Mohawk Valley history: March 16, 1892
Wife 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.
This day in Mohawk Valley history: March 15
March 15, 1917: F. E. Barbour of Canajoharie will leave March 17th on a business trip to Belize, Central America, where the Beech-Nut companies are large buyers of chicle, a product used in making gum.
Mohawk Valley history: March 14
This day in Mohawk Valley history: The Observer on March 14, 1913, Utica, NY. Women Prepare Bill for the right to vote.
Defending Fort Stanwix by William L. Kidder
Our conversation continues with Willam L. Kidder, author of Defending Fort Stanwix: A Story of the New York Frontier in the American Revolution.
This day in Mohawk Valley history: March 13
Maple Season Off To Good Start In State, Freeman’s Journal, March 13, 1946, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York.
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.
Mohawk Valley history: March 9, 1905
Wife 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.
Bertha Benz around 1870 courtesy of the Bühler, Mannheim - Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz, Ladenburg.International Women’s Day: Bertha Benz
A 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
March 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
Herkimer newspaper acquires a Thorne simplex unitype typesetting machine on March 7, 1903, as reported in the Herkimer Democrat.