Hoxsie!
Hoxsie is the namesake of this site, primarily because of a magnificent ad that featured a rooster, the name “Hoxsie,” and nothing else. Hoxsie was a bottler of beer, root […]
Hoxsie is the namesake of this site, primarily because of a magnificent ad that featured a rooster, the name “Hoxsie,” and nothing else. Hoxsie was a bottler of beer, root […]
English: Andrew Jackson – 7 th President of the United States (1829-1837) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In the mid-19th century, there was a proliferation of military organizations, usually politically affiliated militias. […]
From Munsell’s Albany Directory for 1853, the very first entry after the index is this listing of nurses. “The above are all that have been found.”
As we noted yesterday, there used to be a Second Dutch Church down on Beaver Street, along with a once-sizable burying ground. The graves were mostly moved, and the church […]
The natural progression of the Dutch Church in Albany, as we think of it today, was from the old church at the foot of State Street to the building on […]
In fact, he did. This historic marker from Schenectady’s Stockade tells you just where, too: the northeast bedroom, on the second floor. The “History of the County of Schenectady, N.Y.” […]
Albany’s first Erastus Corning was only mayor for four years, not the 40-odd years his namesake great grandson would serve. He could be forgiven, one supposes, since he was busy […]
In 1858, steam was king. In order to make steam, you needed a boiler. To make something move with steam, you needed an engine. John Punshon’s North River Engine and […]
From the 1858 Albany City Directory, an interesting advertisement for H.W. Churchill, Wood Engraver. And stove engraver. Creator of views of buildings, animals, fowls (perhaps the original Hoxsie?), and this […]
Hoxsie takes a rare step outside the Albany area, but only because he was asked. There’s an effort afoot to get funding to preserve Bannerman’s Castle, one of the most-recognized […]