Photo: De Kalb Village, circa 1910

Early Settlement Business & Industry Churches & Groups People & Places Schools & Government

These articles offer a closer look at the people, places, organzations and events which shaped the Town of De Kalb and surrounding area. Most of the articles were written by the current Historian, Bryan Thompson, but a number were written by local individuals or publications. The graphics, documents, and photographs that accompany the articles, are part of the historian's archival collection.

EARLY SETTLEMENT IN THE TOWN OF DE KALB, NY Top | Return to the categories.

The First Settlers of De Kalb by Bryan Thompson The First Settlers of Rich's Purchase by Bryan Thompson The First Village: Williamstown by Bryan Thompson In the Words of the Settlers : Readers Theater The Legend of Coopers Falls by Bryan Thompson Who Were the Proprietors? by Bryan Thompson William Cooper's Hotel by Bryan Thompson

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY IN THE DE KALB AREA Top | Return to the categories.

150th Anniversary of Railroading in De Kalb by Bryan Thompson The Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroads by Harold F. Timmerman The Clifton Mines Railroad by Bryan Thompson De Kalb's Own Newspaper: The Richville Recorder by Bryan Thompson A History of the Peat Bogs of De Kalb by Bryan Thompson Ira D. Walrath Store De Kalb Junction by Floyd Walrath Mines, Minerals and Speculation in De Kalb by Bryan Thompson Neighborhood Cheese Factories in De Kalb by Bryan Thompson Osborn Lake Cheese Factory by Bryan Thompson Railroad Memories by P.E. Carney

CHURCHES AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS Top | Return to the categories.

130 Years of Methodism in De Kalb, Watertown Daily Times, 1942 The Abolitionist Movement in De Kalb by Bryan Thompson De Kalb Congregational Church by Bryan Thompson De Kalb Presbyterian Church by Bryan Thompson De Kalb Junction Grange, St. Lawrence County Grange Yearbook, 1938 A History of the Kendrew Grange #891, St. Lawrence County Grange Yearbook, 1938 A History of the Old Richville Baptist Church by Georgiana Wranesh A History of the Richville Grange, St Lawrence Grange Yearbook, 1938 A History of the Richville Methodist Church by Bryan Thompson The Northern Lights Lodge #163 by Bryan Thompson Veterans Organizations in Our Community by Bryan Thompson

PEOPLE, PLACES AND EVENTS IN DE KALB, NY Top | Return to the categories.

De Kalb Cemetery Search by Anne Cady Christmas At Grandma's by by Doris Hadlock De Kalb's Namesake: Baron Jean De Kalb by Bryan Thompson De Kalb's Own General: Thomas Benedict by Bryan Thompson East De Kalb Cemetery by Bryan Thompson The Flu Epidemic of 1918 by Bryan Thompson Foresters Hall, Richville, NY by Doris Hadlock The Gospel and Schools Lots of De Kalb from WDT article, 8/626 The Little Hamlet of Bigelow by Florence Greenhill Bigelow A History of De Kalb during the World’s War by William J. Heckles Oswegatchie River Bridges by Bryan Thompson Union Cemetery in De Kalb by Bryan Thompson War Maneuvers August, 1940 by Bryan Thompson

SCHOOLS AND GOVERNMENT Top | Return to the categories.

Common Schools of De Kalb by Bryan Thompson Bigelow Country School by Doris Jones Hadlock Early School Life In De Kalb Junction by Mabel Sheldon De Kalb Town Government Bicentennial by Bryan Thompson U.S. Post Offices in the Town of De Kalb by Virginia Fischer Whither Goest the Pound Master? by Bryan ThompsoN