Slate Valley Museum (Granville, NY) – July 2013

 I know you’ve seen this standard opening before.  But I just have to note that some of these pictures were posted originally with the travel blog write-up (original link below).  Now instead of a select few, I’m sharing just about all the pictures.  Please be sure to visit the original blog link for more details of the original visit.

 This was a good example of checking out something off the beaten path, as it turned out to be a pretty interesting find.  I liked the place from the geology aspect.  It was just as interesting to see not only how the slate in the area was mined, but how it was used as well.  This was good way to spend an hour or so.

 

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Places Around Whitehall (Whitehall, NY) – July 2013

 I know you’ve seen this standard opening before.  But I just have to note that some of these pictures were posted originally with the travel blog write-up (original link below).  Now instead of a select few, I’m sharing just about all the pictures.  Please be sure to visit the original blog link for more details of the original visit.

The original blog didn’t go into much detail about the town of Whitehall, and there’ll be a little more here.  The Champlain Canal goes through here, which was once the industrial link of the town to the outside world.  The ancestral home of the person who founded the settlement was known as Skeene Manor today, and overlooks the area from a hill.  Plus there’s the hull of the U.S.S. Ticonderoga which was sunk in 1814.  And there’s a lot local lore about Bigfoot being in the area.  My love of cryptozoology aside, it was probably some unwashed unshaven mountain men who stumbled upon some local drunks.  Not sure if the Bigfoot lore predates the European settlers.

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Skenesborough Museum (Whitehall, NY) – July 2013

 I know you’ve seen this standard opening before.  But I just have to note that some of these pictures were posted originally with the travel blog write-up (original link below).  Now instead of a select few, I’m sharing just about all the pictures.  Please be sure to visit the original blog link for more details of the original visit.

 Again, as the original blog post gave all the details, I’ll refer you to that.  The entire bevy of photos not only includes random places around Whitehall, but the Skenesborough Museum which was full of a lot of local history.  No matter where you, or where you visit, always check out the local history museum.  You never know what you’ll find.

 

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