tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85664367455526397612024-02-14T15:54:24.166-05:00The Franklin County (NY) HistorianHighlighting the oral, material and built history of Franklin County, New York.Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-83818058016170131852016-04-07T11:47:00.000-04:002016-04-07T11:47:41.723-04:00UPCOMING GUEST SPEAKER on APRIL 13TH, 2016 - The Fenian Brotherhood ~ Irish Nationals Who Invaded Canada by Mr. Liam McKoneClick the Link Above for More Information<br />
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<br />Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-23394130297098468152015-11-19T14:03:00.000-05:002015-11-19T14:05:37.787-05:00Introducing our NEW ONLINE BOOKSTORE!
Click the link below and browse our selection of wonderful books and publications about Franklin County's rich historical heritage.
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<a href="https://squareup.com/market/franklin-county-historical-museum-society" target="_blank">FCHMS ONLINE BOOKSTORE</a>Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-76838452484663628752015-10-14T13:10:00.001-04:002015-10-14T13:10:58.384-04:00New FCOHMS TrusteesThe Annual Meeting of the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society was held on October 5, 2015, with the following three Trustees elected by the membership. Each will serve a three-year term. Congratulations to Steven Fitzpatrick, Jonathan Wool, and Carol Poole and thank you for your willingness to serve on our Board of Trustees.Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-5556620419536410982014-04-07T13:30:00.000-04:002014-10-02T10:55:01.240-04:00Franklin County Soldiers Serve in the Civil War-- 2 New Books!!<b>Northern Arms-- Volume 1 & 2
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Compiled by <i>Maren E. Dodge Miles </i>for the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society.
These volumes tell the tales of the Civil War and lives of Franklin County, New York, soldiers and their families, as told by the soldiers, their families, friends, newspapers, and local histories.
The Regimental histories, officer’s reports, letters, diaries, memoirs, stories, photos and newspaper articles found in this book, show what life in the Grand Army of the Republic was like for our Franklin County soldiers, and what their lives were like during and after the War. The book includes a little history of the war, the soldiers’ own stories, and tales of court martial and valor. Artists and photographers documented all aspects of army life and took thousands of individual photographs for the soldiers to send home to loved ones.
Each story is unique and told in the words of the soldiers and their families. The book is illustrated with photographs of the soldiers loaned by their families and period photos from the Library of Congress.
Volumes 1 and 2 are now available in the House of History Country Store. Price $40.00, plus tax.. Special price of $70.00 if you purchase both Volumes!<br />
<br />Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-69595432928845146992014-01-28T11:38:00.000-05:002014-10-02T10:55:12.048-04:00Biography of Vice President William A. Wheeler<b>Herb Hallas</b>, former President of the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society, has completed his book, <i>William Almon Wheeler: Political Star of the North Country</i>, which is scheduled to be released December, 2013, by SUNY Press This book is the first and only complete biography of Wheeler, a man referred to as "the New York Lincoln," who helped to found the Republican Party and build it into a formidable political force during the Gilded Age. Wheeler's life is an American success story about how a poor boy from Malone, NY, achieved fame and fortune as a lawyer, banker, railroad president, state legislator, five-time congressman, and vice president of the United States.
