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New Netherlanders’ Views of Indigenous People

September 5, 2023 by Peter Hess 3 Comments

First Dutch Church at Albany as it appears in several of the works of James EightsBy 1642, the number of inhabitants of Rensselaerwyck (spelled Rensselaerswijck in Dutch), at the time basically what is now Albany and Rensselaer Counties, had grown and Patroon Kiliaen Van Rensselaer willingly complied with a requirement of the Dutch West India Company to secure a clergyman for a Dutch Church to conduct services for the settlers. [Read more…] about New Netherlanders’ Views of Indigenous People

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Algonquin, Arendt Van Curler, Beverwyck, Cultural History, Dutch History, Fort Nassau, Fort Orange, French History, Haudenosaunee, Hudson River, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Issac Jogues, Mohawk, Mohawk River, Mohican, New Amsterdam, New France, New Netherland, Religious History, Rensselaer County, Rensselaerswijck, Watervliet

$600,000 in Mohawk River Watershed Grants Awarded

September 3, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Paddler on the Erie Canal Mohawk River near Utica$600,000 in grants have been awarded by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to implement the goals and objectives of the Mohawk River Basin Action Agenda 2021-2026. The Action Agenda is a five-year plan advancing efforts to conserve, preserve, and restore the Mohawk River and its watershed and the grants will support local partnerships and initiatives throughout the region. [Read more…] about $600,000 in Mohawk River Watershed Grants Awarded

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Albany County, Caroga, clean water, Colonie, Colonie Mohawk River Park, DEC, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, Fisheries, Fulton County, Gloversville, Grants, Greene County, Herkimer COunty, Invasive Species, Mohawk River, Mohawk River Basin Program, Mohawk Riverkeeper, Montgomery County, New York Folklore Society, Niskayuna, Oneida County, Oneida County Soil and Water Conservation District, Onondaga Environmental Institute, Rotterdam, Schenectady County, Schoharie County, Schoharie River Center, SUNY Cobleskill, Walter Elwood Museum, water quality, wetlands, Whitestown

The Mohawk River’s Eagle Trail: Fort Hunter to Amsterdam

September 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Eagle Trail along the Mohawk RiverThe Eagle Trail is a project of the Friends of Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter, in Montgomery County, NY.

Originally served for the transportation of heavy machinery and equipment for Lock 11 repairs, the Eagle Trail begins at the east end of Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site at the Yankee Hill Lock and proceeds to the southside of the city of Amsterdam, a distance of about three miles. [Read more…] about The Mohawk River’s Eagle Trail: Fort Hunter to Amsterdam

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Amsterdam, bicycling, Fort Hunter, hiking, Mohawk River, Montgomery County, Schoharie Crossing SHS

The French and Indian War: A New York Perspective

August 31, 2023 by Peter Hess Leave a Comment

Miniature of Fort Prince George under attack by French troops (diorama in the Fort Pitt Museum, Pittsburgh)In the early 1750s, the French were establishing trading posts and building forts along western the frontiers of the British colonies. In the fall of 1753, in part to protect his own land claims, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie had sent 22-year-old George Washington (then a militia leader and surveyor) to deliver a letter to Fort Le Boeuf at what is today Waterford in northwest Pennsylvania, demanding they stop.

When Washington returned without success, Dinwiddie sent a small force to build Fort Prince George at the confluence of the Allegheny  and Monongahela Rivers (today Pittsburgh). Soon a larger French force arrived, torn down the small British fort, and began and built Fort Duquesne, named for then Governor-General of New France, Marquis Duquesne. [Read more…] about The French and Indian War: A New York Perspective

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Appalachian Mountains, Battle of Carillon, Battle of Lake George, Canada, Crown Point, Detroit, Edward Braddock, Ephraim Williams, Essex County, Fort Carillon, Fort Duquesne, Fort Edward, Fort Frontenac, Fort Oriskany, Fort Oswego, Fort St. Frederic, Fort Ticonderoga, Fort William Henry, French And Indian War, French History, George Monro, George Washington, Hendrick Theyanoguin, Hudson River, Indigenous History, James Abercromby, James Wolfe, Jean-Armand Dieskau, John Bradstreet, Joseph Blanchard, Joseph Brant, Lake Erie, Lake George, Lord Howe, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Military History, Mohawk, Mohawk River, Montreal, New France, Niagara River, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, Old Fort Johnson, Old Fort Niagara, Oneida Lake, Oswego, Oswego River, Pennsylvania, Philip Schuyler, Pontiac's War, Quebec, Robert Rogers, Rogers' Rangers, Saratoga County, Seneca Nation, Seven Years War, Siege of Fort William Henry, Virginia, Virginia History, Warren County, William Shirley

