Every Monday we share a vintage image on the Essex on Lake Champlain Facebook page and invite our viewers to play some Vintage Essex Trivia. Last week we shared this old ad that appeared in a 1925 Automobile Blue Book. The ad entitled "Essex-Charlotte Steam Ferry" reads: "A … [Read more...] about Vintage Artifact: Essex Ferry Ad from 1925 Automobile Blue Book
William Gilliland
Essex Booms in Late 1700s and Early 1800s
The American Revolution erased most of the early settlement in William Gilliland's "baronial estate" along the Adirondack coast of Lake Champlain, but the region subsequently recovered and experienced rapid economic development and population growth. Essex Booms Essex's … [Read more...] about Essex Booms in Late 1700s and Early 1800s
Essex Settled 1765
A very long time ago – not before the debut of doodling (which stretches way back to the dark cave walls of history) but well before Essex was founded – the area was settled by William Gilliland. So far as we can tell the dear slice of wilderness along the majestic lake was … [Read more...] about Essex Settled 1765
Daily Doodle: William Gilliland Doodle
If William Gilliland were wandering the streets of Essex, NY this summer (and I'd had the opportunity to ogle him long enough to doodle him... over ice cream perhaps?) this might be what I would've come up with. Minus the blowsy shirt and pre-mullet mullet. I present my … [Read more...] about Daily Doodle: William Gilliland Doodle
Ausable Chasm
Since 1870, Ausable Chasm has thrilled and amazed all who have come to explore. More than 10 million visitors have witnessed what mother nature has provided: a uniquely-carved, vertical-walled canyon made of 500 million year old rock! (Ausable Chasm) William Gilliland may have … [Read more...] about Ausable Chasm