The Battle of the Bouquet River Willsboro, New York MAY 13, 1814 PA! PA! THE BRITCHES IS COMIN! THE BRITCHES IS COMIN! These are the words yelled by young Elihu Higby to his father Levi as he ran in the door of the Higby’s Willsboro distillery on that day in 1814, to … [Read more...] about The Battle of the Bouquet River
Frank Morse
Essex Community Church
The Essex Community Church in Essex, NY, was built by the Presbyterians in 1853 with stone from Willsboro Point at total cost of $10,000 (Belden Noble Memorial Library. Essex, New York: An Early History. Burlington, VT: Queen City Printers, 2003. 76). This new church replaced … [Read more...] about Essex Community Church