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William Starna’s History of the Mahican
From Homeland to New Land: A History of the Mahican Indians, 1600-1830 (University of Nebraska Press, 2013), is by William…
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Eleazer Williams: Professional Indian – New York Almanack
Michael Leroy Oberg’s new book Professional Indian: The American Odyseey of Eleazer Williams (2015, Univ. of Pennsylvania Press) follows Eleazer…
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The Shadow of Kinzua: The Seneca Since World War II
Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania, is one of the largest dams east of the Mississippi River. It…
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The Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794
The Treaty of Paris 1783 ended the American War for Independence, but it did not bring peace to North America.…
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Poetry: Staten Island Ferry – New York Almanack
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From Public Hanging to Electric Chair: Kemmler, Edison & Tesla
Italian jurist and criminologist Cesare Beccaria was a leading figure in Milan’s Enlightenment circles. In 1764 he published his treatise…
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The Hidden World of Carnivorous Fungi
In darkness, a wormlike creature squirms. A tiny nematode weaves its way between grains of rock and particles of organic…
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New Saratoga County Documentary Premiere
The premiere showing of the documentary video, What Was and What Is: The Communities of Burnt Hills and Ballston Lake…
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History of Whaling Teacher Workshop
Everyone who drives through the city of Hudson sees signs with the whale logo paying homage to Hudson’s beginnings as…
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North Star Underground Railroad Museum Profile
In this episode of the ADK Talks podcast, we step inside the fascinating North Star Underground Railroad Museum near Ausable…
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