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Topic: General / Ballston Spa, New York history articles

I will soon be one of the authors writing items for the "History Lesson" column in the Ballston Spa Life weekly newspaper.
Submitted by David Fiske, February 6, 2010, 11:08 am

My article, on former slave Fleming Mickens, was published February 14, 2010.
saratogian.com/articles/2010/02/14/bspalife/doc4b7563a766985619577035.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on February 14, 2010, 9:33 am ET

My article on the old chocolate factory in Ballston Spa was published on Easter Sunday:
saratogian.com/articles/2010/04/05/bspalife/doc4bb5ede48a047951692202.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on April 5, 2010, 12:13 pm ET

My article on Ballston Spa Civil War veteran, Rowland Harris:
saratogian.com/articles/2010/05/30/bspalife/doc4bffc9fc58b00302275464.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on June 5, 2010, 2:30 pm ET

My article on the death of William Marcy (former Governor, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State) in Ballston Spa:
saratogian.com/articles/2010/07/04/bspalife/doc4c2de88dcb6d9055769613.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on July 5, 2010, 10:00 am ET

My article on the former Shutts estate (now Villa Balsamo restaurant):
saratogian.com/articles/2010/08/19/bspalife/doc4c6d901054ef4394978591.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on August 22, 2010, 10:00 am ET

My article on the Isaiah Blood as an employer, and the tragedies that befell his descendants:
saratogian.com/articles/2010/09/05/bspalife/doc4c80f9fc61431036070416.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on Septmber 9, 2010, 7:00 pm ET

My article on Walter S. West and Fred H. West, two of Ballston Spa's Rich and Famous:
saratogian.com/articles/2010/10/24/bspalife/doc4cc1a65a2f226374352937.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on October 24, 2010, 12:03 pm ET

My article on the Charlton Industrial Farm School (later the Charlton School for Girls):
saratogian.com/articles/2010/12/19/bspalife/doc4d0b6c746f7f3738557530.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on January 28, 2011, 12:30 am ET

My article on One-Legged Billy and the Ballston Drug Company robbery:
saratogian.com/articles/2011/01/30/bspalife/doc4d42d129a27eb778871686.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on January 30, 2011, 12:30 pm ET

My article on the trial of the kidnappers of Solomon Northup in 1841 (Part 1):
saratogian.com/articles/2011/02/13/bspalife/doc4d556b46ee703601177084.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on February 13, 2011, 2:23 pm ET

Trial of the kidnappers of Solomon Northup (Part 2):
saratogian.com/articles/2011/02/20/bspalife/doc4d5e7ea300446711346902.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on February 20, 2011, 10:59 am ET

John S. Hawley, candy manufacturer and founder of the Charlton Industrial Farm School
saratogian.com/articles/2011/04/10/bspalife/doc4d9e2997397c7310981419.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on April 10, 2011, 11:15 am ET

My article on the 'State and National Law School' that operated in Ballston Spa from 1849 to 1852
saratogian.com/articles/2011/05/22/bspalife/doc4dd57a9becc21909140671.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on May 22, 2011, 8:15 pm ET

My article on Revolutionary War soldier Thaddeus Scribner
saratogian.com/articles/2011/05/29/bspalife/doc4dded2d70890a054301501.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on May 30, 2011, 7:41 pm ET

My article on the Clapp Family, and Chester Arthur's marble-playing at their home
saratogian.com/articles/2011/09/11/bspalife/doc4e6a1c09cf236094593709.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on September 15, 2011, 5:24 pm ET

My article about Dr. Ralph B.Post, of Ballston Spa:
saratogian.com/articles/2011/12/04/bspalife/doc4ed7e23b04089510995676.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on December 4, 2011, 10:57 am ET

My article on Alexander Gillespie Baxter, undertaker turned politician and restaurateur:
saratogian.com/articles/2012/05/27/bspalife/doc4fbf8a5dbb067185461233.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on May 27, 2012, 2:27 pm ET

My article on public hangings in Ballston Spa:
saratogian.com/articles/2012/10/28/bspalife/doc50898b1b80d7b464288105.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on October 28, 2012, 11:57 pm ET

Article for Black History Month, on a fearless slave called Nero:
saratogian.com/articles/2013/02/11/bspalife/doc51141e779b34f929688060.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on February 11, 2013, 1:25 pm ET

William J. Parkinson, Civil War soldier, preacher, politician, and farmer:
saratogian.com/articles/2013/05/27/bspalife/doc519fc42b28030790407888.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Submitted by David Fiske, on May 27, 2013, 4:25 pm ET



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