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NEW YORK GENEALOGY EXPRESS


A Part of Genealogy Express
 

Welcome to
HERKIMER COUNTY, NEW YORK
History & Genealogy


 

 

Source:
HISTORY
of the
MOHAWK VALLEY
Gateway to the West
1614 - 1925

Covering the Six Counties of Schenectady,
Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton,
Herkimer and Oneida.
Edited by Nelson Green
VOL. I - VOL. II
Illustrated
--
Chicago
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1925

TABLE OF CONTENTS - VOLUME ONE

ALPHABETICAL INDEX in VOLUME TWO

NOTE:  This Table of Contents is not complete, however it has the Headings for Each Campter.
~ Sharon Wick ~

CHAPTER 1. - THE GEOLOGY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY
  - The Mohawk Valley Physiographic Province and its Geographical Importance
  - The Adirondack and Catskill Regions of the Mohawk Valley
  - Little Falls Gorge, "The Gateway to the West"
  - Its Mighty Potholes
  - Little Falls "Diamonds"
  - The Devonic Fossil Trees of Schorahie County, The World's Oldest Forest
  - The Eastward and the Westward Flowing Preglacial Mohawks
  - Glacial and Post-Glacial Periods
  - The Mighty "Iromohawk", Which Made the Mohawk Valley of Today
45
CHAPTER 2. - LOWER MOHAWK VALLEY GEOLOGICAL HISTORY
  - The Preglacial Lower Mohawk River
  - Changes of the Ice Age in the Lower Valley
  - Outlets of the Postglacial Mohawk into Lake Albany
  - The Geology of Cohoes Falls
  - The Cohoes Mastodon and Pleistocene Animals of the Mohawk Valley
83
CHAPTER 3. - MOHAWK VALLEY ROCKS.
  - A Description of the Rock Formations Which Bear Mohawk Valley Names
  - The Little Falls Dolomite; Trenton Limestone and Shale; Canajoharie Shale; Utica Shale; Frankfort Shale and Sandstone; Oneida Conglomerate; Clinton Shale, Sandstone, Limestone and Iron Ore; Cobleskill Limestone; Helderberg Limestone; and Iron Ore; Cobleskill Limestone; Helderberg Limestone; Oriskany Sandstone
92
CHAPTER 4. - THE MOHAWK VALEY DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
  - Its Streams and Lakes
  - Mohawk River and Watershed
  - Valley Lake Systems
  - Points of Interest
  - Topography, Mountain and Hill Systems, Peaks and Plateaus
100
CHAPTER 5. - THE MOHAWKS
  - The Mohawks, Elder Brothers of the Iroquois Confederacy and Keepers of the Eastern Gate of the Long House of the Five Nations
  - Eskimo, 'Algonquin and Mound Builder Occupation of the Region of Present New York State
  - Strategic Position and Natural advantages of New York
  - Parker's Hypothesis of the Iroquois Invasion
  - Hochelaga, the Great Mohawk Castle on the St. Lawrence, at Present Montreal
  - The Mohawks Retreat to Vermont, 1570
  - Beginning of the Hundred Yeas' War
  - Onondagas, Oneidas and Mohawks Join the Senecas and Cayugas on the Iroquois Trail
  - First Four Mohawk Castles in the Valley
  - Where Hiawatha and Dekanawida Met and Found Refuge With the Mohawks
  - Mohawk and Iroquois Life, Habits, Customs and Warefare
  - Cartier's Visit to the Mohawk Castle of Hochelaga, 1535
107
CHAPTER 6. - CHIEF CASTLES AND TOWNS OF THE MOHAWKS
  - Mohawk Indian Castles in the Valley From the Entrance of the Mohawks About 1580 to 1775, When They Migrated to Canada
  - Description of Garoga By S. L. Frey
  - A vocabulary of the Mohawks in 1634
139
CHAPTER 7. - MOHAWK INDIAN SITES ABOUT FORT PLAIN - By Douglas Ayres, Jr.
  - Prehistoric Village Sites
  - Specimens Found
  - Primeval Pine
  - Oak Hill
  - Mohawk-Mohican Battle Ground
  - Wagner's Hollow Site
  - Ceremonial Site Near Freysbush Road
154
CHAPTER 8. - LEGEND OF THE "GREAT PEACE."
  -
162
CHAPTER 9. - DEKANAWIDA AND HIAWATHA
  -
167
 
