There is a tradition that, in the early colonial days preceding the Revolution, a medium sized whale ventured up the Hudson, extending his travels to the Point Rock, opposite WaterfordTroy Daily Times. October 5, 1867: 3 col 2WATERFORD.—Porter Laurence, a son of John Laurence, formerly a prominent lawyer of the village, but more recently a lumber merchant in Chicago, was drowned in the Hudson on Saturday, at Point Rocks, half a mile above the Union Bridge. [...]Troy Daily Times. July 22, 1867: 3 col 1.

A WARNING TO SPORTSMEN—How Andrew Mooney Met His Death While Hunting—A Third of His Head Blown Off by the Accidental Discharge of His Weapon—The Funeral That Gave Him the Fatal Holiday—His Dying Brother.The following particulars relative to the frightful death of Andrew Mooney by accidental shooting yesterday are additional to those published in yesterday's second edition of the Times, and republished on fourth page to-day. The graphic recital is from the pen of our industrious Lansingburgh correspondent.AFTER A DAY'S SPORT.Wednesday evening Andrew Mooney, James Collins and Eugene Snedeker, all residing on the hill in the northern part of this city, made an agreement to visit Quack island, in the Hudson river, about two miles south of Mechanicville, for a day's shooting. Snedeker was to carry the party up with his horse and wagon. Yesterday morning Snedeker did not put in an appearance, and Mooney and Collins started from their homes about 9 o'clock, fully equipped for a day's sport. Each carried a shotgun. They walked to Lansingburgh, and through that village to Lansing's grove, about a mile above the street car barns.THE ILL FATED SPOT.They followed the river bank past the grove until they came to what is known as "the Isenberg," a rock which rises almost perpendicularly out of the river to a height of upwards of thirty feet, presenting a face very difficult of ascent. This obstruction blocked the progress of the couple, and in order to proceed in the direction they wanted to go they had either to wade in the river around the rock, climb its dangerous sides, or retrace their steps some distance and make an easy ascent in the vicinity of the grove. This latter mode was proposed by Collins, but Mooney dissented and said he would climb the rock, and that his companion could go around and take his gun from him as he approached the top. […]Troy Daily Times. November 24, 1882: 3 col 3.THE SPRING FRESHETS.—Another Field of Ice Goes Down the Hudson—The Water Rising Again.At 5 o'clock this morning the water in the Hudson had gone down one foot since 6 o'clock last evening. At 9 o'clock this morning the water was two inches higher than at 5 o'clock, but it was four feet below last week's high-water mark. The ice above the dam, from the Casino to the Waterford bridge, passed out yesterday afternoon without doing any damage. Last night's rain and the rain of to-day will raise the river again, but it is not thought it will come to the highest point reached last week.Early yesterday afternoon the ice in the Hudson moved easily out at Waterford, as far north as the bend at Lansing's eddy. The water immediately began to fall. North of Lansing's point the ice remains intact, although it shows signs of weakening.The ice went out quietly at Stillwater last night. The river is open from Stillwater to Bemis Heights. No damage is reported.Troy Daily Times. April 2, 1888: 3 col 3.Canal work will be the digging of the channel opposite this village, according to the engineers, for over a half-mile of channel at this point must be dug to the required depth through solid rock. A ledge of rock which extends across the river from Lansing's Point on the eastern shorn and which at high tide is covered by only about a yard of water must be cut through. The work will be undertaken this summer."Waterford." Troy Times. March 12, 1914: 2 col 4.Canalboats Run on Rocks.Four loaded canalboats proceeding north in the canalized Hudson River ran on the rocks at the north end of Lansing's point yesterday morning. The water in the river is high and in trying to cross just below the bend in the river the boats were swept on the rocks.Troy Times. November 10, 1919: 11 col 5.