Archaeological Excavations Underway at Revolutionary Fort Plain

August 8, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Archaeological excavation (courtesy New York State Archaeological Association)Archaeological excavations are underway at Fort Plain Museum on weekends through August 27, 2023 with the goal of seeking archaeological information to help in the reconstruction of ovens and a bakehouse that are believed to once have stood at the Revolutionary War era fort. [Read more…] about Archaeological Excavations Underway at Revolutionary Fort Plain

Filed Under: Events, Food, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: American Revolution, Archaeology, Culinary History, Fort Clyde, Fort Paris, Fort Plain, Fort Plain Museum, Fort Plank, Fort Rensselaer, Fort Willett, Fort Windecker, Military History, Minden, Mohawk River, Montgomery County, New York State Archaeological Association

Genesee Valley Park & The Barge Canal: Roman Arches Over Indian Rivers

August 2, 2023 by Bill Orzell Leave a Comment

a Real Picture Post Card view of pedestrian bridge spanning the NYS Barge Canal in Genesee Valley Park Rochester, New YorkThe partnership of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux pioneered American landscape architecture. Their work in Manhattan’s Central Park, Brooklyn’s Prospect Park and Boston’s Franklin Park set new standards for outdoor spaces which some Upstate New York cities such as Buffalo sought to emulate, albeit on a reduced scale. [Read more…] about Genesee Valley Park & The Barge Canal: Roman Arches Over Indian Rivers

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Architecture, Barge Canal, boating, Calvert Vaux, Engineering History, Frederick Law Olmsted, Genesee River, Genesee Valley Conservancy, Genesee Valley Greenway, Genesee Valley Park, Landscape Architecture, Mohawk River, Monroe County, paddling, Rochester, Transportation History

A Tornado in Schenectady, 1847

June 18, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Tornado at Schenectady from the Cohoes Advertiser August 31, 1847TORNADO AT SCHENECTADY. On Saturday last [August 28, 1847], about four o’clock in the afternoon, Schenectady was visited by a phenomenon unusual in these high latitudes. Gentlemen who witnessed its inception, relate that a heavy storm seemed gathering over the high grounds which bound the city on the East, when suddenly large clouds were seen to rush towards each other from opposite directions with amazing velocity. [Read more…] about A Tornado in Schenectady, 1847

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Nature Tagged With: Erie Canal, Mohawk River, natural disasters, Rexford, Schenectady, Schenectady County, Union College, weather

A Bridge at Vischer Ferry: Some Clifton Park History

April 27, 2023 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Vischer Ferry Bridge ca 1900Before the Northway was built, travelers would gain access to Clifton Park from the south by crossing the Mohawk River at either the Route 9 bridge to Crescent, or the Route 146 bridge to Rexford.  These bridges existed since the early nineteenth century.  Between these two bridges there were three ferries: Dunsbach Ferry, Forts Ferry and Vischer Ferry.  The most logical place for another bridge was at Vischer Ferry.  This would provide direct access into the heart of Clifton Park. [Read more…] about A Bridge at Vischer Ferry: Some Clifton Park History

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Clifton Park, I-87, Mohawk River, Saratoga County, Schenectady County, Transportation History, Vischer Ferry

New York’s Forgotten Aeronaut & Diver: William Warren Rulison

April 24, 2023 by Dave Waite 2 Comments

St. Lawrence Republican August 16, 1882, Ogdensburg Fair AdvertisementWhen seventy-eight-year-old William Rulison passed away in August of 1931, the only newspaper in Upstate New York that carried the news was Cooperstown’s Otsego Farmer. In this obituary, he was noted only as a “pioneer in balloon flying in this part of the country,” and a man who went by the title of Professor. This report of his passing left much untold, and in the material that follows I hope to give a complete account of his full and varied life. [Read more…] about New York’s Forgotten Aeronaut & Diver: William Warren Rulison

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Aviation History, Canajoharie, Circus, Diving, Fourth Lake, German Flatts, Herkimer COunty, Inlet, Jefferson County, Little Falls, Mohawk River, Montgomery County, Shipwrecks, St. Lawrence River, Town of Mohawk, West Canada Creek

The History and Development of Utica Harbor

April 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Aerial View of Utica’s Inner Harbor c. 1940Utica Harbor is a unique feature of the NYS Canal System and was purposely nestled close to Utica’s major textile industries adjacent to the Erie Canal. The Utica Harbor is the only harbor on the Barge Canal with its own lock. It also possesses one of the largest branches leading from the main channel passing through the Mohawk River to its end, only a quarter mile from Utica’s downtown district. [Read more…] about The History and Development of Utica Harbor

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Barge Canal, Erie Canal, Industrial History, Maritime History, Mohawk River, Oneida County, Oneida County History Center, Transportation, Transportation History, Urban History, Utica, Utica Harbor

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