This Week in Saratoga County History

Posted on by SaratogaCountyHistoryRoundtable
As a result of the disruptions caused by the pandemic, SCHR has been unable to meet together this year. To provide our History Buff’s with an opportunity to learn more about Saratoga County history, local historians are submitting weekly articles. We appreciate their contributions and we hope you enjoy them. We also welcome any comments you may have by  emailing us at saratogacohistoryroundtable@gmail.com
SCHR weekly post –The Conklingville Dam Lauren Roberts March 26, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – The 1930 BHBL School Fire
Rick Reynolds April 2, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –  1828 Formation of the Town of Clifton Park John Scherer April 9, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –Founder’s Day in Waterford
Russ Vandervoot April 16, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – 1910 Corinth Paper Mill Strike Rachel Clothier – April 23, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Ballston Spa vs Saratoga Springs
Jim Richmond April 30, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – The Death of John Morrissey
Charlie Kuenzel May 7, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Kesselring Site
Karen Staulters May 14, 2020 -revisedDownload
SCHR weekly post – Memorial Day Observances 
Rachel Clothier May 21, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Elmer Ellsworth
Paul Perreault May 28, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – First Board of Supervisors Meeting
Lauren Roberts June 4, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – A Bit of Colonie in Clifton Park
John Scherer June 11, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Another “Grand” Hotel
Maryann Fitzgerald June 18, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Waterford WWII Veterans Welcomed Home
Russ Vandervoort June 25, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Contentious Clifton Park Resident Dies on July 1, 1871 John Scherer July 2, 2020Download
This Day in Saratoga County History – Jubilee Independence Day  July 4, 1826 From the Centennial History of the Village of Ballston Spa, Edward F. Gross, 1907 July 4, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Fire Destroys Waterford Covered Bridge Russ Vandervoort July 9, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –The Saratoga County Fair Sarah Welsh July 16, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Local Reactions to the Death of Ulysses S. Grant Dave Hubbard July 23, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –The Death of Jane McCrea Eric Schnitzer July 30, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –The Ballston Terminal Railroad Karen Staulters Aug 6, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – 1689 – A Look at Early Settlement and War at Saratoga Sean Kelleher Aug 13, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –The Railroad Came to Malta Paul Perreault August 20, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Matton Shipyard Company – Waterford, NY 1903-1972 Russ Vandervoort August 27, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –The Jonesville Methodist Church Clambakes John Scherer Sept 3, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post – Saratoga Springs Man Involved in Capture of Tojo Chris Carola September 10, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –The Life and Death of Saratoga’s Statue to the 77th Regiment David Fiske Sept 17, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –The Death of George West Tim Starr September 24, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –Incident at Jones Mill Sean Kelleher October 1, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –Birth of the Boy Scouts in Saratoga County Gene Phillips October 8, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –War on the Middleline Jim Richmond – October 15, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –Elmer Droms Clifton Park’s Oldest Resident dies at 102 John Scherer October 22, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –Major Calvin W. Preston of Galway:
Soldier and Hurricane Survivor Alan Maddus Oct 29, 2020Download
SCHR weekly Post –Stewart’s Presidential Cake John Greenwood Nov 5, 2020Download
SCHR weekly Post –The Shooting of Thomas Brown in Corinth Rachel Clothier Nov 12, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –The Manufactory of Nicholas Low Sam McKenzie November 19, 2020Download
SCHR weekly Post –Kathryn Helene Starbuck: Saratoga Suffragette Lauren Roberts Nov 26, 2020Download
SCHR weekly Post –The Death of Gideon Putnam Charlie Kuenzel December 3, 2020Download
SCHR weekly Post –Communities Transformed by Tannery Fire Tim Starr Dec 10, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –Life and Death of a Ballston Patriot Matt Grumo December 17, 2020Download
SCHR weekly post –The First Malta Rocket Test Paul Perreault December 24, 2020Download
SCHR weekly Post –The Life and Legacies of Spencer Trask Jim Richmond December 31, 2020Download
SCHR weekly Post –Teddy Roosevelt visits Ballston Rick Reynolds – January 7, 2020Download
SCHR weekly Post –Wilton’s Lonely Sentinel Karen James January 14, 2021Download
SCHR weekly Post –Saratoga Soul Brandtville Blues Carol Daggs January 21, 2021Download
SCHR weekly Post –Who was Saint Isaac Jogues? Sean Kelleher Jan 28, 2021Download
SCHR weekly Post –Overcoming Winter Blues at The Homestead Lauren Roberts Feb 4, 2020Download
SCHR weekly Post –The Whole Story of Ballston’s Miss Heaton Rick Reynolds Feb 11, 2021Download
SCHR Special Post –A Local Valentine From the Past John Scherer Feb 14, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post –Isaiah Blood – Ballston Spa’s Forgotten Industrialist Tim Starr Feb 18, 2021Download
SCHR weekly Post –1820 Religious Revival in Malta, NY Paul Perreault Feb 25, 2021Download
SCHR weekly Post –Jeweler by Day, Criminal by Night:
The Secret Life of Nelson M. Knickerbacker David Waite March 4, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post – How Floods Created the Great Sacandaga Lake Fred Wilhelm March 11, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post – St. Patrick’s Day in Schuylerville 1898 Sean Kelleher March 17, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post –How Ballston Spa Became the County Seat Lauren Roberts March 25, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post –Joe Bettys – Patriot and Traitor Rick Reynolds – April 1, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post –Clifton Park’s Own Amusement Park John Scherer – April 8, 2021Download
SCHR Weekly post –The Short but Eventful Marriage of Henry and Eliza Vrooman David Waite April 15, 2021Download
SCHR weekly Post –Egbert Ludovicus Viele – Engineer, Soldier, Politician Russ Vandervoort April 22, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post –Sanbun Ford: Forgotten Patriot Rediscovered Don Carola – April 29, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post –The 1921 Trial of District Attorney Charles Andrus Greg Veitch – May 6, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post – Rev. Charles Finney Preston of Galway:Presbyterian Missionary to Canton, China. Alan Madaus May 13, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post –Memories of a Mountain Gene Phillips – May 20, 2021Download
SCHR weekly Post – Loyalist “Uprising” in Ballston May 1777 -Sam Mckenzie May 27, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post – Walking the Horses to Saratoga – Bob Cudmore June 3, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post – Prominent Sons, Prolific Inventors -Timothy Starr Jun 10, 2021Download
SCHR weekly post –Amasiah Ford: A Veteran of the War of 1812 who Fell on Hard Times – Don Carola June 17, 2021Download

One thought on “This Week in Saratoga County History”

  1. The Kesselring Site contained 4 reactors at one time, D1G, S3G, MARF and S8G. I served on KSO 1973 – 1978, then 1989 to 2012.

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