Legacy – Volume 2, Issue 2 – Memories of the Revolution, Civil War letter, Hydraulic Canal, Home of Basketball

by the Herkimer County Historical Society
Articles include: Memories of the Revolution – An interview with Emma Timmerman who talks about the oral history of her family during the Revolutionary War; In the Wake of the Battle – Bowen Buck Moon of the town of Russia recounts his journey to the battlefield of Antietam to bring back home the body of William A. Salisbury through a letter to his niece; The Hydraulic Canal – in the village of Herkimer a canal was built so that industry would come to Herkimer. Beautiful map of the village including names of landowners; The Home of Basketball – the beginning of basketball continued from the previous issue – Frank J. Basloe and the touring Herkimer YMCA basketball team.