Rensselaer County Potpourri This page was last updated 4 August 2011. |
Ice harvesting along the Hudson River
- with great photographs showing how it was done (at Cliff Lamere's website) |
Life in the Alleyways of Troy, N. Y. during the 19th Century, by Jeanne M. Keefe, 1987 (at Cliff Lamere's website); also has a complete surname index |
One Block on Burden Avenue by Bill McGrath |
Reminiscences of Dave's Grill in Troy by Bill McGrath |
The Collar City |
Collar Maid Cuffed Bosses |
1869 East Greenbush "Rent War" |
I'll Take Troy for $500, Alex! |
Marriage Notice: Van Deusen-Brown |
Murder in Stephentown, 1863 |
Murder in Stephentown, 1870 |
Murder in Troy, 1891 |
Riot in Troy, 1883 |
Rensselaer County Bridges |
Troy 1901 Common Council |
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall |
Troy's Prominent Citizens, 1798-1876 |
Origins of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" |
Letters
ABBOTT letter - from Margaret Abbott of Troy to her cousin Julia Moran in Ireland |
DERICK family letters |
PIERCE letter - from a Troy man in the California Gold Rush of 1849 to his wife |
Miscellaneous
Emma Willard School, list of students from the 1931 yearbook |
Photographs
See our Photo Gallery. |
Websites about Rensselaer County
The 56 Waterfalls of Rensselaer County, NY |
The Belted Kingfisher - this beautiful bird lives on Papscanee Island in the Hudson River off the town of East Greenbush |
Historical and archaeological assessment of Papscanee, Schodack and other islands of the Hudson River - by Paul R. Huey |