The battle of the porch
Newspaper used as insulation has been able to tell me what no civic records ever could: exactly when my house was built. For the most part, it was put together […]
Newspaper used as insulation has been able to tell me what no civic records ever could: exactly when my house was built. For the most part, it was put together […]
If you have any love of Albany, cemeteries, or the past, look at Paula’s wonderful Albany Church Grounds Project. She’s putting a huge amount of effort into telling the tales […]
My grandfather, who was a carpenter among other things, was always missing his right thumb and forefinger. They were just stubs. He always said it was from playing with firecrackers, […]
Like the rooster says, follow Hoxsie on Twitter: @HoxsieAlbany. Nearly every day, you’ll get some little bit of useless information about the history of Albany, Schenectady and Troy! No ads, […]
It is claimed that District School No. 1, now called The Little Red Schoolhouse, is the only one-room schoolhouse operating in New York State. Built in 1861, it’s just south […]
It figures that if I’d trip across such a thing as a water tower that has, inexplicably, bells, there would be some kind of local connection. It appears that in […]
Hoxsie has grown and grown since I launched it earlier this year as a (nearly) daily collection of pictures and snippets relating to the local history of Albany, Schenectady, and […]
“My first employment as an apprentice, beside cutting wood and making fires in the printing-office, was in ‘treading pelts,’ a duty of which the present generation of printers is growing […]
Imagine a time (and that time was 1906) when people had to be convinced that having electric pumps to supply water for firefighting was a good idea. In case the […]
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