockwell, George, 174


Rockwell's Hotel, 207


Rogers, Robert, Capt., Maj., 57,59,60,64, 65,66,67,68,69,70,157,185,235


Rogers Rock, 65,66,67,157,195,235,237


Rogers Slide, 66,157,169,235


Roman Catholic Parochial Schools, 137 Romans, Barnard, Col., 73,74,77


Roosevelt, Theodore, 188


Roosevelt Forest, Theodore, 27


Roubaud, Father, 235


Round Lake, 35 Round Pond, 163,175,184,212,225,226


Rowboats, 231,234


Ruggles, Timothy, Col., 44,52


Rural Churches, 130


Rural Electrification, 120 Ryan, Henry, Rev., 129


Sabbath Day Point, 67,76,169,197,227,235 Sacandaga Reservoir, 25,174,194 Sacandaga River, 76,77,89,179,207,225


Sagamore Golf Course, 240 Sagamore Golf Tournament, 196


Sagamore Horse Show, 196


Sagamore Hotel, 168,234 Sailboats, 231


St. Alphonsus Church (Glens Falls), 130 St. Alphonsus School (Glens Falls), 137 St. Bernard, Pere, Jesuit, 233 St. Cecilia's Church (Warrensburg), 131


St. Clair, Arthur, Gen., 79,80,82,90 St. Isaac Jogues Memorial, 157,160 St. James Church (North Creek), 132 St. James Episcopal Church (Diamond Point), 130 St. John the Baptist Church (Chester- town), 131 St. Johns', 74,89


St. Onge, Louis Napoleon, Rev., 130


Saint Pierre, Legardeur de, 48,50


St. Theresa's Church (Brant Lake), 132 St. Lawrence, 39,76,92


St. Mary's Academy (Glens Falls), 137,154


St. Mary's Chapel (Glens Falls), 137


St. Mary's Parish (Glens Falls), 130,137


Sandy Bay, 212


Sandy Hill (Hudson Falls), 48,77,89,90, 104,142,148,151


Sanford, George, 148


Sanford Ashery, 146


Santa Claus of the Adirondacks, 193,204


Saratoga, 73,81,87,99,105,151


Saratoga County, 25,162,173,174,177,183, 209,241


Saratoga Springs, 105,173


Saville, Bruce Wilder, 155


Sawmills, 113,115,116,121,146,148,153, 168,207


Sawyer, Milton, 179


Saxe, Maurice, Count de, 48


Schaghticokes, 36,143


Schenectady, 39,41,110,145,247


School Bus, 136


Schools, 102,125


Schroon Lake, 22,25,129,162,170,171,172, 180,225,231,237,238


Schroon Lake Country Club, 240


Schroon Lake Golf Club, 240


Schroon Lake Village, 190


Schroon Manor, 190


Schroon Manor Country Club, 240


Schroon Mountains, 24,217


Schroon River, 24,116,162,167,170,171, 175,179,180,187,191,192,200,225,226, 231


Schroon River Pulp and Paper Co., 179


Schroon Valley, 24,187,188,189 Schuyler, David, 99


Schuyler, John, Capt., 39,59,60,65,67,85, 87,94 Schuyler, Peter, Col., 39


Schuyler, Phillip, Col., 70,74,75,78,79,80, 81,82,83,84,85,90,94,97 Schuylerville, 39,81


INDEX 273


Scotland, 178 Scots, 105,176 Second Brother Mountain, 192 Sembrich, Marcella, 196 Seven Mile Post, 59,65,70,183 Shaw, Daniel, 166 Shaw, Pownal, 146 Sheldon Point, 212 Shepard Memorial Park, 158,159,227 Sherman, Augustus, 117,151 Sherman Island, 119 Sherman Island Dam, 208 Sherman, William T., Gen., 158 Sherwood, Adiel, Capt., 75,90 Shirley, William, Gov., Gen., 42,43,44,46, 48,56,57,58,59,99 Shirt Making, 151 Sill, Thomas, Capt., 91 Silver Bay, 169,198,227,235 Sisters of the Assumption, 137 Six Nations, 42,58 Skating, 246,248,249 Skene, Philip, 74,84 Skenesborough, 74,75,78,79,80,82,84,86,88 Skiing, 246 Ski-joring, 246,248,249 Ski-school, 248 Ski-tow, 248 Skunks, 33,221 Skylight Mountain, 218 Sky Way, 161 Sky Way Trail, 248 Sleigh Rides, 246,249 Smallpox, 60,63,75,77 Smith Pond, 225 Smith, Reuben, 168 Snow Fall, 26 Snowshoe Rabbit, 221 Snowshoing, 246,249 Snow Trains, 177,247 Snakes, 35 Sodom, 178,193,220 Sons of Liberty, 72 Sorcery, 65 South Bay, 45,47,48,49,54,90 South Glens Falls, 100,153 South Horicon, 170,171 Speculator, 194 Speedboats, 234 Spicer, Tobias, 129 Spier Falls, 119,120,152,208 Spier, William E., 118 Spruce Mountain, 198 Squirrel, 34,221


Staats, Jehoiachim, 166 Stagecoach Era, 165 Stage Coaches, 120,166,167 Stamp Act, 72 State Aid for Education, 133


Steamers, 231 Stewart, Merch B., 155 Stickney, Moses, 171 Still Pond Trail, 161,248 Stillwater, 85 Stires, Ernest M., Right Rev., 132 Stoddard, Benjamin, Capt., 50 Stone Mountain, 207 Stone Mountain Ski Trails, 207 Stony Creek, 26,76,77,101,108,129,162, 174,175,176,203,209,219,220,221,228 Stony Creek Library, 137 Sugar Loaf Mountain, 212,244 Sullivan, John, Gen., 75 Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 56,68 Supervisors, Board of, 24,109,221


