Sears Finally Gets A Home On Arsenal Street In 1948 Until its recent closing at Salmon Run Mall, Sears Roebuck and Co. had been one of the names synonymous with retail and shopping in Northern New York. Over the course of 80+ years, the store had managed to spend the majority of those years, 71 […]
1950’s Atomic Bomb Testings Were A Las Vegas Attraction Below are some facts and figures regarding the atomic bomb testings conducted between 1951 and 1992. Incidentally, the supposed bolide explosion in 1962 near the Nevada/Utah border was initially believed to have been an atomic test by some observers. Location: Nevada Test Site, now referred to […]
White House Inn – Once Stood Where State Office Building Is Located Though only 65 years old at the time of its razing, the White House Inn, which stood on Washington and Academy Streets, had a rich history of who’s who of Watertown through various familial connections and ownerships before 1955 when it became the […]
Howard Johnson On Arsenal Street (1962 – 1989) Howard Johnson’s popularity in its 96-year existence was never higher than it was in the 1960s and 70s when it was reportedly the largest restaurant chain with over 1,000 company-owned and franchised outlets during that span. Unsurprisingly, Watertown would become home to one in 1962. […]
New York Air Brake WW1 Efforts Leads To Construction Of Lansingdorp World War 1 had a tremendous impact on the city of Watertown, most notably, but perhaps least known, is Lansingdorp. With the New York Air Brake shifting manufacturing to munitions during the war-time, new initiatives were sought on multiple fronts: from increasing the freight […]
New York Central Coal Trestle In The Pine Street Rail Road Yard, Built In 1919 The New York Central coal trestle in the Pine Street railroad yard was built in conjunction with the engine terminal and roundhouse constructed in 1918-1919. Situated west of the roundhouse, the coal trestle ran perpendicular to a couple of Sand […]
The Watertown Engine Terminal And Roundhouse At Pine Street Rail Yard Construction on the new engine terminal and roundhouse in Watertown began in 1918 and finished the next year. Consisting of a 30-stall roundhouse between Pine Streets and Sackets Harbor tracks, it would replace the smaller terminal located on Coffeen Street at the end of […]
The 1901 Pan-American Exposition’s Electric Tower In Buffalo Inspired The General Electric Building In That City’s Downtown The 1901 Pan-American Exposition’s showcase, the Electric Tower, would be the inspiration ten years later for the General Electric building downtown. Only a year after its debut at the Exposition, the tower, not meant to be a […]
The April 18 1962 UFO Incident At Nellis Air Force Base, 10 Other States Below is a summary of times, dates, locations and witnesses of the April 18 1962 UFO incident which began in Cuba, moved up the east coast to New York, culminating with an explosion near the Nellis Air Force Base outside Las […]
Long-Running Music Box Restaurant Moves To New Cedar Square, Eventually Becomes Home To Golden Lion Harold’s Music Box, later to become the Golden Lion, started back in 1947 when its original location was referred to as the “Watertown-Sackets Harbor,” or Arsenal Street Road. At that time, it was replacing another popular business, the Hy-Land’s Inn. […]
Anthony Marra’s Grocery Store, 300 South Meadow Street at Cross Street Marra’s grocery store, started by Anthony Marra, began on the corner of South Meadow Street and Cross back in 1950. Anthony was granted the right in 1950 to vary the use of his residential property for establishing his grocery store. The Marra family was […]
The Howard Electric Tower at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition In Buffalo, NY Roughly four years in the making, the 1901 Pan American Exposition’s crown jewel was the Howard Electric Tower. Designed by John Galen Howard, the mammoth tower was a marvel and its design would go on to inspire the smaller, yet equally captivating Electric Tower […]
The Electric Tower at the original Luna Park, Coney Island, New York Luna Park at Coney Island, New York, opened its doors in 1903 with the magnificent Electric Tower. It would became the first of any number of amusement parks that would inspire the use the name “Luna Park” around the world that continue until […]
The April 18 1962 UFO Incident Near Eureka, UT, 10 Other States Below is a summary of times, dates, locations and witnesses of the April 18 1962 UFO incident which began in Cuba, moved up the east coast to New York, culminating with an explosion near the Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas, NV. […]
Mary Farmer’s Diabolical Murder of Sarah Brennan Called “One Of The Most Atrocious In The Criminal Annals Of Northern New York,” Dubbed “The Trunk Murder.” One of the most infamous murders of its era, involving a woman, Mary Farmer, made national headlines and kept the North Country enthralled for weeks in 1908 upon discovering the […]
