Historic Washington County: A Photographic Portrait is a beautiful hard cover book containing over 160 photographs. The decades following the War between the States and through much of the 20th century were a time of invention, achievement and prosperity for many, when people were able to create a better way of life for themselves and their children.
In 1861, when young men were conscripted into the Union army, the county was one of the most prosperous in the entire country. Others worked in mills producing paper, lumber, tools, and equipment By the early 1800s Washington County boasted a population of over 45,000, the third largest in New York State at that time. Most who lived in the small communities which grew up along the waterways were either dairy, sheep, or potato farmers. Women worked in the factories all year round they were seamstresses making shirts, garments and gloves. Men often worked in the fields planting crops in the spring and harvesting their bounty in the fall. The people who came to Washington County were diverse in numerous ways: lifestyles, ethnicity, religion and skills. Although early settlers migrated to the north country before the Revolutionary War, farming and industry did not thrive until the 1840’s when rivers like the Batten Kill, Mettawee, and Champlain canal became vital to trade, transportation, agriculture, and commerce. The title of the book is Historic Washington County: A Photographic Portrait.
The Historic Salem Courthouse Preservation Association is pleased to announce a new revised edition that explores the storied past of Washington County through photographs of what life was like from the 1840s until after World War ll.
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