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Public Square As It Was – 1826 to 1892
Alice B. Hoyt, Born In 1808, Remembers The VERY Early Days Of Public Square The following is a column published in the Watertown Daily Times...
Colesante’s – 482 Factory Street (1933 – Present)
George D. Colesante Opens “Colesante’s,” A Factory Street Mainstay After Prohibition Ends In 1933 If there’s an excellent location to open a neighborhood tavern, it’s...
Murray Hill Hotel – 1000 Islands
Amasa Corbin, Jr., of Gouverneur Organizes Thousand Islands Develop Co. and Builds Murray Hill Hotel on Murray Isle in 1895. In 1893, Gouverneur native Amasa...
Veterans Day – Veteran William Benson Returns Home – June 22, 1917
William Benson Returns Home From WWI After Fighting Abroad At The Age Of 56 William Benson was born in England the year the Civil War...
Burns and Frappier – L C Burns Service Station – 202 Arsenal Street
Burns and Frappier Partner In Service Station, Later Becomes L C Burns Service Station The long-standing L C Burns Service Station, located at the corner...
Lindenhof – 1000 Islands
Inventor Frank Ritter of Rochester Purchases Kepler’s Point, Builds Lindenhof In 1889 One of the many western New Yorkers to come to the Thousand Islands...
Col. George Flower Residence – 311 Washington Street
Col. George Flower purchases Stone House at 31 Washington Street In 1867 One of the old homes on Washington Street that was claimed for the...
Isle of Pines – 1000 Islands
From Harboring Slaves Fleeing To Canada To Ghost Hunting With Meat Loaf: Isle Of Pines Interesting History Isle of Pines is not the most written-about...
Henry Evans, Axe Murderer – First Execution In Jefferson County In 1828
Henry Evans Murdered Three In What Is Still Known As Slaughter Hill, Publicly Executed In Front Of Immense Crowd Near Court Street Bridge In 1828....
George Fikes – The Oswego Ghost (1877)
The Oswego Ghost, George Fikes, A British Soldier From The Revolutionary War Becomes A News Sensation In The 1870s In the 1870s and 1880s, ghosts...