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Memories of downtown days past
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Everyone dressed up to go downtown.
Thousands attended funeral of Sir William Johnson
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013
More than 2,000 people gathered in Johnstown for the funeral of Sir William Johnson on July 13, 1774.
Children’s Home raised hundreds
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013
A group of concerned women started a home for needy children in Amsterdam in 1883. When it first opened, four children were taken in, but the numbers grew rapidly.
1914 yeggmen robbed store in Mayfield
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013
Historian Christopher K. Philippo of Glenmont had to consult the Oxford English Dictionary to explain a newspaper account of a burglary in Mayfield in 1914.
Drum corps competition in Amsterdam
Friday, Feb. 1, 2013
In the 1940s the Amsterdam area could boast of several drum and bugle corps.
Memories a tribute to the Blanchfields
Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013
Amsterdam resident James J. Sheridan has contributed memories of war hero John Blanchfield, who died last November at age 88.
Weather prophet used moon signs
Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013
Cousin George Henry Casabonne was a farmer, stonemason and factory worker who was famous for his long-range Mohawk Valley weather forecasts.
Sanctuary favored by nature lovers
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013
The Sassafras Bird Sanctuary in Amsterdam opened in 1931, spearheaded by two formidable city institutions — the Century Club, composed of prominent women, and naturalist Walter Elwood.
Amsterdam High alumnus lives on long after battle death
Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013
Private Michael Lynch, 20, a medical corpsman and former president of the high school drama club in Amsterdam, was bending down to tend to a wounded soldier in Vietnam when Lynch himself was killed by small arms fire March 15, 1969.
Another year from the history books
Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012
This year’s columns included stories of two airplane crashes in Montgomery County.
Death rode on the wings of the wind
Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012
Three pioneer aviators, including a Gloversville native, died when their plane crashed into a buckwheat field near Rural Grove in the Montgomery County town of Root on Jan. 8, 1928.
Carpet mill book honored war effort
Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012
Two years after the end of World War II, Mohawk Carpet Mills in Amsterdam published a small picture book, “Smoke: The Story of a Fight.”
Lincoln’s connections to Amsterdam
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012
A new movie is focusing attention on Abraham Lincoln and his political skills after being elected to a second term.
Snowstorm couldn’t keep locals down
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012
A local couple trudged uphill through deep snow to a birthday party during one of the area’s worst snowstorms in February 1958.
Amsterdam war hero remembered
Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012
John Joseph Blanchfield, who led more than a hundred prisoners of war to safety in 1945, died Nov. 3 at Albany’s veterans’ hospital. He was 88.
