Tales of Old Schenectady: The Formative Years, Vol. 1

by Larry Hart

The Formative Years ( trade, places, mills, dutch customs, taverns, disaster, wars) Schenectady and the revolutionary War ( streets, print, slavery, Sir William Johnson, whig or Tory, inflation, freedom) Fire ( Fire laddies, big fires) The Walls came tumbling down ( High school McLane's Hotel, meeting place, Ellis building) The Somber side ( Blodgett Murder, mourning, line of duty, fatal crossing, Gussie Carpenter, hanging, river tragedy) Random stories (Police, industry, John Wiederhold, depot, park pyramid, rice road, lyceum, edison pioneer, Joe Bones, Fort Hunter Road, Moses Viney, Brown Furniture Co., Canal Business, Colonel Furman, Chester Arthur, Flats, Barnum's helper, Sleigh, Big Shop, Ellis Family, College Pasture, pill roller, Burr Bridge

207 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995