2019-20 Southern Adirondacks Guide to the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor

the quests of shoppers. Garage sales abound. The annual World’s
Largest Garage Sale (believe it!) happens the weekend prior to
Columbus Day Weekend.
– The Smoke Eaters Jamboree
is held on the last weekend of
July.. It has been a staple of
the community since 1963.
Come enjoy the fun at the
Town Recreation Field, Library
Ave. 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 were 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-andbreakfasts,
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 Warrensburg 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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