The book is available for sale in our Country Store. Price $25.00 plus tax.<br />
<br />Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-74623423384428625892013-09-27T14:15:00.001-04:002014-10-02T10:58:19.509-04:00Book about Fort Covington<b>Jack Boyle’s </b>book, <i>Sunset on the Tracks</i>: A memoir of family, friends, and special times in 1950’s Fort Covington will be an enjoyable read for any current or former residents of the area. We have the book in our Country Store and the cost is $30.00 plus tax.<br />
<br />Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-40338217144889910372012-06-20T09:05:00.000-04:002012-06-20T09:05:45.627-04:00IronThe Franklin County Historical Society recently acquired some good 'ol heavy iron. Nelson Fadden, of Malone, donated equipment used by his grandfathers in their respective professions. <br />
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Part of the collection contains these shoe lasts and standard, which were used by Ezra Barkley of St. Regis Falls (the donor's maternal grandfather) who was at least a part-time <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoemaking">cordwainer</a>. <br />
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"Vacationists in the Finger Lake region of Central New York, once the home of the famous Six Nations of Iroquois Indians, have devised a scheme by which a person lost in the woods or along some unfamiliar stream, may get the right direction, if they have a watch, as certainly as if they carried a compass. The plan is now being followed by many fishermen and hunters in the Adirondacks. The method of watch direction is described as follows:<br />
<i> 'By pointing the hour hand of your watch to the sun, the south may be found exactly halfway between the hour and the numeral 12 on the dial. For example suppose that it is 4 o'clock. Point the hand indicating 4 to the sun and 2 on the dial is directly south. If it is 8 o'clock point the hand indicating 8 to the sun and the numeral 10 on the watch points to the south.'"</i></blockquote>Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-47137650601265028812012-06-07T09:50:00.003-04:002012-06-07T09:50:53.928-04:00Arsenal Green in Malone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Arsenal Green, the swath of park between Main and Elm Streets in the center of the village of Malone, dates from the earliest years of Malone's settled history. Set aside for the construction of an arsenal to help protect the area from a British invasion during the War of 1812, it is now a public park with a Lions' Club gazebo and not currently dedicated to any military use. <br />
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According to <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=qIU-AAAAYAAJ&dq=Historical%20sketches%20of%20franklin%20county%2C%20ny&pg=PA403#v=twopage&q=arsenal%20green&f=false" target="_blank">Seaver</a>, the land for the arsenal and parade ground were deeded to New York State by Cone Andrus, one of Malone's first settlers. <br />
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"An arsenal was built upon the arsenal lot as early as 1812. It was a two story stone structure, and cost $5,000. In February 1814, when General Wilkinson's evacuation of Malone occurred, after the retreat here in October 1813 from French Mills, (Fort Covington), following the American defeat at Chrystler's Field or Farm, Colonel Scott occupied the town for a part of two days with a British force of about a thousand men additional to a smaller number of militia and a body of Indian allies. These latter, with some of the more turbulent of the militia and regulars, were bent upon destroying the arsenal and actually set fire to it. Representations to Colonel Scott by a number of the more prominent residents of Malone to the effect that destruction of the arsenal would he wanton and not within the practices sanctioned in civilized warfare, induced the British commandant to interfere, and the building was saved. When it was finally razed more than forty years later, a part of its timbers and stone were purchased by S.W. Gillett and were used in the erection of the dwelling house afterward owned and occupied by Mrs S.A. Beman. While the arsenal stood, it was used for housing cannon (mainly howitzers) and the accoutrements and equipment of the local State militia." (Seaver: <u>Historical Sketches of Franklin County, NY</u> (1918)</blockquote>
In 1917, Arsenal Green was given by the state to the Village of Malone.<br />
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A donation of $1.00 is requested. All proceeds will benefit the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association. <br />
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For more information please contact the Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir on Facebook, Twitter (PSUNY Gospel Choir) at 518-564-2704 or at <a href="mailto:gospelchoir@plattsburgh.edu">gospelchoir@plattsburgh.edu</a>.Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-13339747461782497332012-02-06T12:19:00.001-05:002012-02-06T12:36:03.505-05:00The Skerry Dramatic Club<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWsFAwrXr2T6cRHPyrKnWCwpQaE_ghOe_U6caZ3eX3hlZ-f-1b8nRBktVMZD5_7L-INW4FyWZb7rUkOk43omWzbVPxzm-gLVopyNgx62hGhydt6qTdTI06fgLs-PnNAubyopqmeiFA7E/s1600/Skerry+Dramatic+Club.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526px" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWsFAwrXr2T6cRHPyrKnWCwpQaE_ghOe_U6caZ3eX3hlZ-f-1b8nRBktVMZD5_7L-INW4FyWZb7rUkOk43omWzbVPxzm-gLVopyNgx62hGhydt6qTdTI06fgLs-PnNAubyopqmeiFA7E/s640/Skerry+Dramatic+Club.jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>From the Collection of the Franklin County Historical and Museum Society</em></div><br />
