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 Little Falls Gorge

[This information is from Vol. I, p. 47 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 Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

Little Falls Gorge.

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Topographic map showing the deep, narrow gorge of the Mohawk River at Little Falls. The walls of the gorge rise fully 50 feet above the river which is less than 400 feet above sea level. The gorge is postglacial in origin and before the great ice age it was replaced by an important divide with one stream (Mohawk River) flowing eastward and another stream flowing westward. Part of Little Falls (U. S. G. S.) quadrangle. Scale, about 1 mile to the inch.]

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925The Little Falls Gorge

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
The Little Falls Gorge