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- ...first Open the Window
Bob Cudmore interviews from the Chronicle Book Fair in Glens Falls including organizer Cathy DeDe and authors David Fiske, John Briggs, Chuck D’Imperio, Barry Damsky, Russell Dunn, Sheila Myers, Jim LaBate, Don Papson and Larry Gooley.
Thursday
Post Office murals
H.E. Schnakenberg painted the Amsterdam murals in 1939 as part of a federal government effort called the Treasury Department Art Projects.
Tomorrow(Thursday) Night at The Mabee Farm
Voices of the Valley: A song cycle celebrating the Mohawk River Valley
Songs by Morris & Rivers | Featuring Alice Sorensen & Dylan Perrillohttps://schenectadyhistorical.org/site/mabee-farm-historic-site/
Songwriters Morris & Rivers present a world premiere evening of original tunes inspired by life in the Mohawk Valley, combining folk and musical theatre influences into stories both tender and uplifting. Featuring vocalist Alice Sorensen and bassist Dylan Perrillo, with Lecco Morris on piano and vocals. The creative team will conduct a talkback after the show. This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The Arts Center of the Capital Region.
The Fort Plain Museum with an upgrade on the way
Bobs conversation with Norm Bollen
Posted early this Friday, October 21, 2022
https://fortplainmuseum.org/
Episode 445- Norm Bollen of the Fort Plain Museum says a film crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a Ken Burns documentary series on the American Revolution.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Low pressure will remain across the Great Lakes region throughtoday, before lifting northward tonight into Thursday. As weakupper level disturbances track around this system, occasionalclouds will develop, and a few rain and snow showers will bepossible across the southwest Adirondacks, especially tonightinto Thursday morning. Temperatures will remain unseasonablychilly through Thursday, before gradually moderating Friday intoSaturday.Patchy dense fog before 7am. Areas of frost before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.TonightPartly cloudy, with a low around 34. South wind around 8 mph.ThursdayMostly sunny, with a high near 53. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph.Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, October 19, 2022Daily GazetteLate night train horn solution sought amid complaints in Rotterdam, Montgomery County
ROTTERDAM — Deep squeals resonate down the dark streets. The horn bellows lengthy toots. Nearby residences occasionally rattle. Late night…Gazette claims five awards at annual JANY banquet
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Daily Gazette took home five awards at the annual Journalists Association of New York (JANY) banquet…https://dailygazette.com/RecorderNewsSheriff: Driver killed in early Monday town of Amsterdam crash identified as Schenectady manTOWN OF AMSTERDAM – The driver killed in early Monday’s crash in the town of Amsterdam...https://www.recordernews.com/Leader Herald
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8 min - ...kind of a treat and the "RD's"
The Fort Plain Museum with an upgrade on the way
Bobs conversation with Norm Bollen
Posted early tomorrow, Friday, October 21, 2022
Schnakenberg’s second mural depicts life on the Erie Canal in the 1840s when the community called Port Jackson was a canal stop. Port Jackson became the South Side of Amsterdam.
Post Office murals still grab attention
By Bob Cudmore
Two murals at the Amsterdam Post Office painted in 1939 continue to generate interest, not only from postal customers but also from people who collect stamps.
The September/October issue of “Stamp Insider” magazine has a view of the murals taken in 1947 for a “National Geographic” story. The picture shows young women buying stamps from postal clerks whose windows are below the mural depicting Colonial settler Sir William Johnson holding an outdoor meeting with Mohawk Indian chiefs.
Focus on History contributor Emil Suda spotted the 2008 magazine picture contributed by Ronald K. Ratchford, historian of the Schenectady Stamp Club.
H.E. Schnakenberg painted the Amsterdam murals in 1939 as part of a federal government effort called the Treasury Department Art Projects.
Hugh Donlon, in his “Annals of a Mill Town,” said that colonist Johnson is depicted with a sword cane, one of the heirlooms still remaining at Johnson Hall in Johnstown. Donlon said Schnakenberg used exhibits in Albany and Washington to come up with his ideas on Indian dress.
Schnakenberg’s second mural depicts life on the Erie Canal in the 1840s when the community called Port Jackson was a canal stop. Port Jackson became the South Side of Amsterdam. Donlon said Schnakenberg took details for the canal mural from stills from the 1935 movie “The Farmer Takes a Wife,” starring Henry Fonda and Janet Gaynor.
