DECEMBER 1 MEETING
Members discussed KHS activities held in 2015 and ideas for 2016.
Basswood trees have been planted next to the Saddlemire Homestead. The native basswood trees provided the wood for the pill-box industry.
Dennis Barber, President of the KHS, brought a gavel and base to our meeting, made from wood with a history. In August 2015 the KHS dedicated an historic marker on Route 146, Toll Gate #3 on the Albany-Schoharie Plank Road. This Plank Road was built in 1849 and the corporation was dissolved in 1867. In the 1970s, The Plankroaders, a Knox civic group, named their group after this Plank Road. The Plankroaders made a gavel and base from wood from the old Plank Road and donated it to the Knox Historical Society when their group disbanded in 2001.
Members discussed KHS activities held in 2015 and ideas for 2016.
Basswood trees have been planted next to the Saddlemire Homestead. The native basswood trees provided the wood for the pill-box industry.
Dennis Barber, President of the KHS, brought a gavel and base to our meeting, made from wood with a history. In August 2015 the KHS dedicated an historic marker on Route 146, Toll Gate #3 on the Albany-Schoharie Plank Road. This Plank Road was built in 1849 and the corporation was dissolved in 1867. In the 1970s, The Plankroaders, a Knox civic group, named their group after this Plank Road. The Plankroaders made a gavel and base from wood from the old Plank Road and donated it to the Knox Historical Society when their group disbanded in 2001.
Hinged-frame tintype of William J. Smith and Medal - Grand Army of the Republic 1861-1866 Veteran.
WINTER 2015-2016
The Knox Historical Society was pleased to receive many items from Mrs. Harold Truax. Her husband's ancestor was William J. Smith, Knox resident, Civil War veteran, and blacksmith.
William J. Smith was born in Knox in 1825. He was a blacksmith and served in the Civil War. Census records of 1870 record him living in the vicinity of Lee's Church on present-day Knox Cave Road.
The Knox Historical Society was pleased to receive many items from Mrs. Harold Truax. Her husband's ancestor was William J. Smith, Knox resident, Civil War veteran, and blacksmith.
William J. Smith was born in Knox in 1825. He was a blacksmith and served in the Civil War. Census records of 1870 record him living in the vicinity of Lee's Church on present-day Knox Cave Road.
Slideshow of items received from Mrs. Truax.
