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The Historians Podcast 2022, organized by Bob Cudmore
Go Fund Me 2022 $1300.00 and brought to pass
On-Line or The U.S. Mail Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 20, 2022 we turn the page to a print story about an engineer with a love of history.
C. Robb DeGraff A native of Utica, DeGraff was born in 1882 and you have seen his work
Wednesday, September 21, 2022- From the Archives-Episode 348-Chris Carola, a veteran Associated Press reporter, is writing a book about Jack Wilpers, who grew up in Saratoga Springs, and the key role Wilpers played in the capture of former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo in 1945.
Thursday, September 22, 2022- Duck and cover in 1950 with instructions for surviving an atomic bomb attack. (Good luck by the way)
Friday, September 23, 2022-Episode 441-Giovanni Ruscitti of Colorado is author of the memoir Cobblestones, Conversations, and Corks: A Son’s Discovery of His Italian Heritage. Ruscitti chronicles the history of his Italian immigrant family and a visit to his ancestral homeland of Abruzzo.
Cobblestones, Conversations and Corks is a passionate and deeply moving story about a father-son relationship; a culture rooted in family, food and wine; and an ancestral small town in Central Italy that was left behind after World War II.
Markers kept prisoners from straying
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History from The Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder
Back in 1840, jail limit markers were established throughout the state including Montgomery County after a ruling from the Court of Common Pleas.
“They were introduced to provide a person who was in jail for a civil action the ability to leave the jail to work, visit family or to carry on other business,” said former Montgomery County Sheriff Michael J. Amato.
Individuals locked up for bad debts, for example, could get a job close to the jail, as long they stayed within the limits of the stone markers. The prisoners left the lockup at sunrise and had to return by sunset. It was a 19th century voluntary version of electronic bracelets for non-violent prisoners.
Amato said county supervisors set the boundaries of the markers, which could not exceed one mile in each direction from the jail. Montgomery County had eight markers. Amato had one of the markers installed near the entrance of the current jail on Route 5S in Fultonville. The marker is still there, according to current Sheriff Jeff Smth.
“The last time the markers were used was about 1913,” Amato said. “I think that we might be one of the only counties with jail limit markers left.”
Amato has done research on the history of local jails. In 1772, Tryon County was created during the British colonial era. Johnstown became the county seat of the sprawling jurisdiction that covered much of Upstate New York west of Albany County. A jail was built in Johnstown that year and the building still stands, although no longer used as a jail.
At the end of the Revolution in 1784, Tryon County was renamed for patriot General Richard Montgomery and in 1836, the county seat was moved to Fonda. There was such an outcry from the people of Johnstown that they were granted their own county, Fulton County, split off from northern Montgomery County in 1837.
By 1838, a jail and courthouse had been built in Fonda at a cost of $30,500. The jail was located where the Department of Public Works facility is today, behind the Old Courthouse.
In 1881, that jail was destroyed by fire. According to a newspaper account, the fire was started at 3 a.m. by inmate Patrick Claffey, described as a “desperate character,” jailed for breaking into a store in St. Johnsville. Sheriff William Scharff was awakened and found it impossible to put out the blaze. The 22 prisoners were safely removed to the courthouse where they were “strongly guarded” until they could be taken to the jail in Johnstown.
A new jail was built in Fonda and occupied in late 1882 at a cost of $40,000. “Although secure, the jail is free from dampness and has plenty of light,” stated an article in the Mohawk Valley Democrat. The state closed that jail because of poor conditions in 1911 and again inmates were sent to Fulton County. In 1913, a jail was built adjacent to the Old Courthouse at a cost of $55,000.
This building was used as a jail until 1997 when it was shut down because of state requirements. Amato recalled a 1996 flood in Fonda helped convince county officials of the wisdom of relocating the county jail from its location near the river in Fonda to the present facility on higher ground in Fultonville. The current jail was built at a cost of $14 million
Among artifacts Amato displayed during a talk years ago was an old set of jail keys and a sharp wooden letter opener carved by an inmate in the 1920s, a recreational pastime that would be frowned upon today.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Monday, September 19, 2022
Showers and thunderstorms are expected today,
especially in the afternoon and evening hours, along with a warm and
humid air mass. Tuesday will be a bit cooler with some lingering
scattered showers. A more robust frontal system will approach
the region Wednesday afternoon and evening, bringing widespread
rain and ushering in much cooler and drier conditions for the
end of the workweek.
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 9am. High near 77. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. West wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Monday, September 19, 2022
Daily Gazette
Racing Around: Matt Sheppard powers to victory in 200-lap Fonda finale, winning $53K
FONDA — Since arriving at Fonda Speedway Thursday, Matt Sheppard’s race team struggled to get his modified dialed in. They…
AROUND THE COUNTY: Westinghouse Jr., inventor of the air brake in 1869, to be celebrated on his 176th
Dealing with statues these days can be a risky business, but in George Westinghouse Jr., Brian Merriam thinks he has…
Sacandaga Valley Arts Network to celebrate 25 years of connecting the arts and the community
When artist Dianne Knapp moved to the Sacandaga Valley a decade ago she was looking for a way to connect…
https://dailygazette.com/
RecorderNews
Plans presented for 2nd Dollar General warehouse on Rte 5S
Amsterdam
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
Make Us A Part Of Your Day
https://www.leaderherald.com/
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By Bob CudmoreThe Historians Podcast 2022, organized by Bob Cudmore
Go Fund Me 2022 $1300.00 and brought to pass
On-Line or The U.S. Mail Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, September 20, 2022 we turn the page to a print story about an engineer with a love of history.
