When and how the first human settlers, ancestors of today's Native Americans, arrived in the vicinity is still debated; however, by the full onset of European settlement, the Mohawks of the Iroquois had solidified their hold on the region by pushing the Algonquian Mohicans across the Hudson River.
The City of Amsterdam Recreation Department maintains more than 50 of the City's parks, veteran's monuments, traffic islands, bridges, pool and athletic fields on a daily basis.