Schnakenberg was born in 1892 in Brighton, New York according to the Web site AskArt. He was following in his father’s footsteps in the insurance business when he went to an art show and was convinced to follow a career in art. He died in 1970 in Newtown, Connecticut and is remembered for his landscapes.
His Amsterdam murals were restored by artist Luci Suhr in 1974.
The murals were painted three years after the post office was built south of the library on Church Street. The post office was a Depression-era public works project, designed by U.S. Treasury architect Louis Simony in the Colonial revival style.
The 1936 post office replaced a post office and federal building that had been constructed at Division and Wall Streets.
Historian Donlon said there was a quarter-century worth of complaints that the Division and Wall location was too far from the downtown business district. Earlier, the post office in Amsterdam had occupied buildings on East Main and Market Streets. The first Amsterdam post office opened in December 1803 at 20 Main Street. The postmaster was James Downs.
...at The Mabee Farm
This Evening
Voices of the Valley: A song cycle celebrating the Mohawk River Valley
Songs by Morris & Rivers | Featuring Alice Sorensen & Dylan Perrillohttps://schenectadyhistorical.org/site/mabee-farm-historic-site/
Songwriters Morris & Rivers present a world premiere evening of original tunes inspired by life in the Mohawk Valley, combining folk and musical theatre influences into stories both tender and uplifting. Featuring vocalist Alice Sorensen and bassist Dylan Perrillo, with Lecco Morris on piano and vocals. The creative team will conduct a talkback after the show. This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The Arts Center of the Capital Region.
The Fort Plain Museum with an upgrade on the way
Bobs conversation with Norm Bollen
Posted early tomorrow, Friday, October 21, 2022
https://fortplainmuseum.org/
Episode 445- Norm Bollen of the Fort Plain Museum says a film crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a Ken Burns documentary series on the American Revolution.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, October 20, 2022
Low pressure over the Great Lakes region will lift northwardinto Canada today. As weak upper level disturbances trackaround this system, occasional clouds will develop, and a fewrain and snow showers will be possible across the southwestAdirondacks, especially this morning. Temperatures will remainunseasonably chilly today. Sunshine will increase andtemperatures warm Friday into Saturday.Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph.TonightPartly cloudy, with a low around 30. Southwest wind around 6 mph.FridaySunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morningMohawk Valley News Headlines, Thursday, October 20, 2022Daily GazetteJohnstown man charged with reckless assault of child after newborn found unresponsive
JOHNSTOWN — A Johnstown man has been charged with a felony count of reckless assault of a child after his…https://dailygazette.com/RecorderNewshttps://www.recordernews.com/Leader Herald
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9 min - and The Woodland Players
When the play began “powerful calcium lights” illuminated the stage and trees with what the reviewer called “a bright but weird glow, which might be well described as exaggerated moonlight.”
Shakespeare at the golf course
By Bob Cudmore
The Phil Kilfoil Company’s Woodland Players from New York City performed Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” on the grounds of the Antlers Club in Fort Johnson in 1904. The private golf course, today known as Rolling Hills, had opened in 1901 on a 90 acre site. The original clubhouse was built that year with a spectacular view of the Mohawk Valley from its veranda.
The play was a hit, according to an anonymous review in the Amsterdam Recorder, even though the start of the outdoor production was delayed for a day by rain. An estimated 350 people sat in camp chairs on a chilly evening to watch Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy on Wednesday, July 13. Many in the audience arrived by trolley car.
The play was performed atop a hill overlooking the clubhouse with the woods forming what the reviewer called “an ideal background” to a grassy stage. Japanese lanterns lighted the audience “with a soft flickering light” and Minch’s local orchestra played popular songs before the play.
When the play began “powerful calcium lights” illuminated the stage and trees with what the reviewer called “a bright but weird glow, which might be well described as exaggerated moonlight.”
The reviewer said the entire company was good but gave special praise to Ivah M. Wills who played Rosalind, F.J. McCarthary as Touchstone and James A. Young as Jacques de Boys.
TROUBLE IN OSWEGO
Shortly after leaving Amsterdam, theatrical producer Kilfoil was charged with passing bogus checks in Oswego. The Oswego and Amsterdam papers reported on July 30 though that charges were dropped when Kilfoil’s business partner, Charles Wiegand, provided funds to back the checks.
