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  • Malone, NY Manhunt: Becoming a Hero
    Posted on Monday, June 29th, 2015 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: heroes, Malone, Malone NY, manhunt, New York, New York State Police, Prison, Sweat and Matt

    Main Street Malone, NY had been my hometown since 1980. It has a world class golf course headed by PGA president Derrick Sprague, a beautiful ski resort and masses of wilderness. Little else except wonderful people I love to pieces. Few people knew of its existence until the recent manhunt for convicted killers Richard Matt and David …[ read more ]

  • Malone, NY: The Underground Railroad
    Posted on Monday, August 4th, 2014 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Gerrit Smith, Malone NY, North Elba, the Underground Railroad

    The Underground Railroad started off as not an organized group. However, federal law inflicted heavy fines and/or imprisonment. In the South, it could mean death. As with any righteous protest system, such as the freedom rides and anti-segregation marches, the Underground Railroad gained momentum. Neil exploring tunnel Tunnel in basement of the Congregational Church The Underground Railroad …[ read more ]

  • Malone: The Civil War
    Posted on Saturday, July 26th, 2014 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Civil War, Franklin County, Historical Sketches of Franklin County, Malone NY, North Country (New York)

    civil_war_cannon_smoke (Photo credit: Tom Gill. ) Little changed in Malone until the Civil War . At this time, the people became a little less puritanical and a little less amenable to censor from the clergy. Yet their amusements were puritanical by today’s standards: debating societies, bell ringers, concerts, bowling, dances, circuses and minstrel shows. Once the war arrived, changes …[ read more ]

  • Dutch Schultz: A Malone Acquittal
    Posted on Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: bootlegging, Dutch Schultz, Malone NY

    Dutch Schultz Armored Car (Photo credit: www78 ) When he was acquitted on August 1, 1935, the crowd outside the courtroom cheered. Judge Bryant “who was visibly astonished, disappointed and thoroughly exasperated. In fact, he practically ‘lost his cool.’ ‘Your verdict,’ he declared, ‘Is such that it shakes the confidence of law-abiding citizens in integrity and truth. …[ read more ]

  • Bootlegging In Malone
    Posted on Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: bootlegging, Dutch Schultz, Malone NY, Prohibition

    Mary Riley Road–top left, in pink Lost Nation Road–to the right, in blue Bootlegging was not considered a big deal–thus when Dutch Schultz arrived in Malone, NY for his second tax-evasion trial, no one thought of him as a gangster. Grandpa and Dad both made hooch in the barn. English: Dutch Schultz 1935 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) However Malone saw …[ read more ]

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      “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It's the new year, and of course, you've made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

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