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First Baptist Church of Keeseville Original First Baptist Church of Keeseville as it appears today on Liberty Street. The name first given to the "First Baptist Church of Keeseville" was the "Baptist Church of Christ in Peru." It had its beginnings in 1788 on the shore of Lake Champlain in the section now called "Valcour." The founder, Isaac Finch, came to an almost unbroken wilderness just four years after Zephaniah Platt (1784) laid claim by "rights" from the State of New York to Platt's Great Location of 17,983 acres.
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Zephaniah Platt Land Grant Zephaniah Platt Land Grant dated February 7, 1789 and signed by Gov. George Clinton
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Plattsburgh Blockhouse Map of Plattsburgh and it vicinity made for Zephaniah Platt, founder of Plattsburgh. It is decorated with a blockhouse image inset, framed, and created using watercolor.
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1791 First Baptist Church of Keeseville Sign NYS Marker for the Log Cabin Home of Uriah and Betty Palmer. The Baptist Church of Christ in Peru, later renamed First Baptist Church of Keeseville, was constituted in a log house, the occupied by Uriah Palmer (1791) and now owned by Joshua Reynolds. Isaac Finch succeeded in inducing Rev. Solomon Brown of Granville, Washington County to remove to Peru. Its constituted member were: Edward Everett and wife, Kinner Newcomb, Stephen Reynolds, Lucretia Reynolds, Sarah Palmer, Noble Averill, Polly Averill, John Cochran, Isaac Finch, Abigail Finch, John Finch, Sarah Finch, Simeon Barber, Catherine Barber and Urial Palmer.
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Peru Landing Peru Landing, (Port Jackson). Early settlement fanned from the shores of Lake Champlain to the interior of the Adirondacks and Champlain Valley region.
8 April 1801
By the " Reverend Mr. Halsey, Minister of Plattsburgh" Lodema, daughter of John Ransom and his wife Rhoda Pratt, and John Craig a native of Scotland who had settled in Canada, were mar- ried. They made their home on a farm of 500 acres on the lake shore in Peru where John Craig built the first and only dock (Peru landing) between Essex and Cumberland Head. ( Page 43)
2 April 1804
At Peru Landing, died John Craig, Sr., a Scotchman who had first settled in Canada. In 1801, he had married Lodema Ransom, daughter of John of Cumberland Head. Their only child, John Craig, Jr., was then but a few months old. (Page 94).
Source: Three Centuries in Champlain Valley: A Collection of Historical Fact and Incidents" by Tuttle, Maria Jeanette Brookings ; Daughters of the American Revolution, Saranac Chapter (Plattsburgh, N.Y.) 1909 www.archive.org
"Peru Landing was not named until 1829. A map in the possession of Dr. Wm. Ladue (Sr.) of Plattsburgh locates Peru Landing just north of the mouth of the Big AuSable River, and just above a "Sandy Beach" now called AuSable Point. There is a jut of land along there which shows the remains of an old dock. This spot as near as can be ascertained is on the property long called "Straight Property." (Dr. Straight, a dentist of Keeseville was born there.) It is now owned by Stanley Dew, and he has camps called Orchards Camps." (1958). Source: The History of the First Baptist Church of Keeseville, N.Y. 1788-1968, Bibliography, Addendum to the Church Minutes Transcribed by Eleanor A. Spaulding, Church Historian. Peru Town Historian Office Archives
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View Lake Champlain at Peru Landing
View of Lake Champlain at Peru Landing
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SUNY Plattsburgh logo This is a logo for SUNY Plattsburgh
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University of Washington logo This is a logo for the University of Washington
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Memorial Hall Gym-Homecoming 1973 This is a clipping about the homecoming 1973 that happened at the Memorial Hall Gym.
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Giltz Auditorium-Phish Concert This Phish concert in 1991 was housed at the Giltz Auditorium.
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Abbie Hoffman at the Giltz Auditorium This is a clipping about 1960's counterculture figure Abbie Hoffman who visited SUNY Plattsburgh at Giltz Auditorium.
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Field House Concerts-James Taylor This is another example of Field House concerts, this time is James Taylor
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Field House Concerts-Mighty Mighty BossTones This is an example of concerts that have been held at the Field House, this is the Mighty Mighty BossTones
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Live's New CD 1997 This is an article discussing the band Live's CD in 1997.
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Blues Travelers Concert This is a clipping from Cardinal Points newspaper about the Blues Traveler concert in 1998.
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[Untitled]
test memories
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Greg Kie Oral History This is the oral recording of the oral history interview with Plattsburgh native Greg Kie
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Greg Kie Photo This is a current photograph of Gregory Kie
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Memorial Hall Gym 1976 This is an article about Memorial Hall's Gym being a training site for swimming athletes in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
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Monopole Bar in the early 1980s This is a photograph of the Monopole Bar interior in the early 1980s
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Monopole Bar in the late 1970s This is a photograph of the popular Monopole Bar in the late 1970s
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Field House Photograph This is a photograph of the Field House. Another location on campus that has had many memorable events
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Photograph of Memorial Hall This is a photograph of Memorial Hall. Many memorable events occurred in this hall.
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Photograph of Hawkins Hall/Giltz Auditorium This is a photograph of Hawkins Hall
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Donald Woods Article March 1 1990 This is an opinion piece from former SUNY Plattsburgh student Colin McCann. He writes about his experience at the Donald Woods speech. Ed Engelbride is mentioned.