Lake George from Sabbath Day Point
"The view presented... is one of the finest on Lake George" proclaims an 1853 issue of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion found...
Tisha Dolton
- Apr 2
- 2 min
The Woman Sits Here Knitting: Jeanne Robert Foster, Adirondack Poet
In celebration of National Poetry Month... Neighbors of Yesterday by Jeanne Robert Foster When I go the see her, I look about the room...
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Todd DeGarmo
- Mar 25
- 2 min
Moose & Wolves
Moose & Wolves is a wood carving and painted wood sculpture by Benjamin N. Raino of Whitehall, where Washington County touches Lake...
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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
- Mar 19
- 2 min
Warford Davis, Local Track Star
John Warford Davis (1903-1989) was born in North Granville, Washington County, NY on 17 March 1903 to John Boyd Davis (1862-1926) and...
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The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
Growing Up on the DeGarmo Farm
The attached video is the story of Anne DeGarmo VanVranken and her early life growing up on the DeGarmo family farm. The farm is located...
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Tisha Dolton
- Nov 27, 2021
- 6 min
Where on earth is Trionda, NY?
Earlier this year, Kevin began the arduous task of delving into one of our newest collections, the Richard M. Bloomer Glass Plate...
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Tisha Dolton
- Aug 13, 2021
- 3 min
When Pageants Were THE Thing: A Brief Look at Historical Pageantry & Tableaux in Upstate NY
Do you remember the scene in the Broadway musical & film "The Music Man" when the mayor's wife, Eulalie MacKecknie Shinn, and the ladies...
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Tisha Dolton
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
Tedd Browne & his Lake George Legacy.
Summers in Lake George, NY are warm and humid, while the water stays pretty chilly. They are full of music and history, where tourists...
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Tisha Dolton
- May 21, 2021
- 6 min
Infant & Child Welfare Exhibit in Glens Falls, May 1914
On May 20, 1914 the Infant Welfare Exhibit opened at City Hall in Glens Falls. The multi-day event was created to help mothers better...
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Tisha Dolton
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Glens Falls at Work
In Autumn 2019 The Folklife Center partnered with North Country Public Radio for Glens Falls at Work Live! It culminated with a pop-up...
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Tisha Dolton
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
National Historic Marker Day 2021
Last Friday, April 30, 2021, was the first annual National Historic Marker Day sponsored by the William G. Pomeroy Foundation. It is a...
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Tisha Dolton
- Apr 30, 2021
- 2 min
A Poet Named Bronk: William Bronk, Hudson Falls Poet
UNNAMED from Some Words: Poems by William Bronk (1992) In the narrowest and most immediate view, we are named and identifiable as...
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Tisha Dolton
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Books of Poetry: Richard Carella, Hudson Falls Poet
Nothing Is Great from Book of Nothing by Richard Carella (2013) Nothing is great- nothing is so great it can not be contained; there is...
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Tisha Dolton
- Apr 9, 2021
- 4 min
An Ode to the Falls of Dionondawa: A Poem by Jonathan Elihu Hoag
I have decided to dedicate my blog posts this month to local poets & poetry because April is National Poetry Month! I first learned...
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Todd DeGarmo
- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
Trick or Treat!
"Trick or Treat!" we'd shout in unison, as our neighbor opened the door. We didn't expect to get–or give–a "trick". Halloween, for us,...
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