Alice Miner Museum: A Sampling of Platters

Ephemeral NY: Secret Tragedies of Defunct Midtown Hotel

Brooklyn Historical: Adrian Vanderveer Martense’s Lantern Slides

Dick Eastman: Explaining Second Cousin Once Removed

Don Rittner: Rensselaer Co Should Save Troy Library

The Beehive: The Hoosac Tunnel

Old Salt Blog: The USS Hornet Project

Historian: Canada Won War of 1812

Occupy the AHA: Demand a WPA Writers’ Project

Outtakes: Groups Spar Over Lake Placid Train

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