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The New York History Blog
01.07.2025
Before establishing his infamous and beloved “little tramp” screen persona, Charlie Chaplin made a few dozen slapstick shorts.
The 6th Attorney General of New York State, Ambrose Spencer was born on December 13, 1765, in Salisbury, Connecticut.
Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown, NY, will present a special program on the "American Revolution in the Champlain Valley."
The northeastern Indigenous bark canoe, generally built of birch or elm, was an efficient lightweight vessel that could be easily portaged.
The Brockport Pedestrian Bridge, a new pedestrian bridge over the Erie Canal in the Village of Brockport, Monroe County, has been completed.
29.06.2025
It’s hard to resist taking A shortcut to reach A destination or an objective But every so often there is A bitter price to pay for Cutting corners
28.06.2025
A fish can have 3 different mouth locations: terminal (located at the end of the head), inferior (opening downwards), or superior (opening upwards).
Adirondack Architectural Heritage will show the documentary Vanish: Disappearing Icons of a Rural America at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.
Menace of Prosperity argues urban economics and politics are shaped by the “fiscal imagination” of policymakers, activists, advocates, & others.
Microplastic pollution is a vast problem, but everyone can make conscious decisions to reduce the use of single-use plastics.
The latest Ben Franklin's World podcast explores the life and death of Dr. Joseph Warren, his education, medical practice and influence.
27.06.2025
NYS DEC Conservation Officers made several wildlife rescues recently, including seven ducklings from a storm drain and a bald eagle.
New York City has 157 historic districts and historic district extensions, 16 of which are located in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo.
The National Archives at College Park (also known as Archives II) has announced it is closing its doors to the public on July 7th.
A speech given in Syracuse, NY, by former President Harry S. Truman in 1952 while campaigned for Democrats during the election of 1952.
This fall, the Brooklyn Museum will open "Oliver Jeffers: Life at Sea" in the Museum's Education Center.
26.06.2025
The ADK Talks podcast features updates on loon research, the Loon Census, and the challenges of lead tackle, climate change, & development.
In 1908 the daughter of a Polish family, Wladyslawa, was sent to America to marry a man she had never met - that is not him in the wedding photo.
Forest Rangers recovered the body of a hiker who fell at Kaaterskill Falls and conducted several searches & rescues of injured hikers around NYS.
Trump regime cuts to Humanities NY have led to them cancelling all active grants and letting go of six team members — two-thirds of full-time staff.
The story of a 1973 discovery of two large concentric circles, about 18 to 20 feet in diameter, embedded into a parking lot of a Glen Lake restaurant.
24.06.2025
An angler was located stuck and treading water in the Carlls River in the village of Babylon on the South Shore of Long Island.
New York ship and boat builders have created an large variety of vessel types. Read about their history and construction in the New York Almanack.
The day after George Washington was made Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, Joseph Warren was made a Major General.
A poacher recently shot and killed a well-known whitetail buck nicknamed “King Louie” in Johnstown, NY, it could have been a record buck.
Woodchuck Lodge in a remote part of the Catskills in Delaware County, NY, was home to John Burroughs and will be hosting several talks.
23.06.2025
Giant steam locomotives once pulled freight cars, sometimes several blocks long, through Manhattan - including along Death Avenue.
In 1888, William Keay immigrated from Scotland, settling in New York State where we worked for almost 30 years as a landscape gardener.
The nine-mile long Putnam County Trailway is primarily on right-of-way lands of the former Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad.
Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis storeriana) are medium-sized minnows last seen during surveys of the Lake Erie watershed in 1929 - they could be back.
The American Battlefield Trust has launched a campaign to save 58 acres of Battle of Johnstown battlefield land that connects with Johnson Hall.
22.06.2025
You blithely ignored Numerous warnings From your friends Until disaster struck You have no one to blame But yourself because They told you so
21.06.2025
The first Great Western Turnpike Co., chartered in 1799, organized the 50-mile road from Albany west to Cherry Valley, south of Fort Plain.
The Adirondack Experience is welcoming four artists — Jacoub Reyes, Iakonikonriiosta, Tom Bonamici, and Réka Szabó — as artists-in-Residency.
The records I have found for my family in Ireland, England, and Montreal paint a picture of the challenges that all immigrants face.
The popular Garden Trailhead Parking Lot in the Adirondack High Peaks will be closed June 23, 24, and 25 for major repairs to the road.
Eastern box turtles have high-domed shells festooned with colorful yellow or orange markings, and stout legs built for walking.
20.06.2025
Charles Frederic Adams (1851-1918) exposed thousands of people to the idea that they could vote for qualified representatives to their welfare.
One of the many podcasts we announce at the New York Almanack, is Crossroads of Rockland History, hosted by Clare Sheridan.
An excerpt from A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery published in 1838. Roper was an abolitionist.