This American auto trail explores another section of New York’s Mohawk River valley, from Fultonville east to near Schenectady.

The travel route follows alongside the Erie Canal and the former track bed of the West Shore Railroad.

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Music Credits:
Island Dream/Chris Haugen
Mirage/Chris Haugen
Away/Patrick Patrikios
Streamline/Eveningland
Distant Lands/Hanu Dixit
Reverie/Quincas Moreira
After You/Dan Lebowitz
Undeniable/Vibe Tracks
Icelandic Arpeggios/DivKid

Map Credit:
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Many map images are courtesy of:
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Endnotes:
1) New York, A Guide to the Empire State; Oxford University Press, New York; 1940
2) “5 Things You Should Know About St. Kateri Tekakwitha”; Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception”; July 7, 2025; https://www.nationalshrine.org/blog/5-things-you-should-know-about-st-kateri-tekakwitha/
3) Poor’s Manual of the Railroads of the United States for 1887; American Bank Note Company, New York, 1887; https://www.google.com/books/edition/Poor_s_Manual_of_Railroads/KrgvAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
4) Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, Volume 15; New York State Historical Association, 1916; https://www.google.com/books/edition/Proceedings_of_the_New_York_State_Histor/SriE67JkjnoC?hl=en&gbpv=1
5) Yates, Austin; Schenectady County, New York, Its History to the Close of the Nineteenth Century; The New York History Company, 1902; https://www.google.com/books/edition/Schenectady_County_New_York/hyEE9g8ksLMC?hl=en&gbpv=1
6) Smith, Arthur; Papers Read Before the Herkimer County Historical Society During the Years 1899, 1900, 1901, to July 1, 1902, Volume 2; Citizen Publishing Company, Herkimer, New York, 1902; https://www.google.com/books/edition/Papers_Read_Before_the_Herkimer_County_H/OqF4AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
7) Adams, Arthur; “The New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railroad”; Marist Heritage Project; Marist University; https://exhibits.archives.marist.edu/s/marist-heritage-project/page/Esopus-Community-Railroad