CHAPTER 10. - 1609-1615, CHAMPLAIN'S BATTLES WITH THE MOHAWKS AND ONEIDAS
  -
187
CHAPTER 11. - VOYAGE OF HUDSON, 1609, AND SETTLEMENT OF NEW NETHERLAND, 1613
  -
192
CHAPTER 12. - HISTORY OF ALBANY, THE MOHAWKS AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY, 1614-1664
  -
203
CHAPTER 13. - VAN DEN BOGAERT'S JOURNAL - 1634-5
  -
220
CHAPTER 14. - THE MOHAWKS AND THEIR COUNTRY.
  -
240
CHAPTER 15. - ISAAC JOGUES - 1642-1646
  -
020
CHAPTER 16. - HISTORY OF THE MOHAWKS - 1646-1666
  -
274
CHAPTER 17. - DETRACY'S RAID OF 1666
  -
280
CHAPTER 18. - NEW NORTH SIDE MOHAWK TOWNS - 1667
  - Jesuit Missions
  - Caughnawaga, Canagorha, Canajohara and Tionnontogen or Tionondogue, Described by Greenhalgh in 1677
  - Chronology of Jesuit Missions Among the Mohawks from 1648 to 1684
285
CHAPTER 19 - NORTH SIDE MOHAWK CASTLES AND JESUIT MISSIONS 1666-1693
  -
296
CHAPTER 20 - BATTLE OF KINQUARIONES, 1669
  -
308
CHAPTER 21 - SETTLEMENT OF SCHENECTADY - 1661-1662
  - Van Curler's Letter to Governor Stuyvesant Petitioning for a Grant of the Groote Vlachte
  - The Mohawk Grant of Schenectady Lands in the Original Deed in Dutch and Its Translation
  - Objection to Settlement
  - Van Curler's Compromise Agreement of 1663 Signed by the Fourteen Schenectady Proprietors
313
CHAPTER 22 - SETTLERS AT SCHENECTADY, 1661-4
  - The Fifteen Proprietors of the Schenectady Patents of 1664
  - Their Schenectady Lands and Heirs
  - Arent Van Curler, Philip Hendrickse Brouwer, Alexander Lindsay Glen, Symon Volckertse Veeder, Tuenis Cornelise Swart, Martin Cornelise Van Ysselstyne, Arent Andriese Bratt, Bastian De Winter, Pieter Jacobse Borsboom, Pieter Danielse Van Olinda, Jacques Cornelise Van Slyck, Jan Barentse Wemp, Gerrit Bancker, Willem Teller, Pieter Adrianese Van Woggleum
  - Other Freeholders of Schenectady, From 1661 to 1700
326
CHAPTER 23 - SCHENECTADY AND LOWER MOHAWK VALLEY - 1664-1690
  -
352
CHAPTER 24 - BEGINNING OF KING WILLIAM'S WAR - 1688-1690
  -
370
CHAPTER 25 - 1690 - MASSACRE AND BURNING OF SCHENECTADY
  -
380
CHAPTER 26 - SCHENECTADY AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY - 1690-1693
  -
400
CHAPTER 27 - 1693, FRENCH DESTROY THE MOHAWK CASTLES
  -
409
CHAPTER 28 - SCHENECTADY AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY, 1693-1701
  -
417
CHAPTER 29 - MOHAWK VALLEY AND SCHENECTADY - 1701-1713
  -
430
CHAPTER 30 - A REVIEW OF SCHENECTADY AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY - 1711 451
CHAPTER 31 - MIGRATION OF PALATINES TO AMERICA
  - Migrations of 1708-1709-1710-1712 to America and New York State
  - Residence in London
  - Assistance of Queen Anne and the British Government
  - Settlement in Ireland, North Carolina, Virginia and New Jersey
  - First Location in the Province of New York at Newburgh, in 1709
  - Great Migration of 3,000 Palatines to New York in 1710, and Location on the Hudson River
457
CHAPTER 32 - THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY
  - Description of the Beautiful Region of the Watershed of the Mohawk River, in Which the Palatines Settled in 1712
  - Origin of the Name Schoharie
468
CHAPTER 33 - PALATINES SETTLE SCHOHARIE - 1712
  - Settlement on the Schoharie River and at Stone Arabia
  - Weiser's Dorf at Present Middleburgh; Hartman's Dorf
  - Brunnen Dorf at Present Schoharie
  - The Karighondonte Tribe of Indians Supply the Starving Settlers with Corn
  - 1713, One Hundred Palatine Families From East Camp on The Hudson, Arrive
  - Early Dwellings
  - The Schoharie Valley a Part of the Mohawk Watershed and Connected Both Geographically and Historically with the Story of the Mohawk Valley
  - Palatine Names
475
CHAPTER 34  - EARLY DAYS OF THE SCHOHARIE SETTLEMENT - 1712-1723
  - Life of the Pioneers
  - Nicholas Bayard Driven Away
  - Seven Partners Secure Schoharie Lands Claimed by Palatines
  - Murder of Truax
  - Sheriff Adams of Albany County Mobbed and Nearly Killed
  - Delegates Sent to England Fail in Their Mission
  - Weiser and his Friends Leave Schoharie for Pennsylvania
  - Emigration to the Mohawk River
  Dutch Settle on the Schoharie
485
CHAPTER 35 - SETTLEMENT OF STONE ARABIA AND GERMAN FLATS, 1723-1725
  - Palatines Settle at Stone Arabia and German Flats
  - Stone Arabia and Burnetsfield Patents and Patentees
  - Spelling of Names
496
CHAPTER 36 - MOHAWK VALLEY HISTORY FROM 1713 TO 1744
  -
510
CHAPTER 37 - SETTLEMENT OF CHERRY VALLEY - 1740
  - 1740, Settlement of Cherry Valley by John Lindsay and Family
