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
The Half Moon

[This information is from Vol. II, p. 1551 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 Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

The Half Moon

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Photo: The Half Moon

Model of the vessel in which Henry Hudson sailed up to present Albany in 1609. A feature of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909. Photo taken at the time of the Cohoes Celebration of 1924, when the Half Moon was brought to Cohoes, where it is now placed in Riverside Park. Photograph by H. V. Bush, Canajoharie.

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

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