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Amsterdam
In its heyday, this Erie Canal town bustled with mills and factories churning out manufactured goods, from carpets and curtains to carriage springs. Amsterdam was once the nation's biggest producer of brooms... (more) -
Canajoharie
Canajoharie is on Route 5S, on the south bank of the Mohawk River. Founded in 1730, the village is now home to a large Beech-Nut food-processing plant. The wealth of its industrial past is evident in the... (more) -
Cooperstown
The village was founded in 1786 by William Cooper on the southern shore of Otsego Lake, also known as Lake Glimmerglass. William was the father of novelist James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), who set some... (more) -
Herkimer
The village, on the north bank of the Mohawk River, takes its name from a Revolutionary War general whose home, now a state historic site, was several miles east, near Little Falls. The first road through... (more) -
Howes Cave
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Oneida
This small city off Route 5 and the thruway was settled in 1834. It's home to the Mansion House estate, where the former Oneida Community, a utopian religious sect, lived in the mid-19th century. The group... (more) -
Rome
The Mohawk River courses through Rome, about 10 mi north of I-90, and the route linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes cuts through the area. The Oneida were the first to live in this area, and... (more) -
Sharon Springs
Sharon Springs is at the intersection of U.S. 20 and Route 10. A Victorian spa village with five sulfur springs, it was a forerunner to Saratoga Springs, which became the destination of choice for New... (more) -
Utica
Utica, near the exact geographic center of New York State, has been a magnet for immigrants since Erie Canal days. Thousands of Irish workers came here to dig the big ditch in the early 1800s; after the... (more)
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