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Did they decide against it, or did they just not pay any attention to the area at all?
by BobbyJo 5y ago
Did they decide against it, or did they just not pay any attention to the area at all?
- Spooky23 5y agoA little bit of both. Albany was a minor transport and trading hub where Dutch remained the primary language for some time. It later became a regional banking and rail/canal hub. Most of the patroon land started getting sold off as the value skyrocketed when the Erie Canal and railroads were built. The area I initially referred to was a backwater area where the land had limited value due to topography.