New Scotland Township

This rich pictorial history is the first to feature the entiretownship of New Scotland. Located west-southwest ofthe city of Albany, the township covers a large area in thecenter of Albany County. The earliest European settlers arrivedin the mid-1600s and over the next 150 years, they werefollowed by immigrants from Holland, Scotland, England, andother countries.New Scotland Township contains photographs dating from1840 to 1980, including dozens of formerly unpublished ones.Both the photographs and captions contain an amazing amountof detail that creates a vivid account of town life over the courseof more than a century.The book celebrates the people, their homes and occupations,as well as the community's schools, churches, and means oftransportation. It explores the area's extraordinary landforms,from the Helderberg Mountains, Thacher State Park, Clarksvillecaves, Onesquethaw Falls to the Vly, Normanskill, andOnesquethaw creeks. It highlights the only remaining carriagesheds in Albany County, where part of the famous Anti-RentWars occurred, and the remains of a structure called the Castle,where Bouck White became famous for his Bouckware pottery.