Hookers, Heroes and Hoodlums: (More Tales of the St. Lawrence Valley Grandpa Never Told You)

(More Tales of the St. Lawrence Valley Grandpa Never Told You)Forget what Grandp told you, the "good old days," 125 years ago were not what you think. Ogdensburg and the St. Lawrence Valley was filled with prostitutes, hoodlums and heroes. Who ever told you history was boring, never knew muc h about Ogdensburg's Gilded and Victorian era.Hookers- Fear The Fallen Frenchwoman’s Fury- 1892-99 Ogdensburg - A ‘Mecca For Moral Outcasts’- Phoney Moral Outrage Leads To Maple City War On Brothels- “A Guide to Houses No Real Gentleman Would Dare Frequent”- In 1892, Ogdensburg Elects A Prohibition Mayor- Ogdensburg’s Crusade Against “Gutter Nymphs,” “Sisters of Sin”- Ogdensburg’s Top Madame Takes City To Supreme Court- The War Of The Madames: The Queen Faces Betrayal- Disorderly Character - City Cleaning Up, LaBarr Must GoHeroes- Ogdensburg’s U.S. Marshall Dake Crawley: Wyatt Earp’s boss- Ogdensburg’s Henry Pope Assassinated By Ku Klux Klan- Isaac Johnson: Ogdensburg Civil War Veteran Escaped Slavery- In 1917, Leo H. Luksich of Ogdensburg Protected His Nation’s Flag- County Clerk Benjamin Baldwin Risked His Career For Irish- Dr. Socrates Norton Sherman Battled Plague in Ogdensburg- A. Barton Hepburn Never Forgot His Roots- Canada’s Most Wanted Caught by City Police Chief McGlynnHoodlums- Knock Out Drop’ Murder Shocks Watertown, Ogdensburg- Heroin, Morphine Blamed In 1905 Lisbon Robbery- “Yeggmen,” Professional Safecrackers, Preyed on North Country- Masked Ogdensburg Desperadoes Robbed Gouverneur Train- Middle Age Love Triangle Led To Cowardly Shooting- Sordid Secret Romance Led To Raymondville Poisoning- Love’Em And Leave’Em Maroney’s Shenanigans Blamed On Mayor- Pious Hollow Romantic Shenanigans Shocks Ogdensburg Read more