This Geocache is across the river from Guy Park Manor a house built in the Revolutionary War era by the British superintendent for Indian Affairs and named after his son-in-law. The Walter Elwood Museum moved into the building from the Guy Park Avenue School in 2009.
But tragedy struck the Walter Elwood Museum in 2011 when Tropical Storm Irene flooded the Mohawk River and destroyed most of the building. When the flood waters poured into this city of 18,000, it climbed the Mohawk River’s banks and crossed the railroad tracks, seeping deep into the neighborhoods that hugged the shore.
Before the flood, the museum contained 20,000 artifacts brimming with stories of this small city: arrowheads and beadwork created by the Mohawk Indians; crystal radios and tools from the region’s once-thriving carpet mills; family directories from 1850 and hundreds of scrapbooks documenting life in Amsterdam. Unfortunately a lot of these were lost in the flood.
Please be careful, the river waters can be dangerous. Enjoy the view while finding the cache!