  - A Scotch-Irish Frontier Village on the Susquehanna-Mohawk Divide
  - Rev. Samuel Dunlop's Cherry Valley School
  - Settlement of Springfield, Mud or Summit Lake, Little Lakes, and the Headwaters of the Susquehanna
  - The Old England District
530
CHAPTER 38 - SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY - 1738-1748
  - William Johnson Settles in Present Amsterdam, South Side
  - Marries Catherine Weissenberg
  - Buys Land on North Side
  - Builds Mount Johnson in the Present Western Section of Amsterdam and Removes There
  - Made  Justice of the Peace of Albany County
  - Adopted as a Chief of the Mohawk Tribe
  - Made Colonel of Milita and the Six Nations
534
CHAPTER 39  - BATTLE OF BEUKENDAAL
  - Schenectady Militia Ambushed by Canadian Indians
  - Twenty Slain, Thirteen Made Prisoners and Many Wounded
  - Only Battle of the Old French War in the Mohawk Valley
545
CHAPTER 40 - AGRICULTURE IN ALBANY COUNTY - 1740-1750
  - Kalm's Visit to Cohoes Falls in 1749; To Colonel Johnson in 1750
  - William Smith's Description of Schenectady and the Mohawk Valley in 1756
548
CHAPTER 41 - A PERIOD OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT - 148-1755
  - Period Between the Old French War and the Beginning of the Great French and Indian War
  - Dispute as to First Settlement in Present Canajoharie Village
556
CHAPTER 42 - BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE - 1755
  -
564
CHAPTER 43 - CAPTURE OF FORT BULL
  -
574
CHAPTER 44 - 1754 - MASSACRE AT GERMAN FLATS
  -
581
CHAPTER 45  - 1757 - THIRD YEAR OF WAR
  -
588
CHAPTER 46  - FRENCH SPY IN MOHAWK VALLEY
  -
594
CHAPTER 47 - 1758 - TICONDEROGA AND FORT FRONTENAC
  -
604
CHAPTER 48 - 1759 - GEN. JOHNSON CAPTURES FORT NIAGARA
  -
609
CHAPTER 49 - 1760, GENERAL AMHERST CONQUERS CANADA BY WAY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY
  -
615
CHAPTER 50 - SCHENECTADY IN COLONIAL WARS.
  -
626
CHAPTER 51 - THE MOHAWK VALLEY FROM 1760 TO 1774
  -
630
CHAPTER 52 - SETTLEMENT OF JOHNSTOWN AND BUILDING OF JOHNSON HALL
  - 1755, Planning and Settlement of Johnstown - 1762, Johnson Hall Built
  - Sir William Johnson Moves to Johnstown from Fort Johnson
  - Life at Johnson Hall
  - Johnson's Progressive Farming Methods
  - His Scotch Highlander Retainers
  - 1771, Tryon County and Johnstown Its County Seat
  - Sir William's Family
  - John Johnson, Anna and Mary Johnson
  - The Tory Aristocracy of Tryon County
  - The Butlers
  - Joseph and Mollie Brant, Housekeeper for Sir William Johnson
  - The "Brown Lady" of Johnson Hall
660
CHAPTER 53 - FORMATION OF TRYON COUNTY - 1772
  -
680
CHAPTER 54 - 1772. TRYON COUNTY RELIGIOUS ALLEGIANCE DOCUMENT
  -
688
CHAPTER 55 - COLONIAL LIFE IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY
  - 1772
  - Mohawk Valley People and Customs
  - Farming, Social and Religious Life
  - Sports and Pastimes of the Days Before the Revolution
  - A Schenectady Dutch Colonial Dame's Tea Party
699
CHAPTER 56 - 1774.  PALATINE DISTRICT COMMITTEE FORMED
  -
712
CHAPTER 57 - 1775, BEGINNINGS OF THE REVOLUTION IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY 725
CHAPTER 58 - 1775.  SCHENECTADY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION
  -
739
CHAPTER 59 - 1776, TRYON COUNTY MILITIA ORGANIZATION - JOHNSON, DISARMED, FLEES TO CANADA
  -
755
CHAPTER 60 - 1776-1666, MOHAWK VALLEY REVOLUTIONARY FORTS.
  -
770
CHAPTER 61 - 1777, AUGUST 6, BATTLE OF ORISKANY.
  -
786
CHAPTER 62 - 1777, AUGUST 6 - ORISKANY SOLDIERS' PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
  - Accounts of Tryon County American Soldiers of the Battle of Oriskany
  - Material Gathered by J. R. Simms from Mohawk Valley Revolutionary Veterans
  - Thrilling Incidents of This Fierce Forest Fight
  - Indian Atrocities, Tortures and Cannibalism
831
CHAPTER 63 - THE ORISKANY ROSTER
  - Roster of Tryon County Militia Known to Have Fought at the Battle of Oriskany
  - A List of 457 Names, as Compared With 250 on the Oriskany Battlefield Monument
842
CHAPTER 64 - 1777, AUG. 2-22, SIEGE OF FORT STANWIX.
  -
850
CHAPTER 65 - 1778 - MOHAWK VALLEY RAIDS
  - 1778
  - Indian Council at Johnstown, March 9
  - Manheim, Garoga, Springfield, Andrustown, German Flats Raids
  - Battle Cobleskill, May 30, 1778
  - Cherry Valley Massacre, No. 11, 1778
885
CHAPTER 66 - NOV. 10, 1778 - CHERRY VALLEY MASSACRE
  -
902
CHAPTER 67 - 1779.  CLINTON'S OVERLAND PORTAGE MARCH FROM THE MOHAWK TO OTSEGO LAKE.  By John Fea, Amsterdam.
  -
922

