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WATERTOWN — Learn more about the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad in Tug Hill and the North Country by joining the Tug Hill Commission for a new historical three-part
WATERTOWN â Learn more about the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad in Tug Hill and the North Country by joining the Tug Hill Commission for a new historical three-part webinar series.
Several 19th century abolitionists with land on Tug Hill and the North Country worked to free enslaved people by providing them safe passage north, fighting for their legal rights, and offering them land to till. The North Country was an important part of the trek north on the Underground Railroad with several sites serving as stations for rest and safety. In the first half of the 19th century a settlement was created to provide land to formerly enslaved people so that they could own land and, ideally, gain the right to vote as landowners. Much of this history is hidden in archives and on the land itself.
Founders Hall, Saint Michael s College, 1907 April marks the official start of crane season not the spindly legged water birds but the long-necked construction equipment. Drivers passing Saint Michael s College in Colchester may have noticed the flock that recently took up residence inside a chain-link fence that now surrounds Founders Hall, the brick behemoth at the corner of Route 15 and Lime Kiln Road. What s going down on SMC s campus? Short answer: the college s oldest building. After nearly a decade of discussion and more than a year of permitting delays, St. Mike s has finally begun the monthslong process of tearing down its original home.