Seated (L to R): Newton Tarbell, Mrs. Gayus Lane, Romanzo Joy, Mrs. Joy<br />
Standing (L to R): [?], Will King, Gayus Lane, Mary King, Wallace King (father of Will), Duncan MacNamara<br />
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From the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1882698139">April 4, 1895 </a><em><a href="http://news.nnyln.net/malone-palladium/malone-palladium-1894-september-1897-june/malone-palladium-1894-september-1897-june%20-%200125.pdf#xml=http://news.nnyln.net/franklin-county/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=ffffffff9aca6435&DocId=330739&Index=D%3a%5cdtSearch%20Developer%5cUserData%5cfranklin%2dcounty&HitCount=3&hits=119d+119e+119f+&SearchForm=D%3a%5cfranklin%2dcounty%5cdtSearch%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf" target="_blank">Malone Palladium</a>:</em><br />
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From the <a href="http://news.nnyln.net/franklin-gazette/1896/franklin-gazette-1896-january-march%20-%200042.pdf#xml=http://news.nnyln.net/franklin-county/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=1324e761&DocId=40792&Index=D%3a%5cdtSearch%20Developer%5cUserData%5cfranklin%2dcounty&HitCount=3&hits=1b46+1b47+1b48+&SearchForm=D%3a%5cfranklin%2dcounty%5cdtSearch%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf" target="_blank">March 13, 1896 <em>Franklin Gazette:</em></a><br />
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From the <a href="http://news.nnyln.net/franklin-gazette/1896/franklin-gazette-1896-january-march%20-%200047.pdf#xml=http://news.nnyln.net/franklin-county/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=1323d845&DocId=40797&Index=D%3a%5cdtSearch%20Developer%5cUserData%5cfranklin%2dcounty&HitCount=3&hits=1f6+1f7+1f8+&SearchForm=D%3a%5cfranklin%2dcounty%5cdtSearch%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf" target="_blank">March 20, 1896 <em>Franklin</em> <em>Gazette</em>:</a> <br />
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<a href="http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2011/12/franklin-county-inventor-eliakim-briggs.html">http://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2011/12/franklin-county-inventor-eliakim-briggs.html</a><br />
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Check it out!Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-23857702133063397252011-11-07T13:40:00.001-05:002011-11-07T13:58:58.406-05:00American Bicentennial FlagFrom a piece in the Sept/Oct 1976 <em>Empire State DAR News</em>:<br />
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PRESENTATION -- Adirondack Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, presented a Bicentennial flag to Troop 20 boy Scouts Fife and Drum Corps of Brushton. Directed by Bruce Jackson, the boys portray the Spirit of '76. Because of the historical significance of this troop and the part they are portraying, Adirondack Chapter made the award.<br />
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And from a July 7, 1976 <em>Malone Evening Telegram</em> article:<br />
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These and other clippings were preserved in one of several scrapbooks compiled during 1960s-1990s by <a href="http://www.nydar.org/chapters/adirondack.html">Adirondack Chapter DAR</a>.Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-24599247336770759872011-11-05T14:35:00.000-04:002011-11-05T14:35:00.106-04:00Jacob Smith and Family of ChateaugayOne of the first families of Chateaugay, NY is the Jacob Smith Family. <br />
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Excerpted from a February 1978 <a href="http://news.nnyln.net/chateaugay-record/chateaugay-record-1976-november-1978-march/chateaugay-record-1976-november-1978-march%20-%201438.pdf#xml=http://news.nnyln.net/chateaugay-record/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=3612049e&DocId=47580&Index=F%3a%5cdtSearch%20Developer%5cUserData%5cchateaugay%2drecord&HitCount=2&hits=20+21+&SearchForm=F%3a%5cchateaugay%2drecord%5cdtSearch%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf">article</a> in the <em>Chateaugay Record, </em>written by John Andrew Bilow:<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">"A monument has recently been erected in the Willis Cemetery in Earlville honoring Jacob Smith, one of the first settlers in Chateaugay and a Revolutionary War Soldier. <br />
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Jacob Smith was born in East Haven Conn., July 7, 1742, the son of Thomas Smith and Eunice Russell. Smith married Elizabeth Blanchard, December 27, 1772 and had eight children: Eunice, Ruth, Thomas, Stephen, Jacob, Eli, Amaziah, and Salmon. Ruth was born in Shutesbury, Mass., Thomas at Sherburn, Vt., Stephen in Arlington, Vt., Jacob, Eli and Amaziah in Sunderland, and Salmon in South Hero, Vt. This family was well traveled. <br />