VOLUME II

CHAPTER 68. - 1780 RAIDS AT CHERRY VALLEY, JOHNSTOWN, FORT PLAIN, VROOMANS LAND. 973
CHAPTER 69. - JOHNSON'S GREAT RAID
  -
1009
CHAPTER 70. - COLONEL WILLETT, VALLEY COMMANDER.
  -
1049
CHAPTER 71. - BATTLES OF JOHNSTOWN AND BUTLER'S FORD
  -
1069
CHAPTER 72. - INDIAN RAID AT FORT HERKIMER; WASHINGTON AT SCHENECTADY
  -
1085
CHAPTER 73. - WILLETT'S EXPEDITION AGAINST BRITISH FORT OSWEGO.
  -
1091
CHAPTER 74. -  
CHAPTER 75. -  
CHAPTER 76. - 1775-1783 - ROSTER OF MOHAWK VALLEY REVOLUTIONARY MILITIA - Started 5/15/2023 1127
CHAPTER 77. - THE MOHAWK VALLEY AFTER THE REVOLUTION.
  -
1040
CHAPTER 78 - SCHENECTADY AFTER THE REVOLUTION 1165
CHAPTER 79 - 1784-1800 - RESETTLEMENT OF ONEIDA COUNTY AND GREAT WESTWARD EMIGRATION 1175
CHAPTER 80. - HISTORY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY FROM 1784 TO 1825.
  -
1184
CHAPTER 81. - MOHAWK RIVER NAVIGATION.
  -
1197
CHAPTER 82. - MOHAWK VALLEY HIGHWAYS.
  -
1209
CHAPTER 83. - MOHAWK RIVER BRIDGES
  -
1222
CHAPTER 84. - THE MOHAWK VALLEY IN 1810.
  - A Very Complete Description of Mohawk Valley Towns, Townships and Counties in 1810, Compiled from "Spafford's Gazetteer of New York State," Published in 1814
1231
CHAPTER 85. - SECOND WAR WITH ENGLAND
  - 1812
  - Second War with England
  - The Militia System
  - Trainings
  - The Mohawk Valley Militia
1266
CHAPTER 86. - THE ERIE CANAL, 1825-1918.
  - Construction of the Erie or "Grand Canal", 1718-1825
  - First Work Began at Rome, July 4, 1817
  - Construction Work in the Mohawk Valley
  - Clinton's Triumphal Trip in the "Seneca Chief" in 1825
  - A Contemporary Account of Fort Plain Celebration
1273
CHAPTER 87. - HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD AND OTHER VALLEY LINES.
  -
1288
CHAPTER 88 - HISTORY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY FROM 1825 TO 1865.
  -
1307
CHAPTER 89 - THE MOHAWK VALLEY IN 1840.
  -
1329
CHAPTER 90 - HISTORY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY FROM 1865 TO 1900.
  -
1340
CHAPTER 91 - HISTORY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY FROM 1900 TO 1925.
  -
1351
CHAPTER OF THE SCHENECTADY NATIONAL GUARD COMPANIES. 1367
CHAPTER 92A. - HISTORY OF COMPANY G, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH INFANTRY, N. G. S. N. Y., AMSTERDAM. 1376
CHAPTER 93. - COMPANY H, 105TH INFANTRY, N. G. S. N. Y.
  -
1385
CHAPTER 94 - HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY OF MOHAWK.
  -
1387
CHAPTER 95 - THE UTICA NATIONAL GUARD COMPANIES.
  -
1393
CHAPTER 96 - ATWOOD'S AIRPLANE FLIGHT THROUGH THE VALLEY.
  -
1399
CHAPTER 97 - MOHAWK RIVER WATER POWER - 1895-1925.
  -
1403
CHAPTER 98 - THE NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL.
  -
1422
CHAPTER 99 - HISTORY OF NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL.
  -
1437
CHAPER 100 - THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD THROUGH THE MOHAWK VALLEY
  -
1455
CHAPTER 101 - THE MOHAWK TURNPIKE AND VALLEY HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
 -
1465
CHAPTER 102 - THE BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOHAWK VALLEY INVENTIONS AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
  -
1481
CHAPTER 103 - MOHAWK VALLEY MANUFACTURING STATISTICS. 1502
CHAPTER 104 - MOHAWK VALLEY AGRICULTURE.
  -
1505
CHAPTER 105 - FREE SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY.
  -
1526
CHAPTER 106 - UNION COLLEGE, 1795-1925.
  -
1534
CHAPTER 107 -  HAMILTON COLLEGE.
  -
1542
CHAPTER 108 - THE CITY OF COHOES.
  -
1550
CHAPTER 109 - SCHENECTADY - A BRIEF SOCIAL STUDY OF AN INDUSTRIAL CITY 1556
CHAPTER 110 - SCHENECTADY A TOURING CENTER.
  -
1566
CHAPTER 111 - THE GREAT WESTERN GATEWAY BRIDGE - SCHENECTADY TO SCOTIA 1572
CHAPTER 112. - TRAFFIC OVER THE GREAT WESTERN GATEWAY BRIDGE
  -
1576
CHAPTER 113. - GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
  -
1580
CHAPTER 114. - "W G Y"
  -
1594
CHAPTER 115. - AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS - SCHENECTADY
  -
1600
CHAPTER 116. - THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM.
  - 1738-1925
  - Sir William Johnson Its First Settler
  - Amsterdam an Important Industrial Center
  - "The Rug City"
  - Interesting Civic Statistics
  - The Suburbs of Cranesville, Hagaman and Fort Johnson
  - Guy Park, 1766
  - Notes on Sir William Johnson's Residence at Amsterdam and Fort Johnston.
1603
CHARTER 117. - TRIBES HILL - FORT HUNTER.
  -
1618
CHAPTER 118. - FONDA-FULTONVILLE.
  -
1624
CHAPTER 119. - THE CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, 1784-1925.
  -
1637
CHAPTER 120. - THE CITY OF GLOVERSVILLE.
  -
1656
CHAPTER 121. - CANAJOHARIE-PALATINE BRIDGE.
  -
1671
CHAPTER 122. - FORT PLAIN-NELLISTON.
  -
1700
CHAPTER 123. - THE VILLAGE OF ST. JOHNSVILLE.
  -
1741
CHAPTER 124 - THE VILLAGE OF DOLGEVILLE.
  -
1753
CHAPTER 125. - THE CITY OF LITTLE FALLS.
  -
1759
CHAPTER 126. - THE VILLAGE OF HERKIMER.
  - The Great Flat, Settled By Palatines, 1720-1725
  - Known as "Palatine Village"
  - Burnetsfield Patent of 1725
  - French and Indian Raid and Massacre of 1757
  - Fort Dayton Built Here, 1776
  - Start of March of Tryon County Militia to Oriskany Battlefield, August 4, 1777
  - Fort Dayton and Fort Herkimer Western American Outposts in 1781
  - Washington Here in 1783
  - Herkimer County Formed in 1791, with Herkimer, The County Seat
  - Herkimer County in the Civil War
  - Industrial Development
  - First Wood Pulp Paper Made Here in 1866 by Warner Miller, elected United States Senator in 1881-1885, Mohawk and Malone Railroad First Link Completed
  - 1886, Founding of Largest Desk Factory in the World
  - Rome to Little Falls Electric Line
  - 1902, Mohawk and Oneonta Railroad
  - Herkimer County Historical Society
  - West Canada Creek and Kuyahoora Trail
  - Mirror Lake and Hasenclever Hills
  - Fort Herkimer Church
  - Statues General Herkimer and General Spinner
  - "Herkimer Led, Herkimer Leads"
1778
CHAPTER 127. -THE VILLAGE OF MOHAWK.
  - Gateway to the Susquehanna Valley
  - Shoemaker House
  - Helmer's Famous Ride
  - Andrustown Massacre
  - Grandma Filkins
  - One Hundred and Nine Years old
  - Mohawk, 1725-1920
1798
CHAPTER 128. - THE VILLAGE OF ILION.
  - Ilion Gulph
  - Ilion, 1725-1920
  - Eliphalet Remington and the Remington Rifle, 1816
  - The Ilion Remington Works
  - Remington Rifle in Civil War
  - First Commercial Typewriter
  - Birth of Card Index
  - World War
  - Ilion's Rifle Centennial
1805
CHAPTER 129. - FRANKFORT.
  - Barge Canal Land Cut
  - Historical, 1723-1925
  - Frankfort Match Industry
  - Frankfort's Industries and Industrial Opportunities
  - Frankfort Gulph
  - Dutch Hill, 680 Feet Above the Mohawk
1818
CHAPTER 130. - THE CITY OF UTICA.
  - "Crossroads of New York"
  - Historical, Political, Industrial, Commercial, Educational, Military and Sociological Study of Utica, From 1758 to 1925
  - The City of Parks and Trees
  - A Strategic Commercial and Transportation Center, With Varied Industries
  - Textile Center of America
 - A Mohawk Valley Metropolis and One of America's Great Eastern Cities, Steadily Increasing in Population and Importance.
1823
CHAPTER 131. - NEW YORK STATE MASONIC HOME AT UTICA - HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH. 1856
CHAPTER 132. - HYDRO-ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE UPPER MOHAWK VALLEY.
  - 1897-1925, Sketch of the Growth of the Utica Gas and Electric Company and Its Developments on the West Canada Creek at Trenton Falls, East Canada Creek and the Mohawk River at Little Falls
  - First Mohawk Valley Hydro-Electric Development at Dolgeville in 1897
  - Upper Mohawk Valley Industrial Power Possibilities
  - Mohawk Valley Super-Power System.
1869
CHAPTER 133. - THE VILLAGE OF WHITESBORO.
  - Settled in 1784
  - Postoffice Established in 1796
  - Village of "Whitehall Landing" in 1811
  1802 to 1850, Whitesboro "Half Shire" Town of Oneida County
  - Iron Works Established, 1871
  - Knit Goods Manufacture, 1890
  - Lock No. 20, Eastern Summit Level Lock of the Barge Canal
  - Whitesboro in 1920 A Part of the Utica City District
  - Sauquoit Creek Outlet
1874
CHAPTER 134. - THE VILLAGE OF ORISKANY.
  - Oriskany Creek
  - Herkimer's Camp
  - Historical Oriskany Battlefield
1877
CHAPTER 135. - THE CITY OF ROME
  - Oriskany Swamp of Twenty Years Ago
  - Construction of Barge Canal
  - Development of the Great Brass and Copper Industry
  - Various Other Industries
  - The City of Trees
  - "One-Tenth of the Copper Used in the United States is Manufactured in Rome"
  - Noteworthy Twentieth Century Civic Features
1880
CONCLUSION

