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Fall Foliage Report: September 19 – 25

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I LOVE NY starts the “New York Fall Foliage Report (opens in a new tab) ” on September 12 and will continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November.  Montgomery County has started its own annual report this year as well.

Reporting station: Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site (opens in a new tab) , Fort Hunter and Down by the River Kayak Rentals (opens in a new tab) , Amsterdam

Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend:  10%

Brilliance: Average

Predominating colors: Mostly green hints of yellow and red

Rating: Just beginning

The leaves are just beginning to change in Montgomery County.  While green is still predominant, there are touches of red and yellow.

The calendar is full of events including live music, historic celebrations, and agricultural events.  The Ames Museum (opens in a new tab) is celebrating the end of summer and the 1747 Nellis Tavern (opens in a new tab) is open for tours through September.

Mont. Co. Foliage Blog

On Sunday, September 22 there are a few great events happening.

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site is teaming up with Down by the River Kayak Rentals to host introductory kayaking lessons for children. These courses are intended for beginner or novice level paddlers ages 14 to 17.  Audrey Egelston of Down by the River Kayak Rentals will facilitate the two-hour introductory sessions.  Space is limited and pre-registration is required (opens in a new tab) for this free program.

In Canajoharie, Montgomery County Historian/RMO Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar will lead a walking tour of the Village of Canajoharie on Saturday, September 22 at 11 am. The tour will highlight various sites associated with the African Americans who lived in Canajoharie during the 19th century as well as potential abolitionist activity. Brochures will identify the sites on a map of the Village of Canajoharie and the walking tour will include a portion of the sites, not all, but the brochures/maps will be available long after the walking tour. For more information please contact: Jenna Peterson Riley | (518) 673-2314.

At Old Fort Johnson the Annual Fall Fundraiser will be held from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Featuring a sampler of the county’s best homemade soups, breads and pies. Enjoy amazing regional cooking while supporting the preservation of Old Fort Johnson. Limited seating, advance tickets recommended.$25 adults, $10 children includes unlimited soup samples, bread, pie, beverage and a special limited edition commemorative mug. Held rain or shine under tents in our beautiful gardens.

Explore our countryside, enjoy our events (opens in a new tab) , and take in the autumn season!

Call for Travel Guides and Specialty Maps!

1.800.743.7337

Fall Foliage Report: September 12-18

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I LOVE NY starts the “New York Fall Foliage Report (opens in a new tab) ” on September 12 and will continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November.  Montgomery County has started its own annual report this year as well.

Reporting station:  Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site (opens in a new tab) , Fort Hunter and Down by the River Kayak Rentals (opens in a new tab) , Amsterdam

Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend:  5%

Brilliance: Dull

Predominating colors: Mostly green with some yellow

Rating: Just beginning

The leaves are just beginning to change in Montgomery County.  While green is still predominant, there are touches of yellow.

The calendar is full of events including live music, historic celebrations, and agricultural events.  The Ames Museum (opens in a new tab) is celebrating the end of summer and the 1747 Nellis Tavern (opens in a new tab) is open for tours through September.

On Sunday is the annual Sundae on the Farm (opens in a new tab) located at Dykeman & Sons, Fultonville.  A specialty of this farm is their rotary parlor and a robotic post-dipper. Learn about these new technologies on the farm while having fun. There will be educational activities, food, different varieties of farm animals, and more. foliage report 9_12_18

On Sunday, September 22, Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site is teaming up with Down by the River Kayak Rentals to host introductory kayaking lessons for children. These courses are intended for beginner or novice level paddlers ages 14 to 17.  Audrey Egelston of Down by the River Kayak Rentals will facilitate the two-hour introductory sessions.  Space is limited and pre-registration is required (opens in a new tab) for this free program.

Explore our countryside, enjoy our events (opens in a new tab) , and take in the autumn season!

Call for Travel Guides and Specialty Maps!

1.800.743.7337

Mohawk Valley Tourism

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Center Plan Gains Traction: Enters ‘Re-imagine the Canals’ Competition

Schenectady – Utica/Rome NY Newswire: Towns, villages, and historical organizations join with CDTA, Via Port Rotterdam and Mohawk Valley Region Economic Development to support this historic tourism effort.

● Promotion of the Mohawk Valley and Erie Canal Towns from Albany to Utica/Rome.

● Twenty-two towns in seven counties targeted to benefit from coordinated effort.

● Tourism is the number three driver of economic development in New York State.

● Mohawk Valley towns need a new coordinated effort.

● From 1920 through the 1930s, the

‘Mohawk Valley Turnpike (now Route 5) was the number one tourism roadway in New York State.

