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Places
Woodlands – Zenda – Clayton – 1000 Islands
Widow of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail Road Buys Woodlands, Later Summer Home “Zenda” of World Renowned Actor James K. Hackett Woodlands, once located...
Basswood Island – Clayton – 1000 Islands
General Contracting Giant Thomas A. Gillespie Builds Summer Home on Basswood Island Thomas Gillespie, a close friend of George C. Boldt, bought Basswood Island from...
Rock Island Lighthouse (1848 – Present)
Rock Island Lighthouse, Pirate Bill Johnston, And Its Lighthouses The Rock Island Lighthouse on the St. Lawrence River near the Isle of Pines and Fisher’s...
The Legend of Tug Hill Annie – June 14, 1954
The Legend of Tug Hill Annie and her Ghost That Haunts Sears Pond Road Born February 2nd, 1917, in Kingston, N.Y., to John Machowski and...
Indolence Island – Watch Island – 1000 Islands
Long-Owned By Walter J. Green of Utica, Indolence Island, Also Known as Watch Island, Was Often Visited By Former Secretary of State James A. Baker,...
Monticello Hotel – Alexandria Bay – 1000 Islands
Well-Known Monticello Hotel Had Its Beginnings As John F. Walton’s Home In Alexandria Bay The history of the original Monticello Hotel building in Alexandria Bay...
Mercy Hospital – 214 Stone St.
Sisters’ Hospital, aka St. Joachim’s, Began In 1894, Became Mercy Hospital 30 Years Later The history of Mercy Hospital in Watertown, N.Y., starts with its...
West Main Street Grade Crossing Project – Est. 1951
The West Main Street Grade Crossing’s Long Gestation Finally Sees Proposed Railroad Safety Measures Built In 1951 The West Main Street grade crossing project...
Gen. Bradley Winslow’s Seven Isles – 1000 Islands
Attorney, Colonel, Brevet Brigadier Gen., Mayor, Senator Bradley Winslow’s Seven Isles Summer Home Seven Isles was once the summer home of perhaps the most well-known...
John DeVito the Popcorn Man (1903 – 1983)
John DeVito, Watertown’s Well-Known Popcorn Man Who Served His Goods to Generations of Families In the 1920s, if not sooner, John DeVito began his life-long...