Every year people of all ages flock to Fort Ticonderoga in Ticonderoga to see the fort and to learn about its significance in American history. They learn of Ethan Allen’s capture of the fort from the British in 1775, they view artifacts from the French and Indian and American Revolutionary wars, and they might even see a musket firing demonstration. This summer, however, people are invited to visit the fort for a slightly different reason— the ghosts. Over the years, several people, both visitors and employees of the fort, have reported seeing and hearing inexplicable things, leading many to believe that it’s haunted.
Learning to ski or snowboard is an adventure likely to provide a lifetime of enjoyment. Unlike some athletics, theses skills and experiences often transcend the various phases of life and provide an enduring desire to slide down snow covered mountains with family and friends.
The Napper girls are no strangers to adventure. Growing up on the shores of Chazy Lake has exposed them to a wide variety of outdoor thrills and perhaps a few spills. Actually, they are both accomplished water skiers, swimmers and all around athletes, supported carefully by their fun loving parents. As is often the case when you hang around with our family, discussions about the slopes are common, even during the summer while cruising the lake. The interest of teenagers Kristen and Kayla grew steadily and culminated in a plan to learn skiing on the majestic slopes of Whiteface Mountain. Outfitted with leased equipment from Viking Ski Shop, courtesy of their generous neighbor and water sports mentor, Bob Jessey, they met us on a bitter cold morning recently to begin their new adventure.
PLATTSBURGH — One is the site of a $2.3 million luxury home. One was used for tracking cosmic rays and has now been historically restored into a state-of-the-art residence. They’ve been used for businesses, town highway garages and envisioned as refuges for the doomsday set.
They’ve caused headaches for municipalities and insurance companies and have been magnets for trespassers and vandals. Multiple lives were lost in their construction and reclamation.Their coming to the North Country was first announced in January 1960, the era of the Cuban Missile Crisis. For a brief time, they waited for a nuclear attack that never came.
They’re the 12 Atlas-F missile silos of the 556th Strategic Missile Squadron of the Strategic Air Command. Built for $18 million each in 1960 dollars in a 22- to 44-mile ring around Plattsburgh Air Force Base, they took 2,000 workers nearly three years to complete. Obsolete, decommissioned and abandoned practically before the last nuclear-capable projectile was lowered into its shaft, they form an increasingly forgotten link to a very historic and unsettling time.
A close-knit group of North Country skiers, who grew up indulging their passion for winter sports in the shadow of the famous Lake Placid ski jumps, may be poised to make history at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
They join a long list of local prospects in luge, bobsled, skating and other sports who have legitimate shots at making the Olympic team and mounting the podium when medals are handed out Feb. 12-28 at the 21st Winter Olympic Games.
“It’s been a lot of first-evers,” said Bill Demong, 29, a Vermontville native and Nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1999. “We’ve built a program that’s taken Nordic combined and given it a lot of popularity and taken the sport to a whole new level.”
The bridge is a beautiful piece of architecture. With the mix of old and new pieces of wood on the inside and outside. Names are carved into some of the inside beams; it gives it character and a slight homey feel. The view from one side is something out of a painting, with the huge Jay Rocks and foamy current making waves down the river. On the other side is a park with a pavilion, benches, picnic tables, and tennis courts.
The original bridge was built in 1845 across the AuSable River to carry County Road 22 from one side to the other. However, on September 30, 1856, a dam above Keene Valley broke and washed out every bridge and some buildings in its destructible path on the way to Lake Champlain. After the water lowered, only an 80 foot portion of the covered bridge remained.
Learning to ski or snowboard is an adventure likely to provide a lifetime of enjoyment. Unlike some athletics, theses skills and experiences often transcend the various phases of life and provide an enduring desire to slide down snow covered mountains with family and friends.
PLATTSBURGH — One is the site of a $2.3 million luxury home. One was used for tracking cosmic rays and has now been historically restored into a state-of-the-art residence. They’ve been used for businesses, town highway garages and envisioned as refuges for the doomsday set.
A close-knit group of North Country skiers, who grew up indulging their passion for winter sports in the shadow of the famous Lake Placid ski jumps, may be poised to make history at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
The bridge is a beautiful piece of architecture. With the mix of old and new pieces of wood on the inside and outside. Names are carved into some of the inside beams; it gives it character and a slight homey feel. The view from one side is something out of a painting, with the huge Jay Rocks and foamy current making waves down the river. On the other side is a park with a pavilion, benches, picnic tables, and tennis courts. 