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Gouverneur, NY
The Town of Gouverneur was formed in 1810 from part of the Town of Oswegatchie. The town economy was based in part on mining marble, talc, and zinc.
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- 1854 - Gouverneur
Gouverneur, a post-township of St. Lawrence county, New York, 26 miles S. W. from Canton. Population, 2783.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1859
GOUVERNEUR, a township in St. Lawrence co., in the state of New York, 181 m. NW of Albany. Pop. 2,538.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859 
February 7, 1861 - The temperature at Gouverneur, NY, bottomed out at -40 degrees, a drop of 70 degrees in one day. Two days later the mercury hit 55 degrees.
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February 7, 1861- 1884 - TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION.
SIX MEN KILLED AND OTHERS INJURED NEAR GOUVERNEUR, N. Y.
GOUVERNEUR, N. Y., May 3. - At 11:30 o'clock this morning a terrible explosion occurred...Read MORE... 
Main Street, looking West, Gouverneur, N.Y.
Postcard- 1894 - Gouverneur
The Town of Gouverneur - Organized in 1810.
THIS town was erected by an act of the Legislature passed April 15, 1810. It comprised the original...Read MORE... - 1895 - Gouverneur
Gouverneur, goover-noor', often pronounced güv'er neer', a post-village of St. Lawrence co., N.Y., in Gouverneur township, on the Oswegatchie River,...Read MORE... 
Main Street
Postcard- 1909 - BRAKEMAN KILLED IN A SMASHUP ON R. W. & O. DIVISION.
ARTHUR SMITH MEETS DEATH AND FIREMAN EDWARD BEALS IS PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT NEAR GOUVERNEUR.
Gouverneur, Nov. 8. - One of...Read MORE... 
Matoon Creek and Bridge, near Gouvernour, N.Y.
Postcard- 1916
Gouverneur, a banking post-village of St. Lawrence co., N.Y., in Gouverneur township (town), on the Oswegatchie River and on the New York Central and ...Read MORE... 
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Postcard- 1930 - October 18 - A big early season lake effect snowburst on the lee shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario produced 47 inches at Gouverneur NY and 48 inches just south of Buffalo.
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October 18, 1930
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Main Street, looking West, Gouverneur, N.Y.
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Matoon Creek and Bridge, near Gouvernour, N.Y.
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1854 - Gouverneur
Gouverneur, a post-township of St. Lawrence county, New York, 26 miles S. W. from Canton. Population, 2783.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1859
GOUVERNEUR, a township in St. Lawrence co., in the state of New York, 181 m. NW of Albany. Pop. 2,538.
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Publisher A. Fullarton, 1859
February 7, 1861 - The temperature at Gouverneur, NY, bottomed out at -40 degrees, a drop of 70 degrees in one day. Two days later the mercury hit 55 degrees.
WeatherForYou.com
February 7, 1861
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1884 - TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION.
SIX MEN KILLED AND OTHERS INJURED NEAR GOUVERNEUR, N. Y.
GOUVERNEUR, N. Y., May 3. - At 11:30 o'clock this morning a terrible explosion occurred... Read MORE...
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1894 - Gouverneur
The Town of Gouverneur - Organized in 1810.
THIS town was erected by an act of the Legislature passed April 15, 1810. It comprised the original... Read MORE...
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1895 - Gouverneur
Gouverneur, goover-noor', often pronounced güv'er neer', a post-village of St. Lawrence co., N.Y., in Gouverneur township, on the Oswegatchie River,... Read MORE...
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1909 - BRAKEMAN KILLED IN A SMASHUP ON R. W. & O. DIVISION.
ARTHUR SMITH MEETS DEATH AND FIREMAN EDWARD BEALS IS PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT NEAR GOUVERNEUR.
Gouverneur, Nov. 8. - One of... Read MORE...
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1916
Gouverneur, a banking post-village of St. Lawrence co., N.Y., in Gouverneur township (town), on the Oswegatchie River and on the New York Central and ... Read MORE...
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1930 - October 18 - A big early season lake effect snowburst on the lee shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario produced 47 inches at Gouverneur NY and 48 inches just south of Buffalo.
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October 18, 1930
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