Solving, and Building, A Mystery: Barney’s Place – Factory Street Anywhere there’s hard work to be had, there’s a place nearby for a drink. Barney’s Place. Well, at least circa 1917. Factory street, during its heyday, had many well-established restaurants and watering holes like Colesante’s over the years, but placing “Barney’s Place” wasn’t exactly easy. […]
E. H. Thompson Grocers Once The Oldest Grocery Store In Watertown Located in Washington Hall on Public Square, E. H. Thompson Grocers (E. H. Thompson & Co. Grocers.) began in 1859 and grew to be one of Watertown’s landmarks and oldest operating grocery store. In later years, in 1913 when Washington Hall would be razed, […]
The April 18 1962 UFO Incident At Oneida, NY, 10 Other States Below is a summary of times, dates, locations and witnesses of the April 18 1962 UFO incident which began in Cuba, moved up the east coast to New York, culminating with an explosion near the Nellis Air Force Base outside Las Vegas, NV. […]
Longstanding Ellingsworth’s Market becomes High Street Market in 1946 In 1946, Charles C. and Dora J. Mecomonaco would open the High Street Market, located at 211 High Street, from Watertown grocer and meat specialist Charles T. Ellingsworth (sometimes found under “Ellingworth”) who had owned and operated the Ellingsworth Market at this location for twenty-some years prior. Ellingsworth, at […]
The Sugar Bowl: A Long-Standing Fixture on Public Square… And Canton, N.Y.? The first mention of the Sugar Bowl on Public Square in Watertown was in 1918 when Nicholas D. Dusckas first formed a partnership with his son-in-law, Gus G. Athans. In 1924, Mr. Dusckas, as proprietor of the Sugar Bowl next to the First […]
The April 18 1962 UFO Incident At Nellis Air Force Base, 10 Other States Below is a summary of times, dates, locations and witnesses of the April 18 1962 UFO incident which began in Cuba, moved up the east coast to New York, culminating with an explosion near the Nellis Air Force Base outside Las […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario The below photo was taken somewhere on Clinton Street during the Blizzard of 1977, most likely between Sherman and Washington Streets. Our guess is Clinton Court Apartments. If you know, drop us a line at support@memoryln.net. We appreciate it! […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario The below photo from the Blizzard of 1977 in Hounsfield was taken just down the way from the aerial photo of the Ramada Inn blanketed in snow on what was then commonly referred to as the Watertown-Sackets Harbor road […]
South Junior High School, the First School Built On the Washington Street Campus, Eventually Became Case Junior With its counterpart, North Junior on Watertown’s north side, South Junior High School was a result of overcrowding conditions in the city’s school district in the early 1900s. A survey conducted by the Teachers’ College of Columbia University […]
Independence Hall: Birthplace Of The United States Declaration Of Independence And Constitution It’s hard to fathom the Georgian brick building with bell tower and steeple known as Independence Hall is older than the United States itself. Perhaps equally unthinkable are the forefather’s who built it and their vision of what present-day Philadelphia might be like, with […]
North Junior High School: A Result Of The 1924 Columbia University Study, Eventually Becomes North Elementary One of the 1924 Columbia University study recommendations to the Watertown City School District was to build North Junior High School and its counterpart on the other side of the river, South Junior High School. The topic of a […]
The Watertown Junction Rail Road YMCA, Established In 1902 The Watertown Junction dates back to the railways’ first beginnings in the city, but the Watertown Junction Rail Road YMCA wasn’t established until 1904, several years after an effort was made to replace an older, antiquated building serving as a hostelry for the railroad workers. […]
The Columbian Hotel at Thousand Island Park In June of 1892, the Columbian Hotel in the Thousand Island Park would replace the island’s eponymously named hotel, which sat in the location and burned to the ground in 1890. The Watertown Re-Union would report on June 22 of the Columbian Hotel opening— The new Columbian Hotel […]
The Crossmon House Of Alexandria Bay: Sometimes Bigger Is Better First built as a fisherman’s tavern in 1848 by Charles and Esther Crossmon, The Crossmon House of Alexandria Bay, N.Y., would enjoy one of the longest tenures amongst the hotels of the Thousand Islands, regardless of era, lasting for 114 years. The Crossmon House’s […]
The Pullman House Off The Coast Of Clayton, N.Y. Situated just off Grenell Island on its own isle, later referred to in some publications as little Pullman Island, the Pullman House was yet another Gilded Age hotel/resort built in the Thousand Islands. Undoubtedly named after George Pullman, it is unclear what the motivation was in […]
The Thousand Island House in Alexandria Bay One of the many grand hotels built during the Gilded Age in the Thousand Islands was the Thousand Island House, located in Alexandria Bay. After Alexandria Bay and the Thousand Islands were thrust into the spotlight with President Grant’s visit in 1872, Orren G. Staples and C. A. […]
