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Van Slyck Island – The Mohawk River Islands Pt. 3
https://hoxsie.org/2026/09/02/van-slyck-island-the-mohawk-river-islands-pt-3/
Published: September 2, 2026 15:12
Of the various islands in the Mohawk near Schenectady that I promised to write about, Van Slyck Island has the most complex history. It has had a name since at least 1661, and was tied to the history of prominent Mohawk and Dutch families. In the 20th…
The Binnekill – Mohawk River Islands Pt. 2
https://hoxsie.org/2026/07/08/the-binnekill-mohawk-river-islands-pt-2/
Published: July 8, 2026 16:28
The Binne Kill Naturally, I’ll start my history of the islands of the Mohawk River around Schenectady by talking about … not an island. Let’s talk about the Binnekill, also spelled Binne Kill (and when I’m quoting a source, I’ll use however they spelled…
The Mohawk River Islands, Pt. 1
https://hoxsie.org/2026/06/29/the-mohawk-river-islands-pt-1/
Published: June 29, 2026 11:42
In writing up my last pair of articles on the Abraham Glen House and Collins Park in Scotia, the village where I grew up, I was taken with the idea of giving a little history of the islands in the Mohawk at the edge of the village. One of those islands, in…
Collins Park, and Lakeview Park
https://hoxsie.org/2026/03/16/collins-park-and-lakeview-park/
Published: March 16, 2026 12:12
Last time I wrote about Scotia’s public library, housed in the historic Abraham Glen House, which dates to 1730. Part of the charm of the library is its location at the edge of Scotia’s most beautiful public park, Collins Park, which was at the center of…
The Abraham Glen House – The Scotia Public Library
https://hoxsie.org/2026/02/18/the-abraham-glen-house-the-scotia-public-library/
Published: February 18, 2026 12:30
Not too long ago, I gave some of the late history of Scotia’s Glen Sanders Mansion. That was the home of the first European resident of Scotia, and is still the official symbol of the village on its seal, but that ancient structure has long been subsumed…
Colonial Ice Cream
https://hoxsie.org/2026/01/05/colonial-ice-cream/
Published: January 5, 2026 12:30
As I mentioned last time, when I was a kid going to Scotia’s Mohawk School, the elementary school on Ten Broeck Street, I always carried around the fact that there had been a previous...
Scotia’s Mohawk Schools
https://hoxsie.org/2025/12/10/scotias-mohawk-schools/
Published: December 10, 2025 14:11
Scotia, New York had two school buildings known as Mohawk School – the first opened in 1870 on Mohawk Avenue, the main street through the village, and that was replaced in 1917 by a much more modern, fireproof building several blocks away in the…
Over Cohoes Falls In A Barrel
https://hoxsie.org/2025/12/01/over-cohoes-falls-in-a-barrel/
Published: December 1, 2025 21:02
Oh, it’s been a few months. Life has been busy, and there was that whole thing where AI bots swamped my sites and caused me to have to do a lot of technical work,...
Where I’ve Been Hiding
https://hoxsie.org/2025/10/02/where-ive-been-hiding/
Published: October 2, 2025 18:53
This site and all my sites have been offline for a few weeks. I blame Artificial Intelligence bots, because they are to blame. But I think I’ve got my troubles sorted out and will return to semi-regular posting soon. If you want any fuller explanation,…
The Cataract House, Cohoes
https://hoxsie.org/2025/09/08/the-cataract-house-cohoes/
Published: September 8, 2025 12:54
As I mentioned when detailing how the Mohawk flows into the Hudson, Cohoes once boasted a well-regarded classic resort hotel right beside the massive waterfall in the Mohawk River. That waterfall was then commonly called “the cataract,” and the hotel…