Industrialists And Leaders Formed Troy Chamber Of Commerce
William J. Burke details the early Troy Chamber of Commerce formed in 1900 by industrialists and business leaders to promote city trade. The piece traces milestones, presidents, key projects, and the chamber’s evolving role in transportation, bridges, public works, and regional economic development over fifty years.
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William J. Burke
Improy
Ilium
Chamber of Commerce
Troy
Tila
Arma
Willian F. Gurley
Troy Daily Times
Gurley
Timea
Hudson River
Traction Company
Broadway
Fulton Street
Watervilet
Congrew Street
Watervilet and
Chamber
Nln Ee Eee
Troy Printing Trade Skills Rise From City Center
The article recounts Troy as a printing hub with the River Styent at its heart, housing multiple shops and specialized textbooks printed for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and other early Troy schools. It notes skilled workmen, guarded craft standards, apprentice training, and the formation of early local associations linked to a nationwide typo graphical union.
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Troy
River Styent
Rensmelaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy’s First Park Established in 1796 for Five Shillings
Jacob D. Vanderheyden conveyed three lots on Conewrens Street and Second Street to the Village of Troy trustees for Seminary Park. The park, still existing, retains its original name and date, now valued at less than nine dollars in modern terms.
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Troy
Jacob D. Vanderheyden
Village of
Conewrens Street
Second Street
Seminary Park
Half of old Troy description holds true
An English visitor’s account from 119 years ago largely fits modern Troy. Capt. Frederick Marryat, a novelist and naval officer, described Troy as a city crowded with lumber and petty girls. The lumber trade in Troy today remains minimal.
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Troy
Frederick Marryat
Enza Willard Honored by Statue
The battered statue of Emma Willard in Seminary Park is hailed as the first public statue in the United States honoring an intellectual woman and a public benefactress.
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Enza Willard
Emma Willard
Seminary Park
United States
Public Meeting Chooses Name Troy for Local Settlement
Free holders of the former Van derheyden Ashley’s Ferry area held a public meeting to rename the land subjected to settlement. A majority vote confirmed the new name Troy despite objections from Yastikee settlers, with notices published in Albany and Lanningburg newspapers.
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Troy
Vanderbeyden
Albany
Lanningburg
Vanderheyden
Ashley
Lansingburg: First Community of Rensael County And Its Rise
Lansingburg claim as the county’s first settled community highlights its early deeds including a Declaration of Independence, establishment as a village, first post office, and church. Abraham Jacob Lansing, its progenitor, purchased land in 1783 and promoted growth through sale of lots to settlers, with key figures guiding civic life and industry from 1817 onward. The Hudson River aided transport and trade, shaping Lansingburg’s development.
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Rensaelser
Lansingburg
Troy
Abraham Jacob Lansing
Romulus
Steent Arabia
Stone Aranta
Lansing
Johannes Wendell
Albany
Robert Saunders
Eith Stephen Graham
Lansinghbure
Erond
Haakeleho
Wilam McMurray
Gar
Lan Singburg
Troy Fifty Year Firms Honor Roll Unveiled
A Troy ceremony unveils a fiftieth anniversary honor list profiling longtime local businesses and institutions. Notables include Atlas Tea, Delaval and Hudson rail, Troy Savings Bank, Fifth Avenue Pharmacy, Troy Paper Co, and many other firms spanning manufacturing, retail, and services in the city’s commercial history.
