George Washington Slept Here
In fact, he did. This historic marker from Schenectady’s Stockade tells you just where, too: the northeast bedroom, on the second floor. The “History of the County of Schenectady, N.Y.” […]
In fact, he did. This historic marker from Schenectady’s Stockade tells you just where, too: the northeast bedroom, on the second floor. The “History of the County of Schenectady, N.Y.” […]
Hoxsie could put in a lot of time and effort into making a survey of all the bridges that cross the Mohawk in and around Schenectady. Or, Hoxsie could give […]
While we’re looking at bridges across the Mohawk, here’s a glimpse of the railroad bridge that sits just downriver from the Western Gateway bridge. I’m not entirely sure when it […]
Found among my great grandmother’s keepsakes. I don’t know how old I was, maybe 8 or 9, when I wrote this card. I had tried to fit my message on […]
Schenectady and what is now the village of Scotia were populated at almost the same time, back around 1662. In fact, Alexander Lindsay Glen held an even earlier grant to […]
One last look at long-gone Glenotia Park, and a tragedy that happened there on July 4, 1915. Adolph Held, owner of the Guarantee Bed Spring Company and the Guarantee Polishing […]
People often ask why the papers don’t print the good things that happen in the community (or they did when they still read newspapers). Well, here we have an excellent […]
News came this week that “Glenotia Island” is up for sale (for a mere $91,000). Growing up in Scotia, I never heard it called “Glenotia” — if anyone had a […]
The Library of Congress’s American Memory Collection has a number of photos (unfortunately not high-resolution) of Schenectady’s Grout Park School. When it opened, it was a marvel of modernism, designed […]
The Library of Congress’s American Memory collection has a number of photos of Schenectady schools, including a series taken by photographer Philip Bonn in June, 1943, at the Elmer Avenue […]