Odd House brings goth style and a welcome mat to Troy’s River Street
Matty and Scottie Dwyer opened Odd House at 199 River St. in June. The queer-friendly shop sells decor, apparel and ritual supplies and hosts music at Troy Night Out.
Troy
Burden Iron Works and the giant waterwheel that made Troy a horseshoe capital
Henry Burden’s horseshoe machine and 62-foot waterwheel made Troy one of the country’s industrial centers in the 1800s.
Emma Willard and the Troy school that opened higher learning to women
Emma Willard opened the Troy Female Seminary in 1821, teaching young women subjects such as math and science that were then reserved for men.
Samuel Wilson, the Troy meat packer behind “Uncle Sam”
During the War of 1812, barrels of beef stamped “U.S.” from Samuel Wilson’s Troy business gave the country its nickname.
Herman Melville’s Lansingburgh years, before Moby-Dick
Melville lived in Lansingburgh, now part of Troy, from 1838. He wrote his first book, Typee, in the family house there.
Kate Mullany and the collar laundresses who organized in Troy
In 1864 Kate Mullany, a young Irish immigrant, led Troy laundresses to form one of the first lasting women’s unions in the country.