<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Adirondack History Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[AHM]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 15:46:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Battle of the Boquet River - May 14, 1814]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Don Wickman In the War of 1812 on Lake Champlain, most attention is given to the Battle of Plattsburgh naval engagement on September 11, 1814. And rightfully so as the result halted a British advance and forced a withdrawal back into Canada. But there was more than just Plattsburgh. Scattered military actions occurred on both land and water, and a naval arms race took place with the Americans primarily at Vergennes and the British shipyard at Isle aux Noix in the Richelieu River. In the...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/battle-of-the-boquet-river-may-14-1814</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6995ebe4efa15866f1ef46d7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:13:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/85eaa3_b84880bfdc524664891af808e532a723~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_433,h_602,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>dhwickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sky darkened and rain was falling in sheets: The 1998 Trail Derailment at Port Douglass]]></title><description><![CDATA[June 1998 featured a streak of wet weather. Rains saturated the soils, rivers and streams ran briskly. It can be assumed people wished for a stretch of sunny weather. That wish failed to occur on June 25. It not only rained, but poured and most of the rain fell in the afternoon and into the night.   Rainfall records are sketchy, but accounts mention rain totals from two to eight inches of precipitation in Essex, Clinton and Warren Counties. Chesterfield hit the top with the eight inches. With...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/the-sky-darkened-and-rain-was-falling-in-sheets-the-1998-trail-derailment-at-port-douglass</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6967c64e0d9b34c9e291fdcb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:38:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/24b817_1b585ff34af740efac3bf7b065fbf5f3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_764,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>echs06</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burgoyne at the Boquet: Themes of the Revolution]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gen. John Burgoyne paused his army and set up camp at the mouth of the Boquet River on his way to Saratoga in June of 1777.  At that encampment, the proud British general devoted his attention to two sometimes overlooked groups that play important roles in the new “American Revolution” PBS television series – Native Americans and the large American Loyalist population. "John Burgoyne" by Joshua Reynolds, 1766 Ken Burns and his PBS team argue – in their six-part series – that our Revolutionary...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/burgoyne-at-the-boquet-themes-of-the-revolution</link><guid isPermaLink="false">691cd703ddc0c37d52893fd4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:54:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/499543_3a5290797c594c41acb20be89fcdc584~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_496,h_456,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter Slocum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Early Rose Potato]]></title><description><![CDATA[Big potato news rocked the world of agriculture in the 1861; a new variety had arrived. Albert Bresee of Hubbardton, Vermont, through...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/the-early-rose-potato</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68d4118768c9246bcfd52adb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:06:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f3aba_80c3082a442449e3878ee65faabab95b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_495,h_344,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Don Wickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Call, the "Lewis Giant"]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Don Wickman 	Legendary characters are part of our nation’s history. Many of us have heard  or read about Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, Pecos Bill, Mike Fink, the Headless Horseman and John Henry. 	Some real people have also had stories created about them that have become legends. No fact-checking in the 19 th  Century. Some of those are: George Washington, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) and Casey Jones.          Right here in Essex County, we have our own...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/joe-call-the-lewis-giant</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6879227fd85c525ad1ab7b26</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:30:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/350e02_5e9930c97a19450091d16a91330811e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_608,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>sward39</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Elizabethtown Terminal Railroad Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[History is intertwined. One event happens and then triggers a reaction and on and on it goes. It can occur in small and large scale....]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/the-elizabethtown-terminal-railroad-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">682f42e9d4b6b83acad46fab</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 14:43:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f3aba_bf26de7605f54fb7b08613b6cbd4e45b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Don Wickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fires of the High Peaks]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Sharp Swan 	This blog is inspired by the Fires of the High Peaks  exhibit, a permanent feature at the Adirondack History Museum. Our...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/fires-of-the-high-peaks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67bfbab1989d8654a6679828</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:59:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3290fb_22cdecbd5d5b45259763b41683e0de6f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_814,h_555,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexandra Steves</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logging the High Peaks – A Monumental Task]]></title><description><![CDATA[By: Sharp Swan This blog is inspired by the Logging the High Peaks  exhibit, featured at the Adirondack History Museum in 2024. Viewing...