The Recorder said the actors apparently were among those not getting paid, “The company has been receiving money (presumably from Wiegand) and one by one the members are leaving Oswego as fast as their remittances arrive. There will be no more Woodland Players, it is said, and both Wiegand and Kilfoil have expressed their intention of abandoning the dramatic field as a non-paying venture.”
As Shakespeare wrote in “As You Like It,” “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.”
“SIS” GOLDEN
Historian Jacqueline Murphy wrote that Genevieve “Sis” Golden remembered taking the trolley from West Main Street in Amsterdam to the Antlers to play with her former neighbor and friend, Thelma Lord, the golf professional’s daughter. The Lords had lived on Phillips Street in Amsterdam until Phil Lord was appointed golf pro at the club and the family moved to a home adjacent to the grounds.
Sis would board the trolley at the foot of Henrietta and get off at the Antlers station. A long set of narrow wooden steps led from the trolley station to the clubhouse which sat on flat land. “Sis” recalled that the group of men who formed the organization had first had a hunting lodge on the premises. The location lent itself to ice skating in the winter on two ponds Ice was cut from the ponds too and stored in an old barn to the north of the course.
THE FIRE
On May 6 1965, Antlers golf course neighbor Mrs. Ray Smith was putting out milk bottles at her home when she heard a strange sound, which she realized was the burglar alarm at the golf course. She then saw that the clubhouse was on fire and alerted the Fort Johnson fire department. The beautiful old clubhouse burned to the ground.
Historian Hugh Donlon wrote, “The replacement made a year later was smaller and lacked the spacious veranda that had contributed so much to summer social life of affluent Amsterdamians for 60 years.”
Tomorrow is Wednesday
Bob Cudmore interviews from the Chronicle Book Fair in Glens Falls including organizer Cathy DeDe and authors David Fiske, John Briggs, Chuck D’Imperio, Barry Damsky, Russell Dunn, Sheila Myers, Jim LaBate, Don Papson and Larry Gooley.
Then on Thursday
Post Office Murals
The September/October issue of “Stamp Insider” magazine has a view of the murals taken in 1947 for a “National Geographic” story.
The Fort Plain Museum to embark on a major expansion.
https://fortplainmuseum.org/
Friday, October 21, 2022-Episode 445- Norm Bollen of the Fort Plain Museum says a film crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a Ken Burns documentary series on the American Revolution.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Tuesday, October 18, 2022
After a cloudy and damp start to the day, breaks of sunare expected for later this morning into this afternoon, along withcooler temperatures. It will be chilly tonight with some frostformation. Aside from a few lake effect showers over theAdirondacks, it will be dry for Wednesday through the rest of theweek. Although temperatures will initially be cool, they will bemoderating by the weekend.Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the morning.TonightMostly clear, with a low around 31. Calm wind.WednesdayMostly sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning.Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Tuesday, October 18, 2022Daily GazetteHigh Schools: Seeds announced for Section II soccer tournaments; Amsterdam girls win in volleyball
The Section II boys’ and girls’ soccer committees released early-round pairings, game locations for the final fours and most of…https://dailygazette.com/RecorderNewsAmsterdam police investigating death of 19-month-oldAMSTERDAM — The death of a 19-month-old last week is under investigation, according to Amsterdam...https://www.recordernews.com/Leader Herald
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7 min - Bob has a new Shoe/Shoes
The Norm Bollen interview this Friday, more down the page
In his book “Past and Present,” Tony Pacelli said the Swingsters dressed as hillbillies and made sweet music the hard way, “The instruments consisted of a guitar, a stovepipe with a kazoo on the end and a washboard with attached novelties such as whistles, horns and a toy trombone with a kazoo attached to it. The group was similar to the Spike Jones Band.”
If you knew Susie
By Bob Cudmore
Angelo Sardonia was born in 1911 in Poultney, Vermont and moved to Amsterdam as a young boy. His nickname was “Susie.” Unlike Johnny Cash, he apparently enjoyed the name.
Perhaps Sardonia had a crush on a girl named Susie. Sardonia’s daughter Maryann Salm said the nickname could have come after her father formed a band in the 1930s, Susie’s Washboard Band also known as Susie’s Swingsters. Other band members were Joe Iannotti, Dennis “Junior” Hasenfuss and Jim “Dale” Dallesandro.
