Herkimer County
Black River
Middle Settlement Lake
Bub And Sis Lakes
Headwaters of the Unadilla River
Wetlands and ponds outside of Columbia Center in the town of Columbia in rural Herkimer County make up the headwaters of the Unadilla River, which feeds the Chenango River and ultimately the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. Run off a feedlot or a septic system here goes into loading the Chesapeake Bay, hundreds of miles to the south.
Frankfort Village – Year Structure Built
Most of the village of Frankfort is quite old -- dating from the period of 1900 to 1924, but it saw some growth on the out of the village from 1950-2000, though most of it was before 1975.
Built in the early 1970s ….
The then new Little Falls cloverleaf was designed to connect to downtown via a new arterial highway that originally threatened Moss Island but was later moved slightly farther to the south after community protests, protecting this historic and unique island. Notice the deep cuts into the Marcellus shale, with it's deep black residues that once contained petroleum millions of years ago.