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The 1925 fire in the Kemp house in Ballston Spa NY took 6 lives in one family. In the wake of this tragedy, firefighting changed for the better in Ballston Spa.

Description of Hawkwood Mansion, Ballston NY. Designed to be watched while standing at the remains of the mansion but appropriate for watching otherwise as well.

A recorded and unedited Zoom event entitled "Ghosts in the Ballston NY Area," a series of historical stories about possible ghosts in the Ballston, NY (upstate New York) and surrounding area. Ballston, NY Town Historian Rick Reynolds is the speaker.

The Timba Bah Mining Company of Atlantic City Wyoming mined gold in the 20th century. For a time, my grandfather, Russell Meredith, was its President. This video is the story of the company.

A three minute description of how one caucus site worked in Iowa on February 3, 2020. The author attended this caucus as an observer.

The tragedy of the Kemp fire just outside the village of Ballston Spa, New York in 1925 reverberated all over America, as far away as California. Six dead and one seriously injured in an horrific inferno. But the effects of the event itself may have proven to be just as significant: the purchase of new fire equipment to help prevent tragedies such as these from happening in the future. However,...

Short stories, anecdotes, and history about schools in an upstate New York community. Video includes stories about traditional one room schoolhouses as well as about the Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake School District.

Folklore tells us the possible origins of the names Burnt Hills and Ballston. Watch to see the stories....and more!

Archeological digs at Anchor Diamond Park at Hawkwood uncovered hundreds of artifacts during the summer of 2016. The town of Ballston in Saratoga County, NY welcomed many community volunteers to learn about archeology and do some digging! See all the details of the dig and the history of the site here.