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History of Plattsburgh, New York, USA

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Visit Plattsburgh, New York, USA. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1813 - July 31 - British invade Plattsburgh NY
  
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• 1814 - September 11 - Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh
  
  
  
• 1836 - Plattsburgh
  PLATTSBURGH, organised April 4th, 1785; centrally distant N. from New York 319, from Albany 164, and from Plattsburg village 5, miles; surface on the ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1854 - Plattsburg
  Plattsbubq, a post-village in Plattsburg township, and capital of Clinton county, New York, is situated on both sides of the Saranac river, at its...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1862 - Plattsburgh
  PLATTSBURGH was first recognized as a town April 4, 1785. A part of Peru was taken off in 1792, Beekmantown in 1820, Saranac in 1824, and Schuyler...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1880 The first electric light ever seen in Plattsburgh was exhibited with Pullman and Hamilton's circus.
  
  
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  C. H. Foote,
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•  1887 - A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. NITRO-GLYCERINE QUICKLY DEMOLISHES A POWDER FACTORY.
  PLATTSBURG, N. Y., Jan. 11. - The people of this village were startled at 8:45 o'clock this morning by a terrific report followed by long-continued...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1889 Free postal delivery system went into operation in Plattsburgh.
  
  Three centuries in Champlain valley.. Plattsburgh, N. Y. : Saranac chapter, D. A. R., 1909
  
  
• 1895 - Plattsburg
  Plattsburg, a post-town and port of entry, capital of Clinton co., N.Y., in Plattsburg township, at the mouth of the Saranac River, which here enters ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Plattsburgh, N.Y., Hotel Champlain
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• 1906
  Plattsburg, a post-village and port of entry, capital of Clinton co., N.Y., in Plattsburg township (town), at the mouth of the Saranac River, which...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Plattsburgh Barracks, 1907
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  Birds' eye view - Catholic Summer School, 1907
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  Plattsburgh High School, 1907
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  Plattsburgh, N.Y. Depot and Foquet House
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  BUffalo Cottage, Cliff Haven, N.Y.
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  Champlain Valley Hospital
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  Mouth of Saranac River
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  Margaret Street, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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  New High School, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
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  City Hall and MacDonough Memorial
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  Cumberland Hotel and Trinity Park
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  Post Office
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•  1929 - SIX RESCUED IN PLATTSBURG NORMAL FIRE. TEACHER DROPS PUPILS FROM WINDOW TO GROUND.
  Plattsburg, Jan. 26 - Fire believed to have started in the basement as a result of an explosion of an oil burning furnace destroyed Plattsburg Normal ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Hotel Witherill
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  Physician's Hospital
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  Plattsburgh Municipal Bathing Beach
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  Royal Savage Inn
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