Old Stone fort Thank you! Museum Store Catalog

2017

www.theoldstonefort.org/store/

Schoharie County

Historical Society

www.theoldstonefort.org/store/ Old Stone Fort Museum Fort Stone Old Society County Historical Schoharie Road Fort 145 12157 NY Schoharie, 16 Membership & Mail order form Name:

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Home Phone: Old Stone Fort Museum Cell Phone: 145 Fort Road Schoharie, NY 12157 Email: Method of payment: Check # Total $ 518-295-7192 Make checks payable to Schoharie County Historical Society www.theoldstonefort.org/store/ M/C - Visa or Discover# The Old Stone Fort Museum Store is a key resource Exp Date CVC # Signature for people interested in learning more about Schoharie County history. QTY DESCRIPTION TOTAL

We sell books by local authors, reprints of historic titles and the best of the recent scholarship on stories ______related to this county. The Museum Store also stocks CDs, toys and reproductions of items from the past.

Come to the Old Stone Fort during the Museum Membership - open season to browse our selection, or call us year Sub Total______round. You can order safely online through PayPal or order by mail using the form in this catalog. Members 10% discount (______)

All proceeds from sales in the Museum Store help Sub Total after discount ______Shipping & handling the Schoharie County Historical Society in its work to Shipping Charges preserve and promote the rich history of this county. (see chart at left) Order < $10.00 = $6.00 $10.01-20.00 = $11.00 Sub Total $20.01-50.00 = $16.50 NYS Residents Thank you for your support! $50.01-100.00 = $20.00 8 % tax

Over $100.00 or Order Total Out of USA = $25.00 Thank you!

2 15 Old Stone Fort Museum Members hold the key! Museum Store Catalog Get a 10% Membership discount on store purchases! 2017

Membership in the Historical Society is available at the following levels:

Annual Membership: Benefits include one household subscription to the Historical Review (two issues a year), free museum & library Local History, Local Authors Pgs 4 - 7 admission for member & spouse and 10% museum store & copying discount. New members in 2017 will also receive a free copy of Judge Brown’s 1823 history of the early German settlement of Schoharie General History and New Books of Interest Pgs 8 & 9 County. Revolutionary War Page 10 Regular $30 Senior Citizen $25 Family $50 incl. ● ● ● Age 62 + Children & grandchildren Civil War Page 11 Sustaining Level Membership: Support Schoharie County Historical Society at a higher level and receive all Annual Membership Benefits plus Specialty Items Pgs 12 & 13 free admission passes, plus free admission and member discounts at over 700 museums in the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Program. (Please include spouse’s name for NARM cards.) Members hold the Key! Page 14

● Sustaining $100 ● Benefactor $250 Order Form Page 15 Life Membership: ●$1,000 Receive annual membership benefits without renewing for the rest of your life!

Mail your order to: The Old Stone Fort Museum Store 145 Fort Road theoldstonefort.org Schoharie, NY 12157

For Faster Service: Order on-line www.theoldstonefort.org or call (518) 295-7192 M-F 9-5 EST to place your order over the phone.

Shipping and handling charges will be added to your total.

All prices listed here are current as of Nov 1, 2016 but are subject to change. You will be notified before shipping of any changes affecting your order.

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Local History, Local Authors Old Stone Fort Bookmarks - Special Sale!

Laminated full color bookmark with a collage of pictures featuring A - Z Coloring The Old Stone Fort Museum - artifacts in our collection. by Jeff O’Connor, Illustrated by Pam Pratt Specify choice. $2.00 Published by SCHS Coloring book with a color cover. SALE PRICE $ 3.00 Military version A Brief Sketch of the First Settlement of the (Reverse Side) County of Schoharie, by the Germans - By Judge John M Brown, 1823 The emigration of the Germans from Germany, their journey—arrival at New York, and their settlement and improvement of Schoharie. Reprinted by SCHS $ 6.00