  - Our Mohawk Valley - Today and Tomorrow

1886

GENERAL INDEX

Abeel, John 998
Adams, Robert, 697
Adirondack Mountain province 52
Adirondack Power and Light Corp 1415
Agriculture in Albany Co., 140-50,
548
Agriculture, Valley 1505
Albany Convention, 400
Albany County Militia 1138
"Albany path," The 1210
Albany, The Mohawks and Mohawk Valley 1614-1664
203
Alden, Ichabod, Col. 912
Alter, N. Berton 1526
American Locomotive Works 1600
American troops at Utica (1812), 1269
Americans slain at Beukendaal 547
Amherst conquers Canada via Mohawk Valley 615
Amsterdam, 1250, 1603
Anastasia 304
Andres, Edmund, Sir 371
Anthony, Susan B. 1314, 1689
Arkell memorial building 1675
Armstrongs, The 1183
Arnold, Benedict 826
Arthur, Chester A. 1318
Atwood's airplane flight thru the valley 1399, 1726
Ayres, Douglas, Jr. 154
Ball, George Henrich 693
Bancker, Gerrit 316, 343
Barclay, Thomas, Rev. 442
Barentsen, Peter, 208
Battle of Beukendaal, 545
Battles of Johnstown and Butler's Ford, 1069
Battle of Kinquariones 308
Battle of Lake George 564
Battle of Oriskany 786
Beauchamp, Dr. 127
Bedell, Harvey S. 1180
Beech-Nut Packing Co. 1499
Beginning of King William's war 370
Beginnings of the revolution in the Mohawk Valley 725
Bellinger, Frederick 693
Bellomont sent Dominie Freeman 428
Bellomont visited Albany 423
Bettinger, Christina 987
Bevitt, E. D. 1880
Birth and development of valley inventions and manufacturing industries, 1481
Birth of central freight traffic 1296
Bissell, G. N. 1182
Blanchard, Andrew 1178
Bleecker, John R. 1180
Boats used on canal, 1817-1830 1282
Bonham, Milledge L., Jr. 1542
Boniface, Father 229
Bonny, Eloise 1729
Borsboom, Pieter Jacobse 316
Bradstreet's expedition 606
Bradt, Arent 697
Braley, Berton 1582
Brant, Joseph 22, 677
Brant, Molly 796
Brant's Indian Tory raid 1711
Bratt, Arent Andriese 340
Bridge for East Canada creek 1212
Bridge, Schenectady to Scotia 1572
Bridges, dates of construction 1222
Briggs Run 144
Brodhead, John Romeyn 202
Broom factories 1501
Broughton, Samson Shelton 646
Brouwer, Philip H. 316, 339
Brouwer, Thomas, Rev. 521
Brown, John 694
Brown, Thomas F., Capt. 1376
Bruyas, Father 298
Building of Fort Hunter 445
Bull, Jonathan, Capt. 375
Bush, George 764
Bush, Harry V. 1691
Burgoyne, John, Gen. 786
Burnetsfield patent, 502, 1785
Butler, John, Cole 1179
Butler, Walter 1069
Butler, Wm., Capt. 679
Campbell, Samuel, Col. 678, 906
Cambric period 58
Camden, 1265
Canagora 286
Canajoharie 1253
Canajoharie, chronology of, 1691
Canajoharie Creek, Falls, Gorge 1678
Canajoharie library 1675
Canajoharie-Palatine bridge 1671
Canajorha 286
Canal grocery stores 1282
Caniengas, The 308
Capture of Fort Bull 574
Carl, Fred B. 1656
Caroll, C. A., Capt. 1387
Cartier, Jacques 136
Casco Bay 395
Case, Ezekiel 1667
Cassaty, Thomas, Col. 1123
Castles of Wolf, etc. 1621
Catskill Mountain province 56
Caughnawaga 286
Caughnawaga on the St. Lawrence 305
Caughnawaga settlement 1713, 1630
Caughnawaga, 1666-1851 1627
Celebrate opening of canal 1284
Centenarians n valley 1852
Champlain 122, 187
Champlain's battles with Mohawks and Oneidas 187
Chedabucto 380
Cherry Valley massacre 902
Chief castles and towns of Mohawks 139
Chief national events, 1780 1046
Chief revolutionary figures of Schenectady 751
Chief tributaries of the Schoharie 470
Chrisman, Jacob 1180
Christmas in the valley 702
Chronology of events, 1784-1825 1186
City of Amsterdam 1603
City of Cohoes, The 1550
City of Gloversville 1656
City of Johnstown 1637
Clarke, George, Sir 524
Claus, Daniel 697
Clinton, George 1110
Clinton, Jacob S., Maj. 1367
Clinton, James, Gen. 739
Clinton's army, roster of officers 945
Clinton's overland portage march, 922
Clinton's road 1676
Clyde, Samuel, Col. 1120
Clydes escape capture 906
Cobes, Ludovicus 329
Cohoes, City of 1550
Cohoes Falls, 87
Cohoes mastodon, The 89
Cohoes Power and Light Corporation, 1411
Colbraith's journal 872
Collins, Oliver, Gen. 1182
Colonel Willett, valley commander 1049
Colonial life in Mohawk Valley 699
Committee of safety, 1774 724
Company G, 105th Infantry, Amsterdam, 1376
Company H, 105th Infantry 1385
Conclusion 1886
Conkling mansion 1348
Conkling, U. S. Senator 1848
Contemporary account of Oriskany battle 815
Contents 29
Convention greeting to Herkimer 762
Converse, Harriet M. 130
Conyne, Peter 696
Coorn, Nicolaus 213
Corstiaensen, Captain 120, 204
Corlear (Schenectady) 388
Cortelyou, Jacques 319
Council of the Great Peace 183
Court martial order, A 936
Cousture 261
Cronk, Hiram 1272
Cronkite, Major General 1738
Crouse, Jacob 1708
Crysler, Adam 1000
Cunningham, John 1180
Currytown captives 1061
Dachsteter, John 695
Dairy Center 1833
Damuth, George 1178
Dates - Mohawk river bridges 1222
Dates of revolutionary events 737
Dean, James 1178
Death of King Hendrick 572
de Belletre, M. 583
Declaration of rights - signers of 730
De Courcelles 353
Deed from Indians for Schenectady and Vicinity 316
Deerfield, 1262
Dekanawida 163
Dekanawida and Hiawatha 167
De Lancey, Governor 562
de Steenbaker, Pieter J. B. 341
De Tracy's Raid of, 1666 280
Devonic period 61
De Vos, Catalyn 316
De Winter, Bastian 316, 340
Diary of William Colbraith 872
Diary of Capt. Benj. Warren, 913
Diary of Christopher Yates 612
Diefendorf, Col. Henry 838
Dievendorf, Frederick 1061
Dillenbeck, Andrew, Capt. 839
Dolge, Alfred 1754
Dolgeville 1753
Dongan, Thomas 363
Downs, H. J. 1600
Dream of a coat 573
Drownings and wrecks 1203
Duane, James, Judge 1168
Dubois, Louis, Col. 1035
Du Bois, Jean Baptiste 283
Dunlop home attacked 905
Du Sault, St. Francis Xavier 298
Dutch life on frontier pleasant 455
Dutchtown road west 1705
Dyckman, John 208
Dygert, Warren 994
Early committees of safety 659
Early days of Schoharie settlement 485
Early settlers at Fox's dorf 480
Early settlers of localities 888
East Camp, The 466
Edick, Conrad 1081
Edison Electric Co. 1348
Edison, Thomas A. 1582
