Stalking the Elusive Fountain

Gossips is on the trail of the Hudson-Fulton Fountain, a gift from the Daughters of the American Revolution, which was erected in Washington Park, in front of the courthouse, to commemorate the blowout Hudson-Fulton Celebration and was unveiled and dedicated with great ceremony on October 7, 1909.

In the search to discover what happened to the fountain, Gossips consulted Pat Fenoff, the city historian, who provided this cryptic little item that appeared in the local newspaper on May 12, 1910.

Missed the Fountain

When the Supervisors were here for the spring session some of them missed the fountain that stood at the Union street entrance to Washington Park. "I told the Chairman to meet me at the fountain," said one of the members. "Well, if you did," said a man who is often seen about the Court House, "you will find him in the bar."

Seven months after it was dedicated, where was the fountain?
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