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Cohoes Mills and Mohawk Falls Draw Natives and Visitors
The piece surveys Cohoes New York famed for Harmony Mills and its vast textile operations on the Mohawk River. It notes Falls of Cohoes celebrated by Tom Moore, legend of Occana, and the city’s rise as a mill town with extensive water power. It highlights Mills’ employment, female workers, a library, organ, Mastodon Mill, and the knitting industry, plus local papers the Democrat and Cataract and wages, prices, and diverse population.
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