In his book “Past and Present,” Tony Pacelli said the Swingsters dressed as hillbillies and made sweet music the hard way, “The instruments consisted of a guitar, a stovepipe with a kazoo on the end and a washboard with attached novelties such as whistles, horns and a toy trombone with a kazoo attached to it. The group was similar to the Spike Jones Band.”
The Swingsters were a hit at the 1930 Sportsmen’s Show in Amsterdam and at Leggiero’s gas station on the South Side where the band drummed up business Wednesday nights in the Depression.
They played out-of-town gigs, including the Schine Theatre in Ilion. Pacelli said Schine, based in Gloversville, wanted the band to perform at all its upstate theaters but the deal never finalized. The group disbanded in the 1940s.
Sardonia worked at Chalmers Knitting Mill and its successor Montco, heading the knitting room, the dye house and maintenance. He also owned a tavern named Susie’s on Bridge Street across from the mill. He was married to Helen Reichel and they had a son and two daughters.
Tomorrow, Monday, October 17, 2022-The story behind the story conversation. If you knew Susie.
In World War II Sardonia edited the South Side Servicemen’s News to keep soldiers far away up to date on local happenings.
Salm said, “Dad was never drafted. I think The Servicemen's News was a way he could help. That little newspaper was quite an undertaking. It took contributions, and social functions to raise money. The Recorder was also a great help to my Dad.”
Salm said the newsletters were funny and sad, “It was as though you met someone on the street you knew and stopped to talk.”
The war literally came to Sardonia’s home on October 13, 1943. That night a twin-engine Army transport plane crashed in a rural section of Amsterdam’s South Side as the plane’s four-man crew parachuted to safety. Remarkably, there were no injuries. The plane was on a flight between Rome and Schenectady when its engines went out.
Captain John F. Pope, the last to exit the plane, was found wandering on Dewitt Street. He apparently had landed on the roof of Sardonia’s house or on the nearby porch of Charles Frohlich.
After the war, Sardonia was instrumental in building the Fifth Ward Memorial Park on Bridge Street.
Sardonia served almost 20 years as Fifth Ward Alderman, from 1944 to 1948 then from 1958 to 1973, when he lost an election to Lawrence Morini.
Sardonia’s nephew Michael Chiara was impressed that his uncle always stood when he spoke at the Common Council, while most members stayed seated during their speeches.
Longtime friend Bert DeRose recalled that in one campaign, Sardonia organized a Kettle Band, young people banging on tin cans and buckets drumming up votes for Sardonia.
After 36 years of marriage, Helen Reichel Sardonia died in 1968. In 1972, Sardonia married Margaret Schultz. Angelo Sardonia died at age 76 on July 3, 1987.
Sardonia’s great granddaughter Theresa Day said, “I can remember the day he died. I was only four or so, hearing on the radio someone talking about it, me unknowing at the time, big news in Amsterdam. I really miss that man.”
The Historians Podcast needs to raise $100.00 today.
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Monday, October 17, 2022-The story behind the story. If you knew Susie.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022-From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—-Shakeskpeare at the golf course
Wednesday, October 19, From the Archives-Episode 87, November 22, 2015-Bob Cudmore interviews from the Chronicle Book Fair in Glens Falls including organizer Cathy DeDe and authors David Fiske, John Briggs, Chuck D’Imperio, Barry Damsky, Russell Dunn, Sheila Myers, Jim LaBate, Don Papson and Larry Gooley.
Thursday, October 20, 2022-From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Post Office murals
Friday, October 21, 2022-Episode 445- Norm Bollen of the Fort Plain Museum says a film crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a Ken Burns documentary series on the American Revolution. Bollen also says the Fort Plain Museum is about to embark on a major expansion.
Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Sunday, October 16, 2022
High pressure will allow for dry weather today, with amostly sunny sky and seasonable temperatures. As a frontal boundaryapproaches, clouds will increase tonight and some showers areexpected for Monday. Some showers may linger into Monday night orearly Tuesday, with cooler and drier conditions expected for themiddle of the week.Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind.TonightPartly cloudy, with a low around 40. Calm wind.MondayShowers. High near 60. East wind around 6 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Sunday, October 16, 2022Daily GazetteNational firm leading search for next head of St. Mary’s Healthcare
AMSTERDAM — The ongoing hunt for the next president and CEO of St. Mary’s Healthcare is being led by a…https://dailygazette.com/RecorderNewshttps://www.recordernews.com/Leader Herald
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9 min - Print stories and Podcasts
Saturday, October 15, 2022-A look at movie star Kirk Douglas’s roots in Amsterdam, N,Y, featuring WGY radio audio from June 1, 1985, Kirk Douglas Day in Amsterdam.
Today-Two Bob Cudmore Interviews on radio-WCSS Amsterdam 106.9FM
David Pietrusza at 12:05 and Dana Cudmore at 12:35 author of Underground Empires: Two Centuries of Exploration, Adventure and Enterprise in New York’s Cave Country. Cudmore focuses on caves of Schoharie and Albany counties, including the Howe Caverns tourist attraction.
Sunday The remarkable life of Susie Sardonia
Mr. Susie Sardonia
Episode 444-David Pietrusza is author of “Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal.”
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Iroquois Museum
324 Caverns Road
Howes Cave, N.Y.
Call Ahead-518-296-8949
Today, Saturday, October 15, 2022 from 10 to 4 - Early Technology Day
https://www.iroquoismuseum.org/
Visitors can watch and participate in the process of flint knapping (the ancient art of making chipped stone tools), fire making, cordage making, atlatl spear throwing and early archery. There will be displays of projectile points, tools, and local archaeological finds from the Museum’s archaeology department. Think you've found an artifact? Please bring it with you and the Museum’s experts will be glad to try to identify it for you.
Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Saturday, October 15, 2022
After a cool start with patchy fog, today will be partlyto mostly sunny with a mild afternoon. Although most of the areawill stay dry, a stray shower can`t be ruled out over theAdirondacks. Dry and slightly cooler weather is expected on Sundaybefore a cold front brings cloudy weather with some showers forMonday.Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.TonightPartly cloudy, with a low around 39. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.SundayMostly sunny, with a high near 62. Light west wind.Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Saturday, October 15, 2022Daily GazetteLawsuit: Schenectady County, city school district failed to investigate child abuse
SCHENECTADY — Multiple local and state agencies — including the Schenectady County Office of Children and Family Services, the Schenectady City School…https://dailygazette.com/RecorderNewsAmsterdam reviewing pedestrian safety after student hit by car walking to bus stopAMSTERDAM — Measures to bolster pedestrian safety around the area of Forest Avenue and Church...https://www.recordernews.com/Leader Herald
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8 min - 29 min
- Bob went to lunch
David Pietrusza
The Friday Conversation
Episode 444-David Pietrusza is author of “Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal.”
Saturday, October 15, 2022-A look at movie star Kirk Douglas’s roots in Amsterdam, N,Y, featuring WGY radio audio from June 1, 1985, Kirk Douglas Day in Amsterdam.
Historic Amsterdam Leauge
http://www.historicamsterdam.org/
And after a two year hiatus, we've done it. We've resurrected our most popular HAL event, Ghosts of the Past. This year's guided walking evening tours of Green Hill cemetery to meet some of its "permanent residents" and hear their stories and what their Amsterdam was like will be held this Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15, 2022
Mohawk Valley Weather, Thursday, October 13, 2022
A moisture-laden system will bring moderate to locally heavyrainfall to the area this afternoon into tonight. Mildtemperatures and gusty winds are expected through the day aswell. Skies will clear with seasonable temperatures for Fridayand Saturday. Scattered showers will be possible on Sunday.Showers likely, mainly after 4pm. The rain could be heavy at times. Cloudy, with a high near 67. Southeast wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.TonightShowers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then showers likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 49. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.FridayA chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 64. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Thursday, October 13, 2022Daily GazetteDuanesburg voters to decide proposed school district capital project
DUANESBURG — Voters will decide the fate of a $28 million capital project put forth by the Duanesburg Central School District…https://dailygazette.com/RecorderNewsMontgomery County Legislature mulls options to eliminate tax hike from 2023 budgetFONDA — The Montgomery County Legislature is weighing options to zero out the tax levy increase in...https://www.recordernews.com/Leader Herald
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13 min - New day "just take it easy" Thanks
The Historians Wednesday
Samantha Hall-Saladino
The FCHS is seeking an Archives Intern for Fall 2022. Check out the full job announcement and how to apply here. The deadline to apply has been EXTENDED to August 26, 2022
https://fultoncountyhistoricalsociety.org/
The glove industry in Fulton County was explored in displays and programs called 2019 the Year of the Glove. Fulton County historian Samantha Hall-Saladino, a Gloversville native, discusses this project.
