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Jock Wright & Dut Barber: Honondaga Lake History

June 6, 2022 by Dave Waite Leave a Comment

Map of Jock’s Lake is taken from the 1876 E. R. Wallace Map of the Adirondack WildernessOne of the earliest written accounts of Jock’s Lake in the Adirondacks (about twenty-five miles east of Boonville) was given by Jeptha Simms in his 1850 book Trappers of New York: A Biography of Nicholas Stoner & Nathaniel Foster:

“Jock’s Lake, so-called after Jock (Jonathan) Wright, an early trapper upon its shores, is a very pretty lake, five or six miles long, though not very wide; and is situated in the north-eastern or wilderness portion of Herkimer County, some ten miles from a place called Noblesborough. Its outlet is one of the sources of the west branch of West Canada Creek.” [Read more…] about Jock Wright & Dut Barber: Honondaga Lake History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondack League Club, Adirondacks, Black River, Herkimer COunty, Honondaga Lake, New Hampshire, Norway, Oneida County, Rome, Utica, West Canada Lakes Wilderness

Simeon DeWitt: America’s Surveyor General

April 25, 2022 by Peter Hess 2 Comments

The Roemer map of Albany 1698 showing fort orange and BeverwyckTjerck Claeszen DeWitt immigrated to New Amsterdam (now New York City) from Grootholt in Zunterlant in 1656. Grootholt means Great Wood and Zunterland was probably located on the southern border of East Friesland, a German territory on the North Sea only ten miles from the most northerly province of the Netherlands.

By 1657, Tjerck DeWitt married Barber (Barbara) Andrieszen (also Andriessen) in the New Amsterdam Dutch Church and moved to Beverwyck (now Albany). While in Beverwyck, he purchased a house. At this time Albany contained 342 houses and about 1,000 residents, about 600 of whom were members of the Dutch Church. [Read more…] about Simeon DeWitt: America’s Surveyor General

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Albany Rural Cemetery, American Revolution, Aurelius, Brutus, Camillus, Cato, Cayuga County, Cicero, Cincinnatus, Dryden, Fabius, Galen, Geography, George Washington, Greece, Hannibal, Hector, Homer, Ithaca, Junius, Kingston, Locke, Lysander, Manlius, Maps, Marcellus, Military History, Milton, New Amsterdam, New Netherland, New York City, Onondaga County, Ovid, Pompey, Rome, Romulus, Schenectady County, Scipio, Sempronius, Seneca County, Simeon DeWitt, Solon, Stirling, surveying, Syracuse, Thompkins County, Tully, Ulster County, Ulysses, Virgil, West Point, Yorktown

B-52s Were Ready to Fly in Central New York

March 4, 2022 by Bob Cudmore 1 Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast Jim Coulthart, an amateur aviation historian, tells airplane tales based on a collection of aircraft incidents, and accidents dating back to the Second World War with ties to Central New York.

Coulthart spent a year and a half curating family accounts, newspaper clippings, online resources, and official reports to develop a program on local aviation history. Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, NY, was in use from 1942 until 1995 when the federal government closed the base. At one point B 52 bombers were assigned to Griffiss which is now the Griffiss Business and Technology Park. [Read more…] about B-52s Were Ready to Fly in Central New York

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Griffiss Air Force Base, Military History, Oneida County, Podcasts, Rome, World War Two

Griffiss Air Force Base Subject of Video Series

January 28, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Griffiss AFB courtesy Rome Historical SocietyOn January 18th, 2022 Rome Historical Society (RHS) announced a new video series called The Griffiss Experience. Throughout 2022 RHS will release four videos on YouTube, featuring members of the community and their memories of Griffiss Air Force Base. [Read more…] about Griffiss Air Force Base Subject of Video Series

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Air Force History, Aviation History, Black History, Griffiss Air Force Base, Military History, Oneida County, Rome, Rome Historical Society

Video Tour Tracks British Troops at Fort Stanwix in 1777

August 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fort Stanwix Map 1777The Rome Historical Society (RHS) has released The British Lines, a digital tour reviewing the movement of British troops during the Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777. [Read more…] about Video Tour Tracks British Troops at Fort Stanwix in 1777

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: American Revolution, British Army, Documentary, Fort Stanwix, Military History, Rome, Rome Historical Society, Siege of Fort Stanwix

General Peter Gansevoort’s Map

June 19, 2021 by Bill Orzell Leave a Comment

Gen. Gansevoort statueA sculpture of Brigadier General Peter Gansevoort stands in a city park named in his honor at Rome, Oneida County, NY.  This bronze, dedicated November 8, 1906, was created by Emilio F. Piatti. It presents the General in dress uniform grasping his sword and holding what is perhaps one of the most impactful tools (or weapons) ever devised – an accurate map. [Read more…] about General Peter Gansevoort’s Map

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: American Revolution, Battle of Oriskany, Colonialism, Fort Stanwix, Geography, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Mapmakers, Maps, Military History, Native American History, Oneida County, Oneida Lake, Oneida River, Peter Gansevoort, Rome

Remembering Oriskany’s Trinkaus Manor

February 19, 2021 by Bob Cudmore 1 Comment

The Historians LogoOn this episode of The Historians Podcast, Oneida County historian Joseph Bottini remembers the Trinkaus family and Trinkaus Manor, a destination restaurant with an elaborate Christmas display in Oriskany. Some of the Christmas lights can be seen during the holidays in Rome, NY. [Read more…] about Remembering Oriskany’s Trinkaus Manor

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Oriskany, Podcasts, Rome

Fish Hatcheries Battle Herons

August 5, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Blue Heron at fish hatchery courtesy DECDEC’s nine cold water fish hatcheries collectively produce over 6.4 million fish annually. Unfortunately, a significant number of these trout and salmon are lost to a variety of predators in search of a “free meal.”

One predator that causes most fish losses is the great blue heron. At the Caledonia Hatchery it’s not uncommon to have upwards of 40 great blue herons surrounding the ponds during the spring. [Read more…] about Fish Hatcheries Battle Herons

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: birding, birds, DEC, fish, Great Blue Herons, nature, Rome, Wildlife

African American Voting Rights History Panel Set

February 24, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

rome historical society logoThe Rome Historical Society (RHS) is set to host to a panel discussion presented by Rome’s Afro-American Heritage Association (AAHA) on Wednesday, February 26th.

The topic of this discussion will be African Americans and the Vote which is the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s (ASALH) 2020 African American History Month theme. [Read more…] about African American Voting Rights History Panel Set

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: African American History, Black History, Rome, Rome Historical Society

Rome Memories Photo Collection Highlights

November 17, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

rome memories bookThe new book Rome Memories, A Photographic History of the Early Years (Rome Daily Sentinel, 2019) offers a glimpse into life in Rome, NY from the mid 1800s through the 1930s.

Rome Memories is a compilation of scanned images obtained from the public, and the collections of the Rome Historical Society and Oneida County History Center. [Read more…] about Rome Memories Photo Collection Highlights

Filed Under: Books, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Books, Oneida County History Center, Photography, Rome, Rome Historical Society

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