Crescent Historical Marker

@ Crescent, New York.

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carljohnson says:

Methinks there's a little bit of retroactive wishful thinking in that marker.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

True. They might have slipped into hyperbole when they wrote this sign.

I noticed that the Halfmoon-Crescent areais definitely a crossroads for Canadian Geese -- especially at the nearby landfill. Things seem to be getting a little out of control!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Ohlhous says:

Excuse Me?!?...

Crescent:

Before the 1822 digging for the Erie Canal in Crescent it was a pretty sleepy little town with a few houses and mills on the Stenna Kill. After that farmers shipped hay, grain, produce and ice on the canal. There were brickyards shipping bricks, and molding sand was sent to foundries. A financier named Al Noxon built a block of stores, a hotel, a paint shop, the Crescent Iron Foundry, and the Farmers Bank of Saratoga County. In 1847 Crescent had its own newspaper, The Crescent Eagle, and the Halfmoon Bridge Company opened a toll road across the river on the east side of the aqueduct. By 1870 Crescent had a drug store, dry goods, meat market, grocery, shoemaker, harness maker, two hotels, and a physician/surgeon. There was also a dry dock to build and repair canal boats. Other nearby industries were a sawmill, gristmill, iron foundry, malt house, grain elevator and feed mill, plaster lime & cement company, brickyards and a molding sand dealer.

CRESCENT
Named from Crescent Shape
of Mohawk River at this point.
Site of Indian Carry from
Mohawk River to Hudson River.
Site of Old Crescent Bridge .

There is an article I wrote about the Crescent Bridge, found HERE .

pheww
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

chocolatepoint says:

Uh oh. I think that we've been busted, CJ! LOL.

In my defense, let me say that the hyperbole I was referring to was with respect to the phrase "since the revolution" -- the emphasis on the word "since." This lovely area (I wouldn't mind living here at all) may have once been a major crossing and a big deal, but that time has come and gone.

Still, I appreciate the no doubt excellent write-up, Howard, which I will carefully read and memorize tomorrow when I'm wide awake. :))
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

carljohnson says:

All apologies to Crescent!
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