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Benjamin Franklin’s Travels Through Upstate New York in 1776
A 70-year-old Benjamin Franklin passed through upstate New York in the spring of 1776 on a mission to Canada that…
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Brooklyn Museum Planning Permanent Galleries for Arts of Africa Collection
The Brooklyn Museum is launching a major new project to renovate and design permanent galleries for its historic African art…
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Lake Champlain’s Crown Point Pier Closed Due Structural Damage
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced an immediate, temporary closure of the fishing pier located…
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‘A Terrible Death Struggle’: The Wreck of the George W. Lee
The mournful sound of the midnight ferry skittered across the Hudson River, and rain clouds spat a parting gift onto…
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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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