Miles Borden, "the First Man That You Meet"
April is National Poetry Month, so I thought I'd share a poem I found quite recently, along with a bit of family history. “He’s The First...
Todd DeGarmo
- Mar 22
- 3 min
1864 Schuylerville Paper Mill Explosion
"A fearful boiler explosion" occurred in Schuylerville some 158 years ago, according to an 1864 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated...
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Tisha Dolton
- Oct 9, 2021
- 4 min
More Windfield Designs & Cornbread...
After my post about Windfield Designs, Inc we heard from a number of you sharing stories about your own collections. Some folks have one...
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Tisha Dolton
- Jul 24, 2021
- 2 min
Windfield Designs of Glens Falls, NY
Today we had a gentleman from Colorado visiting the area. He is originally from the Glens Falls/Hudson Falls area and came in with his...
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Todd DeGarmo
- May 19, 2021
- 4 min
A portrait of Charles Evans Hughes
On May 22, 1971, 50 years ago this Saturday, a portrait of Charles Evans Hughes was presented to Crandall Library during the dedication...
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Todd DeGarmo
- Apr 21, 2021
- 6 min
Who painted Drummer Truman Kingsley?
We have an oil painting in our special collections, a portrait of Civil War veteran drummer Truman Kingsley. He is presented as an...
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