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 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.

New York Disposes of Northern New York

In this week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with New York Disposes of Northern New York.
Historic Johnson Hall

Friends of Johnson Hall awarded Park and Trail Partnership Grant

The Friends of Johnson Hall has been awarded $27,585 to develop an app that will enhance the traditional tour through the historic house.
New York Disposes of Northern New York

New York Disposes of Northern New York

In this week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with Treaties of Contention with New York Disposes of Northern New York.
The Wampum Chronicles

The Building of the Stone Church and The Drawing of the Border.

In this week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with The Six Nations and Tyendinaga Reserves and The “Central Fire” Moves to Buffalo Creek.

The Building of the Stone Church and The Drawing of the Border.

In this week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte continues with The Building of the Stone Church and The Drawing of the Border.

Treaties of Contention

In this week’s The Wampum Chronicles, Darren Bonaparte begins with “Treaties of Contention“ and the suspicious quit claims by Brandt and Cook.

National Historic Marker Day in Little Falls

Friday April 28 was National Historic Marker Day. The officers and directors of the Little Falls Historical Society marked this day by placing a new historic marker atop a previously installed marker pole at the site of the guard gate for the 1795 Western Inland Navigation Lock Canal.

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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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