Winter 2015
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GREEN ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK
Jayson Romanczuk loaned this aerial view of Green Acres off Thompsons Lake Road to Knox Historical Society. It's a painting of an undated aerial photo. Read more here. |
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NEW HISTORIC MARKERS
We received great news: the William G. Pomeroy Foundation has approved the funding for two historic roadside markers for the Town of Knox. Through the efforts of Dan Driscoll and Ray Hand, we'll be installing the blue-and-yellow markers in 2015. One will commemorate the old Palatine Trail between Albany and Schoharie. The other will mark the location of the third toll gate on the old Schoharie Plank Road. 
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KNOX SCHOOL #5
In February, trustee Dan Driscoll took us on a virtual tour of School #5, the only building in Knox in the National Register of Historic Places. More information here. |
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SADDLEMIRE HOMESTEAD GETS SHUTTERS
In January the Town of Knox completed the paint job by installing refurbished green wooden shutters. With the overgrown shubbery removed, the old homestead is once again "an ornament to the village." Learn about the history here. See "before" pictures here. |
At the Dec. 1, 2015 meeting members discussed KHS activities held in 2015 and ideas for 2016.
Basswood trees have been planted next to the Saddlemire Homestead. The native basswood trees provided the wood for the pill-box industry.
Dennis Barber, President of the KHS, brought a gavel and base to our meeting, made from wood with a history. In August 2015 the KHS dedicated an historic marker on Route 146, Toll Gate #3 on the Albany-Schoharie Plank Road. This Plank Road was built in 1849 and the corporation was dissolved in 1867. In the 1970s, The Plankroaders, a Knox civic group, named their group after this Plank Road. The Plankroaders made a gavel and base from wood from the old Plank Road and donated it to the Knox Historical Society when their group disbanded in 2001.