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Albany Pine Bush Study Area 1893

Albany Pine Bush Study Area 1893

While roads and railroad tracks crossed the Albany Pine Bush in 1893, and parts of the area were farmed, most was still in tact Pine Bush.

Artery Art, Albany

Artery Art, Albany

I sometimes like to call these maps Artery Art. The simple, clean layout doesn't provide much information but is appealing to the eye

Malone Area

Malone Area

When you out of the northern fringe of the Adirondacks, leaving past Debar Flow and Titus Mountain, the Adirondacks rapidly drop into the relatively flat St. Lawrence Plain.

Albany Plan 1695

Albany Plan 1695

Here is a Map of Albany showing the stockade in 1695, overlaying the contemporary arerial photo of Albany. At the top of the hill, was Fort Frederick sitting atop State Street Hill (Capitol Hill) it replaced the earlier Fort Orange along the Hudson River, offering protection for Pearl Street and lands below it. John Wolcott told me that Pearl Street was likely a corruption of "Peril Street" due to the risk of being shot by invaders down from the top of the hill.

Tug Hill Valley

Tug Hill Valley

Between the Tug Hill Plateau and the Western Adirondacks runs a narrow band of excellent agricultural soils in the Black River Valley that produce many a bushel of corn 🌽 and silage. 🐮