Education in early days 1526
Ehle House 1709
Ehle, Johannes J., Rev. 521
Ehle, Peter 693
Eisenlord, John 693
Election, April, 1690 404
Electric lines 1305
Elkins, Jacob Jacobsen 204
Elliott, Geo. W. 1739
Ellises, The 1601
Erie Canal, 1825-1918 1273
Erie-Ontario plain 53
Establishment of the Great Peace 179
Excise license 1215
Extinct Black Lake 73
Fable of the four raindrops 1588
Fairfield Academy opened, 1191
Faults of the valley 67
Fea, John 221, 922
Fea's Mohawk town sites, 1634 223
Featherstonaugh, Geo. W. 1290
Field officers named (176) 760
Fink, Andrew, Maj. 1103
First commercial typewriter, 1812
First four sites of Mohawks, 135
First Palatine mill 479
First settlers at Seven Dorfs 481
First valley newspaper 1843
First valley revolutionary clashes 1631
Fisher-DeGraff house 1622
Fisher, Frederick 695
Five battles of French and Indian War 671
Five Nations, The 118
Fletcher, Governor 414
Florida 1251
Fonda, Jelles 696
Fonda, John 736
Fonda-Military 1634
Fonda, Pieeter 354
Fonda-Fultonville 1624
Foot, Moses 1180
Forward 3
Formation of Tryon Co 680
Fort Dubois 1068
Fort Frey, 1689-1739 1680
Fort Hunter, 599, 1618
Fort Klock, 558, 1751
Fort Wagner, 558, 1732
Fort William Henry, 570
Fort Herkimer Reformed Church, 645
Fort Plain Church history, 1727
Fort Plain-Nelliston, 1700
Fort Plain population, 1727
Fort Plain street fair started, 1724
Fort Stanwix built, 607
Forts, Revolutionary, 770
Fox, Christopher, Capt., 836
Frankfort, 1258, 1818
Frankfort match industry, 1844, 1822
Fraunce's Tavern, 119
Free bridge at Fort Plain, 1227
Freeman's translation of gospel, 429
Free school, Johnstown, 663
Free schools, early days, 1526
Fremin, Father, 287
French-Canadian invasion, 1693, 1630
French destroy Mohawk castles, 409
French spy in Mohawk Valley, 594
Frey, Hendrick, Col. 652
Frey, John, 696, 717
Frey, S. L., 140
Frey's article on Fort Rensselaer, 1041
Frontenac, Count, 299
Frontenac's raid left Mohawks destitute, 415
Fuller, Samuel, 710
Fulton Co. Gas & electric Company, 1412
Gallant soldiers, 1165
Gansvoort, Leonard 695
Gansevoort, Peter, Col., 824
Gardinier, Jacob, Capt. 799
Garlock, Adam, 993
Garoga Trail, 1730
Gateway to the West, 45, 77
Gault, James, 906
General Cochran House 1736
General Electric Co. 1580
Genesee Street, 1827
Geology of Mohawk Valley, 45
German Flats, 1258
German Flatts, Fort Herkimer, 1781, 1053
Gerritsen, Marten 210
Ghost of Guy Park, The, 1610
Giantwahia, the cornplanter, 982
Glen, Alexander Lindsay, 217, 330, 358
Glen, Johannes, 332, 384, 522
Gloversville, City of, 1656
Gollegty, J. Lyman, 1869
Goodrich, Roswell, 1179
Gordon and Klock arrive, 907
Goupil, 261
Governor Nicolls, 354
Grandma Filkins, 1801
Great binding law, The 183
Great industrial orchestra, 1584
Great westward emigration, 1175
Great western gateway bridge, 1572
Grider, R. A., 1125
Groot, Smon, 541
Groot, Symon, 329
Guy, Park, 1766 1607
Hager, Jacob, Capt. 1013
Halfmoon, 1246
Hallern, John, Col. 1183
Hamilton College, 1542, 1854
Hand bill of races, 1153
Hansen, Hendrich, 697
Hanson, Willis T., 740
Hartmann, John Adam, 1144
Hayonwatha, 163
Hees, Hendrick, 695
Hearsay, David, 1229
Helderberg Escarpment, 54
Helmer's famous ride, 1778, 1800
Hennepin, Father, 301
Herkimer, 1256
Herkimer centennial, 1782
Herkimer County, 1240
Herkimer County Historical Society, 1784
Herkimer, George, Capt., 769, 1183
Herkimer, Han Yost, 1183
Herkimer home, The General, 642
Herkimer, Johan Jost, 521
Herkimer massacre, 1786
Herkimer - Military, 1794
Herkimer, Nicholas, 22, 585, 820
Herkimer village, 1778
Hertel, Francois, 275
Hewitt, J. N. B., 123
Historical injustice to New York, 14
History of Mohawk, 1646-66, 274
Hollister, John, 1821
Horseback travel the style, 1149
Hot Ashes, 304
Howe's cave, 1619
How Johnson got Royal Grant, 573
Hudson, Henry, 120, 192
Hudson Valley province, 56
Hughes, W. W., 1759
Hunt, Lieut. Daniel, 423
Hunter, Robert, Colonel, 463
Hyde, Edward, Sir, 433
Hydro-Electric Development, 1869
Hydro-electric power under construction in 1924 1419
Ignored by historians, 10
Ilion Gulph, 1806
Ilion's Remington rifle centennial, 1816
Ilion Village, 1805
Indian raid at Fort Herkimer, 1085
Indian's corner, 472
Industrial Fort Plain, 1702
Industries, early, 354
Industries of valley, 1481
Influence in nation's political life, 22
Ingold, John, 1025
Inn-keepers, 1217
"Intolerable Acts", The, 659
Inventions, 1481
Iroquois council at Albany, 425
Iroquois warriors visit England, 441
Isaac Jorgues, 252
Jesuit mission, 1667-1683 1628
Jorgues, Isaac 214, 252
Johns, Isaac, 1182
Johnson and the Mohawk Valley, 534
Johnson captures Fort Niagara, 609
Johnson, disarmed, flees to Canada, 755
Johnson, Guy, 676
Johnson, William, Sir. 22, 290, 650, 652, 662, 686
Johnson, William, 526
Johnson's flour mill, 544
Johnson's great raid, 1009
Johnson's raid, 1780 1712
Johnstown, 1252, 1637
Johnstown jail, 654
Jones, Pomeroy, Judge, 883
Kahn, Peter, 548
King William's war a lesson, 422
Kirkland's diary, 1789 702
Kline, John, 695
Klock and Gordon too late, 907
Kneiskern, John Peter, 481
Kockerthal, Joshua, Rev. 461
Kryn (Togouiroui), 300
La Du, Dwight B., 1422
Lamberville, Jean de, Father 300
La Montagne, Wm. De, 318
League of the Five Nations formed, 186
Leavenworth, Lemuel, 1179
Lee, Arthur, 1179
Legend of the "Great Peace", 162
Leisler, Jacob, 371
Letter from German Flats Committee, 805
Letter from Fort Williams, 1756, 577
Letters from Washington, 1088
Lewis Machine Gun, 1848
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, 1176
Lindsay, John, 530
Lintner, George, 987
Lipe, John, 1125
List of patentees (Burnetsfield), 503
List of scholars at free school, 663
List of ye people kild and destroyed, 297
Little Falls, City of, 1759, 1768
Little Falls Gorge, 45
Livingston, Robert, 432
Lock No. 12, Dam No. 8, 1618
Longhouses, 141
Loomis, Nathaniel, 1179
Lossing on Bemis Heights battle, 1047
Loucks, Adam, 693, 713
