History on the Wall

Taken at Shako:wi Cultural Center, in Oneida, NY. I greatly enjoy these history posters on the walls. I wish more was being done to preserve and remember our history. The Mohawk Valley is very rich in history. I never knew about it, as a kid. I didn’t grow up in this area. The Mohawk Valley (in Central New York) was just a vast place to get from Point A (eastern New York) to point B (western New York)– more like a passageway for the long distance moving company to get from here to there. Now, historically, that is indeed what the Mohawk Valley was throughout history: the Gateway to the West. It’s the lowest geographic area of New York State, and, before the railroads and airplanes, was the only passageway west to Ohio. So a lot of pilgrims came through this area (which may explain why it is so clannish to this day).

History is a funny thing. lol. It has twists and turns, like a river, but you do not notice them much as you navigate the course. Only when you are high up and away do you see the serpentine route.