History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 — Ehle Farm, Between Fort Plain and Canajoharie

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History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Ehle Farm, Between Fort Plain and Canajoharie

[This information is from Vol. II, p. 1211 of History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925, edited by Nelson Greene (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1925). It is in the Schenectady Reference collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.7 G81h. This online edition includes lists of portraits, maps and illustrations. As noted by Paul Keesler in his article, "The Much Maligned Mr. Greene," some information in this book has been superseded by later research or was provided incorrectly by local sources.]

Ehle Farm, between Fort Plain and Canajoharie

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Photo: Ehle Farm, between Fort Plain and Canajoharie

A famous landmark on the Old Mohawk Turnpike stone fence section, with a fine old stone farm house and great dairy barns. On the farm settled by Rev. Johannes Ehle in 1725 and owned for 200 years by the Ehle family.

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925Ehle Farm, Between Fort Plain and Canajoharie

History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925
Ehle Farm, Between Fort Plain and Canajoharie