Stagecoach Days

             Berry's rope ferry across the Genesee River at Avon looked something like this.          By Richard F. Palmer     Avon wa...

Historic marker near the intersection of Routes 5 and 20 west of Avon preserves the memory of Gilbert R. Berry, the first permanent settl...

The old covered bridge over the Mohawk River at Schenectady. The original bridge was built in 1808 and later covered. Its piers formed thos...

Most notable of the public houses in the Mohawk Valley was Spraker's Tavern near Canajoharie,  built about 1792. It was located alon...

This is a famous 19th century painting by noted American artist Eastman Johnson, founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City...