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Celebrate Amphibian Week With Knowledge, Action
Amphibian Week occurs during the first full week in May and was created to raise awareness about these creatures which…
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Lake George’s Forward Shipwreck – New York Almanack
The 1906-built Forward launch was one of the first gasoline-powered vessels on Lake George. The 45-foot-long watercraft was initially a…
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Newsman Pens Second Mystery Set in the Adirondacks
Christopher Mele, a 40-year news reporter and editor, has penned a second mystery novel set in the Adirondacks, which was…
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Celebrating Painter Frederic Church’s 200th Anniversary
May 4 marks the 200th birthday of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the Hudson River School painter who helped shape how…
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New York’s Short Line Railroads
New York State has approximately almost 40 short line, regional, and terminal railroads, in addition to four major Class I…
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NYS Forest Rangers Fight Numerous Wildfires Across the State
New York State Forest Rangers spent several days fighting at least six wildfires throughout upstate from April 23rd to April…
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Mabel Allen’s 1908 Diary: ‘Moving-Up Day’ at Syracuse University
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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Museums, Diplomats & Art Thieves
In September 1887, in broad daylight, a robbery took place at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met). The…
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Ulysses S. Grant: From John Brown to Grant’s Cottage
Ulysses S. Grant’s ancestors first came to America in 1630 when Englishman Mathew Grant landing in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Grant was…
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Lunch On A Beam: The Making of an American Photograph
“Lunch on a Beam,” also known as “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,” shows iron-workers eating lunch on a steel beam during…
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