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- Residents of the new village developed farms on strip plots along the river. Connected to the west by the Mohawk River and Erie Canal, Schenectady developed rapidly in the 19th century as part of the Mohawk Valley trade, manufacturing, and transportation corridor.
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Shovel Ready is a master's thesis by Christopher Patrick Spencer which analyzes the history of development in the downtown area of Schenectady, New York.
0964570. Website. www.cityofschenectady.com. Schenectady (/ skəˈnɛktədi / skə-NEK-tə-dee) [2][3] is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-most populous city and the twenty-fifth most-populous municipality. [4]
- Chapter I: Geography and Early History
- Chapter II: Later History of Schenectady
- Chapter III: The Township of Niskayuna
- Chapter IV: The Township of Rotterdam
- Chapter V: The Township of Glenville
- Chapter VI: The Township of Princetown
- Chapter VII: The Township of Duanesburgh
- Chapter VIII: Education
Schenectady County was formed from Albany County, March 7, 1809. It is bounded by the following adjacent counties: on the north, by Montgomery and Saratoga; on the east, by Saratoga and Albany; on the south, by Albany and Schoharie; on the west, by Schoharie and Montgomery. In shape it is very irregular. A line across the county, in its widest part...
The later history of Schenectady is here considered as beginning with the Revolutionary War; and for convenience we may continue the narrative of commercial progress. After the Revolutionary War, the increasing emigration to the western part of the country required increased facilities for transportation and communication. Gen. Philip Schuyler, who...
Niskayuna, the smallest township in Schenectady County, was first settled by white men, about the year 1664. It is said to have derived its name from Co-nis-ti-gio-ne, the Indian term signifying "extensive corn-flats." A tribe of Indians bearing that name occupied this region when it was first settled by the whites. The present township was erected...
The township of Rotterdam was first settled by white men about the year 1661, and was named from the city of Rotterdam in Holland. The fertile river bottom-lands extending five miles westward from Schenectady were called by the early settlers the Bouwland, meaning good or fertile land, and all the land lying west of this tract was known as Woestina...
The township of Glenville was first settled by white men in the year 1665, when the region lying in the vicinity of what is now known as the village of Scotia was granted to a Scotchman, named Alexander Lindsay Glen; and in his honor the town was also named. It is the only town in the county north of the Mohawk River. It was formed from the fourth ...
A portion of the land comprising what is now known as the township of Princetown was originally ceded to the Reformed Dutch Church, of Schenectady, and the remainder belonged by right of patent to George Ingoldsby and Aaron Bradt, in the year 1737. It is not positively known just when the first settlement was made by white men, but the probable dat...
Accounts of the early settlement of what is now known as the township of Duanesburgh are very meagre. Although much land had been previously taken up, it was generally in large lots, and actual settlements were not made until about the year 1765, when Hon. James Duane, of New York, became possessed of a large area within the limits of the town and ...
The early inhabitants of Schenectady, true to their inherited character, founded and maintained with zealous care the institutions of religion and of education. In 1784, Dirck Romeyn became pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church at Schenectady. Under his leadership in that year a meeting of the citizens was called, to take measures to found an a...
Schenectady is a city rich in history and accomplishment. It was here where Thomas Edison founded what would become the General Electric Company, where George Westinghouse invented the rotary engine and air brakes, and so much more.
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Jul 13, 2022 · From landing the prestigious Van Gogh Immersive Experience and countless top-tier Broadway shows, to hosting a massive development boom, Schenectady is on a winning streak. Here’s how it happened.
Colonial Schenectady, founded by the Dutch in 1661, foreshadowed what much of America was to become. Strategically located at the entrance of the great westward passage of the Mohawk River-Great Lakes Corridor, it also had an important influenc e on the development of the frontier.
