Editing Gloversville, New York (section)

==History==
Settlers of European descent came to the Gloversville area as early as 1752.<ref name=dghd>[https://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Fulton_County/Gloversville_City/Downtown_Gloversville_Historic_District.html "Downtown Gloversville Historic District"] Living Spaces</ref>

The region, historically known as "Kingsborough", was acquired by [[Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet]], who established tremendous influence with the Native Americans of the area, which translated into control of the  [[Mohawk Valley region]].  It was due to Johnson where the [[Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy]] remained allied with England during the [[French and Indian War]].  In reward, Johnson was granted the Kingsborough Tract, a large parcel of land which was settled by [[Scottish Highlands|Scottish Highlanders]].  Some of the Highlanders were so loyal to Johnson that after the Revolutionary War, they followed his son to Canada.<ref name=kbhd>[https://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Fulton_County/Gloversville_City/Kingsboro_Historic_District.html "Kingsboro Historic District"] Living Spaces</ref>

In 1752, Arent Stevens purchased land in the area. [[Puritan]]s from [[New England]] settled there at the end of the 18th century, utilizing the houses and cleared land that had been left behind when the Highlanders emigrated.<ref name=kbhd />  By 1803, according to Rev. [[Elisha Yale]], the population of Kingsborough consisted of "233 families and about 1,400 souls. Of the families, 191 are of English descent, twenty-three Scotch, fourteen Dutch, and five Irish."<ref name=kbhd />

In 1852 Gloversville had a population of 1,318 living on 525 acres in 250 small wood-frame houses centered on the "Four Corners" formed by the intersection of Main and Fulton Streets.<ref name=dghd />  The proximity of [[Tsuga|hemlock]] forests to supply bark for [[Tanning (leather)|tanning]] made the community a center of [[leather]] production early in its history: there were already 40 small glove and mitten factories there by 1852.<ref name=dghd />  The city would become the center of the American [[glove]]making industry for many years. From 1890 to 1950, 90% of all gloves sold in the United States were made in Gloversville.<ref name="heir">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/fashion/22GLOVERSVILLE.html?_r=2&emc=eta1&pagewanted=all |title=Heir to a Glove Town's Legacy |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Guy |last=Trebay |date=October 21, 2009 |access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref>

Upon the establishment of a United States post office in 1828, "Gloversville" became the official name of the community. Prior to that Gloversville had been known as "Stump City" because of the large number of trees that had been cut down.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.cityofgloversville.com/index.php/2015/06/02/1568/| title = Historic Gloversville| website = City of Gloversville| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160113235351/http://www.cityofgloversville.com/index.php/2015/06/02/1568/| archive-date = January 13, 2016| url-status = dead}}</ref> In 1853, Gloversville [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Village|village]],<ref name=dghd /> and then in 1890 as a city.<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofgloversville.com/ContentManager/index.cfm?Step=Display&ContentID=5 |title=Community – Demographic/Historical |publisher=City of Gloversville |access-date=August 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221073619/http://www.cityofgloversville.com/ContentManager/index.cfm?Step=Display&ContentID=5 |archive-date=December 21, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  The city grew rapidly, and the population swelled from 4,000 in 1877 to 13,864 in 1890.

Glove-making operations had gradually changed from being home-based to being factory-based, and large tanneries and glove shops employed nearly 80% of the residents of Gloversville area. Home workers sewed the gloves from leather which had been cut in factories. Related businesses, such as box makers, sewing machine repairmen, and thread dealers opened to serve the industry.

Until 1936, Gloversville had a very active electric interurban line, the [[Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad]]. It ran from Gloversville, through Johnstown, along the [[Mohawk River]] to [[Amsterdam (city), New York|Amsterdam]], then to [[Scotia, New York|Scotia]], then across the Mohawk River, and into downtown [[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]] to the New York Central station. In 1932, in a bold move during the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] it acquired unique bullet cars in an attempt to revive the economy. Freight operation continued through this era.<ref>Middleton. "Bullet cars on the FJ&G Railroad".</ref> Gloversville also became the main headquarters for the [[Junius Myer Schine|Schine movie]] industry in the mid-20th century.<ref>"J. Myer Schine, 81, Hotel Magnate, Father of Figure in McCarthy Probe". ''[[Washington Post]]''. May 10, 1971. <q>J. Myer Schine who started with a nickelodeon in Gloversville, New York and built a $150 million hotel, theater and broadcasting empire, died yesterday.</q></ref>

From the 1950s onwards, the decline of the glove industry left the city more and more [[deindustrialization|deindustrialized]] and financially depressed, with many downtown storefronts abandoned and store windows covered with plywood. Many houses were abandoned when some people moved out of town to find jobs elsewhere. The city's population peaked at 23,634 in 1950 and had since fallen to 15,665 people in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Price|first1=Debbie M.|title=In Upstate New York, Leather's Long Shadow|url=https://undark.org/article/leathers-long-shadow-gloversville-new-york/|access-date=16 November 2017|work=Undark|date=22 February 2017}}</ref> In 2018, redevelopment plans of downtown Gloversville were revealed.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Downtown Gloversville revitalization plan revealed {{!}} News, Sports, Jobs - Leader Herald|date=June 25, 2018|url=https://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2018/06/downtown-gloversville-revitalization-plan-revealed/|access-date=2020-07-21|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, Mayor Vincent DeSantis ([[New York State Democratic Committee|D]]) proposed economic revitalization plans.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Gloversville mayor lays out revitalization plans {{!}} News, Sports, Jobs - Leader Herald|date=April 15, 2019|url=https://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2019/04/gloversville-mayor-lays-out-revitalization-plans/|access-date=2020-07-21|language=en-US}}</ref> On June 5, 2020, the Regan Development Corporation, based in [[Ardsley, New York]], proposed plans to develop a new commercial space and apartment complex for the city.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Residential, commercial building proposed {{!}} News, Sports, Jobs - Leader Herald|date=June 5, 2020|url=https://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2020/06/residential-commercial-building-proposed/|access-date=2020-07-21|language=en-US}}</ref> The city, along with the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth, also began expanding digital marketing to attract new residents and businesses from throughout [[New York (state)|New York State]] in efforts to diversify.<ref>{{Cite news|title=CRG, city working together to market Gloversville digitally|url=https://www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2020/07/crg-city-working-together-to-market-gloversville-digitally/|access-date=July 21, 2020|newspaper=[[Leader Herald|The Leader Herald]]}}</ref>