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Amazing that you mentioned Redman club near Roch. Products. As a teenager, I remember going to that club for fish fries. A fish fry was 1 dollar every Friday. This was about 1963.

There is a bunch of minstrelsy in my own family's history which is sad. Gosh - that Albany rural is pretty. Did you know there was a scene in the movie "Ironweed" that was filmed there?

Its really amazing how some of these impressive buildings still dot our urban and rural landscapes. The modern juxtaposition of these reminders of wealth and splendor to today's poverty and blight is shocking.

As for a cultural historian and one who teaches about Native American History (Please see below Dr. RGST’s BOOKS ) I find this type of club pretty disgusting. It’s one thing to have been around in the 19th century, when the perceptions of truth were unfortunately different. But for an organization like this to still be in ‘business’ is pretty difficult to understand. Even the YMCA because of changing times and attitudes changed the name and design of the ‘Indian Guides’ club to the ‘Adventure Guides’ club. You would think a group of people could change the group especially when times are changing. Then on the other hand most groups like this are dying off. It’s just the idea of people dressing up to look like ‘Indians’ gives me great pause. Well, I hope you like the video and please leave a comment and of course, tell others. Thanks for watching!😎

Nice tour. Thanks for the video and stills.

Beautiful house, and grounds. I like how they preserved it with each generations furniture, and belongings. Thanks for the video!

I hope you like the visit to Historic Cherry Hill, and what we saw there. It’s too bad you couldn’t see a video of the inside, but I hope the stills and voice over facilitate a little understanding of what we experience. It’s really an interesting place to visit. Please leave a comment and tell me what you think. Oh, and don’t forget to subscribe and ring the bell.😎

Troy sure isppretty,,, but the crime and gang violence with all the grafiitti is certainly a cause for concern I wouldn;'t live there.

I found this particular symbology interesting. I had done a wreath video before but never one being held by an angel. I hope you’re finding the series interesting things in this series and finding a few new things too. Please leave a comment and tell others. Thanks for watching!😎

Hey Dr. Big fan! You mentioned you had gastric bypass surgery. How about a before and after picture? Keep up the great work!

It’s nice they are shooting on a relatively open location, however, sorry to say your video was not very revealing or interesting.

❤❤ thank you for the video ❤

this is my hometown area - watched this and felt very homesick for playing in the woods and walking in the creek with my friends in the 90s. really cool and interesting explorations!!

Thanks for the video, and good evening from Miami.

This is a long video, but I hope you like the investigation, the finding of artifacts and the ride back to the Rathbun Farmhouse. Please leave a comment and ask questions if you like. Check out the playlist to see more. If you haven’t subscribed yet please do, and please ring the bell too! Oh, by the way, if you find a “bigfoot” as we are traveling through the woods tell me, I’ll send you a free history book. I didn’t see any, but I haven’t stared it all down.😎

Everyone's complaining about the camera movements.....if not for the movements, how then do we see from a pedestrian's perspective? How dare he?! It's a fine video and as a native New Yorker (from Queens) I appreciate being shown places in my own state. I'd visit Troy because of the video. It looks like a nice little place. I grew up in Long Island City during the 90's....in comparison to then, it looks pretty damn good.

Born in Troy!!

Hi there, there is a Find-A-Grave webpage for this young man, Hollam L. Peck. He lived from 1832-1855. Ancestry shows his burial card for this cemetery, which states he died in Illinois. A cause of death is not provided. The 1850 Census shows him as an 18 year old engineer living at home with his parents and siblings. The 1848 Rensselaer Institute "catalogue of students" lists him as a sub-graduate. The CE or GE after his name may relate to his engineering degree. Really enjoying your series on gravestones!

Thank you this is great 😊

Interesting. Please keep us posted if you find out anything else about the telescope 🔭 imagery.

Looks really hard to read.... maybe a rubbing? Would the cemetery office permit rubbings? Thanks for the video.

Yes, puzzling.

