Stories & connections.
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Roots
The stories that make us who we are. Our connections, founders & families & the threads that bind us all together.
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Community
Our neighborhoods & village life. Schools, kids, outdoor adventures & landscapes. Fairs & festivals.
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Legacy
History, secrets & the stories from our past that you’ll want to hear. We were revolutionary before the Revolution.
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Access
Even as we celebrate our back roads, we’re not standing still. Tech, broadband, community development projects that are growing our economies and how to invest in them.
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Vibes
Arts & culture with our own twist. Galleries? Poetry? Music? Our artists and craftspeople. Look for it here.
All Stories
How Did Schoharie Get Its Name? Upstate NY’s Small Town Timeline of Historic Names
The area now known as the Village of Schoharie was first named by the Mohawk people, who referred to it with a term transliterated as Ska-ahár-ree, commonly interpreted to mean “driftwood” or “floodwaters,” in reference to the Schoharie Creek.
Discover Carlisle, NY: The Upstate Small Town Spilling Revolutionary Tea
Upstate NY ‘s Carlisle, NY. Explore the Route 20 town where Schoharie County patriots built the Great Chain, bluebirds found their way home, and small-town kindness still greets every traveler.
Upstate NY Hidden History You Need to Know: Revolutionary War Battles, Gallows on Main Street, Teddy Roosevelt & What’s a Flockey?
We’ve got all the Upstate NY Revolutionary history you didn’t know you needed to know, from battles to gallows on Main Street.
Goodbye Gilboa: How NYC Drowned an Upstate Town (& Why the Scars Still Run Deep)
A hundred years after New York City destroyed and flooded the Village of Gilboa to quench its thirst for water, locals still talk about it like it happened yesterday. Now, thanks to rediscovered Fox News footage and some historical detective work, a six-minute silent newsreel is bringing the village's final days back to life.
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