What A Wonderful Life:Lowville’s Erwin Eugene Lanpher

Research has taken me to more cemeteries than I can remember. Surrounded by hundreds of gravestones, I frequently remind myself that every person has a story. What often impresses me is that many people who are largely forgotten actually made a real difference in other people’s lives. Uncovering those stories from the past is humbling, […]

Lake George Shipwrecks and Sunken History

A new book, Lake George Shipwrecks and Sunken History, was published this spring by The History Press. Written by Joseph W. Zarzynski and Bob Benway, the book is a collection their columns previously published in the Lake George Mirror along with additional material. Zarzynski and Benway helped establish Bateaux Below, which works to preserve shipwreck […]

This Weeks Top New York History News

Update on History Education Funding Presidental Historian John Blum Dies Copyright Office Priorities Announced Part of Bronx Grand Concourse Landmarked Frick Photo Archive Goes Online Smithsonian Documenting Occupy Wall Street NARA e-Records Missing Search Capability Mining Threatens Fort Ann Battlefield Each Friday morning New York History compiles for our readers the previous week’s top stories […]

This Weeks New York History Web Highlights

Adirondack Attic: A19th Century Watercolor Txchnologist: 10 Inventors of Lightbulb New: The Occupy Wall Street An-Archives! Algonkian Church History: Mohicans and Mahicans Albany: Sheridan’s Unveiling 95 Years Ago The Border War: New York and Vermont Occupy Wall Street: American Tradition Since 1776 Lousie Bernikow: The Black Hole of Women’s History Dick Eastman: Free Genealogy Software […]