Marble erodes terribly over longtime weather and certainly because of air pollution and acid rain in the 1960’s through 1980’s wore it away even faster. It’s sad that we don’t know more about this person, but we know they liked looking at the night sky.😎

No I've been thru the foundry it's a lot of fun to go through there but there is like a road that's abandoned from the bottom south troy woods going down from Thompson park entrance there's a trail if u follow there's tons of ruins I believe that it is part of the old spring wood estate But it's so hard to find historically accurate maps I've troy by just looking online

Do you have a video on the ruines at the end of the woods going in to south troy? I've been looking online on and off for some time but haven't come up with anything definite. Great video's. My family enjoys hikes throughout troy.

It was really fun back in the day when the frat house was in that building and they had a awesome haunted house every Halloween 👻

It's nice to see something like the gilded age being filmed in Troy it helps to really put Troy on the map.

Excellent

That is a beautiful monument for her. She must have been a great person.

This was one of the most unique headstones I had ever seen. If it weren’t for the sculpture I wouldn’t have noticed it at all. Other than the bronze it is merely a truncated obelisk. Looking up the artist, I was interested in what he has created before. I hope you’re finding interesting things in this series and learning a few things too. Please leave a comment and tell others. Thanks for watching!😎

Flower box idea is beautiful. ❤ thanks for sharing

Part of ‘The Gilded Age’ series is filmed in Troy, so I figured I would mosey on down and see what was going on and what I could see. Of course, I put my own commentary to what I was seeing. I was there for one of the shootings and it was interesting to see, and I hope you find it interesting too. Thanks for watching, I really appreciate it. Please leave a comment, and if you haven’t subscribed, please do!😎

I love the concept of flower boxes.

The General Society of the War of 1812 is for descendants of soldiers who fought in that War. I am a member of it through my 4th great grandfather. It's a lineage society like the DAR, Sons of the Confederacy, etc.

These Renaissance Faires for the cultural historian are fun, interesting but more like the Walmart of Ren Fairs. A place to find a few things you want and then just people watch. I hope you enjoyed the video. Thanks so much for watching. I really appreciate it. If you can please subscribe and ring the bell. Oh, and don’t forget to hit the like button. It all helps with the algorithms. By the way, 90% of the people who watch aren’t subscribed yet. Thank you to those who have, and a big thanks to those who will, Be well - have a nice day.🥸

Beautiful family plot they have with steps leading upwards. It reminded me of Jackie Gleason's grave which has carved into the steps the words: "And Away We Go". Have a good week!

I find this type of gravestone completely different and it’s a really a nice way to be remembered by your loved ones and friends, apparently until you’re no longer remembered. It does seem as I walk through a cemetery there are a lot of untended graves except for the cemetery lawnmower. I hope you’re enjoying the series. Please, keep following along and I would really appreciate it if you would leave a comment. By the way, if you’re signed-in please consider subscribing to my channel. I would really appreciate it . . . and, as always, tell me what you think, or what you find interesting. Thank you!😎

Cool. Another to be proud of my Troy roots.

You suck as a tour guide

Hey,.that’s my old neck of the woods.I remember it well growing up.Wow a lot has certainly changed since then for sure.Back in the 70-80’s things were definitely better,bias for sure!!

Nice museum. Would like to visit sometime.

I hope you enjoyed the video. It was a great time, and our grandsons really liked it. I think you’ll like it too. We visited the two exhibit halls, and found they had a lot of hands-on exhibits. The video isn’t about our entire time there, just the C-130 tour and the flight line. There is a lot more there and it’s worth the visit. Please don’t forget to hit the like button and if you aren’t subscribed yet, please do!😎

I partied a few times there back in the late 70’s …teenagers we were and it certainly was CREEPY!!!..Never vandalized anything in that respect,we were partiers not criminals of today!!!

Sad to say..but Troy has definitely seen better days! My found memories are from 60-90s and it was certainly a much better place,of course time does change everything.Still I’ll always remember those good old days…

Thanks for the old memory.

That is my hometown. I was raised there and graduated from that high school back in 1998. Unfortunately, that bank closed down. It used to be called the community Bank. And yes, we have a mayor. Our mayors name is Sharon Lessard and the veterinarian sold his business and he is retired now

Interesting. Don’t recall having any seen this symbol. Thanks for sharing this.

Thanks for the Gates Ajar story. Albany Rural sure seems like it has a lot of twists, and turns with the 500 acre layout. I think the google street view driver kind of got lost while driving through it.