Like Amsterdam’s present mayor, Ann Thane, Marcus I. Breier never had run for elected office when he defeated a political icon in the mayoral election of 1963.
The fire that consumed four old mill buildings on West State Street in Johnstown Thursday brought the Fulton County glove industry back to the front pages.
If all goes according to plan, my Focus on History column in the Daily Gazette on Saturday, May 3 will be about Marcus Breier—an Amsterdam industrialist who served as mayor from 1964-1967.
People who live in river towns are fascinated by the power of nature passing through. Mark Twain wrote about the Mississippi, of course, and now an Amsterdam native—Jim LaBate--has penned a novel about the mighty Mohawk.