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The Stockade Spy Schenectady, N.Y. -Current. Monthly Began with Jan., 1961 issue. Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Feb., 1961).
35th President of the United States: 1961 ‐ 1963. Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Schenectady, NY. September 29, 1960. Senator KENNEDY. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Peterson, Congressman Stratton, Mayor Wagner Arthur Levitt, Governor Harriman, fellow Democrats, independents, and a few Republicans. [Laughter.] Do we have any Republicans here today?
Schenectady was first settled in 1661 when the area was part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. Settlement was led by Arent Van Curler of Nijkerk in the Netherlands, who was granted letters patent to Schenectady in 1684.
Schenectady County was formed from Albany County on March 7, 1809. It has a population of 146,555 (2000 U. S. Census, twenty-second in New York State) and an area of 206 square miles, making it the second smallest in the state outside of New York City.
Chapter I: Geography and Early History. Schenectady County was formed from Albany County, March 7, 1809. It is bounded by the following adjacent counties: on the north, by Montgomery and Saratoga; on the east, by Saratoga and Albany; on the south, by Albany and Schoharie; on the west, by Schoharie and Montgomery. In shape it is very irregular.
This file contains a copy of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given in Schenectady, New York during his 1960 presidential campaign discussing a need to strengthen the United States economy through lower interest rates and passage of the Area Redevelopment bill.
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It is the state of New York's first historic district, designated in 1965 by the Department of Interior and named after the historic stockade that originally surrounded the colonial settlement.
