History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925

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History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
One of the Gilboa Fossil Tree Trunks in Place

[This information is from Vol. I, p. 65 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 Schenectady Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy 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 Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

One of the Gilboa Fossil Tree Trunks in Place.

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Photo: One of the Gilboa Fossil Tree Trunks in Place.

View of one of the earliest known tree trunks, which were chiseled out of the surrounding rocks at Gilboa, Schoharie County. Many of these trunks are now on exhibition in the State Museum in Albany. From the State Museum Bulletin 227-228.

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925One of the Gilboa Fossil Tree Trunks in Place

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
One of the Gilboa Fossil Tree Trunks in Place