The Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown hosts a Cemetery Conservation Workshop for its annual Historian’s Day on Friday, Oct. 14. Presenter Joe Ferrannini, a conservator of Grave Stone Matters, will speak on preservation, conservation and restoration issues faced within … [Read more...] about Cemetery Conservation Workshop Planned at Adirondack History Museum
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Old County Cemetery Sold
For some time there have been ongoing negotiations attempting to return the Old County Cemetery, located between Whallonsburg and Wadhams on Route 22, back to Essex County ownership. In 1985, the cemetery was sold as part of a larger piece of property to a private … [Read more...] about Old County Cemetery Sold
Sleepers: A Tombstone Mystery
Although I have a reputation as a photographer of watery situations, I have spent many years driving around this area, enjoying what I see, be it mountains, wildflowers or trees. Often my mother would come with me and we’d make many stops by a roadside to have a closer look at … [Read more...] about Sleepers: A Tombstone Mystery