Mohawk Valley history: March 11, 1897
This day in history highlights bicycles, women and fashion in the late 1890s in the wake of the Bicycle Craze.
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Mohawk Valley history: March 9, 1905
/in This Day in History, Writing Series/by MVMWife of Founder of Leland Stanford University Gave Two a Luxuriously Furnished House For a Year. Her Kindness to an Old Priest. Italian Admirer’s Tribute.
International Women’s Day: Bertha Benz
/in This Day in History, Writing Series/by MVMA pioneer during the 1880’s development of the motor car, Bertha Benz saw the great potential of combustion engine vehicles.
Mohawk Valley history: March 8, 1929, Montgomery County, NY
/in This Day in History, Writing Series/by MVMMarch 1, 1860: Musical Convention Concert at Union Hall, as reported in the Mohawk Valley Register, Fort Plain, NY.
Mohawk Valley history: March 7, 1903, Herkimer, NY
/in This Day in History, Writing Series/by MVMHerkimer newspaper acquires a Thorne simplex unitype typesetting machine on March 7, 1903, as reported in the Herkimer Democrat.
This day in Mohawk Valley history: March 6
/in This Day in History, Writing Series/by MVMMarch 6, 1930: Thirty-five thousand unfit automobiles will be removed from the highways in New York State during the coming year.
Fenimore Art Museum Offers Beading and Felting Workshops in April
/in Press releases/by MVMFenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown offers two workshops in April focusing on beading and felting.
Mohawk Valley Women’s History Month: Anna Maria Müller (Miller)
/in This Day in History/by MVMAnna Maria Müller (Miller) was born Anna Maria Jacobi in Mainz, German, to parents Anne Barbara and Melchioris in 1687.
Akwesasne’s First Newspaper and the “Return” to Traditional Government
/in Writing Series/by MVMThe Wampum Chronicles: “Akwesasne’s First Newspaper and the “Return” to Traditional Government“ by cultural historian and author, Darren Bonaparte.
It’s a leap day in a leap year
/in Writing Series/by MVMWith a leap year comes the Leap Day, today, February 29. As most are aware, a leap year occurs approximately every four years to accommodate alignment with the astronomical year.