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Adirondack lumberjacks, ca. 1910. Department of Environmental Conservation. Photographic prints and negatives, 1904-1949.

The Sky Pilot and Lumberjacks of the Adirondacks

The first NYS Woodsmen’s Field Days was organized by Rev. Frank Reed in 1948 in Old Forge. This year marks the 76th year of the Field Days.

Mohawk Valley history: June 28, 1902, Poland, NY

This day in Mohawk Valley history from Poland in The Utica Observer, June 28, 1902, Utica, Oneida County, New York.

Blandina Street trolley, photo provided by the Oneida County History Center

This day in Mohawk Valley History: April 12

“THE FRANCHISE WAS RATIFIED. STREET CAR COMPANY AT LITTLE FALLS.” Headline from April 12, 1902, The Utica Observer.

Mohawk Valley history: Utica Public Library, 1900

This day in Mohawk Valley history from The Utica Observer, March 2, 1900, Utica, Oneida County, NY. Inspected Several Libraries.

Mohawk Valley history: January 25, 1890, Utica, NY

This day in Mohawk Valley history from The Utica Observer, January 25, 1890, Utica, Oneida County, New York.

This day in history: December 16 in Utica, NY

On December 16, 1886, the Utica Daily Observer reported on a rail Belt opening as well as a rail road Holiday Excursion to New York City.

Colgate University Repatriates More than 1,500 Funerary Objects to the Oneida Indian Nation

On Wednesday, November 9, the Oneida Indian Nation and Colgate University held a repatriation ceremony during which more than 1,500 funerary objects and cultural artifacts were transferred to the Nation from the collections of the university’s Longyear Museum of Cultural Anthropology.

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

The 40-mile connection between Herkimer and Oriskany by Jim Rogers

Living in the Mohawk Valley we are surrounded by historic locations that have both local and national significance.