Schoharie County’s Abandoned Quarries

Date: May 7, 2023
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Lasell Hall 262 Main St Schoharie NY 12157
Organizer: Old Stone Fort Museum & Schoharie County Historical Society
Phone: (518) 295-7192
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May 7, 2023 at 2pm • Lasell Hall, Main Street, Schoharie

In a continuation of the Schoharie County Historical Society’s Spring lecture series, we will have author Dana Cudmore speaking on Schoharie County’s quarries in their heyday and what has happened to them since the downfall of their popularity. 

In the decades before concrete, there was cut stone. And in the final years of the 19th Century, Schoharie County quarries supplied millions of tons of it to help build New York.  The Brooklyn Bridge, New York’s expanding barge canal system, and other engineering marvels of the period created a huge demand for cut building stone from upstate (and elsewhere). The boom was short-lived.  There were eight limestone quarries in the Town of Cobleskill alone, six in the village The largest, near Barnerville, employed nearly 450 men to fulfill a huge contract with the City of New York, worth about $65 million today.

These are not the quarries we see today. All have been abandoned. This presentation looks at some of the largest and catalogs the others, long forgotten. A Q&A will follow.  Signed copies of Underground Empires will be available to those attending.

Christmas in Schoharie on December 3

Date: December 3, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Old Stone Fort Museum, 145 Fort Rd, Schoharie, NY 12157
Organizer: Old Stone Fort Museum & Schoharie County Historical Society
December | Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association

Enjoy baking all day at the Old Stone Fort Museum on December 3rd and see the bake oven in action from 10am - 3pm

Who's ready for Christmas?? This event will help you get into the holiday spirit and maybe you'll even get some Christmas shopping done! There will be a visit from Sinterklaas along with plenty baking and cooking demos.

The Old Stone Fort was built as a High Dutch (German) Reformed church in 1772. 

It was the third building erected by the congregation of the Palatine German settlement of Fuchs Dorf (Fox Town).  Builders chiseled parishioners’ names into the stones. They include many of the early families of the valley.

Through the Civil War and until 1873 it was used as a militia/National Guard armory.  Then the state turned it over to Schoharie County for preservation. In 1889, the Schoharie County Historical Society was chartered to operate a museum at the old fort and by 1899 a catalog of 2,500 items was published.

For the past 125 years, visitors have learned about the first Dutch and German settlers in the Schoharie Valley and their Indian neighbors, viewing artifacts that date back to the early 1700s — including a fire engine built before George Washington was born!  Stories of the Revolutionary War on the frontier are illustrated with muskets, swords, powder horns, and even the British cannonball that was recovered from a roof beam during renovations in the 1830s.  A double-barreled rifle attributed to legendary marksman Timothy Murphy who served here and remained after the war is a highlight.  A Civil War Sesquicentennial Exhibit was installed in 2011 recognizing the soldiers from Schoharie County that served from Fort Sumter (literally!) to Appomattox.

45th Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar

Date: November 20, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum Complex, 143 Depot Ln, Schoharie, NY 12157
Organizer: Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association
Phone: 518-295-7505 or 518-868-2878
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Friday November 18th, 10 am-6pm, Saturday November 19th 9am-6pm, Sunday November 20, 10am-4pm

At the Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum Complex, 143 Depot Ln, Schoharie, NY 12157

Unique Hand crafted gifts, home baked goods sale, country kitchen, daily raffles for baskets filled with donated crafter's specialties donated by the crafters. 

This is a juried craft event.

For more information, call 518-295-7505 or 518-868-2878. Sponsored by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association to Benefit the Schoharie Valley Railroad and Palatine House Museums.

Visit us on Facebook or schoharieheritage.org for additional information.

45th Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar

Date: November 19, 2022
Time: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum Complex, 143 Depot Ln, Schoharie, NY 12157
Organizer: Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association
Phone: 518-295-7505 or 518-868-2878
Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association

Friday November 18th, 10 am-6pm, Saturday November 19th 9am-6pm, Sunday November 20, 10am-4pm

At the Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum Complex, 143 Depot Ln, Schoharie, NY 12157

Unique Hand crafted gifts, home baked goods sale, country kitchen, daily raffles for baskets filled with donated crafter's specialties donated by the crafters. 

This is a juried craft event.

For more information, call 518-295-7505 or 518-868-2878. Sponsored by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association to Benefit the Schoharie Valley Railroad and Palatine House Museums.

Visit us on Facebook or schoharieheritage.org for additional information.

45th Annual Holiday Craft Bazaar

Date: November 18, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum Complex, 143 Depot Ln, Schoharie, NY 12157
Organizer: Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association
Phone: 518-295-7505 or 518-868-2878
Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association

Friday November 18th, 10 am-6pm, Saturday November 19th 9am-6pm, Sunday November 20, 10am-4pm

At the Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum Complex, 143 Depot Ln, Schoharie, NY 12157

Unique Hand crafted gifts, home baked goods sale, country kitchen, daily raffles for baskets filled with donated crafter's specialties donated by the crafters. 

This is a juried craft event.

For more information, call 518-295-7505 or 518-868-2878. Sponsored by the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association to Benefit the Schoharie Valley Railroad and Palatine House Museums.

Visit us on Facebook or schoharieheritage.org for additional information.

46th Annual Fall Antiques in Schoharie

Date: September 25, 2022
Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: 143 Depot Lane Schoharie NY 12157
Organizer: Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association
Email address: scha@midtel.net
Phone: 518-295-7505
Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association

The 46th Annual Fall Antiques in Schoharie event is all set for September 24 and 25, 2022. This fundraising event will benefit both the 1743 Palatine House and the Schoharie Valley Railroad Museums.

Free parking and Country Kitchen onsite. Admission is $6.

Also participating is the Heritage Crafters and Stony Creek Quilts and wovens. Approximately 100 antique vendors participate in this show so if you love antiques this is your Heaven.

46th Annual Fall Antiques in Schoharie

Date: September 24, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: 143 Depot Lane Schoharie NY 12157
Organizer: Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association
Email address: scha@midtel.net
Phone: 518-295-7505
Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association

The 46th Annual Fall Antiques in Schoharie event is all set for September 24 and 25, 2022. This fundraising event will benefit both the 1743 Palatine House and the Schoharie Valley Railroad Museums.

Free parking and Country Kitchen onsite. Admission is $6.

Also participating is the Heritage Crafters and Stony Creek Quilts and wovens. Approximately 100 antique vendors participate in this show so if you love antiques this is your Heaven.

Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum Train Show

Date: September 17, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: 143 Depot Lane Schoharie NY 12157
Organizer: Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association
Email address: scha@midtel.net
Phone: 518-295-7505
Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association

The museum will be open all day for this event.

There will be vendors selling all kinds of trains and train accessories. This is a fundraising event. Fees to the show are approximately $8 but entry to the museum is free with donations always appreciated. There will be a number of food trucks on premise during the show.

We are still accepting vendor applications. This is an indoor (unheated) event and the vendor spaces are $25 per table (max of 6 tables). You can email or call for additional information.