History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 — Clinton Liberal Institute, Fort Plain

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History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Clinton Liberal Institute, Fort Plain

[This information is from Vol. II, p. 1719 of History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, edited by Nelson Greene (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925). It is in the Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at R 974.7 G81h. This online edition includes lists of portraits, maps and illustrations. As noted by Paul Keesler in his article, "The Much Maligned Mr. Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

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Built 1879; burned March 25, 1900. This school was preceded by the Fort Plain Seminary, and the site is now occupied by the Fort Plain School. The Seminary and Institute, with a life of nearly half a century, were important educational factors in the life of the middle Mohawk Valley.

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925Clinton Liberal Institute, Fort Plain

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Clinton Liberal Institute, Fort Plain