I just gave “birth” to another book, the sixth I have created for Arcadia Publishing Company’s Image of America series. Each book consists of over 200 vintage photographs with descriptive captions.
Arcadia has become the greatest savior of local history in America, and local history is the real history of our nation. Although it is much like the birth of a child, the birth of a book takes more than nine months.
Image Adirondack book number five, “Adirondack Hotels and Inn ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF FEB. 1, 1963, At HAMILTON COUNTY, state Comptroller Arthur Levitt announced the distribution of monies in state motor fuel tax receipts to the 57 counties outside New York City. This total is the share of state collected motor fuel tax for the three months ending Dec. 31, 1962, which was returned to the counties in accordance with state Highway Law.
The law provided the monies be earmarked for county roads. Hamilton County received $18,516.79. In the like period in 1962, its sh ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF JAN. 25, 1963, At ARIETTA, members of Piseco Volunteer Fire Department met recently to plan for a Field Day on June 8. The Piseco firemen would sponsor the annual event for the Central Adirondack Firemen’s Association.
Member companies were Old Forge, Inlet, Blue Mountain Lake, Fort Johnson, Indian Lake, Long Lake, Lake Pleasant, Meco, Pleasant Square, Piseco, Raquette Lake, Speculator and Wells. Each company would be invited to attend and compete in the races.
William Ab ...
ABOUT THE WEEK OF JAN. 18, 1963, the deep freeze which had gripped the Midwest the previous weekend, Jan. 12-13, finally caught up with the Central Adirondacks. Temperatures were recorded locally between 25 and 30 degrees below zero. The low temperatures followed several days when readings hovered around the zero mark in the early morning.
Natives took it in their stride. They boosted up the thermostat, pushed their stalled cars, bundled up a little bit more and turned to their regular duties wi ...