1106 Coffeen Street – Homestead For The Fisk And Later Barker Family Halfway up the westerly Coffeen Street hill, on the corner of N. Hycliff Drive, was 1106 Coffeen Street, home to the Ira E. and Rosamund Fisk Family. Before settling there, the Fisks migrated throughout Northern New York and Canada. Their first child, Walter, […]
The Harlow E Bundy House In Binghamton, New York Built in 1893, the Harlow E Bundy House, herein as the “Bundy House,” is a Queen Anne-styled mansion located in Binghamton, N.Y. Harlow E. Bundy (1862 – 1916) was born in Auburn, New York, and along with his older brother Willard, founded the Bundy Time Recording […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores: Brown and Fosters c.1900 Located In The Taggart Block The Taggart Block on Public Square and Franklin Street was home to several neighborhood grocery stores, including Brown and Foster’s. During its time in the Taggart Block, Brown and Foster would serve the public with a number of offerings, often advertising in […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Evans Groceries Two Watertown neighborhood grocery stores on Franklin Street were located just several hundred feet apart in the early 1900s: Evans Groceries and Elkhorn Market. According to the Watertown Daily Times, as many as 87 neighborhood grocery stores operated in the city in 1907. While there will always be […]
The LeRay Mansion, Located On Fort Drum, A Place Rich In North Country History… And Hauntings? Depending on the source, the old LeRay Mansion located on Fort Drum was constructed as early as 1804-1806 or 1825-27, with additional wings added in following years. Nevertheless, one thing is certain: it’s one of the oldest mansions in […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario Though only a few miles north and east of Watertown, Fort Drum received a significant amount more snow during the Blizzard of 1977: 93 inches vs. 66.5 – over a two foot differential. It was a good reminder of […]
The Second Time Around, There Was Arsenal Street High School… The predecessor to the school that opened in 1916, which most are familiar with, was built only 60 years prior in 1857. Arsenal Street high school, as it’s referenced here to distinguish between the two, was located on the same parcel of land on the northeast […]
Actually, The 2nd 3rd Arsenal Street School To Occupy The Same Location Completed in 1916, the “new” Arsenal Street School replaced the former school, built in 1857, in the same location. The new school would actually be the third “Arsenal Street School” in its location. The original school was built in 1821 as a Methodist church […]
Old Car Barn At 780 W Main Street Has Been Home To Many Things Over The Years You might never guess what some older buildings still standing today were once used for. So is the case for the old car barn located at 780 W Main Street. Currently, as of 2022, the home for Party […]
T. H. Merritt Motorcycle Garage, Vassar Building, State Street Watertown, NY Located at the Vassar Building on State Street, the T. H. Merritt Motorcycle Garage, as shown here in 1913, had just settled into its new location a year after residing on Goodale Street. Thomas Henry Merritt, the proprietor, was an authorized seller of the […]
The Cesaro Badolato Murder On Factory Street, Watertown, N.Y. 1904 One of the early 20th century crimes committed in Watertown, N.Y. that garnered a lot of press was the Cesaro Badolato Murder on Factory Street in 1904. The incident made the front-page headline of the Watertown Re-Union the following day, Wednesday, October 5, with the bold […]
The Academy Street Schools: Same Old Story As City’s Other Public Schools The original Academy Street School, built in 1832, was built of stone to provide higher education to young men eight years after Watertown established its eponymous Female Academy. The Watertown Daily Times would give an assessment of the school from a recent visit […]
Two Different Boon Street Schools, With Lots Of Additions Over The Years The first Boon Street School, built in 1859, didn’t really stand much of a chance with regards to the growth the not-quite-yet City of Watertown would go through over the ensuing decades. By 1866, an addition was already needed and, according to the […]
Watertown Consumers’ Brewing Company Becomes Northern Brewing Company (1892 – 1943) The Northern Brewing Company, formerly the Watertown Brewing Co., began in 1892, making Indian Pale Ales, Cream Ales, and Porters. Though its original offices were located on Mill Street, the brewing was actually done in Cape Vincent. Shortly afterward, the office relocated to 457 […]
The Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores: Elk Horn Market Elk Horn Markets was a small chain of Watertown neighborhood grocery stores with upwards of six locations, with at least one in Carthage, NY, which opened in 1922. The chain, headed by L. E. Reese, seemed to arrive on the scene around 1890 with a primary address […]