Lovelace, Governor, 463
Low, Samuel, 1754
Lower valley geological history, 83
Mabee, Cobus, 885
MacWethy, L. D., 1742
McDonald, Captain, 786
McQueen, Walter, 1691
Massacre and burning of Schenectady, 380
Massacre at German Flats, 581
Masonic home, state, 1856
Manheim, 1256
Manufacturing, 1481
Manufacturing statistics, 1502
Martin, Peter, 696
Mattice, Henry, 472
Megapolensis, Johannes, 212, 240
Members of Palatine Committee, 721
Men of intellect and culture, 710
Men under Captain Brown, 894
Mey, Cornelise Jacobsen, 204
Migration of Palatines to America, 457
Miller, Adam, 799
Minden, 1255
Mohawk & Hudson R. R., 1831, 1291
Mohawk Castle, 1666-1693, 147
"Mohawk Dutch", 699
Mohawk Indian vocabulary, 150
Mohawk River bridges, 1222
Mohawk River navigation, 1197
Mohawk River water power, 1403
Mohawk turnpike and valley highway system, 1465
Mohawk turnpike incorporated, 1191
Mohawk Valley, 1760-1774, 630
Mohawk Valley after the revolution, 1140
Mohawk Valley and Schenectady, 1701-1713,
Mohawk Valley Democrat (Fonda), 1079
Mohawk Valley drainage system, 100
Mohawk Valley geological names, 57
Mohawk Valley glacial lakes, 74
Mohawk Valley highways, 1209
Mohawk Valley history, 1713-1744, 510
Mohawk Valley history, 1825-65, 1307
Mohawk Valley history, 1865-1900, 1340
Mohawk Valley history, 1900-1925, 1351
Mohawk Valley in 1810, 1231
Mohawk Valley in 1840, 1329
Mohawk Valley province, 50
Mohawk Valley raids, 885
Mohawk Valley revolutionary forts, 770
Mohawk Valley rocks, 92
Mohawk Valley roster, revolutionary militia, 1127
Mohawk, Village of 1798
Mohawks, The, 107
Mohawks, The, and their country 240
Mohegonter, 473
Mohican attack on Kahaniaga, 1628
Montgomery county, 1237
Montgomery, Richard, 1147
Morris, Elma Strong, 675
Morrison, John T., 758
Moyer, Lodowick, 1081
Myers, Joseph, 984
Names inscribed on old stone church, 651
Names of early Schenectadians, 326
Names of early settlers, 482
Names of freeholders, 1661-1700, 346
Names of men under Captain Brown, 894
Names of Palatines of Schoharie Co., 483
National guard company of Mohawk, 1387
National occurrences, 1781, 1084
Negro slaves of Colonial days, 449
Nellis, Henry, 993
Nellis, Jacob, 994
Nelliston, 1700
New Hartford, 1262
New north side Mohawk towns, 285
New York Central R. R., 1853, 1297
New York Central R. R. and other Valley lines, 1288
New York Central lines, 1914 1299
New York Central lines chronology, 1299
N. Y. C. and Hudson R. R. R., 1869 1298
N. Y. C. R. R. through Mohawk Valley, 1455
New York fought one-third of battles, 1109
New York State Barge Canal, 1422, 1437
New York State Masonic home, 1856
Nine forts of Canajoarie district, 1122
Niskayuna, 1248
Niskayuna raided, 403
Noe, J. F., 1550
North shore castles, 1627
North side Mohawk castles and Jesuit missions, 296
Noses, The, 17
Noted citizens of Utica, 1850
Oldest building, 528
Oldest towns in Mohawk watershed, 507
Old Indian trails, 1221
Olendorf, Daniel, 986
One hundred years of Canajoharie, 1691
Oneida County, 1242
Oothout, Abraham, Col. 740
Oppenheim, 1255
Ordovicic period, 60
Oriskany battlefield, 1878
Oriskany Creek, 1877
Oriskany Roster, The, 842
Oriskany soldiers' personal experiences, 831
Oriskany Village, 1877
Otaquago Trail, 926, 1703
Otstungo, 144
Otten, Catrina, 329
Palatine, 1254
Palatine district committee formed, 71
Palatine Evangelical Lutheran Church, 650
Palatines settle Schoharie, 475
Paris, 1263
Parkman, Francis, 136
Peace news reaches Fort Plain, 1102
Peace of Ryswick, 423
Pearson on Schenectady massacre, 382
Peeck, Jan, 329
Period of growth and development, 556
Personal experiences of Oriskany soldiers, 831
Petrie, John, 693
Petry, Diterich, 695
Pettingell, Samuel, 695
Phelps, Jedediah, 1178
Pickard, Bartlett, Mrs. 985
Pierron, Father, 288
Pioneer in waterway development, 25
Platt, Zephaniah, 1176
Points of interest, 105
Population Albany Co., 1703, 4434
Post, John, 1842
Posts under Thompson, 1102
"Praying Castle," 298
Precambric period, The, 57
Principal events of 1783, 1119
Privileged West India Co., 316
Quackenbos, Pieter, 329
Quackenbush, Abram, 837
Quackenbush, A. D., 694
Quaternary or glacial period, 71
Queen Anne's parsonage, 1620
Race-courses straightaway, 704
Races, wrestling, etc., 703
Raids at Cherry Valley, Johnstown, Fort Plain, Vrooman's Land, 973
Rapid increase in population, 632
Real, Jan Christian, 1179
Religious allegiance document, 688
Remington, Eliphalet, 1808
Remington makes first rifle, 1195
Remington rifle in Civil War, 1811
Remington typewriter, 1496
Resettlement of Oneida County, 1175
Resolutions, signers of, 717
Review of Schenectady and Mohawk Valley, 1711, 451
Revolutionary figures, Schenectady, 751
Ripley, Charles M., 1556, 1580
River packets, 1204
Roads were Indian paths, 925
Road to Fort Herkimer church, 1780
Roberts, Benjamin, 329
"romance is Dead," 1580
Rome, 1264, 1880
Roof, Johannes, 635
Root, Elihu, 1317, 1360
Rosenkrantz, Abraham, Rev., 649
Roster of 1898, Co. H, 1377
Roster, March 1917, April 1919, 1381
Roster of officers, Clinton's army, 945
Roster of Tryon Co. militia, 842
Roster of Valley Revolutionary Militia, 1127
Rother, John, 983
Round Top, 1674
Salmon Falls, 395
Saltsman, John, 697
Sammon's account of Johnson's raid, 1035
Sanderse, Johannes, 419
Sawyer's history of Cherry Valley, 974
Scalping by American troops, 817
Schaeffer, Henry, 896
Schaets, Reinier, 329
Schenck, Martin, 1453
Schenectady, 1249
Schenectady after the Revolution, 1165
Schenectady and Lower Mohawk Valley, 1664-1690 352
Schenectady and Mohawk Valley, 400, 417, 1690, 1693, 1701
Schenectady a touring center 1566
Schenectady at beginning of  Revolution, 739
Schenectady County, 1234
Schenectady in colonial wars, 626
Schenectady heads of families, 402
Schenectady National Guard companies, 1367
Schenectady patent, 364
Schenectady - social study of, 1556
Schermerhorn, Jan Janse, 344
Schermerhorn, Ryer, 334
Schrembling, Hendrick, 1683
