Mohawk Valley History Writing Series

This day in Mohawk Valley history: January 31

Learning to swing dance and Jazz set for concert series, Freeman’s Journal, January 31, 1990, Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York.

Record Number of Students Attending School Here Now from the Cobleskill Index on January 30, 1930, Cobleskill, NY.

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will offer a Museum Monday program on February 3rd, inside their Visitor Center.

A Run on Fort Plain Bank in Mohawk Valley history from The Daily Leader, January 27, 1900, Fulton County, New York.

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

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

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

Author Patrick Maxwell talks about his book, “The Last Word” and the story of the Gillette/Brown Tragedy in the voice of Chester Gillette.

As long as I can remember my father, Joe Vespasiano, loved to share his stories, and he had a lot of material.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. federal holiday and a national day of service observed on the third Monday of January each year.