The morning Weather in Amsterdam

A slight chance of showers before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

This Morning at 9:30

   Friends of North Chuctanunda Creek Incorporated will celebrate National Trails Day at their first public meeting tomorrow, Saturday June 3, 9:30 am at the Clock Tower Building, 37 Prospect Street in Amsterdam. 

CHUCTUNUNDA CREEK TRAIL -POWERHOUSE SECTION

   Maps will show completed trails and future construction.  There will be refreshments.

   An elevator to the top floor of the Clock Building will enable attendees to enjoy the view from the historic structure that once was part of Bigelow Sanford Carpet and later toymaker Coleco.

  Outdoors on June 3, John Naple will lead an optional mile-long walk along the North Chuctanunda Creek.  The walk will go through the former Sanford Mill Complex from Locust Avenue to Church Street, stop at the creek overlook in back of Kelloggs and Miller’s former linseed oil plant, and go down Church Street to opposite City Hall.

   The North Chuctanunda Creek provided water power to many of Amsterdam’s 19th century mills.

The 2023 theme 1760

Episode 477- Curator Matthew Keagle discusses Fort Ticonderoga historic site this season.  Visitors will experience 1760 at the fort and see how British soldiers and American provincials ensure military dominance on Lake Champlain and deep into the heart of French Canada.

Today in The Daily Gazette and On-line tomorrow on The Historians

Sunday, June 4, 2023-Aldelmo Camacho at 100 years old

Aldelmo Camacho grew up on a farm near Yauco, a small city in south Puerto Rico.  The youngest of ten children, he joined the Army in 1942 and served as a medical surgery technician. 

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