March 5, 2026
Tag: Gouveneur
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It’s Old Home Week!
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Small towns in New England and the Mid-Atlantic lost population as westward migration and the lure of factory work drew young people away. Old Home Week attempted to lure them back.
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November 20, 2025 5 Comments
Twenty-eight-year-old Howard Dearing Johnson assumed operations of a drug-store soda shop in 1925 and sold ice cream, by 1950 he owned hundreds of restaurants. Postcards tell the story of a true American success story.