My latest #localHistory post looks at my hometown's biggest park, Collins Park, long a center of community along the #MohawkRiver. As some old pictures show, it was sometimes hard to tell apart from the river during floods. I also found a surprise (short-lived) race track once on the grounds of the park.

https://hoxsie.org/2026/03/16/collins-park-and-lakeview-park/

#ScotiaNY #Schenectady #histodons

This is an old #rppc #postcard that I bought at a shop in #Schenectady a couple of years back. Fascinated with it but never sure just what to do with it. It's a real photo postcard showing "Dick on Mohawk River at Schenectady in 1917 while working in G.E."

General Electric's main plant was very close to the #MohawkRiver, and I can attest that even decades later, the river was subject to some mighty freezes.

#OldPhotographs #OldPhotos #UpstateNY

This one has *everything* – waterfalls, fires, diamond stick pins, trans-oceanic gambling! A landmark hotel opened by an African-American caterer! And, to my great surprise, the discovery of what I believe are remnants of the last version of this long-lost resort. Today I'm telling the story of The Cataract House at Cohoes Falls. Find the full story at the link:

#cohoes #CohoesFalls #MohawkRiver #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork #LocalHistory #histodons

https://hoxsie.org/2025/09/08/the-cataract-house-cohoes/

My latest #LocalHistory post is essentially an excuse to look at a very, very pretty map – a 1910 Sanborn fire insurance map showing the confluence of the #MohawkRiver and #HudsonRiver at #cohoes

#UpstateNewYork #UpstateNY #CohoesNY #map #maps #historicalMaps

https://hoxsie.org/2025/08/10/the-cohoes-branches-of-the-mohawk-river/

Road salt is driving regional salinization, and this is compromising municipal water in the lower Mohawk Watershed (NY). Has chloride in the Great Flats Aquifer caused high lead levels in Scotia NY? We need salt solutions.

#salinization #drinkingwater #salt #MohawkRiver

https://mohawk.substack.com/p/salinization-in-the-mohawk-watershed