Lake Luzerne’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lake Luzerne. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area received its first permanent European settlers around 1770. The town of Lake Luzerne was set off from the town of Queensbury in 1792 as the Town of Fairfield. The town is named after Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne, who guaranteed a personal loan to provide food to American revolutionary troops and who served as a French Minister to the new country.
In 1808, the town changed its name to Luzerne and in 1963 to Lake Luzerne.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Lake Luzerne’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lake Luzerne’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHudson River, Luzerne, by Charles…, c. 1879: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lake Luzerne, decade by decade
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hudson River, Luzerne, by Charles de Rham (Getty 108ZKF) (c. 1879) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via WikidataFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.