Not far from Stuyvesant Falls is the quaint little town of
Kinderhook.  I didn't spend as much time here but it is a
tidy little town, not much changed from when I was a boy.

Kinderhook, NY.

The brick building used to be a furniture factory that my father worked in.  Now it's a trendy knick-knack shop called the Treasure Shoppe.  When I was young, the Treasure Shoppe was a little store down the street and the brick building was empty.  The white structure nearby is the town's band-stand.  And, yes, bands do perform there.

Right there by the Treasure Shoppe is the village Square, complete with cannons and memorials to brave dead guys.   This, too, has remained unchanged lo these many years.

This is the village of Valatie (Va lay' sha)
The next town over from Kinderhook

Years before I was born, it was said that people lived in Kinderhook and worked in Valatie (this was before everyone started working in Albany).  The fact remains that Kinderhook was primarily an upscale bedroom community and Valatie was a mill town.

At the far end of Main Street, at the junction with Rt. 203, is the Valatiekill (translation: Little Falls Creek) where the locals swim.  If you look close, you can see indigenous life forms climbing on the rocks.