Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Do you recognize the landmark featured on this postcard? Where is it? What has changed? When do you think this was created? The community … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: Crown Point Bridge
Archives for 2017
Split Rock Wildlife Sightings: Black Bear, Bobcat, & Coyote!
Our latest batch of photos from Beaver Brook land, protected by Eddy Foundation and Northeast Wilderness Trust, with a proposed CATS trail through, includes these nice ones of Bobcat, Black Bear, and Coyote, as well as Turkeys, Raccoons, squirrels, and deer. Success of wildlife … [Read more...] about Split Rock Wildlife Sightings: Black Bear, Bobcat, & Coyote!
Museum Celebrates Centennial of Women’s Suffrage in New York
Until 100 years ago, women did not have the right to vote in New York State. That changed on Nov. 6, 1917, when New Yorkers voted to give women the ballot. The Adirondack History Museum is marking the occasion with “Adirondack Suffragists: 100 Years of Votes for Women,” a … [Read more...] about Museum Celebrates Centennial of Women’s Suffrage in New York
July Art Exhibit Opening at Adirondack Art Association
The Adirondack Art Association in excited to announce their July Art Exhibit for 2017. The exhibition, which will feature a group show of AAA artist members and a preview of silent auction works, will be held from June 30 to July 24, 2017. An opening reception which is free and … [Read more...] about July Art Exhibit Opening at Adirondack Art Association
Searching for Ancestors: John Call and Andrew Call
"I'm looking for a relative (John Call, 21 yrs old, born 1861) that came from Michigan and died in New York on 9-3-1882. I believe he had relatives: Joe Call, Jesse Call, or Sherman Call that lived in Essex and/or Onondaga, New York. Apparently John left home after his father, … [Read more...] about Searching for Ancestors: John Call and Andrew Call