In 1871 the “end of the line” was just before the pond, known then as Holcomb Pond and before that South Mountain Pond. The “line” was the proposed Sacketts Harbor (Sacket’s) and Saratoga Railroad created by the New York State legislature in 1848. But by 1857 that “line” had been rerouted and renamed to become […]
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Who was Julian Walbridge Rix?
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