Samantha Hall-Saladino is the Executive Director of the Fulton County Historical Society in Gloversville and serves as the Fulton County Historian. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in History and English from Russell Sage College and a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of New Hampshire. Over the past decade, Samantha has worked with museums across the Capital Region and along the seacoast of New Hampshire, including Strawbery Banke, the American Independence Museum, and the Albany County Historical Association at Ten Broeck Mansion. She serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Public Historians of NYS (APHNYS) and the Sacandaga Valley Arts Network (SVAN).
Tomorrow "The Pictures on the Wall"
Thursday, October 13, 2022-The middle school murals
David Pietrusza
Friday, October 14, 2022-Episode 444-David Pietrusza is author of “Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal.”
Two days and people are together again after two years
Historic Amsterdam Leauge
http://www.historicamsterdam.org/
And after a two year hiatus, we've done it. We've resurrected our most popular HAL event, Ghosts of the Past. This year's guided walking evening tours of Green Hill cemetery to meet some of its "permanent residents" and hear their stories and what their Amsterdam was like will be held this Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15, 2022
Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, October 12, 2022
High pressure will continue moving eastward off the midAtlantic coast today, resulting in milder conditions across ourregion, along with sunshine mixing with afternoon clouds. Then,a moisture laden frontal system will approach from the west andmove across the area, bringing periods of rain Thursday intoThursday night, with locally heavy rain expected. Fair weatherreturns Friday into Saturday, along with seasonably cooltemperatures.Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.TonightMostly cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind around 6 mph.ThursdayShowers, mainly after 1pm. High near 67. Southeast wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, October 12, 2022Daily GazetteFulton County Board of Supervisors votes to end tourism contract with regional chamber
The Fulton County Board of Supervisors voted 14-5 Tuesday to create a Visitors Bureau Division within the county Planning Department, along…https://dailygazette.com/RecorderNewsMarket Street Stewart’s in Amsterdam rebuilt after fire, reopens todayhttps://www.recordernews.com/Leader Herald
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4 min - ...class do we know?
It was all about 'The Spice Trade" Christopher Columbus
Four times around between 1492 and 1504
Monday, October 10, 2022-The story behind the story. Ken Burns documentary crew visits the Mohawk Valley?
Tuesday, October 11, 2022-From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—Amsterdam man’s Guadalcanal diary
Frequent contributor Richard Ellers has memories of Joseph A. Bucci, an Amsterdam man who fought heroically in World War II
Ellers, a 1945 Amsterdam High School graduate who lives in Ohio...
Wednesday, October 12, From the Archives-September 13, 2019-Episode 283-The glove industry in Fulton County was explored in displays and programs called 2019 the Year of the Glove. Fulton County historian Samantha Hall-Saladino, a Gloversville native, discusses this project.
Thursday, October 13, 2022-From the Archives of the Daily Gazette—The middle school murals
Friday, October 14, 2022-Episode 444-David Pietrusza is author of “Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal.”
Norm Bollen
Documentary film makers scouting Mohawk Valley
By Bob Cudmore
A three-person Florentine Films video crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in early September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a historical documentary film series on the American Revolution.
Florentine, based in New Hampshire, is the production company affiliated with Ken Burns that has created PBS documentary series including the Civil War, Country Music and the Roosevelts, among many others.
Norm Bollen, chairman of the board of directors of Fort Plain Museum, met with a Florentine producer and showed her some Revolutionary War sights in the Mohawk Valley.
“And they came back with a film crew,” Bollen said. “We went out at 6 am. They like to do a lot of sunrise and sunset shots. It was pretty foggy the morning we were shooting. They were taking some nice shots of the Palatine Church. They really liked that.”
Built by Palatine German Lutherans in 1770, the church, between Nelliston and St. Johnsville, was spared from destruction in a 1780 Revolutionary War raid led by British Loyalist leader Sir John Johnson.
