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“Lawrence, the Mohawk Hero” – Schenectady, NY (1909)

January 31, 2026 No Comments

Mr. A. J. Ward lived in Mohawk, a village on the Mohawk River in Herkimer County of central New York State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk,_Herkimer_County,_New_York It is near

“A Church at the Fort” – Herkimer, NY (1905)

August 20, 2024 No Comments

Mrs. J. B. Ellis lived in Little Falls, a city on the Mohawk River in Herkimer County of central New York State. At this place,

“A Boy, a Girl, and a Hammock” – Utica, NY (1911)

September 7, 2022 No Comments

Fred Boardman lived in Utica, a city on the Mohawk River at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains in central New York. Utica became a

“No Kind of Weather To Be Shut In” – Rome, New York (1912)

June 28, 2022 No Comments

Daniel Craig lived in Rome, a city in central New York State. The city is located on a portage path made by the Iroquois people