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Halloween in the 1890s

City Notes. […] —A beautiful bird’s-eye view of Lansingburgh has been completed by the Burleigh lithographic company of this city. The map is in three sections, and every house in the village is shown. It is a well-executed piece of… Continue Reading →

“Martial Law in Lansingburgh” (1863)

MARTIAL LAW IN LANSINGBURGH. To our great surprise it has become necessary to declare Martial Law in that dreamy place, that place of repose, Lansingburgh. We are as yet ignorant of any overt act committed by the Burghers of the… Continue Reading →

Proposed retrocession of Batestown (November 15, 1869)

—Some years since [July 1, 1836] the portion of the village of Lansingburgh lying adjacent to the city [i.e. Batestown] was set off from the ‘burgh and annexed to Troy. Last Winter we proposed to take all the villagers into… Continue Reading →

Unification of Albany, Troy, Lansingburgh, Waterford, West Troy, Greenbush, Kenwood and Normanskill (1868)

A BIG THING.—A correspondent of an Albany paper proposes that Albany, Troy, Lansingburgh, Waterford, West Troy, Greenbush, Kenwood, and Normanskill, be consolidated into one “GREAT CITY AND COUNTY.” This would be a very large thing, open to some objections, perhaps,… Continue Reading →

“An ordinance to prevent the destruction or injury of shade and ornamental trees” (1868)

TRUSTEE’S PROCEEDINGS. Regular Meeting, May 25, 1868. Present—Wm. Allin, Jr., President, and Trustees Spicer, Weaver, Lansing, Eddy and Higgins. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. […] Trustee Spicer moved that the following ordinance be accepted after being… Continue Reading →

“Lansingburgh in Summer-The Future” (1868)

Lansingburgh in Summer.—The Future. The number who seek our village to spend the Summer months is annually increasing, and we are happy to say that the accommodations for visitors keep equal pace with the increases. Our hotels were never before… Continue Reading →

“Lansingburgh as Seen by a Stranger” (1869)

Lansingburgh as Seen by a Stranger. [Correspondence of the Lockport Journal.] LANSINGBURGH, March 25, 1869. Adjoining the city of Troy on the north is the village of Lansingburgh, containing some seven thousand inhabitants. The people are largely engaged in brush… Continue Reading →

“Old Houses With Histories” (1914)

Old Houses With Histories. Editor Times: Your recent article on the old houses of Lansingburgh was interesting, but your contributor overlooked two of the most ancient dwellings there, still in excellent preservation. One of the two-story, high roof, brick, high… Continue Reading →

Lansingburgh denied a referendum vote on annexation (1900)

[March 5, 1900] The [New York State Assembly] bill (No. 1214) entitled “An act to annex to the city of Troy certain portions of the towns of North Greenbush, Brunswick and Lansingburgh, including the village of Lansingburgh, and to increase… Continue Reading →

“Village Improvements” (1851)

Village Improvements. It is truly gratifying, during an evening ramble, to see with what rapidity our village is spreading in all directions. Nowhere can you turn your steps where neat and comfortable dwellings, in progress of erection will not meet… Continue Reading →

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