Information

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Photo Postcards

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“The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.”
 
                   -- Mark Twain

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 Town Information

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Postcards by Town

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St. Lawrence County Information

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Census

 

"A History of St. Lawrence & Franklin County, New York" by Franklin Benjamin Hough - 1853 - Google Book Search

War & Military

  Please visit my War & Military page to remember some of the first settlers who served in the Revolutionary War. You will also find a list of those by town who fought in the War of 1812.   SLC had many soldiers during the Civil War & WWI who were awarded the Medal of Honor.  A link to the WWII Honor Roll listing soldiers who gave their lives is here as well.

•  French Indian

•   Revolutionary War

•   1805 Militia

•   War 1812

•   Civil War

•   Fenian Raids

•   Spanish American War

•   WWI

•   WWII

•   Cold War Atlas Missiles

          

Old North Country Schools

Slideshow:

Adirondack Fire Towers

Signal Station - Whiteface

Bald Mountain

Adirondack Photos - Link to SLU Collection

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Traditional Arts in Upstate NY

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Find a Friend you've lost track of

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Find Your Ancestors & other history research links:

Vital Statistics from the Gouverneur Herald

Genetic Genealogy Testing through DNA

713-868-1438

"Making of America"

1859 - 1958

(Note 1859-1862 buried in the 1871-1876 section- 0044-0155) (1869/70 - 0338-0042)

from fultonhistory.com - Tom Tryniski's site

Many pictures of Rushton Canoes and Adirondacks

cemetery tombstone transcriptions & photos, census, vital records, civil war soldiers lists and MORE!

Sarah Moore's Web Site

cemetery tombstone transcriptions

Ct. Vital Records

By Town or by Surname

Ontario & Upper Canada Genealogy & History - Michael Stephenson's Site

Canadian Cemeteries

Leeds  & Grenville Ontario History

 

England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

UK Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates

Ship records, Immigration- Ellis Island, Castle Gardens, NY births, marriages, deaths, Brooklyn Eagle Newspaper, DAR and more, more, more!

New York Times - Archives

Brooklyn Eagle - Archives

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The Best MAPS Worldwide

Satellite Views of Earth

(link to download software)

Towns of NY State

Old Photos NYC

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Local On-Line News

North Country Public Radio

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 News Clips of Cornell University's beginnings

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Contact:

Connie Molnar Sterner

conniesterner@gmail.com

 

with comments, additions, suggestions

If you have postcards to add to this collection, please feel free to send an attached scanned copy in an email!

Please note, this is my own collection of pictures which I choose to share with you.  I do not represent any town in upstate NY in any official capacity and I am providing this web site at my own expense.  I do not sell anything nor do I make money in any way by providing this site. It is a hobby.

Many buttons link to other people's web sites.

Anyone who would like to may link to this site.

 

 

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Past Winters:

Ice Cutting on the St. Lawrence River

Man on an Ice Jam 1905

Motor Ice Boat on the St. Lawrence 1911

Winter in Waddington

Hermon 1907

Canton Main St 1910

Main Street Canton

Clarkson Arena

SLU Appleton Arena 1954

Fullerville

Norfolk & St. Lawrence RR Chase Mills 1910

Winter in Gouverneur 

Snowy Road - Tupper Lake

Hauling Logs - Tupper Lake

Ski Big Tupper

St Lawrence University Ski Hill - South Colton

St. Lawrence University Ski Hill - South Colton - 1958

St. Lawrence University Ski Hill - South Colton

Winter of 1836

 

Sampling of Postcards

 (Click on Town Information on your left to find more)

Canton, Main Street, 1907

Canton, American Hotel - Built 1823

Canton, Grammar & High School

(built 1883 - torn down 1973)

Canton, Hotel Harrington

Canton, Town Hall & Opera House - Miner Inn - 1910

(burned down in 1962)

Drawing of Richardson from 1858 - St. Lawrence University & Universalist Theological School Canton

Canton, SLU 1907

Canton, Agriculture Dairy Building & Barn 1908

Canton Union Block

 This was along Riverside Drive, then called Water Street - from 1858 Map

Miner Block - Canton

from 1858 Map

Lisbon, Poultry Day 1908

Ogdensburg, Ford Street - 1918

Western View of Potsdam NY - 1842

St Lawrence Academy, Presbyterian Church -  St Lawrence Academy (1858 Map)

Potsdam, Clarkson Memorial College

War of 1812 Arsenal - Russell

Open Camp in Adirondacks

United States Hotel Massena

(later became the Hatfield House)

Pyrites, Meat Market 1910

Norfolk, The Big Mill at Night - 1912

Gouverneur, Main Street

(Taft & Sherman Banner over Street)

Gouverneur, Ideal Market

Gouverneur, Marble Company

Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, Baptist Church, School House - 1858 Map

Canton, Sherwin's Mill -early 1900s

Edwards, Grist Mill

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