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Entries from March 30th, 2009

North Country Fire Trucks

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Adirondack Life

This cool video of 1935 Firefighting games provided me with the perfect excuse to post my fire truck pictures. In case you wonder, it’s an AMF Pedal Car circa 1950’s.


via NorthCountryNow.com

AMF - Fire Dept

AMF Pedal Car - Hook & Ladder

Fire Truck AMF - Hook & Ladder

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Biking for a Good Cause

March 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Destination Marketing

Have you met Nathan Winters?  Well I happened to run across him ….on Twitter. Kind of an interesting marketing case study.  You see, I followed VermontTourism cuz they are across The Lake and we are Brothers-in-Arms.

This is my response to his biking route query:

@tourpro Here is my basic route. If you can help that would be AWESOME! http://tinyurl.com/c75mzq

First, you have to cross Lake Champlain.


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Then, you have to Head West.


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If you Cross Lake Champlain South of Burlington.
Essex NY to Lake Placid NY
Crown Point Bridge to Forestport NY

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8 Free Essex County Walking Tours

March 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · News

Architecture of the Champlain Valley
Walking tours

The Ross Mill (Willsboro, Essex County)

As part of the Lake Champlain Quadricentennial celebration, Adirondack Architectural Heritage is presenting a new tour series, Architecture of the Champlain Valley. The series features half-day walking tours of eight towns along the lake, led by experienced and professional guides. If you are interested in exploring the architecture, community development and rich cultural heritage of your community and the region as a whole, please join us.

Tours will be at 9:30 am and 1:00 pm on Saturdays in May and June unless otherwise noted.

May 2- Willsboro: One of the oldest settlements in Essex County, Willsboro has a rich history connected to agriculture, paper industry, stone quarrying, shipbuilding, and tourism.
May 9- Keeseville: Keeseville is a town with a long history as an industrial community that manufactured products from wood and iron ore using the power of the Ausable River.
May 16- Essex: Essex prospered during much of the 19th century as a shipping and ship building port, and today, as a National Historic Register District, contains many wonderful examples of various styles of architecture.
May 23- Elizabethtown: As the county seat, Elizabethtown boasts a large historic government complex, and a number of buildings that reflect the town’s social, political and economic importance.
May 30- Port Henry: Port Henry and the surrounding town of Moriah have the longest industrial history of any community in the Champlain Valley, beginning with iron mining and manufacturing in the late 1700s.
June 6- Ticonderoga: Historically associated with military events, Ticonderoga developed as an industrial town connected to paper manufacturing, and today offers more than three dozen buildings listed on the National Register.
June 20- Wadhams (10:00)/Westport (1:00): The hamlet of Wadhams lies just north of Westport on the Boquet River, and was once known for its industrial pursuits which supported the outlying farms. Though industry and agriculture played a role in the development of Westport, it has gained most of its identity as a summer resort town.
June 27- Ironville: In the town of Crown Point, the settlement of Ironville is the site of the Penfield Homestead Museum and was once the center of a thriving iron industry.

Attendance is free of charge, but advance registration is required. Reservations may be made by calling AARCH at 834-9328.

Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) is the private, non-profit, historic preservation organization for the Adirondack Park region. This is one of over fifty events in our annual series highlighting the region’s vast architectural legacy. For more information on membership and our complete program schedule contact AARCH at (518) 834-9328 or visit our website at www.aarch.org.

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