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Jacob enlisted in the Revolutionary War in May of 1775 in the state of Vermont in the company commanded by Captain Gideon Brownson in the regiment Commanded by Colonel Warner. He served in Seth Warner's Regt. for two years and saw service in the Battle of Hubbarton, the Batttle of Bennington in 77 and the Battle at the capture of Burgoyne. In the spring of 1778 he was transferred to Col Samuel Herricks Regt. and served for eighteen months when he was discharged. <br />
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According to a statement made by Jesse Down of Poultney, Vt. in 1828 Jacob was cited as a Lieutenant and was also at the taking of Fort Defiance and Crown Point. He was granted a pension of 15.74 semi-annually for his services in the Revolution. <br />
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Smith was a selectman in South Hero, Vt. and was also known as Major according to the census of 1790. Upon moving to Chateaugay in 1797, he established the first tannery in Franklin County, in the Northeastern part of town. This would be in the Earlville area. For the next 100 years his decendants were men of affairs in the town. Thomas was a Colonel in the War of 1812 and owned a Tavern. Salmon was a town justice. His grandsons, Eli B. and Henry B. were wealthy merchants, businessmen and politicians."</blockquote><br />
Jacob Smith served as Supervisor of the Town of Chateaugay from 1829 until his death in 1831 and his grandson Henry B. Smith was Supervisor 1841, 1845-1849, 1851, 1856-1858, and 1861-1862. <br />
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Henry's brother, Eli B. Smith donated four acres of "sightly grounds" as the site of the Chateaugay Academy and Union Free School, which opened September 15, 1879. (Hurd, p. 465)<br />
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Capt. Salmon Smith (Jacob's son and the twin brother of Amaziah), also a soldier in the War of 1812, is highlighted in the <em><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=fdcaAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA647&ots=K5P5pOX4zW&dq=%22Jacob%20Smith%20of%20Chateaugay%22&pg=PA648#v=onepage&q&f=false">Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County, Iillinois</a> </em>by Calumet Book & Engraving Company, Chicago (1896):<br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">"He was a most pronounced infidel up to the age of thirty years, when he was converted to the Christian religion.... He was so well known and had been such a vigorous opponent of religious belief, that his change of sentiment produced much good in the community, although he had always been regarded as an honorable and worthy man. He occupied some of the most responsible positions that the people could bestow. He was an able lawyer, and served the public quite as ably and well when elevated to the Bench, as he had previously in a military capacity. All his brothers did military service, and were pronounced workers in the Methodist Church. He was born January 12, 1786, in South Hero, Grand Isle County, Vermont, and at twelve years of age removed with his father to Chateaugay, New York, where he resided the remainder of his life and passed away May 24, 1828."</blockquote>Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-26216708092274155542011-11-04T15:01:00.000-04:002011-11-04T15:01:14.798-04:00List of 1915 Forest Rangers and Fire ObserversFrom May 7, 1915 <em>Chateaugay Record and Franklin County Democrat</em>:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From Seaver (1918), p. 450:</div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"A stone flouring mill, five stories in height, near the Gravell plant, which was begun by George F. Dickey in 1868 and finished in 1870, with the expectation that it would have an output comparable with that of the large mills at Oswego and Rochester. It was too big a proposition for Mr. Dickey's means, however, and the property soon went into the hands of Henry A. Paddock. About 1882 it was bought and run by A. Munger for a number of years. For a time it did an ordinary country mill business, and after Mr. Munger's death was converted into an excelsior mill. It burned in 1911."</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The "Gravell plant" referenced was a slaughter house and pork packing plant north of the center of the Village of Malone. (ibid) Excelsior (wood wool) is a product made of stranded wood fibers - once used as protective packaging in wood crates and as filling material for bedding and furniture products, and now used as Easter basket grass, in cooling pads, animal bedding, erosion control and archery backstops.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-53233791622837084522011-10-19T14:28:00.001-04:002011-10-19T14:29:19.926-04:00Fun Facts(Well, if you consider historical/demographic facts <em>fun</em>, that is.... and we do.) <br />
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In any case:<br />
o Chateaugay is the oldest town in Franklin County, NY (founded 1799)<br />
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o Tupper Lake is the youngest town in Franklin County (founded 1890 and renamed in 2004 – originally town of Altamont)<br />
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o Duane is the least populous town <br />
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o Malone is the most populous town<br />
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o The 2000 census recorded 51,134 people living within Franklin County. <br />