Beers Atlas-1866 Topographical Map of Schoharie County - Maps are based on actual surveys showing residential detail from each town and village in the county in 1866. Great for genealogy and general research. Spiral bound, 63 pages. Reprinted by SCHS SALE PRICE $15.00

History of Schoharie County & Border Wars - Domestic version by Jeptha R. Simms - Containing a sketch of the causes (Reverse Side) which led to the American Revolution and interesting memoranda of the Mohawk Valley. 2 Vol. Set 691 Pg. Old Stone Fort Museum Lapel Pin $57.00 Green and gold enamel 3/4” featuring our own chanticleer (rooster). History of Schoharie County 1713-1882 - $ 5.00 by William Roscoe - History with biography of notable citizens. Hard Cover $59.00 Old Stone Fort Museum Charm Green and gold enamel 3/4” www.theoldstonefort.org/store/ featuring our own chanticleer (rooster). $ 5.00

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Specialty Items Local History, Local Authors

Stainless Steel Flask - Schoharie County Cemeteries - The Old Stone Fort Museum logo is printed 2nd Edition 2009 - includes GPS locations. on this stainless steel flask holding 6oz of Contains lists of the county's sixteen towns your favorite beverage cemeteries and abbreviated listing of the most $12.50 prevalent names found. Published by SCHS $12.00

Thunder in the Valley - NEW Stylus Pen - by Jeff O’Connor Loyalist uprising and The Battle of The Flockey. Versatile and functional with soft grip and new touchscreen stylus Published by SCHS retractable blue ink click pen. Choose from Black, Red, Blue, Special Price $9.00 Green or our choice! $3.99

The Schoharie Valley - By John Wilkinson Special shipping - only $2.50 per pen. Vintage images of the Schoharie Valley. $21.99

Old Stone Fort Museum Tote Bag

White canvas bag with green embroidered weathervane logo, 100% cotton, 11 3/4 " W The Schoharie Mohawks - x 14 1/2 " H x 3" deep with matching green by John P. Ferguson handles. A study of Mohawk Indians in the Schoharie Limited supply Sale price $15.50 Valley. $23.95

Balsam Pillow

Our own Old Stone Fort Museum The Simmendinger Register - Weathervane logo is printed in dark green on Reprinted by SCHS the front of this 5 1/2 " square muslin pillow An eyewitness account & list of the first Palatines. $ 6.00 filled with real balsam, a lovely fragrant (not pictured) memento. $ 8.50 www.theoldstonefort.org/store/

12 5 Books, Books and More Books! Civil War Local History, Local Authors A Crooked Gun: The Civil War Dead of Schoharie County

A Crooked Gun: The Civil War Dead of Schoharie County A Crooked Gun is an attempt to identify and describe A Crooked Gun is an attempt to identify and describe all of the soldiers from Schoharie County, New York all of the soldiers from Schoharie County, New York who died in the Civil War – men like Lt. Albert West- who died in the Civil War – men like Lt. Albert West- inghouse of Central Bridge, whose brother founded the inghouse of Central Bridge, whose brother founded the Westinghouse Electric Company. Westinghouse is just Westinghouse Electric Company. Westinghouse is just one of the 396 men in this 518-page, indexed book by one of the 396 men in this 518-page, indexed book by local historian and Lincoln-portrayer Peter Lindemann. local historian and Lincoln-portrayer Peter Lindemann. $30.00 $30.00

Civil War Hospital Sketches - 1862 - 1863 By Louisa May Alcott William C. Bouck: New York’s Farmer Governor - Depicts hospital conditions. The only NY Governor from Schoharie County - $ 4.95 Biography describes his life including; farmer, canal commissioner, governor, and elder statesman. By Ed Hagan & Mark Sullivan Edited by Les Hendrix $18.00 Under the Crescent and Star - by George W. Conklin History of the 134 NY Volunteer Regiment and the men who filled its ranks, many from Schoharie County.