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Aetna Mille
Charles
Aldrich Law
Murphy, Aldrich, Guy, Broderick and Simon
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Albia Box Co
H. H. Butler Store
J. W. Burn and Sona
Barrett the Florist, Inc
Broughton's Roth
Boston and Maine Railroad
Anson Thompson Faim Co
Cluett
Peabody & Co., Inc
Cunning Shoe Store
Covert Manufacturing Co
George Et. Cole
Drake Pharmacy
Devens Inc
H. Dickson Co
Cheries H. Dauchy Co
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
William H. ‘Frear & Co
Fitzgerald Brews
L. EL Gurley
Grimm
Gilbert ‘Gedt, Jr. & Co, Inc
Hastings & Cd, Inc
McLeod and Henry
Manning Paner
Robert Morris, Jr
Niagara-Hudson Corp
New York Central Railroad
New York Telephone Co
National City Bank
Martin Wall Paper
St. Troy-Oh
Peterson and Packer Coal Co
Pattison, Roberts and Lamp
Fod Wholesale Hardwoods, Inc
Pioneer Building Loan and Savings Association of Troy
R. C. Reynolds
Ross Valve Manufacturing
Ico
Rickerson Supply Co., Inc
Pf.h. Rousseau, Sim and Co
Henry Schuidt and Lana
Stanton Brewing Co
John E. Sambrook
Walter Snyder
Fifth Avenue Pharmacy
Troy Belting Co
Whitmiler-Ferris
Troy Paper Co
Tilley Ladder Co
Troy Collar Co
the Record
Troy File Co
Troy Cold Storage
J. 1 Thompson Sons and Co
Troy Savings Bank
Tex-Hughes Corp
United Traction Co
Union-Fern
Nirenberg Sons, Inc
Union National Bank
Wagar
Biothara Dairy
J. M Warren and Co
West Side
First Ship Spikes Produced by The Burden Iron Works
The Burden Iron Works claims to have manufactured the first ship spikes the Inox horseshoes and the inaugural hook headed spikes in the world, marking a milestone in metalwork and tool production.
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Burden Iron Works
Maeoing
Public executions in Troy and Rensselaer County history
The article notes the shift from public executions to the modern electric chair at Sing Sing. It recalls early 1800s practices in Troy with public deaths such as Winslow Russell on July 3 1811 and the last public hanging of Thomas Harty on November 1 1834 for the murder of his wife.
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Sing Sing
Troy
Rensselaer County
Winslow Russell
Congress Street
Eighth Street
Thomas Harty
Abe
Fourth Aft Hill Streets
Renswelaer County
Bradley's Duplex Skirts Advertised for Winter Use
An 1866 newspaper ad promotes Bradley's Duplex Skirts made from extra heavy wire for winter, advertised as three to four yards in circumference.
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Kroy
Bradley
Chamber to Honor Troy Past Presidents at Anniversary Dinner
The Troy Chamber of Commerce plans a Ste Oltieth anniversary dinner at The Hendrick Hudson to honor former presidents. The guest list includes Meador, Caldwell, Day, Downing, Loomis, Hammett, Shaughnessy, and other past officers from 1900s through the late 20th century.
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Paign
Chamber of Commerce Jad
Hendrick Hudson
Community Hotels Corporation
Word Motor Co
Green Inland
Cornelius F. Burns
Chamber
Troy Chamber of Commerce
Ste
E. Harold Cluett
James A. Beattie
John H. Wooders
Michael W. Shaughhenny
C. W. Ferguson
Arvie Mildred
W. Tillinghast Barker
Charles 3. Aldrich
Hare Old K. Downing
Arthur J. Burch
Charles I. Day
Warren
Blauvelt
Arthur H. Wellington
James Laurence Meader
George N. Patrick
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Robert Morris
Robert Morns & Sons
The
Morns Funeral Home
Robert Morns
John WW. Sicbbins
Charlotte M. Morris
Stebbins
Bens
Poly
IMB
Theta Chi
Wari
Zion Lodge
FAAM
Jae
Proteron
Snany Sdaax
Moris Funeral Home
Finn
Digplar
Rome
Vais Sna Hutial Zat
State Health Board
Moris Faneral
Andv
Delaware and Hudson Bridge
Bridge Avenues
Watervilet Bridge
Embryo Chamber of Commerce
Rensselaer Howe
Naw
James H. Caldwell
Ita
Samuel K. Hutton
Albert Whight
Arst
Hutton
Lewis i
O the
Railromds
Interstate Commerce Commission
Com
Travelers Association
Vermont
New York
Sepporta Zontag
Wholesaler’ Bureau
Innick
de Presalon
Mechanicsville
Waterford
S. W. McCochrane
Thhe
Old Troy
J.m.warren,& Co
New City
Lansineburg
George II
Jear
Christopher Tilman Enijeh
Janes Agby Ward
Stephen Gorhem
Dara Hickock
Lesinan Lansing
First Postoffice
Cop
P. Nellae
James F. Ouselay
Gayeganization
Side Structural CO
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Ave. Watervliet
Chamber OF Commerce of the City of
Marvin Wallpaper & Paint Co
Stowell Carroll
Fifth Ave
Fulton
Rickerson Supply Company
Greater Troy
Roy
Ceanus Daly
EN Pasperatin
Hannah
Zex Brown
Porth Troy, Cluett, Feabody'e CD, Inc
Ofemedits
Wee Margargh
Sence Salone
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