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.

The Wampum Chronicles: The Code of Handsome Lake

The Code of Handsome Lake

This week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with “In the Shadow of Serpents: The Code of Handsome Lake”
The Main Street in Little Falls, NY, circa 1955-1965

The Main Street in Little Falls, NY, circa 1955 -1965

Recollections by Allen Kazmerski from the Little Falls Historical Society 2023 Writing Series dedicated to Edward J. Cooney.
The Wampum Chronicles In the Shadow of Serpents Slums in the Wilderness by Darren Bonaparte

Slums in the Wilderness

This week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with “In the Shadow of Serpents: Slums in the Wilderness”

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.
June 23: The Seven Nations Grand Council of 1799

Trials and Tribulations of the Early 1800’s

This week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with “In the Shadow of Serpents: Trials and Tribulations of the Early 1800's.”

The Seven Nations Grand Council of 1799

In this week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with The Seven Nations Grand Council of 1799.

Enter Joseph Brant

In this week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with Enter Joseph Brant.

From the LFHS Cooney Archives: A Place to Call Home – The Mohawk Valley

A patent issued by King George II of England, bestowed to John Jost Schnell and Jacob Zimmerman 3,600 acres of land north of the Mohawk River across from the General Herkimer home.