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Founded at the turn of the 19th century along the Schroon River
where a 70-foot-drop in 3 miles offered opportunity for three
dams. Tanneries, sawmills, grist mills, a woolen mill and, later,
shirt and pants manufacture, provided hundreds of jobs. At the
turn of the 20th century the town boasted of municipal water and
sewer systems, and even electric streetlights. It was among the
first towns in the area to offer a free high school education to
all residents when the Warrensburgh Academy was converted, by
popular vote in 1888, to the Union Free School. A trolley line
provided cheap access to towns and cities to the south, and the
populace and industry was soon serviced by a major railroad line,
the Delaware & Hudson. You can learn all about it the Warrensburgh
Museum of Local History, with its two 72-foot long murals.
Among its native sons
was Floyd Bennett, the pilot
who flew Commander
Byrd to the North Pole, who
was awarded the Medal of
Honor, the nation’s highest
military award. U. S. Congressman
Louis Emerson
was born and bred in Warrensburg,
as was his brother,
NY State Senator James
Emerson, a long-term and
influential legislator who
helped create the New York
State highway system in the
early part of the 20th century.
Warrensburg has always been hospitable to travelers and visitors
from its earliest days when numerous hotels lined its streets.
Vacationers seeking a respite from hot cities found Warrensburg
quiet bucolic ways and mountain scenery a tonic from hectic lives.
Warrensburg continues that tradition, with several bed-and-breakfasts,
from elegant Victorian to charming farmhouses and lodges,
dude ranches and several motels
and campgrounds. Fine gourmet
dining in historic buildings, and
hometown cooking in traditional
diner settings draw visitors from
far and wide.
Warrensburg is easily accessed
via Interstate I-87 (Adirondack
Northway Exit 23) or by public
transit: Adirondack Trailways
buses stop several times daily in
W a r -
r e n s -
burg and
Amtrak
has train
service
to Fort Edward, where private arrangements
can be made to Warrensburg. Local
taxi service is available.
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