{"id":6200,"count":1,"description":"Willsboro is a town in Essex County, New York, in the United States, and lies thirty miles south of the city of Plattsburgh. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 2,025. The town is named after early land owner William Gilliland.\nDuring the American Revolution, British troops under John Burgoyne camped on the Bouquet River.\nThe region was first settled by Europeans in 1765 by William Gilliland. Originally called \"Milltown\" by its founder (for the saw mill he located on the falls of the Boquet River, located in the center of the town), it was renamed \"Willsborough\" (subsequently shortened to \"Willsboro\") shortly after the Revolutionary War, in honor of the founder.\nThe town has always had a thriving agricultural and tourism tradition, though the Industrial Revolution made its mark in the community as well. Through much of its history, Willsboro's main employer was a paper mill (which produced the wood pulp used in the making of paper). A blue Limestone quarry was also an...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/willsboro\/","name":"Willsboro","slug":"willsboro","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/6200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=6200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}