This Weeks Top New York History News

Mars Bar Closes Before Its Own Last Call Saratoga &#8211 North Creek RR Service Begins Pike’s Cantonment Excavation to Begin NYC Historian Arrested in Document Thefts Interim Director For American History Museum NPS Awards Historic Preservation Grants Damaged Synagogue, Architectural Milestone Group Buys Historic Hilltown Farm DNA Solves A Joseph Smith Mystery Strong Demand for […]

New Exhibit Honors Theme Park Designer Monaco

A new exhibit, &#8220IMAGINING MAKEBELIEVE: An Exhibition Honoring Arto Monaco&#8221 will open with a reception at the Tahawus Lodge Center (14234 Rte 9N, Main St, Au Sable Forks, NY) on Friday, July 22, 2011, 6-9pm. From 1954 to 1979, the Land of Makebelieve captivated visitors young and old. This summer, the Arto Monaco Historical Society […]

This Weeks Top New York History News

NYC Historian Arrested in Document Thefts Interim Director For American History Museum NPS Awards Historic Preservation Grants Damaged Synagogue, Architectural Milestone Group Buys Historic Hilltown Farm DNA Solves A Joseph Smith Mystery Strong Demand for 9/11 Memorial 1848 Albany Church Collapsing NJ Man Held in Picasso Theft &#8216-Oldest’ Trees Discovered at Gilboa Dam Each Friday […]

This Weeks New York History Web Highlights

Adirondack Attic: Farm Photos Grist: Poughkeepsie For Keeps Who’s on the Family Tree? Now It’s Complicated Chronicling America: Theodore Roosevelt’s Africa Expedition Albany History: Lord Howe Interred In Albany Ai Weiwei: New York Photographs 1983–1993 Santorum: Poor History Scores Due to ‘The Left’ Samuel Battle: First Black Named to NYPD City Blog: Dissident’s Lens on […]