C. Robb DeGraff A native of Utica, DeGraff was born in 1882 and you have seen his work
Wednesday, September 21, 2022- From the Archives-Episode 348-Chris Carola, a veteran Associated Press reporter, is writing a book about Jack Wilpers, who grew up in Saratoga Springs, and the key role Wilpers played in the capture of former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo in 1945.
Thursday, September 22, 2022- Duck and cover in 1950 with instructions for surviving an atomic bomb attack. (Good luck by the way)
Friday, September 23, 2022-Episode 441-Giovanni Ruscitti of Colorado is author of the memoir Cobblestones, Conversations, and Corks: A Son’s Discovery of His Italian Heritage. Ruscitti chronicles the history of his Italian immigrant family and a visit to his ancestral homeland of Abruzzo.
Cobblestones, Conversations and Corks is a passionate and deeply moving story about a father-son relationship; a culture rooted in family, food and wine; and an ancestral small town in Central Italy that was left behind after World War II.
Markers kept prisoners from straying
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History from The Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder
Back in 1840, jail limit markers were established throughout the state including Montgomery County after a ruling from the Court of Common Pleas.
“They were introduced to provide a person who was in jail for a civil action the ability to leave the jail to work, visit family or to carry on other business,” said former Montgomery County Sheriff Michael J. Amato.
Individuals locked up for bad debts, for example, could get a job close to the jail, as long they stayed within the limits of the stone markers. The prisoners left the lockup at sunrise and had to return by sunset. It was a 19th century voluntary version of electronic bracelets for non-violent prisoners.
Amato said county supervisors set the boundaries of the markers, which could not exceed one mile in each direction from the jail. Montgomery County had eight markers. Amato had one of the markers installed near the entrance of the current jail on Route 5S in Fultonville. The marker is still there, according to current Sheriff Jeff Smth.
“The last time the markers were used was about 1913,” Amato said. “I think that we might be one of the only counties with jail limit markers left.”
Amato has done research on the history of local jails. In 1772, Tryon County was created during the British colonial era. Johnstown became the county seat of the sprawling jurisdiction that covered much of Upstate New York west of Albany County. A jail was built in Johnstown that year and the building still stands, although no longer used as a jail.
At the end of the Revolution in 1784, Tryon County was renamed for patriot General Richard Montgomery and in 1836, the county seat was moved to Fonda. There was such an outcry from the people of Johnstown that they were granted their own county, Fulton County, split off from northern Montgomery County in 1837.
By 1838, a jail and courthouse had been built in Fonda at a cost of $30,500. The jail was located where the Department of Public Works facility is today, behind the Old Courthouse.
In 1881, that jail was destroyed by fire. According to a newspaper account, the fire was started at 3 a.m. by inmate Patrick Claffey, described as a “desperate character,” jailed for breaking into a store in St. Johnsville. Sheriff William Scharff was awakened and found it impossible to put out the blaze. The 22 prisoners were safely removed to the courthouse where they were “strongly guarded” until they could be taken to the jail in Johnstown.
A new jail was built in Fonda and occupied in late 1882 at a cost of $40,000. “Although secure, the jail is free from dampness and has plenty of light,” stated an article in the Mohawk Valley Democrat. The state closed that jail because of poor conditions in 1911 and again inmates were sent to Fulton County. In 1913, a jail was built adjacent to the Old Courthouse at a cost of $55,000.
This building was used as a jail until 1997 when it was shut down because of state requirements. Amato recalled a 1996 flood in Fonda helped convince county officials of the wisdom of relocating the county jail from its location near the river in Fonda to the present facility on higher ground in Fultonville. The current jail was built at a cost of $14 million
Among artifacts Amato displayed during a talk years ago was an old set of jail keys and a sharp wooden letter opener carved by an inmate in the 1920s, a recreational pastime that would be frowned upon today.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Monday, September 19, 2022
Showers and thunderstorms are expected today,
especially in the afternoon and evening hours, along with a warm and
humid air mass. Tuesday will be a bit cooler with some lingering
scattered showers. A more robust frontal system will approach
the region Wednesday afternoon and evening, bringing widespread
rain and ushering in much cooler and drier conditions for the
end of the workweek.
A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Patchy fog before 9am. High near 77. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. West wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Monday, September 19, 2022
Daily Gazette
Racing Around: Matt Sheppard powers to victory in 200-lap Fonda finale, winning $53K
FONDA — Since arriving at Fonda Speedway Thursday, Matt Sheppard’s race team struggled to get his modified dialed in. They…
AROUND THE COUNTY: Westinghouse Jr., inventor of the air brake in 1869, to be celebrated on his 176th
Dealing with statues these days can be a risky business, but in George Westinghouse Jr., Brian Merriam thinks he has…
Sacandaga Valley Arts Network to celebrate 25 years of connecting the arts and the community
When artist Dianne Knapp moved to the Sacandaga Valley a decade ago she was looking for a way to connect…
https://dailygazette.com/
RecorderNews
Plans presented for 2nd Dollar General warehouse on Rte 5S
Amsterdam
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
Make Us A Part Of Your Day
https://www.leaderherald.com/