Friday, April 2, 1897
Bellevue Chapter, (named for Bellevue mountain) D. A. R. of St. Albans, Vt., organized.
Sunday, May 2, 1897
The funeral services of the late Horace L. Jewett, colonel of the 21st Infantry, U. S. A. and commanding officer at Plattsburgh Barracks, were held. The interment was with military honors in the Post cemetery. Colonel Jewett was a veteran of the Civil War and member of the Order of the Cincinnati.
Thursday, July 29, 1897
President and Mrs. McKinley, Sec. of War, Gen Russell and Mrs. Alger with private secretary Gen. and Mrs. Porter arrived at Hotel Champlain.
Out of the city, how the breeze
Lisps and laughs in the tossing trees,
Cools its wings in the crystal lake,
Borrows odor of bloom and brake:
Out of the city's smoke and soot
Hasten pilgrims on wing and foot;
--James Buckham
Sunday,
October 3, 1897
The First Presbyterian Church celebrated the
Centennial Anniversary of its organization, October 1st and 3rd.
