Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site

Join us this weekend for some great fun here at Schoharie Crossing! *@Sammy’s Country Wagon, LLC will be here 10a-1p Tri-County Old Time Power Assoc. 44th Annual Gas Engine & Tractor Show happening Saturday and Sunday. Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Visit Montgomery County NY ... Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor NY State Parks & Historic Sites See more

Be sure to join us on Saturday for the 44th Annual Old Engine Show! We'll also have the @Weekend Cruisers Car Show, Tim Vee performing, and the Cones and Canals biking event! Sunday we'll have the Old Engine Show and live music by The Doghouse Carpenters! Find out more by checking out our event listings.

Last week we were invited by our friends at the Erie Canal Museum to participate in the #MuseumAtNight challenge. We couldn't back down from the challenge, so... here is the Visitor Center and Aqueduct....at night. We'd be curious to know what Fulton County Museum, Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, and Johnson Hall State Historic Site look like at night!!! #MuseumAtNightChallenge

Join us on Sunday afternoon for a performance by The Doghouse Carpenters. They are an Americana trio that plays a mix of traditional acoustic instruments in a variety of roots music styles. Starting off around 1, come get in on the fun! Check out their sound by clicking the video below! Be sure to check out the Old Engine Show happening as well. WEXT Radio Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor

We'll be accepting this challenge! Check in tomorrow morning for some images of Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site at night! Thank you Erie Canal Museum #MuseumAtNight #MuseumAtNightChallenge

#DYK - Today is #FatherDaughterTakeAWalkDay! Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site is a great place for fathers and daughters to take a walk and observe this day together! Come on out to wander the towpath trails, share humorous stories, explore history, ask questions, enjoy nature, and create memories!

#TowpathTuesday: The WORLD Canals Conference will be held in Hagerstown, MD this coming September! We are excited for this conference and our own educator, David, will be joining in on a presentation with Derrick from the Erie Canal Museum .

We're excited to welcome back to the area, musician Tim Vee to perform this coming Saturday during the Old Engine Show and Weekend Cruisers Car Show. For a small taste of his music, check out this video: WEXT Radio Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor

Join us next weekend for the Tri-County Old Time Power Assoc. 44th Annual Gas Engine & Tractor Show! Saturday there will be the Schoharie Crossings Car Show, Tim Vee Live at Schoharie Crossing 12p-2pm, and the Something Different -Food Trailer. Sunday, join us for a performance by The Doghouse Carpenters 1pm-3pm.

#StorySaturday - how about we think of several stories, ones coming up in our 2021 Not Just for Kids Storytelling series! Featuring Kate Dudding, Joe Doolittle, Magaret French, Jeannine Laverty, and Sandy Schuman, this year the series returns and we welcome you to the site for amazing outdoor performances!

I Scream, You Scream, We ALL Scream for Ice Cream! Come join in the fun with Cones and Canals on July 10th! Erie Canal Museum and Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site welcome you to experience a bike ride along the original Erie Canal and then the Empire State Trail before a delicious ice cream cone at Karen's Produce & Ice Cream.

Love hitting the water here at Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site and along the Mohawk River/Erie Canal nearby? Have you considered becoming an Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Water Trail Steward? Find out more by visiting this link.

#MotivationMonday has us thinking about August 7th when the Paddle The Mohawk Valley event launches from Schoharie Crossing headed to the Southside of Amsterdam at Port Jackson. Organized by the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, this exploration of the Mohawk Valley and its current version of the historic Erie Canal will create lasting memories as you discover the beauty of the waterway. Please consider registering for this event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paddle-the-mohawk-valley-regis

In case you missed it back in May, we offered up as part of a program swap with the Fulton County Museum, this great presentation on the duel between DeWitt Clinton and a political rival. Give this a watch, comment and let us know what you think or ask any questions you may have. Enjoy! #ErieCanal Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Canal Society of New York State

As 2020 comes to an end, let's take a look at this wicked fun image of the NYS Canal Investigating Commission, showing a party at the original Chateau Madrid in New York City, ca. 1903. (New York State Archives NYSA_A0834-77_B14_F5) "The Canal Investigating Commission investigated work already done on enlarging and improving the aforementioned canals; examined contracts for the work and whether or not they were properly made; and determined whether the amount of money already... expended on the work was properly expended and if additional money was needed to finish the work." They also look like they knew how to throw a party! More detail in the insets and captions. Canal Society of New York State Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor New-York Historical Society #ErieCanal #Party #Roses #roseart

#TuneTuesday - its another great version of the famous "Erie Canal Song"

Kids have next week off from school? Looking for a project they can be creative with? Check out this call for art! (Y)

#FlashbackFriday to not all that long ago when we hosted Ashley Hopkins-Benton from the New York State Museum for this great program on Henry DiSpirito! Give it a watch and let us know which sculpture shown is your favorite! #fbf #arts

We are excited to announce a Call for Student Art to be presented in a virtual gallery space! This exhibition is open to primary and secondary school age children residing in NYS. More information about how to submit and details of the show theme can be found on our NYS Parks Website: https://parks.ny.gov//SchoharieCrossingStudentArtExhibit20

#MuseumMonday - let's take a look back on this program in collaboration with the Arkell Museum at Canajoharie from #NYSHistoryMonth. Let us know which artwork is your favorite! Leave that in the comments along with any questions you might have (Y) #Art #ErieCanal #history #discussion

On this snowy day, how about taking a few minutes to watch this interesting history of the Erie Canal from YouTuber Simon Whistler. "Megaprojects is a program all about humanity's greatest achievements." There's a few inaccuracies or misspoken words but the overall lesson is great! Check out the comments section for some interesting conversation as well. #ErieCanal #History Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Canal Society of New York State American Canal Society... NYS Canal Corporation Erie Canal Museum See more

#WoodWednesday - WOOD you like to know more about woodworking tools? Watch Bill Merchant in this great short video produced by the D&H Canal Museum. https://youtu.be/ZQjIVb4PW0o Canal Society of New York State American Canal Society