The Peru Gazette

October 8 – 2:30 pm, Meadowbrook Healthcare, 154 Prospect Avenue, Plattsburgh. Transportation in Clinton County with Transportation Historian Dick Soper. A photo selection of the various means of transportation in Clinton County from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, including trains, boats, carriages, and cars.

October 11^th – 4:30 pm, Clinton Community College, Moore Building, 2nd-floor lobby, Plattsburgh, NY. Commemorating the 248^th Anniversary of the Battle of Valcour Island. Hosted by the Saranac Chapter of the DAR with the Valcour Battle Chapter of the SAR. Guest speaker is Don L. Wills on “History, Reputation, Honor”.

October 12 – 9:30 am, Mooers Riverside Cemetery, Mooers, NY. Tour of the Mooers Riverside Cemetery.  Join Mooers Town Historian Vicki Brassard to learn about the 220-year-old cemetery, which reflects the town’s history and the significant people who gave the Town of Mooers her start, character, and personality. This cemetery site is unique on the National Register of Historic Places and is now a Veteran’s Memorial. The tour starts promptly at 9:30.

October 16^th – 6:00 pm, American Legion Post 912, 29 Pratt Street, Rouses Point. The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Rouses Point. Sponsored by the Rouses Point and Champlain Historical Society. Transportation Historian Dick Soper will share the history of rail development in Rouses Point, which opened Clinton County to new markets and eventually to new tourism and a past we now take for granted. See past photos, then aerial videos of today’s rails. The Rouses Point story is the second in a 5-part series spanning the period from 1833 to the present and includes photographs, newspaper articles, aerial videos, and information from the large collection of railroad books recently added to the Clinton County Historical Association’s research library.

October 18 –12:30 pm, Plattsburgh Senior Center, 5139 North Catherine Street, Plattsburgh. The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Mooers (Part III). Transportation Historian Dick Soper will share the history of rail development, which opened Clinton County to new markets and eventually to new tourism and a past we now take for granted. See old photos, then aerial videos of today’s rails and stations. This is the third in a 5-part series spanning the period from 1833 to the present and including photographs, newspaper articles, aerial videos, and information from the large collection of railroad books recently added to the Clinton County Historical Association’s research library.

October 24 – 6:30 pm, Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh.  Emotions, Letters, and War: Through the Eyes of Civil War Soldiers Franklin Prairie and Joseph South. When the Civil War erupted in 1861, over 5000 men from Clinton County enlisted to serve. SUNY history graduate Aubrie Bourgeois presents the stories of two local men, Franklin Prairie and Joseph South who enlisted in the Macomb or Plattsburg Regiment. Her research shows how emotions and impacts of the war were conveyed in their letters home.

October 29 – 6:45 pm, Lake Forest, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh. The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Mooers (Part III). Transportation Historian Dick Soper will share the history of rail development which opened Clinton County to new markets and eventually to new tourism and a past we now take for granted. See old photos, then aerial videos of today’s rails and stations. This is the third in a 5-part series spanning the period from 1833 to the present and including photographs, newspaper articles, aerial videos, and information from the large collection of railroad books recently added to the Clinton County Historical Association’s research library. Doors open at 6:30 pm