The ‘Re-imagine The Canals’ competition will set the Mohawk Valley/Canal Country as a destination, with connections at Via Port to all attractions in the Capital District, and on to all the sites through to Utica/Rome.

The first Tourism Center preview is an open house at Via Port. The Tribes Hill Heritage Center’s ‘Native Crafts’, is featuring original items from all across the United States. The exhibit open house is 11am Saturday Feb. 24th at Via Port Rotterdam Mall, 93 W. Campbell Rd., Schenectady, NY 12306

Contact:

Randall Hogue – Executive Director

Community Media Services & SACC.TV

518-844-2820

director@sacc.tv

 

A Musical Journey Along the Erie Canal w/ Cosby & Tom

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A Musical Journey Along the Erie Canal w/ Cosby & Tom

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will host musicians Cosby Gibson and Tom Staudle as they take you on a journey along the historic Erie Canal through music. Gibson and Staudle have developed this terrific program to provide the history of the grand old Erie through the music it inspired. The program begins at 6:30pm on Saturday, September 30th at the Schoharie Crossing Visitor Center on Schoharie Street in Fort Hunter.

Learn some interesting facts about the canal, sing along to a few tunes you probably already know, and hear some that you may not.  This well researched program about the canal era and its music brings alive the soul of what it was like to travel on, work on, and live alongside the artificial waterway during it’s heyday from the 1820s to the early 20th century.  Come enjoy the music and check out some of the amazing historic canal features at Schoharie Crossing.

This event is free and perfect for families.

For information about this event and more, please call the Visitor Center at (518) 829-7516 or email SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov. For more information about New York State Parks, visit the website at www.nysparks.com.

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees 180 state parks and 35 historic sites, which are visited by more than 60 million people annually. For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.

 

Cinema Saturday at Schoharie Crossing

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Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site will be screening the 1935 classic film, A Farmer Takes A Wife starring Henry Fonda and Janet Gaynor on July 22nd starting at 7:30pm, outside the Visitor Center on Schoharie Street in Fort Hunter. Join in the fun as we watch this wonderful and charming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century.

A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can’t even consider leaving the exciting life on the canal for a banal one on a farm. Jotham Klore is the leading canal boater on the Erie Canal. He’s also a bullying braggart. His cook, Molly Larkins, loves working on the canal. Young Dan Farrow signs onto another boat, owned by Samson Weaver, with plans to save enough money to buy a farm. Dan and Molly fall in love, but their romance runs aground on the conflict between his love of farming and her devotion to the canal.

This film is adapted from the play that was based on the book Rome Haul by Walter D. Edmonds.

The viewing moves inside the Enders House if raining. This is a free event open to the public. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Popcorn and other refreshments will be available.

For more information find us on Facebook or contact the site: SchoharieCrossing@parks.ny.gov (518) 829-7516.

Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site hosts lecture on the history of the Erie Canal

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Erie CanalAs part of a statewide commemoration of the Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary, the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site in Fort Hunter and the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse will host a lecture by Dr. Carol Sheriff, author of The Artificial River, Sunday, July 23, at 4:00 p.m. inside the newly renovated Visitors Center at 129 Schoharie Street.

Reflections on Erie’s Waters is a collaboration between The Erie Canal Museum and The Canal Society of New York State to commemorate the waterway’s bicentennial and examine its legacy and future through diverse viewpoints. Reflections presents an inclusive view of the Erie Canal, examines its relevance and importance and heightens awareness of its historical impact, current significance and future potential through a series of workshops, lectures and exhibits.

Dr. Sheriff’s lecture, Becoming Second Nature: The Erie Canal’s Early History, examines how the new waterway initially symbolized the young republic’s technological and economic progress, and was even hailed as a divinely ordained mission. She will discuss how the Erie Canal redefined daily routines, livelihoods and values for thousands of New Yorkers, and remapped the region’s physical and human geography.

Dr. Sheriff is author of The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862, which was honored by the New York State Historical Association in 1996. She is a Professor of History at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and co-author of several American history publications and textbooks.

The Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the Erie Canal as one of the 19th century’s greatest commercial and engineering projects. The Visitor Center exhibit traces the history of the Erie Canal and its impact on the growth of New York State and the nation. Within the site’s boundaries are many structures dating from the three eras of the canal’s development. For more information, call (518) 829-7516.

Committed to preserving the only existing weighlock building in the United States, the Erie Canal Museum collects and conserves Canal material, champions an appreciation and understanding of Erie Canal history through educational programming, and promotes an awareness of the Canal’s transforming effects on the past, present and future. The Museum is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free with a suggested $5 donation.

