I Love New York Travel

Pelts were once the backbone of the Canadian and American economies, long before Canada and America were nations. Pelts are the furry skins of small mammals. People in Europe had an insatiable thirst for pelts, for making into hats and muffs and other such things. Many of the large cities in Canada and America had their start as fur trader outposts. This photo of pelts is of Fort Stanwix, Rome, NY.

This is a bateaux, a flat-bottom boat used during New York’s colonial days. It was lightweight, enabling the users to carry it across the dry land; but flat-bottomed for stability in New York’s rugged streams and rivers. This reproductions sits at Fort Stanwix, in Rome, NY.

This old writing desk (a good reproduction) is on display at Fort Stanwix in Rome, NY. Unbelievably, such display are out in the open– not behind glass enclosures– for visitors to handle. Despite the multitudes of visitors and hands touching the displays, everything is in such good condition–all taken care of very well. The people’s pride of our history really shines through with how well the displays are treated.