NUGGET #44 Remington, Frederic (1861-1909), a native of Canton, N.Y., was a noted sculptor, painter and illustrator of the American West. He studied art at Yale and went to the
Nugget #38 Fast, Howard (1914-2003), was a high school dropout who published his first novel before he was 20; by the turn of the 21st Century, had written more than
NUGGET #37 Fayerweather, Frederic (1860-1941), a Ridgefield native and lifelong resident, attended Florida Schoolhouse, taught at Limestone and Ridgebury Schools and went to work for Louis Comfort Tiffany; became expert
NUGGET #35 de Liscinskis, Lenard Samuel, (1922- ), native of Latvia, founded in 1978 Chez Lenard (q.v.), an upscale hot dog stand on Main Street; he and father were involved
NUGGET #33 Dlhy Ridge: Town officials concocted this in the early 1970’s when they were looking for a name for the new municipal golf course, opened in 1974. It is
NUGGET #31 Chekhov, Mikhail Alexandrovich “Michael” (1891-1955), nephew of playwright Anton Chekhov, was native of Russia where, by 21, he was a noted actor; by 1923, a director at the
NUGGET #30 Cassidy, David, (1950-2017), actor and singer, lived at 43 Olmstead Lane from 1995 to 1998; was star of 1970s TV series, The Partridge Family; nominated for an Emmy
NUGGET #29 Burt’s Pond: 1. An 18th and early 19th Century name for Lake Mamanasco; first used in a 1793 deed; Benjamin Burt (1680-1759, the town’s first blacksmith) bought grist
NUGGET #26 Ziegler, Electa Matilda Curtis (1841-1932), a native of Schuylerville, N.Y., was an heiress who owned Hawley Cottage/Ashton Croft (now Wesley Hall, part of Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist
NUGGET #25 Wyden, Peter (1923-1998), a journalist and author, wrote 15 books that examined such major 20th Century events and issues as the Holocaust, the atomic bomb, the Berlin Wall,