Essays by Skip

This page has links to stories written by local historian Willis (Skip) Barshied, grouped under the following headings:

Biography

Marshville and Canajoharie

Stone Arabia and Palatine

Kilts Farm

Fort Klock

Guns

Collecting

Other writing

Skip died on January 6, 2020.  Read his obituary.

Biography

A Day To Remember At Aunt Pauline's

Marshville and Canajoharie

A look at an old Garlock farm

Stone Arabia and Palatine

A bird of a different feather writes his story

Kilts Farm

Stone Arabia Kilts Farm & The Timeline

Fort Klock

A Stack of Memories: Fort Klock Newspaper Clippings

Blacksmith Shop Restoration is Current Project at Fort Klock

Fort Klock to be Preserved as Museum

Fort Klock's Future: As Seen Through the Loophole

Fort Klock members walk in the footsteps of Moses Quimby

Fort Klock Mohawk Trading Post

Fort Klock School from destruction to restoration

Fort Klock School: Another Chapter

Here I am at old Fort Klock School

How an old rifle led to the restoration of Fort Klock

Ode to Turtles

One person's memory of the beginning of Fort Klock Restoration

Rebirth of a Civil War regiment

St Nicholas Day at Fort Klock

The Reaching of a Milepoint 

Guns

A lament for Custer

Amasa Belknap Gunsmith 1786 - 1878

Amasa Belknap Gunsmith 1786 - 1878 (Scanned original)

An old rifle's story

That Indian and His Revolver

The Story of the old 1886 Winchester that belonged to my grandfather Benjamin Garlock

Those old horse pistols

Collecting

Confessions and observations of an old collector

Collecting

Collecting Another View

How an Old Can of Grease Started a Friendship 

Other writing

A memorial to the mothers and daughters who were homemakers in yesterday’s Mohawk Valley Kitchens Display at the Fort Plain Free Library

Friends

Letter to Courier Standard Enterprise June 17 2010

Let's Go To An Auction

Notes passing of a friend

Skip Adages

Somebody Stole That

The House of God

The Lost Horseshoe Nail

The Magnificent Apple

The old boot top's story

The Old Cavalry Jacket

The Rest Of The Story

The Shopping Trip

Where Do Good Dogs Go

Published articles

Early Builders Name Forgotten but His Courthouse Remains

Gramp's Ailments

Home of Webster Wagner, Inventor Of Sleeping Car, Still Stands At Palatine