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Schoharie Crossing Offers History at Home Winter Lecture Series

January 10, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Schoharie Crossing SHSSchoharie Crossing State Historic Site has announced their 2021 Virtual “History at Home” Winter Lecture series. The site will offer free online programs from January to March covering a range of history topics. [Read more…] about Schoharie Crossing Offers History at Home Winter Lecture Series

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Schoharie Crossing SHS

10 Stories With Bob Cudmore (Virtual Program)

October 27, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Schoharie Crossings Visitor Center courtesy Schoharie Crossing State Historic SiteSchoharie Crossing State Historic Site is set to host local author and former radio man, Bob Cudmore on Wednesday, October 28th at 1 pm to wrap up their NYS History Month programs.

Cudmore will discuss ten stories he has covered in his Focus on History column for the Daily Gazette. [Read more…] about 10 Stories With Bob Cudmore (Virtual Program)

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Schoharie Crossing SHS

Food and Travel On The Erie Canal Program Tuesday

October 25, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Packet Boat -- from: Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal / Jacob Abbott (Harper & Brothers, 1852) p. 44 Closing out the Tuesday Talks portion of the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site’s NYS History Month programs, Amanda Massie and Valerie Balint will host “Converging on the Canal: the 19th Century Through Food.”

What people eat is closely related to where they live and their socio-economic standing. In this online program about food and travel on the Erie Canal, Massie and Balint will discuss how the canal shaped the way Americans ate in the 19th century. [Read more…] about Food and Travel On The Erie Canal Program Tuesday

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, Food, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Culinary History, Schoharie Crossing SHS

Women of Schuyler Mansion Topic of Online Program

October 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Schuyler MansionSchoharie Crossing State Historic Site is set to host Jessica Serfilippi from the Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site on Tuesday, October 20th at 6:30 pm as part of the sixth annual Tuesday Talk series to recognize New York State History Month this October. [Read more…] about Women of Schuyler Mansion Topic of Online Program

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Schoharie Crossing SHS

A New York State History Month Virtual Series

October 2, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site has announced that this year’s Tuesday Talk series, which recognizes New York State History Month, will be held virtually. Each week a speaker will present a topic connected to regional or New York State history. [Read more…] about A New York State History Month Virtual Series

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: New York State History Month, Schoharie Crossing SHS

‘Heavens Ditch’ Virtual Book-Club Read

July 17, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Heavens DitchBook Purchases made through this Amazon link help support the New York Almanack‘s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site has announced a virtual book club, set for the month of August that features Heaven’s Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal (St. Martin’s Griffin; Reprint Edition, 2017) by author Jack Kelly. [Read more…] about ‘Heavens Ditch’ Virtual Book-Club Read

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Books, Crime and Justice, Erie Canal, Schoharie Crossing SHS

Sacandaga Series: Two Virtual Programs

June 23, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Great Sacandaga Lake Overlook courtesy Wikimedia user Paul WielandThe Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter and the Fulton County Historical Society are teaming up to present a virtual two program series, looking at the history of Great Sacandaga Lake. [Read more…] about Sacandaga Series: Two Virtual Programs

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Recreation Tagged With: Fulton County Historical Society, Great Sacandaga Lake, Schoharie Crossing SHS, Tourism

Baseball on the Erie Canal Virtual Talk

June 10, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Early baseball team provided by Erie Canal MuseumSchoharie Crossing State Historic Site has announced a virtual presentation by Derrick Pratt of the Erie Canal Museum, who will discuss the Erie Canal’s many connections to the earliest days of professional baseball. [Read more…] about Baseball on the Erie Canal Virtual Talk

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Baseball, Erie Canal, Schoharie Crossing, Schoharie Crossing SHS, sports, Sports History

DeWitt Clinton, Erie Canal Presentations at Schoharie Crossing

February 28, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

schoharie crossing state historic siteSchoharie Crossing State Historic Site is set to open the doors at their Visitor Center this off season on each first Monday of the month for Museum Monday Programs. [Read more…] about DeWitt Clinton, Erie Canal Presentations at Schoharie Crossing

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: DeWitt Clinton, Erie Canal, Political History, Schoharie Crossing, Schoharie Crossing SHS, Transportation History

Erie Canal Environmental History Program in Galway

February 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Erie Canal at LockportThe plan for the Erie Canal was a tremendous undertaking when construction began in 1817. When the digging commenced, the vastness of the landscape it would cut through became the obstacle.

David Brooks from Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will be at Galway Public Library on Saturday for a presentation about the construction and environmental history of the Erie Canal. [Read more…] about Erie Canal Environmental History Program in Galway

Filed Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Erie Canal, Schoharie Crossing, Schoharie Crossing SHS

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