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The Watertown Daily Times is a newspaper published six days a week, Monday through Saturday, in Watertown, New York. It provides coverage of Jefferson County, Lewis County, St. Lawrence County and Oswego County. It was founded in 1861 and is owned by the Johnson family of Watertown.
Following a dispute over National Office finances, the UFU NSW branch (with 6000 members, the largest branch) restarted as an independent union and had won over 85 percent of all NSW paid firefighters by late 2010. [3]
Orville Hungerford (October 29, 1790 – April 6, 1851) was a two-term United States Representative for the 19th District in New York in the mid-19th century. He was also a prominent merchant, banker, industrialist, freemason, philanthropist, and railroad president in Watertown, New York.
Jefferson County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,721. [1] Its county seat is Watertown. [2] The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. [3]
New York State Route 12F is a spur connecting NY 12 in downtown Watertown to New York State Route 180 near the Watertown International Airport in Dexter. Adirondack Trailways serves both Syracuse, to the south, and Potsdam, to the east, on its U.S. Route 11 run. CitiBus also serves Watertown. [62]
Watertown is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 5,913 at the 2020 census. [1] The town is located in the central part of the county and borders the city of Watertown to the south, east, and west. As the city has a population of 24,685, or four times the town's population, references to "Watertown, New York ...
Watertown Incorporated as a Village. [4] [5] First Bank opened. [4] Local Fire Department begins. [4] The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad path, 1889. 1842: Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad built. [6] 1847: First Portable steam engine to be made in the United States made in Watertown. [2] [4] 1849 Safety pin is invented by Walter ...
Woolworth began his retail career at the Smith and Moore Dry Goods Store in Watertown in 1873. It was during his time here that he was given the idea of selling fixed price merchandise, which led him to create his successful chain of five and dime department stores in 1879. The Smith and Moore store later became a member of the Woolworth chain. [3]