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PIERCEFIELD, NY Town of Piercefield, St. Lawrence County RA(C)QUETTE RIVER CORRIDOR PROJECT CLICK ON ANY COMMUNITY FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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In
2001 Piercefield celebrated the centennial of the incorporation of the
township including Childwold, Gale, Piercefiled and Conifer. Prior to
that,
back in 1886, Lake Usher, a banker from Potsdam, purchased land in
Piercefield.
By 1892 Mr. Usher had formed the Piercefiled Paper and Mining
Corporation.
The land was cleared and readied for construction of a road for
trucking
of materials to the Mohawk and Malone Railway. In 1897, the Racquette
River
was bridged at Piercefield and linked the community to Tupper Lake. The
logging industry flourished and every year thousands of cords of
pulpwood
were boomed in on the Racquette at Piercefield, awaiting transformation
into paper at the International Paper Company plant there.
The year 1933 brought about lean times for Piercefield when International Paper closed its operations - many families relocated to other International Paper Company sites. In 1946 Charles I. Ruderman, of Gouverneur, bought the entire 80 acre village of Piercefield and planned to make it a community for disabled veterans*.
Today the Piercefield area is known for fishing, snowmobiling, hunting and hiking. Nearby Mount Arab is the last remaining fire tower in St. Lawrence County existing at it's original location. The fire tower and observer's cabin has been restored by the Friends of Mount Arab and a summit interpreter is often on duty during the summer months.
Pictures of the Piercefield area.
*Historical information obtrained from"Celebrating 100 Years: Town of Piercefield's Cookbook and More...".
04.20.06