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Marlene Dietrich: Park Avenue’s Goddess of Smoke
Born in Berlin-Schöneberg in December 1901, Marie Magdalena (Marlene) Dietrich made an early career in her home city before achieving…
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A Saratoga County Amusement Park History Tour
Forest Park began with when the owner of the trolleys running from Schenectady to Saratoga Springs, the Schenectady Railway Company,…
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Tussock Cottongrass: Champion of Bogs and Alpine Areas
A bog is a special natural community, characterized by deep, wet, and acidic soil below an open sky. Soft sphagnum…
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Final Recreation Plans Announced for Hamilton County Easement Tracts
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the final Recreation Management Plan (RMP) for the Speculator…
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Hunting, Poaching & The American Revolution
John Bird Burnham (1869-1939), Chief Game Protector for the state of New York in the early 1900s, once made an…
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Coffee History: Enlightenment, Industry, Slavery & War
We brew it at home, we drink it at work, we socialize over a cup, or stop in at a…
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Season Opening of the Copake Iron Works
The Pomeroy Family Railroad at the Copake Iron Works, operated by the Friends of Taconic State Park, opens for its…
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Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery Will Begin Free Admission
Thanks to the generosity of its members and the community, the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) will open…
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LiDAR Archaeology Reveals Former Black Adirondack Farmsteads
When most people think of archaeology, they might picture researchers digging in the dirt or trekking through a remote landscape…
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Mabel’s 1908 Diary: The Wedding Cake Ring
Alice Mabel Allen (1886-1976) grew up in the village of Adams in Jefferson County. In 1908, while attending Syracuse University, Mabel,…
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