The Huletts Current

Just a quick notice that the FHHL Board of Trustees meeting will be held:
Saturday, August 28 at 9:00 am in the new Huletts Firehouse.
(The children’s sing-along will be on Saturday at the Gallery - the old firehouse)
After the Trustees meeting, the yearly annual meeting will be held and is open to the public.
So if you’re [...]

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Unfortunately, the oak tree near the Casino could not be saved after it lost a large limb last week.
It was taken down on Wednesday, July 21st.
Here is a short video, with some comments by the men who cut it down, on how old it might have been.

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With Major League Baseball’s All-Star game this week, I thought this was an interesting post to run today.
The one name synonymous with baseball is: Babe Ruth.
“The Great Bambino” grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and when I was in Maryland this past year, it was major news when the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore announced that [...]

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Here’s a PBS News Hour segment on the new version of Mark Twain’s autobiography. Twain specified that his entire autobiography could not be published until 100 years after his death. In so far as he died in 1910, this is the year that it will be released.
This is a book that I’m very much looking [...]

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The Friends of Historic Huletts wants everyone to know that the Gallery 2010 opening will be Saturday, July 10th from 5 -7 pm. Wine & Cheese will be served. Photography by Tom Keating. Good company. Hopefully some time to reflect on the history of Huletts and meet some new members.

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IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws [...]

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I was recently in the Washington County municipal center and hanging on the wall in the county clerk’s office was a picture of the Washington County Board of Supervisors from 1926-1927.
Arthur Wyatt, who was the owner of the Huletts Hotel, was also Town Supervisor of Dresden during that time. So I took a quick snapshot. [...]

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A marble statute of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha in the the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.
June 22, 1980 was the day that Kateri Tekakwitha was beatified by Pope John Paul II, and as such she is referred to as Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha within the Roman Catholic Church.
Who was Kateri [...]

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Ticonderoga Searching for Another Grocery Store
Denton Publications says Ti wants more than Wal-Mart.
Slew Of New Motor Vehicle Fees
WCBSTV tells us that NY is asking for more $ for just about everything.
Supernova Any Day Now?
I came across this interesting post which seems fascinating. Looks like a relatively nearby star is going to blow.
Man Drowns in Lake [...]

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This postcard was sent to me by Sue Foster Ives who found it had been saved all these years by Frances E. Hebert, daughter of Royden Barber. I’ve actually never seen this particular one before.
The house on the lower left appears to be Lazy Day cottage (formerly Stark’s). If you’re unfamiliar with this house, as [...]

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Dr. David Starbuck, has authored a new book, Excavating the Sutlers’ House: Artifacts of the British Armies in Fort Edward and Lake George.
University Press of New England has just published a new book which details the excavations of Dr. David Starbuck and his associates and colleagues.
It focuses on Rogers Island in Fort Edward, and [...]

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Police, Feds Raid Whitehall Business
The Post Star has an interesting story about a local store.
Bald Eagle Now Healthy, Takes Flight
The Adirondack Journal has a heartwarming story here.
Time Travel Possible Says Famed Astrophysicist
Keep you eyes out for time travelers but to understand the theory read here.
NY Giants to Return to Albany? Maybe
The NY Giants issued a [...]

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Pepe Productions, a Glens Falls, NY-based multi-media firm, and Bateaux Below, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that studies Lake George, NY shipwrecks, have released their new DVD documentary: “Wooden Bones: The Sunken Fleet of 1758.” The 58 min. long DVD is the team’s second full-length documentary. The partnership’s first documentary, “The Lost Radeau: North [...]

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