life and travels in Upstate New York
We took a jaunt to Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, recently. My daughter, a budding American historian, discovered that Oneida County residents can obtain a library card from the Burke Library at the campus. Hoh boy, was she eager to go after she found that out! The Burke Library is a beautiful library, chock full […]
This is another post in a continuing series about our trips to the Adirondacks.
In autumn of 2007, we drove up to the foothills of the Adirondacks, north of Utica. We wanted to visit and pay respects to Baron Frederich Wilhelm Augustus Steuben, aka Baron von Steuben, buried on Starr Hill Road in Remsen, NY. He […]
We visit the campus of Hamilton College from time to time. My eldest, The Historian, loves their library– Burke Library– and knows a few of the professors there. The place is steeped in American history. Although Alexander Hamilton never visited the campus, he whole-heartedly supported this venture begun by Reverend Samuel Kirkland, a Connecticut native […]
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