February 25 

1767 - a warm pleasant day, proceeded to the south branch of Au Sable river, at the south side whereof began to survey northerly along Lake Champlain.  - Gilliland.

1820 Beekmantown formed from Plattsburgh and named from William Beekman, the patentee of Beekman Patent.  It was then a strip of land about four miles wide and extending from East to West, across the county.

1850 The Plattsburgh and Montreal railroad organized.

1858 Died John Freligh Platt, only son of Moss Kent Platt, aged 20 years.

1898 Suddenly, at her home on Cumberland avenue, Fanny C. Bentley Wever, a member of Saranac Chapter and descendant of the patriot and pioneer, Capt. John Douglas of Chazy.
    And are they not then nearer, whom we see 
        With eyes no longer blind?  -James Buckham.

 Today In the Champlain Valley History