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NORWOOD, NY Towns of Potsdam & Norfolk, St. Lawrence County RA(C)QUETTE RIVER CORRIDOR PROJECT CLICK ON ANY COMMUNITY FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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The
incorporated Village of Norwood is located within the Town of Potsdam.
From "The
Story of Norwood", historian Susan Lyman wrote "All
of what is now Norwood was once Indian country, a part of a vast
hunting and fishing territory. The Raquette River was full of
fish and the forests full of game. The profusion of Indian pottery,
clay pipes and other artifacts
uncovered on the Dublin Road Haggett farm are certain indication that
an Indian village was once situated on the ridge sloping down to the
river. Local legend calls this village Ka-na-ta-seke, meaning New
Village, and tells of final skirmishes of the French and Indian War
taking place there. However an anthropologist from an area college
dates the village as much earlier."
Norwood has been known as Raquetteville, Racketville,
North Potsdam, and Potsdam Junction. View a 1904 map
of the
Raquette as it flows north from the village. It was changed to Norwood
in
1875
after residents voted to name it after a novel, "Norwood", written by
Henry Ward
Beecher. There was a depot for the Northern Railroad, sawmills, and
many other businesses there near the end of the 19th century. Much of
Norwood's history is preserved in the Susan
C. Lyman
Historical Museum. More history can be found here. The
village is now a quiet residential
community.
The River flows through the village and behind the
dam Norwood Lake was created, where the
Norwood
Regatta
is held each summer. The Norwood
Brass
Firemen were the official band representing the United States at
the Sarajevo Olympics in 1984. 2004 will be the 30th year of the Norwood
Village Green
Concert Series. Norwood, "a nice place to live".
04.20.06