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o Harrietstown is the largest township (in square miles)<br />
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o Constable is the smallest township (in square miles)Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-66408593183376218422011-10-14T17:14:00.000-04:002011-10-14T17:14:05.894-04:00Malone StreetscapeThe view that most of us are familiar with of the intersection of Main and Elm Streets in Malone either precedes the building of the Hotel Flanagan (1914) or includes that dominating structure. But almost every image of that section of the Village of Malone includes the Rutland Railroad depot. <br />
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Except this one:<br />
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From Seaver's <u>Historical Sketches of Franklin County</u>:<br />
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(p.414) Describing Malone circa 1815: "On Elm street there were the Hosford Hotel at what is now the railroad crossing, the Horton home on the site of the present passenger station, a store and six dwelling houses. " and "... and Oliver Booge, just opposite the Wead Library on Elm Street." <br />
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(Pp.458-9) "... in 1851, when the Bank of Malone... was incorporated by Mr. Wead, John and Hiram Horton, Edwin L. Meigs, William King and William Andrus of Malone, Henry B. Smith of Chateaugay, Leonard Fish of Bangor, and a number of individuals residing in Vermont. Mr. Wead was the first president, and William A. Wheeler the first cashier. Business was begun September 15, 1851, and while a bank building was in course of erection was continued in the law offices of Asa Hascall on or near the site of the present Episcopal Church. The bank building was a one-story stone structure located where the Wead Library now stands." <br />
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[Ed. note: the Wead Library referred to in these passages is the first Wead Library building, established in 1881 and where the site of the current Village offices are (next to Community Bank), not the current library building on the corner of Elm and Park Streets.]Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-53172748742464768942011-09-22T16:09:00.000-04:002011-09-22T16:09:00.578-04:00Chateaugay Historical SocietyOn October 1, 2011, Jack Bilow will visit the Chateaugay Historical Society Archive Room to give a talk and book signing of his newest publication: "A War of 1812 Death Register: Whispers in the Dark".<br />
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Jack has spent over seven years, many of these in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. researching the names of the men who served, were taken prisoner, wounded and died in the War of 1812 in Vermont, New York and along the Canadian Border. Focusing on the northern front of the war from Maine to Niagara he has included approximately 20,000 soldiers in this hardcover book of 552 pages including sixteen pages of illustrations, many unpublished until now. Over 1800 militia men from Vermont and 1400 from Essex, Franklin, and Clinton counties in New York who particiated in the Battle of Plattsburgh are listed.<br />
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The book is an excellent resource for those who are researching their North Country roots or are interested in military history. It would make a nice addition to any North Country collection.<br />
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Please join Jack Bilow and the Chateaugay Historical Society for an informative and entertaining morning at the Chateaugay Memorial Library from 9am to 12 am. Jack will give a talk at 11am and will have books available for signing from 9-12.Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-91182703354471986622011-08-29T15:46:00.002-04:002011-08-29T15:46:50.767-04:00Brushton High SchoolFrom the August 12, 1914 <em>Malone Farmer:</em><br />
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<div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">One of the outcomes of the American Civil War was the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), founded in 1866 and disbanded in 1949. Membership in the G.A.R. was limited to those men who served in the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Revenue Cutter Service during the Civil War. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<div></div><em>From the </em><a href="http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_mi_GAR_guide.shtml#Access"><em>NYS Archives site</em></a><em>:</em> <br />
<blockquote> The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a large multi-faceted organization (fraternal lodge, charitable society, special interest lobby, patriotic group, and political club) founded in 1866 by Union Army Surgeon Benjamin Franklin Stephenson. The organization was originally envisioned as a brotherhood of veterans who were dedicated to helping other veterans.<br />
