History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 — View from the Rollaway [Little Falls]

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History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
View from the Rollaway [Little Falls]

[This information is from Vol. II, p. 1763 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 Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

View from the Rollaway [Little Falls]

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Photo: View from the Rollaway

A characteristic view of the Mohawk Valley looking west from the rocky cliff at Little Falls known as the Rollaway, so called because the pioneers rolled logs from its summit to the river below where they were rafted downstream.

(Photo by M. J. Bucklin, Little Falls)

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925View from the Rollaway [Little Falls]

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
View from the Rollaway [Little Falls]