Rotterdam
Published on 15. September 2004
43 pages
978-1-4396-3208-6 (ISBN)
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Nestled among the rolling hills of the Mohawk Valley, the town of Rotterdam was formed in 1820 from the Third Ward of the city of Schenectady. Its history, chronicled in Rotterdam¿s two hundred images, begins much earlier and is essentially the story of people past and present. The original settlers, mostly of Dutch origin, turned the wilderness into farmland. Their descendants and those who followed expanded into other livelihoods, producing goods that were shipped first along the Erie Canal and later across the nation by rail.
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Rotterdam
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09/2004
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
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Researched and compiled by volunteers of the Schenectady County Historical Society, Rotterdam depicts the community as it evolved over nearly two centuries. It offers a tour through mansions, manors, and farms and gives native and newcomer the chance to connect with the faces and places of the past.