Watertown’s North Side Growth Spurs The Construction Of A New Pearl Street School In 1888 A common theme amongst the North Side in Watertown in the late 1800’s was growth. The original Pearl Street School would fall into disuse as far as educational purposes were concerned, leaving the school board to recommend another new structure. […]
Immaculate Heart Academy (IHA) On West Main Street, Watertown, N.Y. By its opening in 1884, Immaculate Heart Academy was the fruition of a local group’s efforts in the order of Sisters of St. Joseph. As detailed in The Watertown Daily Times article, dated January 8, 1885— Four years ago, a small community of this order […]
The Mead Street Schools: Desperate Needed To No Longer Needed At All. The first Mead Street School came about from the growth on Watertown’s northwest side, accompanied by the overcrowding of the small, and by all means old (built in 1824), stone Bradley Street school which was located approximately the first block, block and a […]
The Lansing Street School: Eventual First Home To Jefferson Community College Constructed in 1904, the Lansing Street School came at a time of tremendous growth on the city of Watertown’s north side. Schools such as Pearl, Cooper, and Mead Street had recently been constructed within the last twenty-five years, while older, antiquated schools such as […]
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Three Different Schoolhouses Bore The Name Cooper Street School. Oops, Better Make That Four. It’s always fascinating to learn something you didn’t know, such as the existence of three different Cooper Street Schools dating back to the 1850s. That the most recent one, which last held classes in the late 1970s, wasn’t even on Cooper […]
Originally Built As The Winslow Block, The Taggart Block Was Lost In A Fire Built as the Winslow Block in 1873, what was to eventually become The Taggart Block was noted during early construction to show what a fine building it would be and a credit to the city of Watertown. Early designs of […]
Saved By The Bell: The Old Mullin Street School The original Mullin Street School was one of the older schools in the village, later city, of Watertown, along with the original Arsenal Street, Bradley, Lamon, and Cooper Street Schools. The school was of the era where outhouses were used, and, prior to the new school […]
The Experimental Balloon Flights of the Mid 19th Century In Watertown, N.Y. Balloon flights in the modern era of billionaires touring the lower reaches of outer space in their personal rockets don’t elicit much of a response. Balloon flights in the early to mid-1800s, however, were very much the equivalent of Major Tom to Ground […]
The Sterling Book Store Was Once The Longest Operating Store In Watertown John C. Sterling, the only son of early Watertown Pioneer Micah Sterling of Sterling Place to survive infancy, opened the Sterling Book Store in 1848 – one year before the Great Fire that destroyed much of downtown Watertown. Following the completion of the […]
A View To The North And East: Thompson Park Pinnacle By 1900, work had already begun on what would become Thompson Park Pinnacle. Located on the northern most part of the park, not to far from its Park Circle entrance, the pinnacle overlooks the city’s most northeastern portion including Eastern Blvd and the outer portion […]
The Cleveland Building On Arcade St Was Originally The City’s First Post Office… On Arsenal St. The Cleveland Building on the corner of Arcade and Stone Streets was originally designed by Milo Cleveland and built in 1890 as the first Watertown Post Office. It was made of stone and located on Arsenal Street along […]
The Thompson Park Circle: Entrance to the Park Early in its design phase, John C. Thompson, President of the New York Air Brake, must have envisioned the Park Circle being the grand entrance to the City Park. Seeking out John C. Olmsted, the adopted son of the notable Frederick Law Olmsted of Central Park fame, […]
The Knights Templar Convention brought 2,000 members to Watertown, NY (1911) Following the 1910 State Firemen’s Convention, the Knights Templar Convention wasted little time lining up Watertown to host its Statewide convention the following year in 1911. The Firemen’s convention, accompanied by the circus, drew over 30,000 people from all over the northeast, and the […]
The Winthrop Flats Apartment Building, Corner of State and Winthrop Streets The Winthrop Flats was the four story “Gothic-styled” apartment complex built on the corner of State and Winthrop Streets, just a few doors down from Holy Family Church. The Watertown Daily Times addressed the near completion of the building on Feb. 5, 1898 with […]
C L Fisher Garage – 531 State Street Along with the growing popularity of the automobile came… automobile repairs. The Fisher Garage, located on State Street opposite Winthrop, was one such place to go in the early 1900s. Caleb L Fisher would go from being a rural mail carrier in Lewis County to operating […]
Ward P Smith Studebaker Motor Cars, located at 556 State Street, Watertown, N.Y. In the 1910s and 1920s, a stroll down State Street in the vicinity of Winthrop Flats would have you passing Ward Smith’s Studebaker Motor Cars. Ward would start out in 1909 and soon find himself as the Jefferson County distributor of E-M-F […]
