| TOWN OF FORESTPORT HlSTORICAL TIMELINE |
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| 1825 - Erie Canal System Complete |
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| 1836 - Black River Canal System Constructed |
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| 1840 - Irish Settlement Developed |
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| 1869 - Forestport becomes a Township |
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| 1870 - First Town Governmental Body Elected |
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| 1880- Lumbering/Farming/Tourism Booms |
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| 1887 - Rich and Famous visit/some stay |
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| 1889 - Dam built to form Kayuta Lake |
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| 1890 - Waterways used for commerce |
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| 1891 - Fire destroys village |
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| 1892 - Water District being developed |
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| 1893 - Forestport called "Gateway" to the Adirondacks |
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| 1894 - Area described as Tourist Paradise |
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| 1897- First Library built |
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| 1898- Dam breached |
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| 1899 - Fire destroys village a second time |
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| 1900 - 10 area schools established |
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| 1902 - Forests stripped/lumbering slows |
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| 1903 - Town changes to Village form of Government |
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| 1904 - Hydro-Electric plant built on Black River |
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| 1905 - Hydro plant sold to Town of Inlet |
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| 1906 - Fire destroys village a third time |
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| 1913 - Building of railway spurs commerce/tourism |
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| 1915 - Diminished logging firms use rails to ship timber |
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| 1920 - Logging teams replaced by motorized tractors |
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| 1921 - Exodus of lumbering industry and farming |
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| 1922 - Black River Feeder Canal abandoned |
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| 1923 - Auto replaces livery teams for railroad tourists |
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| 1924 - Village of Forestport purchases power from Inlet |
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| 1925 - Development towards North Lake |
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| 1926 - Village tax base erodes |
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| 1929- Erie Canal closed |
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| 1929 - The Great Depression |
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| 1935 - Only 135 voters in the Town |
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| 1936 - Unpaid electric bills cause Village to bankrupt |
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| 1937 - Forestport Village unincorporated - becomes Hamlet |
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| 1937 - State Route 28 bypasses the Hamlet |
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| 1941 - W.W. II brings work for residents out of area |
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| 1942 - Gas rationing slows tourism to area |
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| 1943 - First Woodsmen Field Days held in Town |
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| 1944 - Otter Lake becomes resort area |
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| 1945 - Logs floated on Adirondack waterways for last time |
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| 1949 - Area around Kayuta Lake developed |
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| 1950 - Restoration starts again - Local businessmen attempt to draw |
| business to the area |
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| 1951 - New fishing tackle business developed |
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| 1969 - New elementary school built on Rte. 28 |
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| 1970 - Forestport's Centennial is celebrated |
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| 1977 - General Store opened on O'Brien Road - Forest Food Stop |
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| 1980 - U.S. census shows 1,552 permanent residents in Hamlet |
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| 1981 - Property values increase |
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| 1986 - Site Review Law Adopted |
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| 1988-89 - Water Wells are drilled |
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| 1990 - Pressure tank installed in Irish Settlement with chlorination system |
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| 1990 - Water and Sewer projects undertaken in Village |
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| 1993 - Woodgate Fire Dept. formed - separates from Forestport |
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| 1993-94 - Sewer project completed |
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| 1994 - Cellular One builds town's first cellular tower in Woodgate |
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| 1994 - Woodgate Library adds a new wing to their building |
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| 1995 - New Convenience store built in Otter Lake |
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| 1996 - Otter Lake Fire Dept. completes an addition to their building |
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| 1996 - Bridges on Rte 28 over Black River in Forestport reconstructed |
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| 1996 - New water building and upgrade of Irish Settlement area water system |
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| 1997 - New Fire Hall built in Woodgate |
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| 1997 - New Woodgate Post Office opens - First move since 1925 |
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| 1997 - Snowmobile Shootout first held in Woodgate - part of the |
| Old Forge Snodeo |
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| 1998 - White Otter Fish and Game Club complex is built on Woodgate Drive |
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| 1998 - Community Theatre begins first season in Woodgate |
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| 1998 - Adirondack Railway restores rail service through township |
| from Utica to Old Forge |
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| 1999 - Woodgate Library adds first internet connection to the public |
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| 1999- RADC 1200' tower at North Lake removed |
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| 2000 - Town acquires former North Lake tower site |
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| 2000 - Stone Quarry developers want to open old stone quarry at White Lake |
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| 2002 - "Draft" Master Plan presented to the Town Board |
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| 2003 - Revised "Draft" Master Plan presented to the Town Board |
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2005 - Route 28 Bridge dedicated to PVC. Gregory Huxley, Jr.
2006 - North Country National Scenic Trail opened in Forestport
2006 - First annual Old Forestport Days Celebration held in Forestport
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2007 - Subdivision Law adopted
2007 - Dutch Hill Ballfield receives funding for new
fencing and lighted, electronic scoreboard.
The ballpark's facelift made the local news.
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