Mohawk Valley History

Writing Series

Read articles written by historians from throughout the Mohawk Valley region. Contact us if you have a story idea or local historian that you would like to see published in our writing series.

From the Land of Flint to the Land Where the Partridge Drums

The Wampum Chronicles continue with the first part of the Migration from the Mohawk Valley to Kahnawake and Akwesasne. The Mohawks used this area in ancient times for both permanent and seasonal occupation.
Main Street, Herkimer, NY 1905

Mohawk Valley history: January 26, 1887, Herkimer, NY

This day in Mohawk Valley history from The Herkimer Democrat, January 26, 1887, Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York

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 Mohawk Valley history: January 23

This day in Mohawk Valley history from The Gloversville Daily Leader, January 23 1900, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York.

Land Where The Partridge Drums

Land Where The Partridge Drums: A History of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation by Darren Bonaparte originally published in the Indian Time, November 12, 1993

Eagle Down by John Frazier

Donnie Coffin was somewhat of an enigma. Those who remember him recall him as an easygoing guy, but not many people have vivid memories of him.
Freemans Journal January 19, 1927, Cooperstown, NY

This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 19

If You Want To Talk By Radio Simply Call Long Distance, Freeman’s Journal, January 19, 1927, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York.

This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 18

Short Items of Interest Gathered From Our Exchanges, Telling of What Other People Are Talking About on January 18, 1917, Cobleskill, NY.

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The Mohawk Valley is located along the Mohawk River in the ancestral lands of the Kanienʼkehá:ka’ (Mohawk) and Oneida. We offer our deepest respect to Hodinöhsö:ni’ ancestors, past and present.

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