1760
Rogers, after the severe engagement on the 6th, having
retired to Isle La Motte, landed at the mouth of the Great Chazy river, passed
around Isle Aux Noix attacked and destroyed a small stockade fort below St.
John's returned to the lake with twenty-five prisoners.
1765
Robert Mclane and Eliakim Ayres arrived at the river Boquet with the
raft of boards, having been assisted by Moses Dickson, tailor, who joined us the
7th instant, at Crown Point, at 40s per mo. and to be found. Proceeded in
company with Robert Maclane immediately to the falls, who having carefully
viewed their situation, gave it as his opinion, that several mills might be
erected there with much ease and small expense--which opinion was afterwards
found to be well founded. We then returned to the river's mouth well
satisfied, and having thrown out our fishing seine, we hauled in 60 large fish,
being mostly masquenonge, bass and pickerel.--Gilliland.
1789
Clinton County government organized. Melancton
L. Woolsey administered the oath of office to Judge Charles Platt, who in turn
"swore in" Mr. Woolsey as County Clerk.
1816
There was a heavy fall of snow and sleighing was good from
"the city" (Saxe's Landing) to the five Nations (East Chazy). Seth
Graves came out with his big covered sleigh, drawn by four horses, and with Rev.
Mr. Byington, Deacon Wells, Deacon Ransom and others, reined up to Francis
Chantonette's Inn, in grand style"--Old Chazy.
1898
Died suddenly, at her home on Court Street,
Augusta (wood) Cady, a charter member of Saranac Chapter, D. A. R. and
descendant of Jonathan Wood of Massachusetts, the patriot who marched from
Boxford at the Lexington alarm in Capt. William Perley's company, Col. James
Frye's regiment and served subsequently under the same command.
DEATH.
Strange, how we think of Death,
The angel beloved of God,
With the face like an asphodel flower,
And his feet with nepenthe shod;
Strange, how we turn and flee
When he comes by the sunset way,
Out of the Valley of Rest,
Down through the purpling day:
--Buckham
1905
Dr. George F. Bixby, editor and owner of the
Plattsburgh Republican, laid aside his pen. Since his first
connection (May 24, 1873) with that historic paper, he had proved himself a
worthy successor of a line of able writers, maintaining always a reputation for
reliability, the Historical Department especially furnishing invaluable records
of Champlain valley history. Dr. Bixby was particularly interested in
everything pertaining to the welfare of the Valley and its early history,
spending years in studying and ably defending the claims of Crown Point as the
site of Champlain's first battle with the Iroquois. Bixby's Grotto,
Ausable Chasm, bear his name.
Today
In Champlain Valley History