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Amsterdam

Forgotten Mohawk Valley Stories (Podcast)

August 7, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Dan Weaver discusses his latest book containing 60 of his local history columns, most of which first appeared in the Amsterdam Recorder — Between the Cracks: Forgotten Stories of Amsterdam, N.Y. and the Mohawk Valley (2020). [Read more…] about Forgotten Mohawk Valley Stories (Podcast)

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Amsterdam, Books, Mohawk Valley, Podcasts

Kirk Douglas Day in Amsterdam, NY

May 1, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, a look back at movie star Kirk Douglas’s roots in Amsterdam, NY, featuring WGY radio audio from June 1, 1985, Kirk Douglas Day in Amsterdam. Then Governor Mario Cuomo was the featured speaker as a city park was named for the famous actor. [Read more…] about Kirk Douglas Day in Amsterdam, NY

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Podcasts

Henry Hudson and Bethlehem, NY (Podcast)

April 3, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, the guest is Susan Leath, town historian of Bethlehem, NY — did explorer Henry Hudson land there? Plus, WAMC public radio’s Lucas Willard interviews Bob Cudmore on the impact Kirk Douglas had on his hometown, Amsterdam, NY. [Read more…] about Henry Hudson and Bethlehem, NY (Podcast)

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Henry Hudson, Podcasts

Gertrude Sanford Legendre: Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy

March 27, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Kathryn Smith. a journalist from South Carolina, discusses her book Gertie: The Fabulous Life of Gertrude Sanford Legendre, Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy.

Legendre was descended from the Amsterdam, New York, Sanfords who made a fortune in the carpet industry. [Read more…] about Gertrude Sanford Legendre: Heiress, Explorer, Socialite, Spy

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Amsterdam, Books, Military History, Podcasts, World War Two

Musical Highlights Amsterdam History

February 14, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week’s guest on The Historians Podcast is Maria Riccio Bryce who discusses her musical production Home Again which deals with her hometown of Amsterdam, NY. The production can be seen February 21-23 at Amsterdam High School. Proceeds benefit Amsterdam Free Library. [Read more…] about Musical Highlights Amsterdam History

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Music, Podcasts

Amsterdam, the Carpet City, Connects to Czech Republic

June 21, 2019 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast with Bob Cudmore, Czech filmmaker Andrea Culkova discusses her current work-in-progress, The Magic Carpet. The documentary is about a carpet manufacturer in the Czech Republic but Culkova’s research recently took her to Amsterdam, NY, for a video shoot and interviews regarding the years when Amsterdam was called the Carpet City. [Read more…] about Amsterdam, the Carpet City, Connects to Czech Republic

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Podcasts

Theaters, a Journalist and a Prominent Mohawk Valley Doctor

May 31, 2019 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoOn The Historians Podcast, Bob Cudmore has stories from the Mohawk Valley: Amsterdam’s downtown movie theaters, a syndicated journalist from Fonda and a Civil War surgeon who was born in Root, NY. [Read more…] about Theaters, a Journalist and a Prominent Mohawk Valley Doctor

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Mohawk Valley, Podcasts

An 87-Year Old Recalls A Mohawk Valley Life

April 26, 2019 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Richard Ratajak, now 87, looks back on his life as a paper boy in Amsterdam, NY, a soldier in the Korean War, and a priest in training who served summers at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs in Auriesville, NY. Ratajak left the priesthood to marry the woman he loved and held jobs in state government as he gradually lost his eyesight. He worked for the state agency that helped blind people find meaningful work and served on the board of RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind. [Read more…] about An 87-Year Old Recalls A Mohawk Valley Life

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Podcasts

Amsterdam’s North Chuctanunda Creek

January 4, 2019 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoOn this episode of “The Historians” podcast, Jerry Snyder and John Naple discuss the importance of the North Chuctanunda Creek in the economic development of Amsterdam, NY.

Snyder and Historic Amsterdam League made the creek the focus of the League’s 2019 history calendar. Naple is a retired science teacher who leads tours of the creek along a newly created nature trail. [Read more…] about Amsterdam’s North Chuctanunda Creek

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Podcasts

World War One’s End in Montgomery, Fulton Counties

December 14, 2018 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians podcast, Bob Cudmore discusses the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and how the war impacted the Amsterdam, NY area. Another topic: a steam train excursion in upstate New York in 1968. [Read more…] about World War One’s End in Montgomery, Fulton Counties

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Fulton County, Military History, Montgomery County, Podcasts, World War One

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