Late 1700’s to mid 1800’s Originally part of the Sacandaga Land Patent of 1741. The area was locally known as “Old Ford” and renamed Sacandaga. Northville got it’s name from being the farthest settlement north in Fulton County in 1827. Incorporated in 1873, Northville’s village base was surrounded by the following settlements: Parkville, Hope Valley, [...]

In the early 1800’s timber that had been harvested from the woods during the long winter would be piled along the shores of the Sacandaga River. The history of logging is rich in the area surrounding the Sacandaga River and the labor involved was enormous. Each tree was cut by a two man team with [...]

What is a landmark? Sounds like a silly question; but one a child might ask. The dictionary definition is: the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape. It can also be an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend. Early in [...]

The Sacandaga Valley history of industry is extensive. This will only touch upon the other industries besides logging in the area. It’s interesting that it is noted among references that even as the main industry of logging diminished in the late 1800’s ; the valley continued to grow. This wasn’t the case in many other [...]

Batchellerville resident Wellington E. Gordon recounts, with much detail, a 13 day foray in the foothills in 1887. Among the members of this hunting party were: Charles Batcheller Wallingford, Vermont, F.F. Noyes Bellport, Long Island, George Robinson of Ilion NY, and from Athens NY W. M. Whitney and the Rev W.B. Hill. Also hunting guides [...]

Hunting, camping, and fishing drew, and still does draw, many people from out of the area The great Vly was a wetland on the Sacandaga River that covered 13,000 acres and provided a great deal of sustenance to deer and many other animals. Some people made a livelihood of trapping fox, raccoon , muskrat, martin, [...]

Year round these noble creatures provided hard work, pleasure, and entertainment. Winter posed all kinds of transportation problems. Along with too much snow, or lack of snow. Ice would form after the snow was rolled with wooden rollers wide enough to pack the snow, hampering a horses footing. Spring and Fall would create ruts and [...]

Sport Island was a natural land formation that existed in the Sacandaga River before the man made flood of 1930 which created the Great Sacandaga Lake. Sport Islands location would have been directly east of the present Sport Island Pub. The sixty acre island split the Sacandaga River into two smaller waterways, which rejoined to [...]

In April of 1900 the reference below tells of preparations for the 4th of July in Sacandaga park. Although it was four months before the holiday would be celebrated; careful planning went into every season year round to insure visitors would have an enjoyable day. The park was growing rapidly and the railroad never spared [...]

Found this article while surfing - Thought you might enjoy it! http://shawn-m-tomlinson.suite101.com/flooding-of-sacandaga-valley-a69822 People Living and Dead Were Displaced by Engineering Feat The Great Sacandaga Lake is dammed. - Hudson River-Black River Regulating District "They put the old valley to sleep," one worker claimed during the transformation of the Sacandaga River Valley into the Great Sacandaga [...]