Schoharie County, 1236
Schoharie Reformed Dutch Church, 651
Schoharie Valley, The, 468
"Schoharie Valley Lore," 724
Schultz, Christian, 1204
Schuyler, Peter, 406, 411, 462, 768, 1110, 1259
Scott, Winfield, Gen., 1270
Seebers, The, 837
Second Schenectady Reformed Dutch Church, 434
Second war with England, 1266
Settlement of Cherry Valley, 530
Settlement of Johnstown and building of Johnson Hall, 660
Settlement of New Netherland, 192
Settlement of Schenectady, 313
Settlement of Stone Arabia and German Flats, 496
Settlement of Utica, 1840
Settlers of Schenectady, 1661-4 326
Settlers carried into captivity, 885
Seymour, Horatio, 1326
Shales and Limestones, 95
Sherman, vice-president, 1849
Shoemaker House, 1800
Sibbel, Joseph, 273
Siege of Fort Stanwix, 850
Signers of petition, 1663 323
Signers of religious document 690
Siluric period, 61
Simms, Captain, 414
Simms, J. R., 973, 1738
Simms on "Schoharie," 471
Sir George Clark House, 1709
Sir William Johnson and the Mohawk Valley, 534
Sitts, Baltus, 986
Slavery was common, 705
Sloughter, Nicholas, 1020
Smallpox swept Mohawk lodges, 278
Smidt, Johannes G., 480
Smith, Melancthon, 1176
Snyder, Peter P., 472
Soegemakelyk, Pieter A., 344
Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial park, 1742
Source of the Mohawk, 53
Source of the Mohawk, 53
Source of the Schoharie, 470
Southwestern plateau, 53
Spencer, Thomas, 794
Summary of Clinton's Portage march, 946
Summary Glacial lake drainage, 76
St. George's Church, 400
St. George's Masonic lodge, 658
St. Johns Episcopal Church, 651
St. Johnsville, 1741
St. Leger, 788
Staats,  Joachim, 375
Stages made weekly trips, 1212
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1314
Staring, John Adam, 694
Steinmetz, Charles P., 1583
Stevens, Jonathan, 408
Stoeffel, Hiem, 1229
Storage and warehouses, 1169
Strategic points 20
Stuyvesant, Petrus 215
Swart, Engelite, 727
Start, Teunis Cornelise 340
Swits, Isaac Cornelise 330
Taconic revolution, 60
Talmage, Enos, Lieut. 375
Tarajoress, 1700-1755, 1706
Tegahkwita baptized, 301
Tegakwitha, Kateri, 277
Teller, Johanes, 345
Teller, Willem, 316, 345
Third year of war, 1757, 588
Thompson commands several forts, 1102
Thorpe, Josiah, 1143
Thornton, John, Maj., 1166
Thornton, Wm. A., Col. 1166
Tice, Gilbert, 697
Ticonderoga and Fort Frontenac, 604
Tionnontogen, 283, 286, 1733
Tortures of Jogues, 262
Tory fiend Butler killed, 1793
Tracy, Marquis de, 278, 356
Traffic over Great Western Gateway bridge, 1576
Tribes Hill, 1618
Tryon Co. courthouse and jail built, 653
Tryon County formed, 680
Tryon County militia, 755, 1127
Tryon County religious allegiance document, 688
Tryon, William, Gov. 652, 686, 687
Tug Hill plateau, 53
Twelve toll gates, 1213
Using energy of sun, 1587
Union College, 1795 1190
Union College, 1795-1925, 1534
Utica, 1260
Utica & Schenectady R. R., 1836, 1295
Utica & Syracuse R. R., 1839, 1297
Utica, automobile cross-roads, 1836
Utica, banking, 1832
Utica, City of, 1823
Utica Gass & Electric Co., 1413
Utica, industrial growth, 1846
Utica, National Guard companies, 1393
Utica's parks, 1824
Utica public library, 1830
Utica schools, 1830
Utica temperature, etc., 1854
Utica's first merchant, 1842
Valley lake systems, 104
Valley population, 1800, 1232
Valley's smiling farmlands, 26
Van Alstyne, Gose, 780, 1683
Van Alstyne House, 1750, 1684
Van Alstyne, Marte Janse, 559
Van Antwerpen, Daniel Janse, 358, 408
Van Coppernoll, Chas. W., 334
Van Curler, Arent, 208, 328, 354
Van den Bogaert, 208
Van den Bogaert's Journal, 220
Vander Veer, Albert, Dr. 826
Van Dyck, C. H., 480
Van Eps, Jan Baptist, 342
Van Eps, Johannes Dirkee, 342
Van Olinda, Pieter Danielse, 316, 337
Van Renssalaer, Killian, 209
Van Slyck, Cornelis Antonissen, 334, 356
Van Slyck, Jacques Cornelise, 316, 333
Van Slyck, Martin Maurice, 318
Van Twiller, Walter, 201
Van Velsen, Sweer Teunise, 316
Van Vorst, Dirk, 546
Van Woggelum, Peter Adriance, 316, 344
Van Ysselsteyn, Marten C., 343
Various early settlers, 888
Veder, Volkert, 695
Vedder, Harman Albertse, 329
Veeder, Gerret Symonse, 329
Veeder, Symon Volckertse, 343
Verhuist, Wm., 208
Versions of origin of man, 131
Veterans of 1812 in 1878, 1271
Viele, Cornelis Cornelissen, 356
Villages of Van den Bogaert's Journal 146
Visscher, Frederick, Col., 1089
Volckersten, Veeder, 316
Volunteers (1696), 420
Volunteers of 1711, 467
Voyage of Hudson, 1609, 192
Vrooman, Adam, 329
Vrooman, Grietje, 336
Vrooman, Henry H. 694
Vrooman, Cole Peter, 737
Vrooman patent, 471
Wager, Daniel E., 850
Wagner, Johan Peter, 558
Wagner's sleeping car, 1690
Waldron, Charles N., 1534
Wall, Edward, 695
Walrath, Garret, 838
Walworth, Ellen H. 281
Wampum, 130
Warren, Benjamin, Capt., diary of, 913
Washington at Canajoharie, 1688
Washington at Ft. Plain, 1715
Washington's correspondence re Oswego expedition, 1095
Washington's visit, 110
Waterford, 1247
Watervliet, 1244
Watson, Elkanah, 1154
Watson's diary, 1155
Weavrs, The 1181
Weiser, Conrad, 461
Wemple, Abraham, Col. 739
Wemple, Barent B. 694
Wemp (Wemple), Jan B. 316, 341
Wemp, Myndert, 328, 341
West Shore R. R., 1299
"W. G. Y." 1594
When man first saw Mohawk river, 82
White, Alexander, 736
White, Hugh, 1176, 1874
Whitesboro village, 1874
Whitestown, 1259
Widow Van Curier's license, 329
Wilder Hook, 472
Willett, Colonel 800
Willett, Marinus, Gen. 1714
Willett's expedition against British Fort Oswego, 1091
Willett's narrative of siege, 857
Williams memorial library, 1714
Wilson, James Grant, 220
Wilson, President, 1360
Woestyne heads of families, 403
Wolcott, Oliver, 1179
Wood Creek settlers, 1784 1186
World's greatest potholes, 78
World's oldest trees, 63
Yates, Austin A., Maj. 740
Yates, Christopher P. 697, 716, 1085
Yates' diary, 612
Young, Frederick, 697
Younglove, Moses, 837
Zeele, Adam, 697
Zenger, John Peter, 465
Zimmerman, Jacob, 1742

 

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