The Gilboa Fossils - Signed by the Author - While supply lasts! $29.95 by Linda Van Aller Hernick Discusses Gilboa as one of the most important Devonian fossil localities in the world. $14.95 Civil War Currency - Includes repro- duction war cents, tokens and infor- mation. $ 7.00

Vrooman’s Nose - by Vincent J. Schaefer Natural history of this prominent landmark. $12.50

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Revolutionary War A Great Trio from Sharon Springs Historical Society

A Dirty Trifling Piece of Business - by Gavin K. Watt

By 1781, the sixth year of the American rebellion, Canada's governor, Frederick Haldimand, cleverly employed his resources to raid the rebels' frontiers and cre- ate anxiety, disruption, deprivation and undermined their morale with invasion rumors. $35.00

A Touch of Nostalgia - Sharon Springs Historical Society th Presents a bird's eye view of Sharon Springs during the late 19 and th early 20 centuries. $22.00 Molly Brant: A Legacy of Her Own - by Lois Huey and Bonnie Pulis Reflections on Sharon, 1797-1997: A Pictorial History - A historical biography of Molly Brant. $11.95 Sharon Springs Historical Society A pictorial history from the hustle and bustle of the hop exchange, Hotels, and Victorian resorts. $22.00

Sibs of Sharon - The Happy Hamlets - Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley - Sharon Springs Historical Society by Gavin Watt Stories of the Hamlets around the village of Sharon Springs. In the summer of 1777, while the British and the Americans $18.00 were engaged in the bitter American Revolution, a massive campaign was launched from Canada into New York State.  Brigadier General Barry St. Leger led a crucial expedition from Lake Ontario into the Mohawk Valley. $32.99 Haunted Mohawk Valley - by Dennis Webster & Bernadette Peck Haunted Mohawk Valley delves into the history behind some of the Mohawk Valley’s most haunted locations - including the Old Stone Fort! $19.99 Year of the Hangman: George Washington’s Campaign Against the Iroquois by Glenn Williams Under the Crescent and Star - by George W. Conklin $18.95 History of the 134 NY Volunteer Regiment and the men who filled its ranks, many from Schoharie County.

Signed by the Author - While supply lasts! $29.95

10 7 History and New Books of Interest Reprints from Allan Cross

America’s First First World War: The French & An Act for Regulating the Militia of NY - Indian War, 1754 - 1763 - by Timothy Todish printed by John Holt, 1778 $ 6.00 Twenty years before the outbreak of the American Revolution, the colonies were embroiled in a global Manual Exercise, Militia of New York conflict between the French and British empires. $15.00 by Colonel Guy Johnson, 1772 $ 6.00

Albany Institute of History & Art publications:

Becoming German - by Phillip Otterness Borders and Scrolls Becoming German tells the intriguing story of the largest Early American brush stroke wall painting, 1790-1820. $14.95 and earliest mass movement of German-speaking immigrants to America. The so-called Palatine migration Cookbooks began in 1709. soft cover $20.00 Revolutionary War Period Cookery - by Robert W. Pelton

$13.95

Pennsylvania Dutch Cookbook - by J. George Frederick, Recipes $ 9.95 The Story of the Palatines - by Sanford H. Cobb An episode in colonial history. $29.00 The American Frugal Housewife - by Lydia Maria Child Recipes and words to live by, 1832. $ 7.95

White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America - by Finton O’Toole Brings an original perspective to Johnson’s life, and suggests new ways of thinking about Johnson’s part in creating a nation he did not live to see. $19.95 German Proverbs - “Just like German fairy tales,

German proverbs are often phrased as moral lessons, The River Indians: Mohicans Making History reminders of the values important in the culture. by Shirley Dunn German proverbs have always been philosophical Early Mohican concessions to the Mohawks led keepers catechism for everyday life,” according to author of Indian records to unduly emphasize the Iroquois in the Lynn Hattery-Beyer. colonial period. The peaceful coexistence of the Mohicans with the European newcomers also has led historians to The book’s cover is German folk art, with undervalue their presence. $17.00 reproductions of wood blocks by Albrecht (Albert) Durer inside. $14.95

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