Tag: Wadhams Mills
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Wadhams!
Wadhams? Wadhams! Just up the road from Rosslyn is the village where I lived for almost a decade as a child. Known officially as Wadhams, New York (and once upon a time as Wadhams Mills), this more recent redub communicates the enthusiasm felt by current residents of this riverside village. Wadhams is a bit north…
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Homeport in Wadhams, NY
I’ve come across another historic photograph of Homeport in Wadhams, NY. This wonderful old house a short drive from Rosslyn was my home during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was a wreck when my parents purchased it and a handsome home when they sold it. Today it is the home of Matt Foley,…
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Essex Horse Nail Company and Wadhams Mills
I spied this intriguing artifact in an eBay auction. It’s a canceled envelope for a letter, invoice, something… sent from the Essex Horse Nail Co., Limited in Essex, New York on August 16, 1898 (year cited in eBay auction, though I’m unable to verify) to Mr. D. J. Payne in Wadhams Mills, New York. It’s a somewhat unremarkable artifact,…
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Hickory Hill and Homeport
Rosslyn artifacts continue to emerge, and sometimes they’re not even even Rosslyn artifacts at all but Ross family artifacts. For example, I just discovered this antique postcard of the Ross Mansion (aka Hickory Hill) which was built in the early 1820s by the brother of W.D. Ross, the original owner of Rosslyn. Here’s the description provided…