The Markers Speak: Loudon’s Ford
If it weren’t for this historical marker, we might have completely forgotten about Loudon’s Ford, which is on the Mohawk River just a bit above Cohoes Falls. The sign is […]
If it weren’t for this historical marker, we might have completely forgotten about Loudon’s Ford, which is on the Mohawk River just a bit above Cohoes Falls. The sign is […]
I always used to love seeing this historical marker for “First Plastic,” way out on Albany’s Delaware Avenue. At the time there was a Friendly’s on the site of the […]
From the village of Scotia comes this historical marker for the house called Maalwyck: “This house built ca. 1712 / by Karel Hansen Toll, who / settled here 1685. Broom […]
When the Erie Canal was originally constructed, it didn’t use any of the existing rivers – natural waterways didn’t work well with the need for predictable water levels and mule […]
One of the newer historical markers in the area, and one you’re unlikely to see unless you work at the GE R&D center in Niskayuna or use the bike path […]
Having grown up in Schenectady and Scotia, I’ve always had an incredible fondness for the New York State historical markers that dot our landscape. In just a few words, they […]
When I was a child, I was often stuck in my great great aunt’s house on rainy summer afternoons with absolutely nothing to do but read the same two Mad […]
Again from the Robert N. Dennis Collection, a stereoscopic view titled “Wreckage of a Multistory Home, Albany County.” This is one of the rare views where the photographer is clearly […]
Philip Hooker’s building for the First Church (also known as the Dutch Reformed Church) was built in 1798. Its cupolas are still among the most recognizable landmarks of downtown Albany, […]
Adam Cook’s sons, makers of Albany Grease, had long since decamped from Albany when this ad appeared in 1924, but it’s so lovely I couldn’t help but share it. And […]