Rewind: July 15, 2025 – “The Jessup Brothers” THE JESSUP BROTHERS Mention has been made of the Totten and Crossfield Purchase. The two brothers, Edward and Ebenezer Jessup had much to do with the project. – the first sale of extensive Adirondack lands. They were the first big lumber operators in the Wilderness. We still…
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Rewind: April 15, 2025 – “Who Was Queen Charlotte?”
Rewind: April 15, 2025 – “Who Was Queen Charlotte?” When things were just getting going here in what would become Warren County here in the ‘Province of New York’ – we, and most of northern New York and Vermont were part of ‘Albany County.’ In 1762, for most of the area above Albany, the name…
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Rewind: March 1, 2021 – “The Evolution of Warren County and Its Towns”
Rewind: March 1, 2021 – “The Evolution of Warren County” This is the second part of a two-column series to look at the development of Warren County. The first column looked at the land grants that resulted in this place called Warren County, New York. This column looks at the formation of the towns that…
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