History
A Bit of Colonie in Clifton Park
The Town of Colonie owns the Stony Creek Reservoir located in southern Clifton Park, just above Vischer Ferry. It was completed in 1953 at a cost of $1,800,000 and covers ...
The People Behind the Portraits
Hanging at the top of the main stairs at Brookside Museum is a pair of portraits. With them is a framed brooch which contains locks of hair. These portraits are ...
Henry Baker – Loyalist
by Sue Thompson | Sponsored by The Saratoga County History Roundtable Our home sits on a small knoll within sight of Round Lake on English Road in the town of ...
Ultimate Sacrifice: The Murder of State Trooper Roy Albert Donivan
While the tragic loss of Trooper Donivan occurred in October of 1923, the events that led up to his murder had their origin three years earlier with the enactment of ...
Walter Haslam Lewthwaite – Bacteriologist and Patent
Walter Haslam Lewthwaite.Photo provided by The Saratoga County History Roundtable. Walter Haslam Lewthwaite. Photo provided by The Saratoga County History Roundtable. I would like you to meet a fascinating fellow– ...
Thoughts of a Waterford Canaller
Towing boats along the Waterford canals.Photo provided by The Saratoga County History Roundtable. John Shepard had been a canaller now for some time. He had relocated to Waterford, New York, ...
Chip’s Hall – A Family Legacy
Bill and Mona Ciepiela McBride at Chips Hall.Photo provided by The Saratoga County History Roundtable. Development in northern Halfmoon is rapidly transforming this once expansive area of productive farmland into ...
A President’s Day Look at Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Roosevelt residence. Photo credit: National Park Site Winston Churchill once said of him that meeting Franklin Roosevelt is like opening a bottle of fine champagne. His lineage was that ...
St. Christopher’s Cemetery, Eastline, Ballston Spa
St. Christopher’s Clergy HousePhoto provided by The Saratoga County History Roundtable. The medical experts of the time said that the country air would cure them. And a religious facility would ...
Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts Discusses American Revolution with Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation
Travels with Darley. Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts (left), and Darley Newman, host of Travels with Darley PBS and streaming TV series (right). SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Saratoga Springs Preservation ...
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