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 this building? What can you tell us about it? What has changed compared with today? When do you think this photograph was … [Read more...] about Vintage Photo: The Adirondack
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Fort Ticonderoga Receives Prestigious National Grant
Fort Ticonderoga has been awarded a prestigious national grant of $147,006 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services: Museums for America for a fifteen-month project to inventory, catalog, assess conservation needs, and re-house thousands of internationally significant … [Read more...] about Fort Ticonderoga Receives Prestigious National Grant
Vintage Artifact: 1951 Ferry Brochure
Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Last Monday we shared the cropped version of the vintage ferry brochure cover seen above. We asked if anyone had seen this brochure and if they … [Read more...] about Vintage Artifact: 1951 Ferry Brochure
Grange Lyceum Series “Living on This Land” Begins Sept. 27
The Fall 2016 Lyceum lecture series at the Whallonsburg Grange Hall will focus on how people have shaped the landscape through work, recreation, conflict and experiences. "Living on This Land" features six presentations that will look at different aspects of how humans -- through … [Read more...] about Grange Lyceum Series “Living on This Land” Begins Sept. 27
Vintage Postcard: Split Rock and Steamer Vermont
Every Monday we share an image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Check out this old postcard! I don't think is is a photograph, it looks more like some kind of artwork to me — but I could be mistaken. What do … [Read more...] about Vintage Postcard: Split Rock and Steamer Vermont