#cohoesny — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #cohoesny, aggregated by home.social.
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Imagine my surprise to learn that the daredevil Bobby Leach, the second person to go over #NiagaraFalls in a "barrel," did some "dry runs" for his attempt years earlier at #CohoesFalls. He got pretty banged up, which may be why 12 years passed before he took another run at Niagara.
#history #LocalHistory #Histodons #UpstateNY #UpstateNewYork #CohoesNY
https://hoxsie.org/2025/12/01/over-cohoes-falls-in-a-barrel/
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My latest #LocalHistory post is essentially an excuse to look at a very, very pretty map – a 1910 Sanborn fire insurance map showing the confluence of the #MohawkRiver and #HudsonRiver at #cohoes
#UpstateNewYork #UpstateNY #CohoesNY #map #maps #historicalMaps
https://hoxsie.org/2025/08/10/the-cohoes-branches-of-the-mohawk-river/
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There is just very little that's better than a winter hike. Back in our old home stomping grounds for a weekend. #hike #hiking #winter #UpstateNY #TroyNY #PeeblesIsland #Cohoes #CohoesNY #trail #trails