Bollen said the filmmakers “were actually kind of excited about this stuff.”
“They texted me they are coming back,” Bollen continued. “Some things I can’t talk about but they are interested in the area.”
Bollen hasn’t seen the script. He wonders where the Mohawk Valley will end up in the documentary series.
Bollen said, “It’s a quality company and they do great documentaries. So we’re keeping our fingers crossed that we’re going to get some good honorable mentions in there.”
Bollen has sent Florentine Films information on how the Revolution was a civil war in the Mohawk Valley. British loyalists who had escaped to Canada joined Native Americans and British soldiers in conducting devastating raids on settlements in the valley. Fighting continued here for a year and a half after the 1781 battle of Yorktown in Virginia.
And Bollen said the Mohawk Valley was important during the Revolution because it was the pathway to the Great Lakes and the west.
The Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park, located on a hilltop off Route 5 S just west of the village, was founded in 1961. Several of the key players in the museum organization include Bollen, Brian Mack and Wayne Lenig who all began working on archeological digs at the site of the fort when they were in their teens.
The village of Fort Plain was originally named after the fort, an important military outpost in the Revolutionary War. Archaeological investigation excavated the site of the original fort's stockade. The exploration uncovered barracks buildings, a dining hall, officer’s quarters, a small blockhouse and sentry posts.
In recent years the Museum has held American Revolution conferences at Fulton-Montgomery Community College and other venues which have attracted hundreds of people to hear talks from authors and other experts. The museum has an online bookstore and has placed a dozen historic markers in the surrounding area which Bollen calls Mohawk Country.
Bollen said, “It’s all been a big success and given us a national outreach. We are now working on an expansion of the museum.”
The museum has hired Saratoga Associates, a well-known regional planning firm, to put the expansion plan together. Fund raising will then begin in earnest for probably an $8 million project.
The renovation will feature construction of walking trails and picnic grounds on the hilltop. The project also will include expansion of the museum’s space and construction of the museum’s own conference center.
Bollen said, “We see visitors from all over the country all the time. We just want to see a lot more of them.”
The Historians Podcast yearly fund drive is underway. Please help us reach our $6000 goal this year. You can donate online here- https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
This Friday and Saturday
Historic Amsterdam Leauge
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And after a two year hiatus, we've done it. We've resurrected our most popular HAL event, Ghosts of the Past. This year's guided walking evening tours of Green Hill cemetery to meet some of its "permanent residents" and hear their stories and what their Amsterdam was like will be held this Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15, 2022
Mohawk Valley Weather, Monday, October 10, 2022
A weak cold front will settle southward today, bringingclouds and isolated to scattered showers. High pressure will bringclearing skies tonight along with chilly temperatures and patchyfog. The high will move off the mid Atlantic coast Tuesday intoWednesday, bringing fair weather and milder temperatures. A slowmoving frontal system will bring rain to the region Thursday andThursday night, with cooler temperatures and gradual clearing forFriday.Columbus DayScattered showers, mainly between 9am and noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.Monday NightPatchy fog between 11pm and 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Calm wind.TuesdayPatchy fog before 9am. Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 66. Light west wind.Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Monday, October 10, 2022Daily GazetteOne hurt in Sunday Great Sacandaga Lake plane crash, Fulton County Sheriff says
NORTHAMPTON — One person was injured in a Great Sacandaga Lake plane crash, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities…https://dailygazette.com/RecorderNewsFort Plain compost facility finds its nicheFORT PLAIN — A Fort Plain compost facility has established itself as the go-to destination in...Crowds flock to annual Amsterdam Oktoberfesthttps://www.recordernews.com/
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Bollen said the filmmakers “were actually kind of excited about this stuff.”
“They texted me they are coming back,” Bollen continued. “Some things I can’t talk about but they are interested in the area.”
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Documentary film makers scouting Mohawk Valley
By Bob Cudmore
A three-person Florentine Films video crew spent time in the Mohawk Valley in early September scouting locations and shooting video for possible use in a historical documentary film series on the American Revolution.
Florentine, based in New Hampshire, is the production company affiliated with Ken Burns that has created PBS documentary series including the Civil War, Country Music and the Roosevelts, among many others.
Norm Bollen, chairman of the board of directors of Fort Plain Museum, met with a Florentine producer and showed her some Revolutionary War sights in the Mohawk Valley.
