Montgomery County

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York bordering the north and south banks of the Mohawk River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,219.[1] The county seat is Fonda.[2] The county was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 at the Battle of Quebec.

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A Royal Visit to the City That Was Once Called New Amsterdam – The New York Times

A Royal Visit to the City That Was Once Called New Amsterdam – The New York Times

They did not arrive in the United States the way many couples do — the husband, who has a pilot’s license, was in the cockpit of the Boeing 737 jet, serving as the co-pilot for at least part of the flight from Europe.

Still, on their outing in New York City today, the pair, King Willem-Alexander and Queen M?xima of the Netherlands, will do what many tourists do. They will stroll along the High Line and go to a museum.

But they said the trip had a purpose — emphasizing ties between the Netherlands and the United States and strengthening economic connections. The most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis showed that the Netherlands ranked third in direct investment in the United States with $617.1 billion at the end of 2022, after Japan ($712 billion) and the United Kingdom ($663.4 billion).

Downtown Amsterdam 1952

Exploring downtown Amsterdam interactively when it was just a quiet mill town before they built the mall downtown that divided the main street.Β 

Mill Point

Schoharie Creek winds through the cut where NY 162 crosses it in southern Montgomery County.