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SUMMARY:WCHS Local History Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Meeting of WCHS Local History Book Club \nWashington County Historical Society’s Local History Book Club will meet from noon until 1 PM on Friday\, Sept. 8\, at the society’s headquarters\, 167 Broadway\, Fort Edward.  Washington County Historical Society membership is not required for participation.   \nThe discussion will focus on the history of apples in Washington County and vicinity.  Attendees can read any book on the topic.  Dawn Chenier of Hartford will report on the life of Johnny Appleseed and Peter Beyer of Granville will report on activities of Tom Brown\, North Carolina orchardist who is currently rediscovering “lost” apple varieties. The use of the local canal for shipment of area apples will also be discussed\, as well as locations of current orchards in Washington County.                         \nThe group meets regularly on the second Friday of the month at noon\, usually at the Historical Society in Fort Edward.  The October meeting will be held at Mountainside Free Library\, in the town of Queensbury.  Attendees are asked to read any biography of Andrew Carnegie\, whose funds contributed to the building of the library in 1904. \nFuture sessions of the club will include books about the larger Adirondack area as well as works by local authors.  Proposed topics include the temperance movement in our area\, sheep farming in Washington County\, and the life of Salem resident Asa Fitch\, historian and entomologist.  For additional information\, email Connie Harris Farrington at connieandlee@roadrunner.com.
URL:https://wchs-ny.org/event/wchs-local-history-book-club-14/
LOCATION:Wing- Northup House\, 167 Boadway\, Fort Edward\, NY\, 12828\, United States
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SUMMARY:Songs of the Erie Canal with Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle
DESCRIPTION:Songs of the Erie Canal\nThe Washington County Historical Society will present singing duo Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle in concert performing “Songs of the Erie Canal” in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Opening of the Erie and Champlain Canals. The concert will be held at the Fort Edward Canal Street Marketplace at 63 Canal Street in the Village of Fort Edward on Sunday\, September 10\, 2023 at 2 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe Erie and Champlain Canals were the most important advancement for transporting goods in New York State. Running from Buffalo to Albany and connected to the Hudson River\, then the Champlain Canal ran north to Lake Champlain. It allowed New York City to become the largest trade port in the nation. It was born from an idea developed by a merchant who was in debtor’s prison because he couldn’t receive his goods fast enough to pay the bills.\n\nCosby Gibson and Tom Staudle are award winning songwriters and singers. They live near the Adirondacks in Upstate New York. They have been performing together for fourteen years touring both regionally and nationally. Together they play original pieces and old favorites with a variety of instruments such as guitar\, fiddle\, banjo\, and harmonica.\n\nCosby is Grammy balloted and writes unique acoustic and folk-style songs. Her awards include Best Folk Album in the Capital District\, Original Music Awards for 2017 and 2018; Dorn Space Award for Music Outreach in 2019\, Best Folk Album 2021\, Outstanding Folk Artist 2023\,and is a nominee for the Thomas Edison Music Award 2023.\n\nTom Staudle writes and performs in acoustic\, Americana\, and Blues- Style with awards in Best Folk Lyrics for the Capital District Original Music Awards in 2018 and Dorn Space Arts Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2021\, Outstanding Americana Artist in 2023 and is also a nominee for the Thomas Edison Music Awards 2023.\n\nBoth have songs in rotation on WEXT-FM radio. Their special programs include: Historic Songs of the Erie Canal\, Adirondack Lumber Camp Songs\, Poetry Songs\, and History Songs\, Songwriters in the Round\, Songwriting Workshops and new Labor Union songs.\nVisit their website: www.cosbygibson.com\n\nThe concert narrated program lasts about 40 minutes and is suitable for older children and adults. The program is free and open to the public. Donations to WCHS are gladly accepted. For more information call the Washington County Historical Society on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m at 518-747-9108
URL:https://wchs-ny.org/event/songs-of-the-erie-canal-with-cosby-gibson-and-tom-staudle/
LOCATION:Canal Street Marketplace\, 63 Canal Street\, Fort Edward\, NY\, 12828\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Architecture of the 1853 Levey Wall Map
DESCRIPTION:The Washington County Historical Society presents a Kronkite Lecture: The Architecture of the 1853 Levey Wall Map presented by William Krattinger September 21st @6:30 PM. Free and Open to the Public. \n  \nNumerous New York county wall maps were published in the 1850s\, among them Morris Levey’s 1853 map of Washington County. Published in Philadelphia\, Levey’s map was the first widely available source that identified the county’s various property owners\, and it formed a precursor to the later county atlas compilations. In addition to depicting the county’s various municipalities\, roads\, churches and burial grounds\, and property owners\, Levey’s map also provided statistical data as well as visual representations of some of the county’s notable places and architecture\, which appear within the map’s margins. This talk will largely focus on the map’s architectural representations\, which provide valuable visual information on some of the county’s better-known landmarks and characteristic building types at the mid-nineteenth-century point. A number of the buildings that appear graphically on the Levey map remain extant\, and particular attention will be paid to these\, as expressions of particular architectural styles or types\, or for their value in relation to historically prominent families and individuals.  \n  \nWilliam Krattinger is an architectural historian and longtime employee of the state’s Division for Historic Preservation and an adjunct lecturer in the history department at SUNY Albany. \n  \nSeptember 21st\, Wing-Northup House\, 6:30pm- 167 Broadway\, Fort Edward\, NY 12828
URL:https://wchs-ny.org/event/the-architecture-of-the-1853-levey-wall-map/
LOCATION:Wing- Northup House\, 167 Boadway\, Fort Edward\, NY\, 12828\, United States
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