19th century Crown Point — New rail station

It was a long-awaited improvement.

“The new station at Crown Point, so long promised by the D. & H. Canal Company, is at last to be a reality. The structure will be larger and more convenient than the present building,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on April 14, 1882.

In other 19th century Crown Point news collected from historic newspaper of the region:

1880

• “The steamer Vermont makes its last trip for the season Oct. 13th,” the Elizabethtown Post & Gazette reported on Oct. 7. “A free ride is to be given from Crown Point to Plattsburgh, stopping at all the intermediate landings. Will leave Crown Point at 7 A.M.”
• “Dr. Kent and J. West have a large quantity of first-class iron ore at their Lake Shore Iron Ore Co.’s mine and are pushing things. Dudley and Dr. Kent are opening another mine,” the Crown Point Centre correspondent reported on Dec. 2. “Black Road iron ore mine is for sale, whole or part. Trimble & Buck have bought an interest in the Rhodes iron ore mine.”

1882

• “The Ironville School, with Miss Mary DeLano as teacher, opened May 1st with thirty pupils in attendance. Only three tardies this week,” the Ironville correspondent reported in the Ticonderoga Sentinel on May 12.
• “The largest train ever drawn on the Crown Point Iron Co.’s railroad came from the mines one day last week. It was made up of fifty-three cars carrying about 285 tons in ore,” the Crown Point correspondent reported in the on May 12.
• “The iron mines are idle again. The separator has broken down,” the Ironville correspondent reported on May 26.
• The correspondent wanted to be certain he was not falling prey to a bogus bovine boast.

“Be patient, Mr. Editor. We are expecting an item before long concerning the champion cow, which we think will be on par with Lewis Selingham’s report,” the Ironville correspondent wrote for the June 16 Ticonderoga Sentinel. “If we fail to report, you may know it will be below par.”

1895

• “William R. Sleight, who has been acting as ticket agent at the (Fort Edward) depot, will leave next week for Crown Point to fill a similar position,” the Fort Edward correspondent reported in The Morning Star of Glens Falls on Sept. 25.
• “It is suggested that Fort Crown Point ought to become the property of the United States or the state of New York. The fort is now owned by W. S. Witherbee of Port Henry, who secured possession of it in order to save it from destruction,” The Morning Star reported on Oct. 10.

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