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<div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> The first post was established at Decatur, Illinois in April 1866. Soon after a second post was organized in Springfield, Illinois, and others began to emerge throughout the northeastern states. By September of 1866, following a mass meeting of Civil War veterans in Pittsburgh, the movement began to spread east with the establishment of GAR posts by ex-union soldiers.</div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> The GAR was, without a doubt, a powerful political organization. It has been described by many as a "bloody shirt Republican club," and while this may be true, it is overshadowed by the organization's patriotic and social work. It was through the GAR, and the pension lobby, that many soldiers and their families received pensions. The Grand Army also promoted patriotism through parades, national encampments, placement of war memorials, and the establishment of Memorial Day as a national holiday. </div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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G.A.R. members pose</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">From the Collection of the Franklin County Historical & Museum Society</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">1974.243</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Franklin County Posts</strong> (adapted from the <a href="http://localhistory.morrisville.edu/sites/gar_post/frank_gar.html">GAR site maintained by SUNY Morrisville</a>):</div><ul><li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Waverly</strong>: Post 101 - Named for Sgt. Guy Wynkoop<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, Co. H, 10th NY Cavalry</span> - Joined at Waverly Oct. 1861 at age 20; captured at Sulphur Springs, VA, Oct. 13, 1863; died Aug. 30, 1864 at Andersonville, GA. </div></li>
<li><strong>Malone</strong>: Post 213 Chartered Jan. 28, 1895 - Named for Private John W. Pangborn, Co. I, 35th NYSV. Joined at Elmira in May 1861 for two years; mustered with Co. H, moved to Co. I in Aug. 1861</li>
<li><strong>Malone</strong>: Post 284 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Chartered Aug. 12, 1882 - Named for </span>Captain William D. Brennan, Co. A, 142d NYSV. Born 1839; joined Aug. 21, 1862 at Malone as 1st Lt., age 22; Capt. May 1864; WIA Sept. 29, 1864 at Fort Gilmer, VA and lost a leg; discharged May 17, 1865; brevet Lt. Col. NYSV; brevet Major USV; taught school upon his return home and eventually became a lawyer; served as county treasurer and three terms in NYS Assembly; suffered a political reversal and took strychnine March 7, 1881. </li>
<li><strong>Brushton</strong>: Post 363 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Chartered April 19, 1883 - </span>Named for Captain Horace L. Aldrich, Co. H, 106th NYSV. Joined at Morris Aug. 14, 1862, as 2d Lt., age 26; Captain July 9, 1864; discharged June 22, 1865. </li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Dickinson Center</strong>: Post 462 D. Robbins </div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>St. Regis Falls</strong>: Post 504 Active <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Aug. 6, 1884 to 1921- </span>Named for Colonel Charles Durkee, 98th NYSV. Malone businessman and a Democrat; joined at Malone as Lt. Col. Jan. 10, 1862, age 35; discharged Feb. 25, 1863; elected to lead Malone's home guard during the St. Alban's scare of 1864; died 1879. </div></li>
<li><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>Chateaugay</strong>: Post 562 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Chartered Oct. 6, 1885 - Named for </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Rear Admiral Theodorus Bailey, US Navy. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Born 1805 in Chateaugay; second in command of Farragut's fleet at the battle for New Orleans; died </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">1877</span></div></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span><strong>Saranac Lake</strong>: Post 621 Active<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> July 23, 1897 to 1921- Named for Corporal Francis M. Bull, Co. A, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">77th </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">NYSV. Joined in Oct. 1861, age 22; discharged for fractured thigh, July 19, 1862. </span></li>
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Additional Resources:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_mi_GAR_description.shtml">Grand Army of the Republic records in the NYS Archives</a> (1865-1949)</li>
<li><a href="http://suvcw.org/ny/deptny.htm">G.A.R. in New York State</a></li>
<li><a href="http://garmuslib.org/">Brief History of the Grand Army of the Republic </a></li>
</ul>Franklin Co. Historianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02261468439484393578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566436745552639761.post-11784202758126627872011-08-17T10:23:00.000-04:002011-08-17T10:23:09.484-04:00Memorial CardsIn the collection of the Franklin County Historical & Museum Society are many examples of the mourning or memorial card. The design changes over time, and includes simple black-bordered paper and envelopes, more elaborate die cut paper memrorials, and these local examples of black cards with gilt embossing:<br />
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For more information on Western funereal and mourning customs, visit <a href="http://artofmourning.com/ephemera.html">The Art of Mourning</a>.<br />
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