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/logging-the-high-peaks-a-monumental-task</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ae6185495139c49825971a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:55:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3290fb_80406c1807a548749771af180b02a19f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alexandra Steves</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[              Grand Excursion to Willsboro]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the early 1870s the New York and Canada Railroad commenced construction of a rail line along the western shore of Lake Champlain...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/grand-excursion-to-willsboro</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672ce89dc583ab1399bf4540</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:45:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/85eaa3_56a6030d44984c76868197c225da8093~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>dhwickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Essex County, The Modern Political Bellwether]]></title><description><![CDATA["As Essex County goes, so goes the Nation" is a maxim that accurately captures what has happened in every Presidential election in the...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/essex-county-the-modern-political-bellwether</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67082cf3c66faae06f67448f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:39:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/499543_b74b0c193047466b8102a56a8cbd8796~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Peter Slocum</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["A Heartless and Cold Blooded Affair": The Sage of Wife Murderer Henry Debosnys]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 27, 1882.             For Essex County Sheriff Rollin L. Jenkins only one item stood out on his day’s schedule—a hanging....]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/a-heartless-and-cold-blooded-affair-the-sage-of-wife-murderer-henry-debosnys</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ec51d2788b2cd72552b32d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 17:03:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f3aba_14eea9b9836c4a82a17f1c1696d84b39~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Don Wickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ghosts: A Word With A Double Meaning]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you believe in ghosts? The Essex County Courthouse has several of them. Now I’m not writing about the spirit of abolitionist John...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/ghosts-a-word-with-a-double-meaning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66abc74323dc2c0372c21a7d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:46:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/85eaa3_53ad9aaad1cc4af3b2eeeafdc4dfe885~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_873,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>dhwickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Elkanah Watson – A Man of Many Talents]]></title><description><![CDATA[Travel along Lake Street in Port Kent and it is easy to see why this hamlet became a popular location of hotels and the tourist industry....]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/elkanah-watson-a-man-of-many-talents</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66abb5532a12e7ae9e4e6de4</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:54:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/85eaa3_617fd8594bb546c2bc1e05b14ad44b16~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_977,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>dhwickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Adirondack Mountains National Park?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever get the opportunity to visit the Adirondack Mountains National Park? Now, this is not to be confused with the New York State...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/an-adirondack-mountains-national-park</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66abb1eb90bcb1cd5d6a078f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:11:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/85eaa3_69f71e55df73407eb3c63aba6d250658~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_759,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>dhwickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[An 1888 Trek to Mount Marcy’s Summit ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1936, W.J. Brown decided to take pen to paper and composed a lengthy letter to the editor of the Essex County Republican, a weekly...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/an-1888-trek-to-mount-marcy-s-summit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66abae9ed1ff00634d077b7b</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:56:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/85eaa3_e41fc3dcd2984122a1e30072bfed6b72~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_764,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>dhwickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Brown’s Body Comes Home ]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the evening of December 1, 1859 within the confines of the Charles Town, Virginia jail (now in present day West Virginia which became...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/john-brown-s-body-comes-home</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66abacf7afcbe0e3b9590627</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:46:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/85eaa3_2642f058bcc446cdb5e0e8ae78e4cc43~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_654,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>dhwickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ‘Adirondac’ Grape]]></title><description><![CDATA[People make their mark in history in assorted manners: bravery, politics, leadership, writing, discovery, inventions and the list goes...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/the-adirondac-grape</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66abab9255901da6d3a1f254</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:41:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/85eaa3_68e0a8d33b1140ae961e8c110830ad94~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_875,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>dhwickman</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man in the Photograph: Ashley Leach (1857-1926)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is said that a picture is worth 1000 words. 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Wells, summer...]]></description><link>https://www.adkhistorymuseum.org/post/a-further-look-at-the-story-of-the-museum-s-concord-coach</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6611a5df39d8715b97efa7b0</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2024 19:49:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/499543_ded5feadc2f2436bb6f81d7c65949cfa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item></channel></rss>