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Battlefield Brutality: The Death of Dr. Joseph Warren
The day after George Washington was made Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, Joseph Warren was made a Major…
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John Burroughs’ Woodchuck Lodge Wild Saturday Presentations
Woodchuck Lodge is a historic house on Burroughs Memorial Road in a remote part of the western Catskills in Roxbury,…
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Angler Rescued from Carlls River in Babylon on Long Island
On May 28, 2025 NYS Environmental Conservation Officer (Officer Dickson arrived quickly to the location with a throw bag and…
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King Louie, Beloved Whitetail Buck Killed by Poacher, Was Record Size
On December 5, 2024, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) received complaints regarding the potential poaching of…
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Watercraft, Shipbuilding and Maritime History
New York shipwrights and boat builders have created an enormous variety of vessel types from the dugout and bark canoes…
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Death Avenue, Urban Cowboys & Social Realism
Attached to the brick wall of a restaurant/brewery called Death Avenue at 10th Avenue, almost hidden out of sight, a…
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Immigrant Stories: A Rocky Path to Citizenship for a Scot
In 1888, William Robert Keay immigrated from Dundee in Scotland to the city of New York, eventually settling on Staten…
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The Putnam County Trailway: Recreating on the Old Put
The nine-mile long Putnam County Trailway is a paved bicycle/pedestrian path located primarily on right-of-way lands of the former Putnam…
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Battlefield Trust Hopes to Acquire 1781 Battle of Johnstown Lands
On October 25, 1781, an American militia under the command of Col. Marinus Willett fought a British raiding party under…
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Last Seen in 1929: Have Silver Chub Returned?
The Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana) is a medium-sized, relatively nondescript minnow that, in New York, has only been collected from…
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