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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Adirondack Park, (search)
Adirondack Park, A tract in the Adirondack Mountain region covering Hamilton county and parts of Essex. Franklin, Herkimer, and St. Lawrence counties: containing numerous mountains. peaks, lakes, and woodlands. It was set apart by the State of New York in 1892 for the protection of the watershed of the Hudson and other rivers. for the practical study of forestry, and for public recreation. The tract has an area of 4,387 square miles. The study of forestry is here carried on under the direction of the newly established State School of Forestry, a department of Cornell University (q. v.).
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hough, Franklin Benjamin 1820-1885 (search)
Hough, Franklin Benjamin 1820-1885 Author; born in Martinsburg, N. Y., July 20, 1820; graduated at Union College in 1843, and at the Cleveland Medical College in 1848; taught school for several years; and practised medicine in Somerville, N. Y., in 1848-52 and in Albany in 1854-60. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the volunteer service as regimental surgeon. His publications include History of St. Lawrence and Franklin counties, N. Y.; History of Duryea's campaign; Washingtoniana, or memorials of the death of George Washington; The siege of Charleston, May 12, 1780; besides many reviews, essays, and pamphlets. He died in Lowville, N. Y., June 6, 1885.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Prevost, Sir George 1767-1816 (search)
assured Macomb that the militia would cross the lake in spite of the governor. After the officer left, Williams suggested to Macomb that a letter from Fassett, declaring that a heavy body of militia were about to cross the lake, sent so as to fall into the hands of the British general, would have a salutary effect. Macomb directed Williams to carry out the plan. He went over to Burlington, and received from Fassett a letter to Macomb, in which he said Chittenden was marching with 10,000 men from St. Albans, that 5,000 men were marching from St. Lawrence county, and that 4,000 from Washington county were in motion. This letter Williams placed in the hands of a shrewd Irishwoman at Cumberland Head, who took it to Prevost just after the battle at Plattsburg had ended. Prevost, who was naturally timid, was greatly alarmed by the intercepted letter, and at a little past midnight his whole army were flying in haste towards the Canada frontier. He died in London, England, Jan. 5, 1816.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Remington, Frederick 1861- (search)
Remington, Frederick 1861- Artist; born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1861; educated at Yale Art School and Art Students' League, New York City. He is one of the foremost black-and-white artists of the day and is also well known as a painter and sculptor. He is the author of Pony tracks; Crooked trails; Frontier sketches, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), St. Lawrence, movement on the (search)
rs—trading vessels—lay in the harbor. They endeavored to escape into Lake Ontario, bearing away affrighted families and their effects. An active Canadian partisan named Jones had raised a company of men to capture them. He gave chase in boats, overtook the unarmed flotilla at the foot of the Thousand Islands, captured two of the schooners, and emptied and burned them (June 29). A rumor was circulated that the British were erecting fortifications among the Thousand Islands, and that expeditions of armed men were to be sent across the St. Lawrence to devastate American settlements on its borders. General Brown and Commander Woolsey, of the Oneida, were vested with ample power to provide for the defence of that frontier. Colonel Benedict, of St. Lawrence county, was ordered to guard the region from Ogdensburg to St. Regis (q. v.) with a competent force, and militia were gathered at Ogdensburg and St. Vincent. This was the first warlike movement on the river in the War of 1812