{"product_id":"new-scotland-township-9781531602505","title":"New Scotland Township","description":"This rich pictorial history is the first to feature the entire \u003cbr\u003etownship of New Scotland. Located west-southwest of \u003cbr\u003ethe city of Albany, the township covers a large area in the \u003cbr\u003ecenter of Albany County. The earliest European settlers arrived \u003cbr\u003ein the mid-1600s and over the next 150 years, they were \u003cbr\u003efollowed by immigrants from Holland, Scotland, England, and \u003cbr\u003eother countries. \u003cbr\u003eNew Scotland Township contains photographs dating from \u003cbr\u003e1840 to 1980, including dozens of formerly unpublished ones. \u003cbr\u003eBoth the photographs and captions contain an amazing amount \u003cbr\u003eof detail that creates a vivid account of town life over the course \u003cbr\u003eof more than a century. \u003cbr\u003eThe book celebrates the people, their homes and occupations, \u003cbr\u003eas well as the community's schools, churches, and means of \u003cbr\u003etransportation. It explores the area's extraordinary landforms, \u003cbr\u003efrom the Helderberg Mountains, Thacher State Park, Clarksville \u003cbr\u003ecaves, Onesquethaw Falls to the Vly, Normanskill, and \u003cbr\u003eOnesquethaw creeks. It highlights the only remaining carriage \u003cbr\u003esheds in Albany County, where part of the famous Anti-Rent \u003cbr\u003eWars occurred, and the remains of a structure called the Castle, \u003cbr\u003ewhere Bouck White became famous for his Bouckware pottery.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Publishing Library Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492774318354,"sku":"9781531602505","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_70713fed-9dc5-4370-b0ab-5c22528fa5fe.jpg?v=1730607609","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/new-scotland-township-9781531602505","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}