Upstate Earth

Prior to the invention of refrigeration, households and vendors depended on naturally formed ice as the only means to keep meat, fish and mi...

Approaching Stottville, New York from the west on county road 20. The old Stott/Juilliard factories are across Claverack Creek. The lower d...

The old mills from the west bank of Kinderhook Creek Early 19th century stone mill on left, 1888 brick mill on right (garage doors a ...

For centuries after the arrival of Europeans in this corner of New York State, people produced their own food, clothing and she...

Kinderhook Creek in Valatie When the first Dutch settlers came to this corner of Columbia County in New York state around 1650, they...