One of Troy's most famous citzens was Samuel Wilson, aka Uncle Sam. Wilson was a meatpacker who went into business in the city in 1797. As the story goes, he provided large shipments of meat to the US Army during the War of 1812 in barrels that were stamped "U.S. Beef" Supposedly, someone jokingly suggested that the initials stood for "Uncle Sam" Wilson. Thus "Uncle Sam" came to symbolize the federal government.
Troy's theme is "Uncle Sam"
Troy has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986 and boasts one of the best-preserved 19th-century downtowns in the US. There are blocks of town houses, churches and civic and commercial buildings that look remarkably like they did more than 100 years ago.
One of the older churches
Downtown area
Lots of hanging baskets of flowers
Street after street of these Town Houses
Local neighborhood
Nice Brownstones around a park
All in great shape
More Brownstones
Guess we got carried away
No more Brownstones
I'm glad we drove to Troy to check things out......In August 2011 Hurricane Irene devasted many parts of the New York Canal System and the surrounding communities. And the city docks in Troy was one marina that suffered. It is now under new management. Expansion and improvements are coming....but they have no power.
Also, the Troy RiverSpark Visitor Center on River Street is gone and when you pull it up on the Web it says they have no plans to reopen. Well we did see Brownstones......
My crop of Yellow Neck Squash
Nice afternoon on the Bridge watching Tiger win the Golf Tournament
Tomorrow.....the Garmin and capitol building
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