New York's Capital District was ideally situated to become one of the nation's earliest and most important transportation crossroads. The Mohawk River was the o

For more than a century, New York's Capital District was one of the most industrialized regions in America. Adding to the growth and fame of Capital District en

New York's railroads were born of the cutthroat conflict of rate wars, bloody strikes and even federal graft. The railroad wars began as soon as the first line