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New York Millionaire, Ship Builder & Commodore Charles Mortimer Englis Erects Palatial “Owatonna” The island known as Owatonna, located in Chippewa Bay just off the...

Ex-King of Spain Joseph Bonaparte House In Natural Bridge Was Expanded For Home In Northern New York Amongst Vast Land Holdings As with the case...

Col. Delevan S. Miller Continues His Series, Remembering Paddock Arcade of 1881 The following, Paddock Arcade of 1881, is a continuation of Col. Delevan S....

The Interesting Genesis of the Walton House in Clayton, Operated By Stephen Decatur Johnston For Many Years The history of the Walton House in Clayton,...

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...

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 Watertown, N.Y. Location Was One of Its Four Original Stores Opening in August 1955, Barbara Moss was first located at 71 Public Square,...

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...

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...

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...