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Welcome to my newly redesigned website
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As you may have heard, my server crashed so I was forced to rebuild my website. My old website focused on content not esthetics (some would say "it was ugly, Ken!"). So I took this opportunity to redesign the entire website. Bear with me as I migrate material over to the new format. When you see a set of small images that indicates a photo album. Click on any photo to drill down. All content on the web site is accessed by the menu. You can now also do text search. If you have any questions or comments, please email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Enjoy, Ken 15-Sep-2016
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Grandma Moses on Japanese TV
n Fri 20-Oct -2017, a Japanese TV crew filmed a Grandma Moses scene in Cambridge. This was a reenactment of Louis Caldor discovering Grandma's paintings in the window of Thomas' Drug Store in Hoosick Falls (the role of Thomas' store was played by Round House Cafe in Cambridge because, well, because Cambridge is beautiful)
In the afternoon, the crew interviewed Harry Moses, the last grandson. Harry didn't disappoint. His stories of Grandma were told as only he can with a twinkle in his eye and a smile on his lips.
The Play
** No. 2 Greatest Game ** -- of the 1990s as selected by the Glens Falls Post Star
Cambridge 21, Saranac Lake 20, Nov. 28, 1992, state Class C semifinal at Hudson Falls. This was the game that spawned perhaps the single most amazing play in Glens Falls area history — two-back special pass, simply known as “The Play”– the double-lateral 80-yard touchdown pass that proved to be the decisive score. Quarterback Steve Dearstyne lateraled left to Rob Harrington, who threw another lateral back across the field to Cory Record. Record then launched a bomb down the right sideline to Aaron Peters, who completed the touchdown play with 1:53 left. Josh Woodworth’s PAT gave Cambridge a 21-20 lead. The TD completed the Indians’ rally from a 20-0 second-quarter deficit as they finished a 10-0-1 season with the No. 2 ranking in the state.
The Play (click for video)
Embury Methodist Church
The Embury Methodist Church on East Main Street represented the second oldest Methodist congregation in America until its closing in 2016.. The four PDFs contained herein provide history of Philip Embury and his church.
Mark Twain Visits Cambridge, 1870
Lecture series were a major form of entertainment in the late 1800s. The photo shows Ackley Hall on the south side of West Main Street where Samuel L. Clemens (better known by his pen name, Mark Twain) lectured on 13-Jan-1870 at the age of 34.
Below is a recount of his visit based on the letters he wrote to his fiancé, Olivia (Livy) Langdon. The letters were published by the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. All letters to Livy are signed “Sam’ while letters to others are signed “Mark”.
The following letter was written on 14-Jan1870 from Troy, the next stop on his lecture tour. I have interjected comments from footnotes and from our local history files using the markings “[ed:]”
