Battlefield Park: Room to run in Lake George
Bloody Colonial-era battles have been replaced by children playing soccer; all that remains of the smallpox hospital is a historical marker. The grounds at the … Read more
History
Heritage festival and county fair a mix of old and new
The 140th Warren County Youth Fair had a 19th-century atmosphere added this year. Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Youth Fair sponsor, joined with the Warren County … Read more
Adirondack road trip: Explore the museum at Blue Mountain Lake
A day at the Adirondack Museum is a definite bucket list item for those enamored of the mountains, lakes and forests of New York’s Adirondack … Read more
Crossroads of the French and Indian War: Reenactment at Bolton Landing
It is 1757 and the Marquis de Montcalm’s forces are pressing down Lac du Saint Sacrament, advancing in a campaign to take Fort William Henry. … Read more
From County Down to Chestertown: John Butler Yeats’ unlikely grave
A traveler heading north of Warrensburg along state Route 9 might, when passing the Chestertown Rural Cemetery, glimpse the fluttering of an Irish flag among … Read more
Adirondack Folk School: Inspiring hands, heart and mind
“There’s more to the Adirondacks then the beauty of the mountains, streams and lakes; there are the people and the culture they developed.” With this … Read more
Winter for the Adirondack Chair
Sturdy, deep and wide, with arms broad enough to hold a tall lemonade and a fat paperback novel, Adirondack chairs are the symbol of a … Read more