by Chris Clemens You’ve likely seen the Remington Arms plant in Ilion from the New York State Thruway. It’s on the south side of the highway, just west of the exit you’d use for Cooperstown. Ilion appears from a traveling distance like many Mohawk Valley towns. You’ll recognize a large industrial plant surrounded by residential […]
by Chris Clemens Convicts of the Victorian Era found themselves subject to a number of hard labor jobs, both to pass time and to serve the community. It’s pretty well known that one of those jobs was busting up rocks to prep stone for construction jobs. They’d break up rocks with a hammer sometimes up […]
Holy Trinity Monastery is a Russian Orthodox Monastery in Jordanville, NY open to visitors. It features a museum, gift shop, multiple sites of worship, a large cemetery, and beautifully decorated buildings. by Chris Clemens There’s no mistaking that Upstate is one of the most picturesque areas in the country. I have friends who have moved […]