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.

This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 30

Record Number of Students Attending School Here Now from the Cobleskill Index on January 30, 1930, Cobleskill, NY.
The Wampum Chronicles, A “Jake Ice” for the American Side of Akwesasne by Darren Bonaparte

A “Jake Ice” for the American Side of Akwesasne

Wampum Chronicles, “ A “Jake Ice” for the American Side of Akwesasne,” by historian and author, Darren Bonaparte.
Winter at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

Museum Monday Program at Schoharie Crossing Takes a Look at Enslavement and Abolitionism in Montgomery County

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will host the next in the “Museum Mondays” series on February 5th from 11am to 1pm.

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.
Eleazer Williams: Historian, The Unquiet Rest of Eleazer Williams By Darren Bonaparte

Eleazer Williams: Science Gets to the “Heart” of the Matter

Wampum Chronicles, “The Unquiet Rest of Eleazer Williams: Science Gets to the “Heart” of the Matter,” by historian and author, Darren Bonaparte.

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.
Utica Daily Observer, Jan 16, 1874

This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 16

Home Matters column from the Utica Daily Observer edition issued on January 16, 1874, Utica, Oneida County, New York.
[Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., half-length portrait, facing front]. Dick DeMarsico, photographer, 1964. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Prints & Photographs Division

This day in history: January 15

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., twentieth-century America’s most compelling and effective civil rights leader, was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia.

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