Matthew Ballard
Volume 2, Issue 39 This image shows the steamer Arundell approaching Oak Orchard Harbor around 1904 or 1905. Built by the Bell Iron Works at Buffalo in 1879, this iron…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 2, Issue 27 Orleans County boasts a long an impressive lineage of entrepreneurs, inventors, and local celebrities so it should be no surprise that this week’s column features…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 2, Issue 15 Taken around the turn of the century, this image shows the West Carlton Methodist Episcopal Church more commonly referred to as the Kuckville Methodist Church. The…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 2, Issue 11 Constructed in 1876, the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg trestle over Oak Orchard Creek provided a crossing point for the rail system in its earliest years. This…
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Matthew Ballard
Volume 2, Issue 3 This image, taken the morning after the accident occurred, shows the crowds gathered at the wreckage of the Steamboat Express. Nearby residents assisted in pulling corpses…
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Matthew Ballard
Old-Time Orleans, Vol. 1, Issue 31 This image shows the old “Two Bridges Hotel” located in Carlton near the Oak Orchard River and Marsh Creek. Residents of the area may…
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