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Thoreau, Wilderness, and Our Community of Life
The Ken Burns documentary film Henry David Thoreau is airing on PBS. This renewed focus on Thoreau’s life provides an…
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Arts and Crafts Movement Utopias in Progressive America
In the late 1800s, as rapid industrialization transformed the American landscape, a counter-cultural movement emerged. Fed up with the grueling…
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Rangers Fight Wildfires Sparked by Train, Burning; Make Catskillls Hiker Rescue
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to wildfires, and search and rescue incidents throughout New York…
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The Plume Boom: Feathers, Fans, Funerals, Fashion & Filth
Economic history is a tale of bubbles and booms in which assets such as commodities, land, or stocks, quickly inflate…
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Beyond ‘Americanization’: New York’s 1921 Celebration of Diversity
America has been the world’s most diverse nation since its founding 250 years ago. New York has been the nation’s…
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The Life and Times Of John Stark
Live Free or Die: The Life and Times Of John Stark (Page Publishing, 2025) by William Baker Jr. is the…
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Snow Fleas Are Not Really Fleas
If you tromp around in the woods during winter, especially on mild days, you may notice dark specks collecting in…
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The Revolutionary War’s Home Front
For thousands of civilians living in cities during the American War for Independence, the home front experience included quartering British…
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Mabel Allen’s 1908 Diary: Invitation to Junior Prom
In 1908, while attending Syracuse University, Alice Mabel Allen (1886-1976) kept a diary which is being published each week. In this…
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Cellar Holes and Old Foundations
As I kneel digging in the dirt of the gently collapsing stone foundation, birds singing, knees aching, and dirt permanently…
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