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Rensselaer County Potpourri This page was last updated 22 February 2009. |
This page is intended to be a "catch-all" for information that doesn't really fit in any specific category, such as newspaper articles, anecdotes, family stories or any tidbits of information, visual or written, that may help a researcher place his or her family in Rensselaer County at a given time. If you'd like to contribute, send e-mail with your photo etc., or a URL where the information can be seen, to Lin Van Buren.
Ice harvesting along the Hudson River  - with great photographsshowing how it was done (at Cliff Lamere's website) |
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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 |
| School District No. 5, East Poestenkill, 1895-1896 |
Photographs
| See our Photo Gallery. |
Websites about Rensselaer County
| The 55 Waterfalls of Rensselaer County, NY |
The Belted Kingfisher  - this beautiful bird lives on Papscanee Islandin 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 |
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Lin Van Buren