Articles by 'Richard Palmer'
By Richard F. Palmer
Whatever happened to Theodore Gegoux’s painting of the palatial steamboat St. Lawrence dur...
by: Richard Palmer
It is interesting to note that the rise and fall of the water level of Lake Ontario is not some strange phenomenon that ...
by: Richard Palmer
One of the most notorious bootleggers, on eastern Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River during in the ‘Roa...
by: Richard Palmer
Canadian ship struggled getting in and out of small harbors
Editor”s Note: The TI Life R...
by: Richard Palmer
Not so long ago, but not that many people now living, can recall the time, winter was about as busy as summer, at almost every Lake Ontario
by: Richard Palmer
Ogdensburgh Marine Railway
The reconstructed marine railway was 700 feet long reaching from the engine house, about 3...
by: Richard Palmer
The Early Years
At the confluence of the Oswegatchie and St. Lawrence Rivers, Ogdensburg was a major shipbuilding and...
by: Richard Palmer
Note: This is an account written by the late Robert H. Rogers, telling of his experiences operating the searchlight on t...
by: Richard Palmer
More than 200 years have elapsed since the virgin forest around Sackets Harbor was laid low by an army of axes and saws ...
by: Richard Palmer
Richard F. Palmer is a retired newspaper editor and reporter and well known for his weekly historical columns for the “Oswego Palladium-Times” called "On the Waterfront."
by: Richard Palmer
During the late 19th century, long before today's era of mass electronic media, stories relating to America's past were ...
by: Richard Palmer