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Montgomery County

Laddie Sanford: Polo Star & Carpet Mill Owner (Podcast)

January 28, 2022 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene discuss several stories from Bob’s newspaper columns in the Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder including a look at the life of Laddie Sanford. Laddie Sanford was a polo star, race horse owner and on the board of directors of Bigelow Sanford in 1955 when the carpet company left Amsterdam, Montgomery County, NY. [Read more…] about Laddie Sanford: Polo Star & Carpet Mill Owner (Podcast)

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Amsterdam, Horses, Industrial History, Montgomery County, Podcasts, Sports History

Amsterdam’s Arts: Visual Artists, Actors & Singers

January 21, 2022 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Jerry Snyder of Historic Amsterdam League has stories from a new booklet called Amsterdam’s Arts, focusing on visual artists, actors, singers and more with ties to Amsterdam, New York. [Read more…] about Amsterdam’s Arts: Visual Artists, Actors & Singers

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Art History, Books, Montgomery County, Performing Arts, Podcasts

Palatines in the Mohawk Valley: 300 Years of History

January 18, 2022 by Ginny Rogers 3 Comments

Palatine settlementThe earliest European settlers in the Mohawk Valley came from what is now southwestern Germany. Under near constant threat of destruction, whether from multiple wars, invasions, or the plague, in the near hundred years leading up to the 18th century, the southwest German population experienced extreme hardship.

In some cases, entire towns and villages were wiped out. Commercial crops in the vineyards either failed or were destroyed. Invading French armies added to the hardship by burdening residents with housing and supporting soldiers, albeit with scant family resources, forcing many German homeowners to flee. [Read more…] about Palatines in the Mohawk Valley: 300 Years of History

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Fort Herkimer, Fort Hunter, French And Indian War, French History, Haudenosaunee, Mohawk Valley, Montgomery County, Oneida, Palatines, Queen Ann, Religious History, Schoharie County, West Canada Creek

Crossing Schoharie Creek: Erie Canal Stories from David Brooks (Podcast)

October 29, 2021 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, David Brooks of Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter, NY, explains how Erie Canal boats were able to cross the fast-flowing Schoharie Creek. [Read more…] about Crossing Schoharie Creek: Erie Canal Stories from David Brooks (Podcast)

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Erie Canal, Fort Hunter, Montgomery County, Podcasts, Schoharie Crossing SHS, Transportation History

Albany’s Ira Harris: From Rights Advocate to Lincoln’s Assassination

September 27, 2021 by Peter Hess 2 Comments

Ira HarrisIra Harris was born at Charleston, Montgomery County, NY on May 31st, 1802 to Fredrick Waterman Harris and Lucy Hamilton. When he was six years old, his family moved to Preble, NY where his father became one of the largest landowners in Cortland County.

Harris attended Homer Academy and graduated from Union College in 1824. He studied law for one year in Homer, New York and then moved to Albany where he assisted one of that city’s most highly regarded jurists, Ambrose Spencer. [Read more…] about Albany’s Ira Harris: From Rights Advocate to Lincoln’s Assassination

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: 1846 NYS Constitution, Abe Lincoln, Albany, Albany County, Albany Law School, Albany Med, Albany Rural Cemetery, Anti-Rent War, Cortland County, Crime and Justice, Horace Greeley, Legal History, Medical History, Montgomery County, Political History, politics, Supreme Court, Temperance, Union College, Vassar College, William Seward, womens history

St. Johnsville’s Lion in Love Sculpture: A Piece of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Upstate

August 18, 2021 by Bill Orzell Leave a Comment

George C. Boldt courtesy Library of CongressThe Margaret Reaney Memorial Library is a fixture in the Erie Canal-side community of St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, NY. The Library contains a museum which features a wide array of art in a very fine collection.

An outdoor sculpture display in the north garden is listed in the Library’s catalog as “Nude Female and Lion” by Roland Hinton Perry. The bronze was cast in 1898 by Jno. Williams, Inc. foundry which was located on West 26th Street in Manhattan. [Read more…] about St. Johnsville’s Lion in Love Sculpture: A Piece of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Upstate

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: art, Art History, Libraries, Montgomery County, New York City, sculpture, St. Johnsville, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Ann Maria Schram: Volunteer Civil War Nurse

July 16, 2021 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoAnn Maria Bullock Schram of Amsterdam, was a volunteer nurse in the American Civil War, treating patients at a makeshift hospital in Maryland. This week on The Historians Podcast, Montgomery County NY historian Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar discusses her research on Schram’s life. [Read more…] about Ann Maria Schram: Volunteer Civil War Nurse

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Civil War, Military History, Montgomery County, Podcasts

Growing Up in Amsterdam, NY, in the 1950s

January 22, 2021 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, David Pietrusza discusses his memoir Too Long Ago: A Childhood Memory, A Vanished World about his Amsterdam, NY, roots. Pietrusza is a historian who has written books about presidential elections and other topics. He and podcast host Bob Cudmore were raised in the Reid Hill section of Amsterdam, a primarily Polish-American neighborhood in the 1950s. [Read more…] about Growing Up in Amsterdam, NY, in the 1950s

Filed Under: Books, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Amsterdam, Immigration, Montgomery County, Podcasts

Virtual Coffee with a State Historian November 13th

November 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Montgomery County Department of History and ArchivesThe Montgomery County Department of History & Archives has announced “Coffee with a Historian” with New York State Historian Devin Lander, a free virtual event set for Friday, November 13th. [Read more…] about Virtual Coffee with a State Historian November 13th

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Montgomery County

Mohawk Valley History Stories Podcast

January 31, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Bob Cudmore reads three stories from an audio tour compiled by Montgomery County historian Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar: the Palatine Church, Charleston’s forests and the St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine. Also the story of Amsterdam drama coach Bert DeRose and from the archives, historian David Pietrusza on the last years of Teddy Roosevelt. [Read more…] about Mohawk Valley History Stories Podcast

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Mohawk Valley, Montgomery County, Palatines, Podcasts, Theodore Roosevelt

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