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"Cohoes...a community that cares."
The City of Cohoes, located at the junction of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, was developed on land bought from the Indians in 1630 by Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, a director of the Dutch West India Company. Up to the time of the revolution, Cohoes was strictly an agricultural area. With the availability of abundant water power, manufacturing and commercial operations began locating in Cohoes. The first major manufacturing was the Cohoes Company, which developed cheap water power and offered inducements to industrialists to locate in Cohoes. With the beginning of industrial development, the population rose from 150 in 1840 to 4,229 in 1850. An economic depression from 1840 to 1842 restarted, but did not halt, the expansion in Cohoes. The Civil War marked the beginning of rapid growth in Cohoes. The population of Cohoes in 1865 was 8,795, by 1870, it was 15,357. The amount of investment in capital facilities by 1870 was more than $20 million, an increase of over $17 million in five years. From 1867 to 1872, employment rose from 2,729 to 7,752. By 1870, the City of Cohoes was an established manufacturing center, especially of textiles. Among many other industries in Cohoes there were six large cotton mills running 203,000 spindles, eighteen knitting mills, two foundries, and three machine shops. During the rest of the 19th century, the population of Cohoes increased.
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Welcome to Dr.Catheryn Cares.com
Christian counseling and support is offered by trusted Christian life coach Tonia Gibson and Listening Care Christian Counseling. Christian counseling and guidance is confidential and supportive, by phone or online. Please contact dr.catherine for free initial consultation.
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7th Annual Oilman's Hill Country Ride April 14, 15, 16 2011
The Oilman's Hill Country Ride grew out of ideas thrown around at a campfire after a weekend of riding Texas Hill Country roads in the Spring of 2004. These fourteen riders decided it would be a great idea to hold a ride and rally to raise money to support the fighting men and women of the U.S. military branches.The ride was conceived as an invitational event at which oilfield folks could come together for fun and charity. Our first six rides and related fund raisers have donated approximately $235,000 to be donated to charities supporting our soldiers. This year we will again raise funds to benefit our dedicated men and women who are deployed around the globe to fight for the freedoms we enjoy here today.
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