The Gristmill is a local historical journal published quarterly by the SCHR.
Spring 2021
- Saratoga’s Broughton House
- Saratoga County Women Help Win the Vote
- When Yeggs hit Stillwater, again and again…
Winter 2020
- Slavery in Clifton Park
- The Spanish Flu of 1918-1920
- Small Pox devastated the Mohawks; Slavery restocked their population
- “The Last of the Revolutionary Pensioners” -Almost!
- Kayaderosseras Patent paid for in “dollars”, before adoption of US Currency
Fall 2020
- Don’t Take History for Granted by Ben Kemp
- Foote’s Pond by Bruce M. Manzer, Ph.D
Summer 2020
- The Traveling Banjo by Karen Staulters
- H.B. Massey Building: An Historical Restoration by Sue Hansen
- Sawmills in Saratoga County – Leading Industry in Early Years by G. Terry Scharrer
https://ballstonareahistoryroundtable.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/2020-summer-gristmill.pdf
Spring 2020
- The Summer of 1874 in Saratoga Springs by Charlie Kuenzel
- Waverly Hall: Ballston Spa’s Social, Cultural and Entertainment Center by Bruce M. Manzer Ph.D.
- Waterford: A Good Place, a Better Tug by Russ VanDervoort
Winter 2020
- Preserving Brookside Museum by Jim Richmond
- Lawrence Ruff – Pearl Harbor Hero by Sean Kelleher
- Saratoga County Municipal Historians
- Saratoga County – The fishing grounds of the Mohawk Nation by Charles Hogan
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Fall 2019
- Franklin Carpenter – Man of Four Wives by Lauren Roberts
- The Kemp House Fire, Ballston Spa, NY and the Pursuit of Better Firefighting Equipment by Rick Reynolds
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Summer 2019
- Emma We Hardly Knew Ye by Sam McKenzie
- William H. Manning by Paul Perreault
- Politician Memorabilia courtesy of William McPherson
- Con men cause ‘oil rush’ in 1865 by Charles Hogan
Gristmill Summer 2019 6 page web copy
Spring 2019
- Lincoln’s Guard by Rachael Clothier
- The County Printers by Jim Richmond
- The Remarkable Sherwoods of Ballston Center by Bruce M. Manzer, Ph.D
Fall 2018 – First issue
- Forming History Society was part of community spirit by John Cromie, Esq.
- For Whom the Bell Tolls – Honoring our Veterans by Paul J. Loatman Jr., Ph.D.
- The Father of Clifton Park by John L. Scherer
