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18.09.2025
Eight revealing documents that illustrate Revolutionary New York's history: we sometimes hesitate, then assumes a leadership role.
But how did the United States actually build its federal government, the entire apparatus of state that could collect revenue, manage international diplomacy,
In the 1780s Nantucket whalers sought a safe inland harbor on the Hudson River for their whaling fleet - they found at Claverack Landing.
Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown, in Essex County, NY, will host "People & Peaks: A Centennial Celebration of the First 46ers," on Sat.
The Sewards of New York: A Biography of a Leading American Political Family shines a light on an important political family of the 19th century.
17.09.2025
General Jean-Armand de Dieskau has been forgotten by history, just as he was forgotten and abandoned during the French and Indian War.
On the latest episode of the Crossroads of Rockland County podcast is about the Historic Homes & Landmarks Tour in Tappan on October 4, 2025.
John Brown Lives! will host their 10th Annual Blues at Timbuctoo at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site on Sunday, September 21st.
A new comic novel, The Satyr in Bungalow D, inspired by the Catskills, combines fantasy and fiction with real-life hotels, businesses and hang-outs.
The Preservation League of NYS's Excellence Awards shines a light on the people who are using historic preservation to create positive change
16.09.2025
In 1950 David Daniels was the president of Wheeler Paper Company of Albany when his boat sank in Lake George with his wife and dog.
The Gray Catbird is a common, vocal, and unique bird that happens to be the only fully gray bird in New York State.
For the 200th Board for Historic Preservation meeting we're highlighting some of New York's most interesting National Historical Register places.
The Mohawk Valley Latino Association will host a special event celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and fostering Mohawk Valley cultural exchange.
The 25th annual Fall Festival at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve in Cheektowaga in Erie County, NY, will be held on Saturday, September 20th.
14.09.2025
He rushed to take advantage of the greatest deal he ever saw only to find out it was too good to be true. He had failed to read the fine print.
13.09.2025
A world-class programis set for Sept 21-25 at the 2025 World Canals Conference (WCC 2025) in Buffalo.
The staghorn sumac occurs along most highways and county roads, as well as in disturbed areas and abandoned fields transitioning to shrubland.
On August 23, NYS Conservation Officer Osborne responded to a call regarding an injured owl in the town of Hancock in Delaware County.
The latest ADK Talks podcast features David Gibson, conservation leader and author of A Force for Nature: Paul Schaefer’s Adirondack Coalitions.
12.09.2025
On July 25, a subject paid more than $25,000 for violations related to illegal stream excavations of protected waterbodies in the Catskills.
HALF-WAY BROOK, midway between Forts Edward and William Henry, was the scene of many bloody skirmishes, surprises and ambushes.
Louis Riel was the founder of the Canadian province Manitoba, and a leader in the independence movement for Saskatchewan.
DEC’s first campgrounds — Sacandaga and Sharp Bridge — were established in 1920 in the Adirondacks, as was the newest campground.
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail will close out its 2025 Adirondack Race Series with the Long Lake Long Boat Regatta, Saturday, September 20th.
11.09.2025
The Mountain Top Historical Society of Greene County will present the 13th Annual Postcard Show with John Duda on September 20th.
Zerah Colburn (1832–1870) was an engineer, author and prominent technical journalist who specialized in steam locomotive and railway design.
Life along the canal became the subject of folklore, stories of the cooks, the hogees who led the mules and of course the canallers themselves.
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers recently fought several wildfires and rescued several hikers and a cliff jumper.
Seneca Village was a settlement of predominantly African American property owners in Manhattan, existing from 1825 to 1857.
10.09.2025
A Paddle for Wilderness is taking place on Saturday September 13th at Forked Lake in the Central Adirondacks in Long Lake at 10 am.
In 1800 Forlorn Hope was published, edited by an incarcerated person. Since then, over 700 prison newspapers have been published in the US.
In 1778, George Washington, Philip Schuyler and others began planning invasions against Iroquoia, homeland of the Haudenosaunee.
Substantial infrastructure upgrades have been made at Mills-Norrie State Park in Dutchess County, NY.
In 1775, rumors of a catalyzing crisis had reached Schenectady. By then, there had long been disputes between Britain and the American Colonies.
09.09.2025
James Fenimore Cooper’s visit to Lake George in August, 1824 helped inspire his novel Last of the Mohicans.
The latest expansion of Minnewaska State Park adds a 291-acre section of the northern Shawangunk Mountains in the Town of Rochester, NY.
At the close of the last Ice Age glacial ice formed a dam across the valley of the East Branch Ausable River creating its phenomenal landscape.
Repair Cafes are free community gatherings where skilled volunteer "Repair Coaches" help neighbors fix broken household items.
Lower Adirondack Regional Center for History will host a free program on John Hancock on Friday, Sept 12 at Hancock House in Ticonderoga, NY.