Pearl Harbor Remembered
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 ~ a date which will live in infamy ~ the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by...
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tihistory1764
Dec 1, 201616 min
Lake Horicon & Lake Champlain, Part II
Lake Horicon and Lake Champlain was originally published in 1858 and written as a travelogue. Quaint in its writing it does provide the...
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tihistory1764
Nov 28, 20162 min
You Spoke and We Listened
November 30th is Annual Giving Tuesday. We are located in small rural community with limited resources available, especially to an...
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tihistory1764
Nov 25, 201618 min
Lake Horicon & Lake Champlain
In preparing for one of next year’s themed programs here at the Ticonderoga Historical Society ~ “Two-Hundred Years of Steam boating” ~...
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tihistory1764
Nov 6, 20164 min
200 Hundred Years of Postal Service
November 5, 1816 Libbeus Hascall became Ticonderoga’s first Postmaster. November 5, 2016 ~ The Ticonderoga Post Office, with...
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tihistory1764
Oct 15, 20162 min
Roger’s Rangers Digitization Grant Award
Ticonderoga Historical Society Receives Grant for Digitization Project The Ticonderoga Historical Society has been awarded a $10,000...
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tihistory1764
Oct 10, 20167 min
School Days
A few years ago we wrote a two-part article on the history of the Ticonderoga Schools as recorded by George Burroughs. Both of those...
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tihistory1764
Sep 20, 20161 min
President’s Garden Party
For the last several years I have opened my private gardens to the public as a means to support the activities and programs of the...
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tihistory1764
Sep 14, 20161 min
Rogers’ Rangers Flyer
There has been a tremendous response to our FACEBOOK request for assistance in locating our missing historical marker that was located...
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tihistory1764
Sep 12, 20161 min
The Attic – Fall 2016
#Newsletter #TheAttic #TiconderogaHistoricalSocietyNewsletterAttic
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tihistory1764
Sep 11, 20161 min
Searching Through History #1
The Society recently was donated a collection of several photograph albums and scrapbooks from the family of Juanita “Wanny” Varmette who...
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tihistory1764
Aug 28, 20169 min
The Indian Harvest Festival at Ticonderoga
The evenings of late August are sublime in this North Country. Then comes our Indian Festival at Ticonderoga. In the half light between...
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tihistory1764
Aug 21, 201622 min
The Story of Crown Point Iron
Pehr (Peter) Kalm, the Swedish scientist, traveling in America in 1749, went to Canada from the English colonies by way of Lake...
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tihistory1764
Jul 10, 201612 min
Hancock House, an icon of colonial architecture
The Ticonderoga Historical Society for the last forty years has made the Hancock House, located at the Moses Circle, Ticonderoga, NY its...
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tihistory1764
Jul 9, 20162 min
A Birthday Challenge
Our home, the Hancock House, is celebrating its 90th year. We are hosting our own big Birthday Gala, with an open invitation to help us...
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tihistory1764
Jun 11, 20161 min
1920s Vehicles Sought
We are having a Birthday Gala here at the Ticonderoga Historical Society on Saturday, July 16th. It is our 90th Anniversary of the...
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tihistory1764
Jun 5, 20163 min
Do You Believe?
The Ticonderoga Historical Society is celebrating a memorable year. The Society was formed in 1897 to bring national awareness to the...
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tihistory1764
May 29, 20161 min
We Remember
This 2016 Memorial Day we remember our armed forces personnel that have served our country. From the Society’s ~~ Honor Roll ~~ a...
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tihistory1764
May 15, 20169 min
In Service to the Community, Part 2
This Saturday, May 21st, at 10 AM the Ticonderoga Historical Society teams up with Adirondack Architectural Heritage, the historic...
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tihistory1764
May 1, 20165 min
First Flight
Ninety years ago, on 9 May 1926, Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd and Warrant Officer Floyd Bennett, made their mark in aviation...
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