For more information on the Reflections on Erie’s Waters program or any of the artist-led workshops or statewide lecture series, contact Vicki Krisak, Director of Communications and Outreach, Erie Canal Museum, vicki@eriecanalmuseum.org, (315) 471-0593, ext. 15, or visit the Erie Canal Museum website Eriecanalmuseum.org.

Reflections on Erie’s Waters is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

 

Fall Foliage Report: October 12-October 18

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Mohawk River, Tribes Hill at Lock 12
Mohawk River, Tribes Hill at Lock 12

I LOVE NY started the “New York Fall Foliage Report” on September 14 and continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November.  Montgomery County has started its own annual report this year as well.

Reporting station:  Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site, Fort Hunter (opens in a new tab)

Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend:  45%

Brilliance: Average

Predominating colors: Shades of darkening green with yellow and increasing oranges and reds

Rating: Midpoint

taste-of-the-mohawk-valley-2016The foliage in Montgomery County has reached midpoint.  Peak season should be approaching; some areas are starting to lose leaves but others are still green.  There are still many autumn activities (opens in a new tab) taking place this October.  Visit the Taste of the Mohawk Valley Farmers’ Market (opens in a new tab) or the Last Saturday Fall Festival (opens in a new tab) .  Or take a historic self-guided walking tour through the Green Hill Cemetery (opens in a new tab)

in Amsterdam; the leaves on Church Street are a colorful array of red, yellow, and orange.

Call for a free Harvest Tour Map!

1.800.743.7337

Fall Foliage Report: September 28- October 4

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apple-picking-2016-bellingersI LOVE NY started the “New York Fall Foliage Report (opens in a new tab) ” on September 14 and continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November.  Montgomery County has started its own annual report this year as well.

Reporting station:  Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site (opens in a new tab) , Fort Hunter

Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend:  30%

Brilliance: Dull

Predominating colors: Greenish-Yellow, Rusty Brown with touches of Orange

Rating: Just changing

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View from the Taste NY store at Lock E13 Living History Park.

October is a good time to take a scenic ride through the Mohawk Valley.  Many of our agritourism (opens in a new tab) sites are open featuring local products.  Have lunch or dinner at one of our many restaurants (opens in a new tab) .  Enjoy fall harvest events (opens in a new tab) or take in an art exhibit.  There is so much to do in Montgomery County!

The new Taste NY Store at Lock E13 Living History Park (opens in a new tab) is open daily.  Purchase local and regional products; take in the fall foliage and the Mohawk River views.  If you are lucky you’ll see a boat locking through.  Located in the New York State Thruway at milepost 187 westbound between exits 28 (Fultonville) and 29 (Canajoharie), you find a unique experience waiting for you.

Call for a free Harvest Tour Map!

1.800.743.7337

Fall Foliage Report: September 21-27

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Bellinger's Orchard corn maze for 2016. Photo courtesy of Bellinger's Orchard
Bellinger’s Orchard corn maze for 2016.
Photo courtesy of Bellinger’s Orchard

I LOVE NY started the “New York Fall Foliage Report (opens in a new tab) ” on September 14 and continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November.  Montgomery County has started its own annual report this year as well.

Reporting station: Amsterdam

Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend:  20%

Brilliance: Dull

Predominating colors: Greenish-Yellow, Rusty Brown with touches of Orange

Rating: Just changing

Temperatures have been above average for the beginning of fall temperatures.  The weekend forecast looks to be sunny and turning to the 60s.  As always, our scenic drives will be picturesque now with a little touch of color.  Spend the day picking apples, find your way through a corn maze (opens in a new tab) , enjoy a fall festival (opens in a new tab) or learn about our local history!

Call for a free copy of our Harvest Tour map to accompany your Fall Foliage ride.  The Harvest Tour map will assist in finding apples, cider, pumpkins, mums, baked goods, corn mazes, and so many more seasonal products.

1.800.743.7337

Montgomery County Foliage Report: Week of September 30-October 6

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I LOVE NY started the “New York Fall Foliage Report (opens in a new tab) ” on September 9 and continue until the end of the foliage season, around the first or second week in November.  Montgomery County has started its own annual report this year as well. sand flats apples

Reporting station: Amsterdam

Percent of trees predicted to have changed by the coming weekend: 40%

Brilliance: Average

Predominating colors: Greenish-Yellow, Red, Orange

Rating: Midpoint

The color change has progressed since last week. There is still a lot of leave coverage and we are close to the midpoint of foliage the change. More reds and oranges are starting to come through and the color is beautiful on a sunny day. The Mohawk Valley views will be spotted with color over the next couple of weeks.

Call for a free Travel Guide and Harvest Tour Map

1.800.743.7337