A visit to the Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park
This week MVEDD visited the Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park to learn about the exhibits along with their vision for the future.
Mohawks and the Dutch in the Mohawk Valley
View a video from the Friends of the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site featuring historian and scholar, Paul Gorgen, as he takes a close look at the relations between the Mohawk People and the Dutch settlers in the Mohawk Valley.
1882: The Year of Pestilence, Death and Solutions in Little Falls
The summer of 1882 was a bad time to be an inhabitant of Little Falls as sickness and death raged throughout the village.
400 Local Veterans Honored at Oneida Indian Nation
On November 1, more than 400 Local Veterans Honored at Oneida Indian Nation’s Annual Veterans Recognition Event at Turning Stone Resort Casino
Kanatsiohareke’s Fall Festival Fundraiser
Dating back as early as the 12th century, the Mohawk Valley has been home to the Kanienkehaka (“People of the Flint or Mohawk). Support the Kanatsiohareke community during their Fall Festival fundraiser.
Halloween Memories by Jim Rogers
What are your favorite Halloween memories? Take a moment or two to remember your favorite Halloween, past or present.
Broomsticks and Ballots by Ray Lenarcic
I love Halloween. Always have. My earliest remembrance is dressing up in a cowboy outfit complete with flannel shirt, neckerchief, vest, chaps and the piece de resistance, a pearl-handled, silver Lone Ranger cap pistol.
Morgan’s Dairy by Bart Carrig
“Around the back and up the stairs…” That’s how our mornings began. The first time I heard that instruction, from my Uncle Morgan Carrig, June 1964.
Upon Turning 80 by Ray Lenarcic
Anyone who knows me would acknowledge that there’s no way I could answer any question in a word. Well, surprise, surprise naysayers-I can.
The Military Road and the War of 1812 by Pat Stock
After the American Revolution, many New Englanders moved to New York State – specifically to the Royal Grant that had belonged to Sir William Johnson.