Colonie’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Colonie. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗This area was once part of the Rensselaerwyck manor. The town of Colonie was formed in 1895 after the rural residents of the town of Watervliet opposed the state's proposal to transform the entire town into the city of Watervliet. The town and village of Green Island was also split off as a town from the town of Watervliet a year later and the village of West Troy that remained became the current city of Watervliet. All debts from the original town were divided proportionally between Green Island, Watervliet, and Colonie. Several lawsuits worked their way through the court system from the results of division. The original town of Watervliet was the "mother of towns" in Albany County, having once been all the land outside of the city of Albany within the county. All current towns either were formed directly or indirectly from a town formed from Watervliet. The central part of the town wa…
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Colonie’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Colonie’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewTownofwatervliet1866, 1866: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Colonie
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Townofwatervliet1866 (1866) and it appears here side by side.
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