The J. B. Taylor Pool at Sterling Place Back before the city of Watertown debated the necessity of three pools, J. B. Taylor, the ex-husband of Emma Flower Taylor, saw to it that the children in the city had a place to swim, opening up his own pool to the public in the early 1910s […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario You knew you were in the snow-belt when Armed Forces were called out to help those stranded during the Blizzard of 1977. Areas like Adams and Adams Center south of Watertown were hardest hit and such a spectacle […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Landon and Smithers One of the Watertown neighborhood grocery stores serving the east side was Landon and Smithers on the corner of State Street and Michigan Ave. Not much information can be found on this particular store, though it wasn’t uncommon during the era for mom and pop stores to […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Renzi Grocery E Main Street One of the longest-operating Watertown neighborhood grocery stores was the Renzi Grocery on E Main Street, which is not to be confused with the Renzi store at Factory Square. This particular Renzi Grocery was located at the five-corner convergence of Pearl Street, Starbuck Ave, and […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Guardino’s Grocery at 602 Franklin Street One of the Watertown neighborhood grocery stores operating on the south side of town was Guardino’s on Franklin Street. It wouldn’t be the first grocery store at that location; the first, at least mentioned in the local newspapers, was Parlor Grocery in the 1930s. […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Jim and Andy’s Grocery Coffeen Street When it comes to very old Watertown neighborhood grocery stores, sometimes information can be scarce to non-existent. Such is the case for Jim and Andy’s Grocery store located on Coffeen Street near the Colonial Beacon Lighthouse gas station. It operated as such from the […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Fred Fuess Groceries According to the Watertown Daily Times, there were as many as 87 neighborhood grocery stores operating in the city back in 1907. While there will always be a place for chains – some of them serving up a number of fond memories themselves such as the much-beloved […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario The city of Watertown was spared the snowfall totals the Blizzard of 1977 brought other areas of the region, but the amount still approached 67 inches. As shown in the photo below taken at a residence on Paddock Street […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Kilburn’s – 531 W Main St Kilburn’s was a Watertown neighborhood grocery store that sat at the front of the home at 531 W Main Street owned by Austin A. Kilburn, a former patrolman. Like many stores of the era, it offered a variety of goods, from confectionaries to tobacco […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Bajally’s Was First Purpuro’s Before Bajally’s was a staple on the north side as a Watertown neighborhood grocery store, it was known as Purpura’s, owned and operated by James Pururpo who also was a partner in the Watertown Fruit Company. (Note: Bajally’s would be spelled as such or sometimes Bajjaly’s […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Madill’s On W Main St A fair share of the Watertown neighborhood grocery stores could be found on the city’s Northside. Prior to Madill’s, the store at 714 West Main St was known as McGough’s, when it was an actual corner store before the road was changed to allow for […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Aboud and Bahou on E. Main St Another Watertown neighborhood grocery store serving the Northside was Aboud and Bahou Groceries on the corner of East Main and Mundy Streets. Initially operating with Stundy Aboud and Najiy Bahou in the 1950’s, it would be known as Aboud’s Market in 1962. Like […]
Watertown Neighborhood Grocery Stores – Gotham St Market The Gotham St Market, shown below, had a long run at its location, the only neighborhood grocery store on Gotham Street for quite some time. It would have many owners over the course of the years, one of the longest stints of ownership belonging to George W. […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario Areas south of Watertown including Adams Center, Adams, Mannsville, Rodman, Barnes Corners and many other small towns were hardest hit during the Blizzard of 1977. The photo below was taken in Barnes Corner. Believe or not, the size of […]
The Fairbanks Building, aka The Flatiron, Downtown Watertown Interestingly enough, Watertown’s Fairbanks Building actually preceded the Flatiron Building of New York City which it supposedly acquired its nickname from. The Flatiron Building, NYC, was constructed in 1902, whereas the Fairbanks Building was completed in 1887. However, the Fairbanks Building was coined “flatiron” as early as […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario During the Blizzard of 1977, areas south of Watertown including Adams Center, Adams, Mannsville, Rodman, Barnes Corners and many other small towns were hardest hit. The photo below was taken on Kellogg Hill, not too far from the entrance […]
