The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Rouses Point

Sponsored by the Rouses Point and Champlain Historical Society. Transportation Historian Dick Soper will share the history of rail development in Rouses Point which opened Clinton County to new markets and eventually to new tourism and a past we now take for granted. See past photos, then aerial videos of today's rails. The Rouses Point story is second in a 5-part series spanning the period from 1833 to present and including photographs, newspaper articles, aerial videos and information from the large collection of railroad books recently added to the Clinton County Historical Association’s research library. 

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