Unadilla claims to be the home of the oldest continually operating Boy Scout Troop (#1, of course) in the U.S., but this distinction has been challenged by others. |
A group of 15 local men formed an organization called the Santa Claus Club in Valatie (Vuh-LAY-shuh) in 1946 to provide gifts to poor children in the area at Christmas.There are many such clubs now around the country. Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas, whose 1897 letter to the New York Sun inspired the famous "Yes, Virginia" editorial, spent her retirement in Valatie and died here in 1971. |
Located at the eastern terminus
of the Erie Canal, Waterford was incorporated in 1794. |
Memorial Day was celebrated for the first time in Waterloo on May 5, 1866. The celebration was the result of a campaign by pharmacist Henry C. Welles to set aside a day to honor those who had died fighting in the Civil War. |
I didn't know Willsboro had been
lost. The lake referred to is Champlain. |
Northampton is located in the southern Adirondacks on the north shore of Great Sacandaga Lake. The Village of Northville is the primary community. |