Swede Mountain, 244 Swede Mountain Forest Fire Observation Tower, 191 Swede Mountain Trail, 249 Sweetbriar Island, 239 Swimming, 226 Syracuse, 120,132


Tamarack, 28 Tanning, 107 Tanneries, 121,124,163,172,206,207 Temperature, 26 Temple Beth-El (Glens Falls), 132 Tents, 237 Thirteenth Lake, 26,122,177,205,225 Thomas, John, Gen., 75 Three Brothers Mountain, 241 Thurman, 76,101,126,129,137,162,164, 166,168,172,174,175,177,178,180,203, 210, 221,228 Thurman, James L., 180 Thurman, John, 102,106,108,163,176,178, 193 Thurman, Sarah, 106 Thurman Station, 175


Ticonderoga, 36,47,79,82,84,85,90,92,97, 115,142,145,158,160,162,166,169,170, 171,187,190,191,197,199,213,235,244 Ticonderoga Country Club, 241 Tiosaronda (Sacandaga), 173 Titcomb, Moses, Col., 45,52 Tobogganing, 246,247 Todd, John, 218


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Tongue Mountain, 25,167,195,196,197, 232,234,235,244 Tongue Mountain Highway, 197


Tongue Mountain Parkway, 169


Tongue Mountain Trail, 197,239,244 Top 'O The World Lodge, 213


Top of the World Golf Course, 241 Tories, 73,75,76


Totten Purchase, 101,102


Totten and Crossfield Purchase, 78


Towner, Zaccheus, 144


Trailers, 237


Transportation, 107,115,116,121,124


Treaty of Aix-La Chapelle, 40


Treaty of Ryswick, 39


Treaty of Utrecht, 40,42


Trees, 27,28


Tripp, Albro, 180


Tripp Lake, 180


Trolley Cars, 105


Trout House, 169


Troy, 119,151,247


Tryon County, 75,87,108


Trout Brook, 65,66,225


Trout Lake, 196,225


Turnpike, 105


Turtles, 33


Tuscarroras, 42


Union Church of Pearl Village, 129,146 Upper Cloud Ski Trail, 249 Urban Churches, 130


Valrenne, 39 Vandenburg House, 168


Van Dusen, Senus, 176 Van Dusen, Zenas, 117 Van Schaik, Sybrant G., 45 Varying Hare, 221


Vaudreuil, Phillip de Rigaud, Chevalier, 70,71


Vaudreuil, Pierre Francois de Rigaud Marquis, de, 48,49,60 Van Wormer's Bay, 233 Vermont, 74,79,94,106,148,197,244 Virginia, 42,58


Wait, L. E., 174 Walsh, John, 175 Ward, Roger, Rev., 132 Warner Bay, 212 Warner Pond, 225 Warner, Seth, Col., 74,79,89


War of Independence, 41 Warren, James, 180 Warren, Joseph, Gen., 24,108


Warren Republican, The, 136,147 Warrensburg, 24,27,101,104,108,120,162, 165,167,171,173,175,176,179,184,187, 200,209,219,227,241,249 Warrensburg Academy, 134 Warrensburg Library, 137


Warrensburg News, 179


Warrensburg Tracts, 102


Warrensburg Water Works, 179


Warrensburg Woolens, 179


Washington County, 25,104,106,108,113, 118,124,162,165


Washington, George, 50,74,82,86,90,94,97


Washington Memorial Forest, 197


Washington Monument, 148


Waterford, 178


Waterpower, 113,115,116,118,142


Watson, James, 178


Watson, William, 178


Wayside, The, 207


Webb, Daniel, Maj. Gen., 58,62,63,64,66


Weekly Messenger, 152


Wells, 194


Wells House, The, 168


Wesley, John, 129


West Brook, 225


West, Elmer J., 118


West Mountain, 49,247


Westmount Sanatorium, 185


Westside, 233


Wevertown, 131,177,178,193,200,203,220 Wevertown Tannery, 178


Whigs, 73


Whitby, Emerson and Eldridge, 179


Whitehall, 39,74,105,118,151,199


Whiting, Nathan, Lt. Col., 50,57


Whitworth, Miles, 64


Wikiosco Barn Theatre, 167


Wilcox Lake, 238


Willett, Marinus, Col., 97


Williams, Ephraim, Col., 44,45,49,50,51, 52,185


Williams College, 186


Williams Marker, 186


Williams Monument, 185


Williams, Sherman, Dr., 135,152


Williamstown, 186


Willsborough, 75


Willsborough Falls, 78


Will Wood Ski Trail, 161


Will Wood Trail, 248


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Wing, Abraham, 72,75,83,84,88,92,100, 106,108,115,126,144,146,163,164 Wing, Abraham III, 100,147,176 Wing, Content, 73 Wing, Deborah, 72 Wing, Halsey, 148,176 Wing, Mary, 73 Wing's Corners, 145,165 Wing's Falls, 72,77,86,145 Wing's Tavern, 75,77,146 Winslow, John, Maj. Gen., 58 Winthrop, John, 39 Winter Sports, 163,167,177,179,205,246 Woedtke, Baron de, 75 Wolf, 102 Wolf Pond, 225 Wolfe, James, Gen., 67,69,71


Wood Creek, 38,46,84 Woodchuck, 34,222 Wood, Frank, 129 Woodpulp, 124 Wood, Helen Noble, 129 Woodward, Joseph, 180 World War Memorial, 155 Wraxall, Peter, 42,43,44,54,55,58 Wright, Thomas, 168


Yale, 114 Yates, Christopher, Gen., 88 Yorkers, 47,56 Yorktown, 165 Younglove, John, 87 Y.M.C.A. (Glens Falls), 153


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