Why Warren County's Highway Office Moved in 1938
Follow the storefront office, 1928 storehouse and building completed in December 1938 through the surviving photographs and captions.
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Warren County, New York
Warren County History
Explore the history of Warren County, New York, through photographs, public records and the places they describe. Start with a topic below to find an article and its supporting documents.
This collection brings together 10 published research articles from the DPW archive project. Choose a subject to browse the records behind it.
Roads, bridges and county buildings
Follow construction photographs and project records, from an office move in 1938 to an airport and a former railroad corridor.
Building Warren County Airport in 1941
Follow the Queensbury airfield from turf to paved runways, with earthwork stages and the limits of the historical budget figures.
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Bertram Murray's Last Bridge at Riverbank
Trace site selection, the 1940 dedication, rebuilding in 1998 and a rededication 60 years after the first, using local historical records.
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The 242-Foot Bridge on the Warren County Bikeway
The Quaker Road crossing links four trail-building phases, including the final downtown section in 2000 and an older railway corridor.
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Lake George and winter weather
Read snowfall and lake-freeze observations with their original dates, measurement limits and disagreements intact.
The 1986 Snowstorm in Warren County's DPW Records
Read the 38-inch January 1986 entry beside monthly and seasonal snowfall totals, with a documented date discrepancy in the old DPW tables.
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Lake George Ice Records: Reading a Century of Freeze Dates
Compare the 2005 DPW ice summary with later LGA observations, including missing dates and the difference between full freeze and partial ice.
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The county fish hatchery
Trace the hatchery's return to county ownership and the records behind a Little Tupper brook trout conservation effort.
How Warren County's Fish Hatchery Returned After Closure
Trace the 1982 county purchase, later pond buildings and a closure-date disagreement between the local timeline and a 1981 Sea Grant table.
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44 Trout and a Second Chance for the Little Tupper Strain
A 2003/2004 DEC report describes a broodstock transfer with state police aviation assistance. Read what the record proves and where it stops.
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Water projects and public river access
Compare wastewater project scopes and follow the documents that established canoe access along local rivers.
Lake George Wastewater Projects: From the DPW Archive to 2022
Compare two archived sewer-project tables with the treatment plant operating in 2022, keeping costs, project scopes and monitoring dates separate.
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How Warren County Built Public Canoe Access
A 2005 Thurman easement authorization had a 2006 expiry. Read the record behind a river-access map without assuming present access rights.
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Continue your research
For county history beyond this collection, start with these local research collections.
- Warren County Historian: local histories, family files and manuscript collections.
- Warren County archival collection: maps, deeds and public works records.
- Warrensburgh Historical Society: exhibits on the community and its industries.
About this history section
These research articles accompany the restored DPW website. Each article identifies its sources and shows its own publication date. Historical records describe conditions at the time they were created; consult the official county website for current services.
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