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The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains, northwest of the Capital District. As of the 2010 United States Census , the region's counties have a combined population of 622,133 people.
Over time, some converted Mohawk relocated to Jesuit mission villages established south of Montreal on the St. Lawrence River in the early 1700s: Kahnawake (used to be spelled as Caughnawaga, named for the village of that name in the Mohawk Valley) and Kanesatake. These Mohawk were joined by members of other Indigenous peoples but dominated the ...
The Mohawk Valley still plays an important role in transportation. Railroads followed the Water Level Route, as did major east–west roads such as Route 5 and Interstate 90. The Mohawk River Heritage Corridor Commission was created to preserve and promote the natural and historic assets of the Mohawk River.
The river's valley is known as the Mohawk Valley. [3] The Mohawk River was probably given its name by Jacob C. Spores in 1849. [4] Spores was a native of the Mohawk River region of New York, and the Oregon river's valley reminded him of the Mohawk Valley in his home state. [4]
This Week in History is researched and written by Frank Tomaino. E-mail him at ftomaino221@gmail.com. This article originally appeared on Observer-Dispatch: This week in Mohawk Valley history
Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert (1612/13–1648) was an early Dutch settler in New Netherland (present-day New York), explorer, and barber surgeon.Van den Bogaert's personal journal from his expedition into Iroquois country, A Journey into Mohawk and Oneida Country, 1634-1635, is the first written description of the Mohawk Valley and among the first ethnographical accounts of the Iroquois ...
Here is a look back at some of the events that happened this week in Mohawk Valley history.
This week in Mohawk Valley history, a Revolutionary War battle, a president's death and a major change to the Boilermaker road race. This week in Mohawk Valley history, a Revolutionary War battle ...