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Col. Delevan S. Miller Recollects Downtown Watertown of 1881
Col. Delevan S. Miller Writes of the Downtown Watertown of 1881 The following article regarding Downtown Watertown of 1881 first appeared in the Watertown Daily...
Cedar Island House – Chippewa Bay – 1000 Islands
Ezra Brockway, The Cedar Island House and the World’s Fastest Boat, Dixie II, All At Chippewa Bay One of the lesser-known yet popular hotels in...
Barbara Moss (1955 – 1996)
Barbara Moss Watertown, N.Y. Location Was One of Its Four Original Stores Opening in August 1955, Barbara Moss was first located at 71 Public Square,...
Hon. James J. Belden Summer Home – Round Island – 1000 Islands
Round Island Park Becomes Home To Baptist Cottage Community, Hon. James J. Belden Cottage Aside from the Frontenac Hotel, Round Island was, and remains, home...
Washington Hall (1853 – 1913)
Gilbert & Walter Woodruff Build Washington Hall, Later Given To Y.M.C.A. By John A. Sherman Back around the mid-19th century, before Washington Hall opened in...
Orren G. Staples, From Watertown & 1000 Islands to Washington, D.C.
Watertown’s Orren G. Staples, An Influential Hotelier From 1000 Islands to Washington, D.C. A descendent of Scottish Nobles, Orren G. Staples wasn’t one to rely...
Sacket House – 451 Broadway – Cape Vincent – 1000 Islands
Cornelius T. Sacket, Son of Famous Gen. Delos B. Sacket, Builds Historic Sacket House On St. Lawrence River In 1904 Built on the shores of...
Blizzard of 1993: The Storm of the Century
The Blizzard of 1993 May Not Have Been the Storm of the Century in Northern New York, But it was for the East Coast The...
The Legend of Huckleberry Charlie (1843 – 1921)
Huckleberry Charlie: The Sage Of Pine Plains Was One of a Kind Charles R. Sherman, better known as Huckleberry Charlie, was born February 15, 1843,...
Fine View House – Wellesley Island – 1000 Islands
Built Originally As Wellesley House, Fine View House Was Lost In 1914 Blaze Completed in 1880-81 by Stubbs & Woodard of Carthage, N.Y., the Fine...