The Watertown Train Stations 1851 – 1963. The first train to pull up to a station in Watertown occurred on the evening of September 5, 1851… at a small, temporary terminal located at the foot of Stone Street known as the Junction. The train would be greeted by a large, enthusiastic crowd in the neighborhood […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario One of the activities the Blizzard of 1977 brought about was roof-shoveling. With five to six feet of snow bearing down on rooftops, people were forced to not only shovel their driveways and sidewalks, but their roofs as well. […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario The Blizzard of 1977 kept many people snowbound for several days, if not longer, and undoubtedly resulted in cabin fever for some. Once the snowfall broke and crews cleared the roads, people began emerging from the snowpocolypse, roaming the […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario The Blizzard of 1977 presented many challenges or people, one of them being no place to walk other than the road – if it were plowed at all – as demonstrated in the photo below. Blizzard of 1977 Facts […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario The Blizzard of 1977 took many motorists by surprise, many left stranded. Those who were fortunate enough were able to find shelter at nearby hotels such as the Ramada Inn on Arsenal Street or the Holiday Inn, whose parking […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario The Blizzard of 1977 left many motorists stranded. Some were fortunate enough to find shelter at the Ramada Inn in Watertown, NY, right off of I-81, as shown in the photo below. Click here to view more locations from the […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario Areas south of Watertown including Adams Center, Adams, Mannsville, Rodman, Barnes Corners and many other small towns were hardest hit during the Blizzard of 1977. The photo below was taken in the town of Rutland on Highway 161 (aka […]
Blizzard Of 1977 Hit Parts Of Western And Northern New York As Well As Southern Ontario Areas south of Watertown including Adams Center, Adams, Mannsville, Rodman, Barnes Corners and many other small towns were hardest hit during the Blizzard of 1977. The photo above was taken in the town of Rutland on Highway 161 (aka […]
There’s Something Strange, In Your Neighborhood: The Thompson Park Vortex Officially recognized and dedicated by the city of Watertown on Friday, October 18, 2013, the Thompson Park Vortex, as it is commonly called, beget the title of “Watertown’s Area 51.” In its official press release, the city noted– We have recently learned that the codename […]
Return of the Fighting Ninth parade in Watertown, N.Y., 1902 The return of the Fighting Ninth in 1902 was celebrated with much patriotic enthusiasm and a parade on Public Square and throughout the greater downtown Watertown area. Stationed at Madison Barracks in Sackets Harbor, the Ninth was returning from the Spanish-American War in Cuba, the […]
The Black River Monster Sightings In Watertown and Lyons Falls, NY In 1911, a “sea serpent” later to be known as the Black River Monster was sighted by “sober” citizens from the Court Street Bridge. A short article detailing the events was written in the Syracuse Post-Standard. More information, including the article, can be viewed […]
The Black River Monster Sightings In Watertown and Lyons Falls, NY Some things have to be seen to be believed. Like old articles about “The Black River Monster,” a sea-serpent spotting roaming in various places on the Black River in New York State over the years. The first recorded sighting was published in the Watertown […]
The Original Thompson Park Pool Was Built In 1924 And Was One Of Three City Pools At The Time Opening in 1924, the Thompson Park Pool was an ideal place to be on a hot summer day. Nestled within the park, built on land donated to the city by John C. Thompson who remained anonymously […]
The Cheese Store, Part of the Jefferson Bulk Milk Cooperative Opening its doors in 1974, The Cheese Store has provided the North Country with the squeakiest-freshest cheese curd of different varieties ever since. As part of the Jefferson Bulk Milk Cooperative, or Jeff Bulk Milk Co for short, the majority of home-grown products offered by the […]
The Burrville Cider Mill, More Than Just A Local Haunt… Located just outside Watertown, between Thompson Park Vortex and a place that gets a LOT of snow, the Burrville Cider Mill was originally built as a saw and gristmill in 1801 by Hart Massey for Silas Stow. Massey, one of the first settlers of Watertown, […]
Breaking New Ground – State Street Methodist Episcopal Church Until 1848, only one Methodist Episcopal society existed in Watertown, N.Y., and that congregation was held at the Arsenal Street Methodist Church. A meeting was held at the church one night to discuss the town’s growth and the need for another Methodist Episcopal Church. Those discussions […]
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