ROTTERDAM
ROTTERDAM

Author: Schenectady County Historical Society

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 2004-09

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781531621452

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Nestled among the rolling hills of the Mohawk Valley, the town of Rotterdam was formed in 1820 from the Third Ward of the city of Schenectady. Its history, chronicled in Rotterdam's two hundred images, begins much earlier and is essentially the story of people past and present. The original settlers, mostly of Dutch origin, turned the wilderness into farmland. Their descendants and those who followed expanded into other livelihoods, producing goods that were shipped first along the Erie Canal and later across the nation by rail.

Schenectady
Schenectady

Author: Don Rittner

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9780738550282

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Founded by the Dutch in 1661, Schenectady is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Its rich history includes surviving the 1690 massacre, becoming a major provider of brooms, working hard as a canal town, and inventing many of lifes modern conveniencesfrom light bulbs to refrigerators to jet engines.