[bob deluke]

Sky trooper,
Ilion, Mokawk, Herkimer, Little Falls, Fort Plains, Canajohrie (Beech-Nut), baby a food. Gone. That whole area is depressed, has been for years. My sister still lives in the “valley”. Utica is kind of making a comeback with the Wynn Hospital, possible chip manufacturing, a few small start up companies. When GE left though in central NY including Syracuse that started the ball rolling for CNY going downhill. Oh, don’t forget Carrier leaving as well. During it’s heyday over 3500 people worked at the campus. When I left in ‘85, there were about 1500 employees on site. I saw the writing on the wall and bailed.