The History of Waterford, NY
This is a 1957 privately-published book by
Waterford Historian, Col. Sydney E. Hammersley (Ord. Ret.).
Published by Theo, Gaus’ Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 57-7758
Contents
Hard copies of this book are available to view with an appointment to the O’Connor Research Library & Archive. Museum copies of this book are NOT available for loan or purchase.
Chapter One: Waterford’s Nativity, Population And Characteristics, 1720 – 1959
Chapter Two: The Geology Of Waterford
Chapter 5: Waterford, It’s Beginnings
Chapter 6: When Waterford Was Halfmoon
Chapter 7: Waterford On The War Path
Chapter 8: Ethan Allen Speeds The Revolution
Chapter 9: The Revolution Comes To Halfmoon
Chapter 10: Waterford’s First Rural Life
Chapter 11: Waterford’s Village Site Purchased, 1784
Chapter 12: The Stagecoaches, Turnpikes, Taverns And Packets
Chapter 13: Hudson River Sloop Trade, Waterford And Lansingburg
Chapter 15: The Colonial Ferries, 1642 To 1866
Chapter 17: Our First Champlain Canal
Chapter 19: Waterford’s Railroads
Chapter 20: Economic Growth Of Our Community
Chapter 21: Waterford’s Education And It’s Schools
Chapter 22: Slavery In Waterford
Chapter 23: The Churches Of Waterford
Chapter 24: Early And Noted Waterfordians
Chapter 25: The Fine Arts And Societies In Waterford
Chapter 28: Police Protection And Incidents
Chapter 29: Observance Of Centennial Anniversary of 1776
Chapter 30: Waterford Type Architecture And Old Homes
Chapter 32: Horse Cars, The Trolleys, And Our First Electricity
Chapter 33: Waterford Newspapers
Chapter 34: The Spanish-American War
Chapter 35: The Cemetery Pond Bridge And The Wise Elephant
Chapter 36: Waterford’s Water System
Chapter 37: Waterford’s Fire Department
Chapter 38: Waterford’s Rural Cemetery
Chapter 39: Sports And Amusements
Chapter 40: Waterfordians I Have Known
Chapter 41: 1771 – A Waterfordian, The First White Man At Saratoga Springs
Chapter 42: Village Living Nearly A Century Apart – 1791 And 1888
Chapter 43: 1850 – Waterford Customs And Events
Chapter 46: Waterford’s Fires, Floods, And Storms