“And they came back with a film crew,” Bollen said. “We went out at 6 am. They like to do a lot of sunrise and sunset shots. It was pretty foggy the morning we were shooting. They were taking some nice shots of the Palatine Church. They really liked that.”
Tomorrow, Monday, October 10, 2022-The story behind the story. Ken Burns documentary crew visits the Mohawk Valley?
Built by Palatine German Lutherans in 1770, the church, between Nelliston and St. Johnsville, was spared from destruction in a 1780 Revolutionary War raid led by British Loyalist leader Sir John Johnson.
Bollen said the filmmakers “were actually kind of excited about this stuff.”
“They texted me they are coming back,” Bollen continued. “Some things I can’t talk about but they are interested in the area.”
Bollen hasn’t seen the script. He wonders where the Mohawk Valley will end up in the documentary series.
Bollen said, “It’s a quality company and they do great documentaries. So we’re keeping our fingers crossed that we’re going to get some good honorable mentions in there.”
Bollen has sent Florentine Films information on how the Revolution was a civil war in the Mohawk Valley. British loyalists who had escaped to Canada joined Native Americans and British soldiers in conducting devastating raids on settlements in the valley. Fighting continued here for a year and a half after the 1781 battle of Yorktown in Virginia.
And Bollen said the Mohawk Valley was important during the Revolution because it was the pathway to the Great Lakes and the west.
The Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park, located on a hilltop off Route 5 S just west of the village, was founded in 1961. Several of the key players in the museum organization include Bollen, Brian Mack and Wayne Lenig who all began working on archeological digs at the site of the fort when they were in their teens.
The village of Fort Plain was originally named after the fort, an important military outpost in the Revolutionary War. Archaeological investigation excavated the site of the original fort's stockade. The exploration uncovered barracks buildings, a dining hall, officer’s quarters, a small blockhouse and sentry posts.
In recent years the Museum has held American Revolution conferences at Fulton-Montgomery Community College and other venues which have attracted hundreds of people to hear talks from authors and other experts. The museum has an online bookstore and has placed a dozen historic markers in the surrounding area which Bollen calls Mohawk Country.
Bollen said, “It’s all been a big success and given us a national outreach. We are now working on an expansion of the museum.”
The museum has hired Saratoga Associates, a well-known regional planning firm, to put the expansion plan together. Fund raising will then begin in earnest for probably an $8 million project.
The renovation will feature construction of walking trails and picnic grounds on the hilltop. The project also will include expansion of the museum’s space and construction of the museum’s own conference center.
Bollen said, “We see visitors from all over the country all the time. We just want to see a lot more of them.”
The Historians Podcast yearly fund drive is underway. Please help us reach our $6000 goal this year. You can donate online here- https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022 Or send a check made out to Bob Cudmore to 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302.
Historic Amsterdam Leauge
All tours begin/end at Amsterdam City Hall, 61 Church St., parking available, free refreshments. Tours are approximately one hour in length, outdoors over uneven ground, wear appropriate clothing and foot warehttp://www.historicamsterdam.org/
And after a two year hiatus, we've done it. We've resurrected our most popular HAL event, Ghosts of the Past. This year's guided walking evening tours of Green Hill cemetery to meet some of its "permanent residents" and hear their stories and what their Amsterdam was like will be held this Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15, 2022
Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Sunday, October 9, 2022
Lake-enhanced showers continue to impact thesouthwestern Adirondacks while lake-enhanced clouds persist north ofI-90. Surface high pressure builds in the Mid-Atlantic, keepingshowers from the tail end of an approaching shortwave and cold frontlimited to the northern tier of the forecast area on Monday.Temperatures moderate under a modest warming trend, but remainstubbornly below seasonal norms into the workweek.Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Light southwest wind becoming west 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.TonightA slight chance of showers between 1am and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.Columbus DayA slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Sunday, October 9, 2022Daily GazetteSUNY union calls for greater state fundingWarning of larger class sizes and possible program cuts, officials on Friday called for additional state funding to address growing…Capital Region experts warn of a bad flu season compared to recent yearsSCHENECTADY — After a few years of reprieve, Influenza, more commonly known as the flu, is expected to be back with…https://dailygazette.com/RecorderNewshttps://www.recordernews.com/
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