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Medical Practice in 19th Century Schenectady

November 7, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Joseph Lister calls for an antiseptic spray prior to surgeryVery little is documented about medicine in Schenectady County during the 19th century. There are few hospital records to review; Ellis Hospital was not founded until 1885; and the Schenectady County Medical Society did not meet between 1843 and 1869.

We can however, glean some insight into this period from old newspapers, a wonderful book on the 134th NY Volunteer Infantry, minutes of the Schenectady Common Council, and old stories from the Efner Center and the Schenectady County Historical Society library. [Read more…] about Medical Practice in 19th Century Schenectady

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany Med, Charlton, Duanesburgh, Ellis Hospital, Esperance, Medical History, Patent Medicine, Pattersonville, Rexford, Schenectady, Schenectady County, Schenectady County Historical Society, Science History, Scotia, tuberculosis, Union College

A Brief History of the Mohawk River

June 20, 2022 by Guest Contributor 3 Comments

painting of Mohawk RiverImagine the Mohawk River flowing with more force than Niagara Falls. Around 22,000 years ago, that’s exactly how it was. During the last ice age, the Laurentide Glacier began to melt, forming a large lake atop the glacier. As the glacier receded north, it opened access to the Mohawk River, which for thousands of years had been buried beneath the two-mile thick block of ice. Suddenly, all that lake water had somewhere to go.

The deluge of water that was released was so great that it carved an entirely new riverbed. It was so great in fact, that geologists gave the river a new name; the Iromohawk. Water rushed down the valley, carving away the cliffs of Clifton Park, the gorge at Cohoes, and the channel at Rexford. The river also curved back onto itself, creating the bend around Schenectady that the Mohawk follows today. [Read more…] about A Brief History of the Mohawk River

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Arent Van Curler, Barge Canal, Clifton Park, Cohoes, Engineering History, Environmental History, Erie Canal, Geology, Mohawk River, nature, Rexford, Schenectady, Schenectady County, Schenectady County Historical Society, Transportation History

Clifton Park’s Ties to Lincoln’s Assassination

April 15, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Drawing of Mercy Harris's tombstone in the Garnsey Cemetery by George Hubbard, RexfordApril 14th marked the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln‘s assassination by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. This tragic event, like the later assassination of John F. Kennedy, had a tremendous impact on the nation.

There was a period of twenty days of mourning from the time Lincoln was shot to the time he arrived by train for burial at his home in Springfield, Illinois. The first of his twelve funerals was held in Washington, then his funeral procession began by train across the land to Illinois, stopping at major cities for additional funerals. It was the mightiest outpouring of national grief the world had yet seen. [Read more…] about Clifton Park’s Ties to Lincoln’s Assassination

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Abe Lincoln, Clifton Park, Crime and Justice, Political History, Rexford, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable

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