Glens Falls People and Places

by Gwen Palmer, Stan Malecki, Bob Bayle, et al.

Book Overview

The name Glens Falls went through a series of changes, beginning simply as "the Corners," after a bend in the road from a major military installation in Fort Edward. In the 1700s, it was known as Wing's Falls, and later Pearlville, Pearl Village, and Glenn's Falls; but by the middle of the 1800s, it was determined to be Glens Falls, one of the wealthiest villages in the state. It was the people who settled in the town that helped to shape it. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738562955
• ISBN13: 9780738562957
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"