New York's Capital District was ideally situated to become one of the nation's earliest and most important transportation crossroads. The Mohawk River was the o

New York's railroads were born of the cutthroat conflict of rate wars, bloody strikes and even federal graft. The railroad wars began as soon as the first line

When it came to first-class transportation, not many regions of North America had more to offer than the trolley lines of New Yorks Capital District. From their

The Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most complete works on the Empire State to be published in a half-century. In nearly 2,000 pages and 4,000 sign

For more than a century, New York's Capital District was one of the most industrialized regions in America. Adding to the growth and fame of Capital District en