STORIES FROM MALTA'S PAST

In 1977, the Malta Town Historian, Jane Coffman, wrote a series of four articles in order to commemorate the 175^th. anniversary of the founding of Malta. The first told of the separation from the Town of Stillwater and the formation of our Town government. The second article described the early settlement of the Town and identified the founding families. The third article identified the historical markers that had been dedicated up to that time and the fourth described the development of Malta in the nineteenth century.
Paul Perreault
Malta Town Historian

These articles are still the best rendering of the early story of our town.

• The Development of Malta
• The Formation of the Town
• Historical Markers in Malta
• The Settlement of Malta

Ruth Roerig, a lifelong resident of Malta, was Town Historian from 1994 until her death in 2004. She attended school in the Malta District School # 8 at the intersection of East Line Road and Route 67 and wrote affectionately of her teachers and classmates. Ruth wrote Images of America: Malta and The History of Ballston Spa National Bank 1838-1988. In 2002, the Town noted its bicentennial by publishing a booklet and Ruth wrote “The Town of Malta: 1802-2002.”

• Ruth Roerig's Malta Town History

Teri Gay was Town Historian from 2004 until 2009. She researched many of the strong women who played a significant role in Malta's history.

• Moments in Malta's History- KAP 
• Stories from the heart-Mary L. N. Curtis
• Moments in Malta's History-Carol Luther Mackay
• Presentation about Saratoga Lake

Paul Perrault has served as Town Historian since 2009. He may be reached at historian@malta-town.org.

• The Year Without A Summer
• President Grant, Visit To Round Lake
• Thaddeus Kosciuszko
• 1820 Religious Revival in Malta
• Elmer Ellsworth : Son of Malta  
• William H. Manning
• Bertha Denton Snell
• A Piece of Malta in the Nations Attic
• Malta Literary Tradition
• Men from Malta in the War of 1812
• McAlpin and Drummond
• Regatta Week
• The Luther Trio Around the World
• The Northway Comes to Malta
• The Rennselaer and Saratoga Railroad
• The Case of the Missing Eagle
• O’Dea’s Famous Picture of Andersonville Prison

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• Rev. Francis Kelly the “Fighting Chaplain” from Cohoes
• The Role of Rotary in Establishing the Saratoga Battlefield
• Thomas Clement Luther
• Grant Visits Our Area