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The Restless Italian: A Merchant on the Erie Canal
Thousands of immigrants poured into the United States during the mid-nineteenth century. Coming mostly from northern Europe, many arrived in…
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The Divine Nine: Origins and History of Black Greek Fraternities and Sororities
The National Pan-Hellenic Council, sometimes called “The Divine Nine,” are nine historically Black Greek-letter fraternities and sororities that have played…
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Six Historic Preservation Projects Get Much-Needed Private Funding
Six capital projects will receive funding from The Preservation League of NYS’s Preservation Opportunity Fund, which provides funding for urgent…
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Vernal Pools on the Rensselaer Plateau
Winter lingers long on the Rensselaer Plateau. The snow piles deep, muffling the landscape in an icy hush, and the…
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‘How We Poison Our Children’: The 1850s Swill Milk Scandal
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the United States Department of…
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Nelson Rockefeller and the Long Island Railroad
The once privately-owned Long Island Railroad (LIRR) gained access to Manhattan’s core in 1910, fueling Nassau County’s transformation into a…
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Juniper: A Curated History of Gin & Educated Tasting
The Putnam History Museum in Cold Spring, NY, is inviting the public to an evening of beverage history on Friday,…
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Adirondack Center for Writing Seeks Submissions for Residency
Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) is now accepting submissions for its 12th annual Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency – a…
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Ferns and Other Fantastic Fractals
Fractals are sometimes referred to as a “visual representation of math.” They can be observed in the spatial arrangements found…
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New York’s Century of Gazetteers: 1800-1899
Gazetteers are published lists, with descriptions, of a region’s towns, geography and so on, often arranged alphabetically in a book.…
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