Oscar Wilde Love Letters Discovered William H. Goetzmann Dies at 80 Plagiarism Dispute Sparks Criminal Trial AHA 2011 Meeting Preregistration Open Tea Party Opposing Net Neutrality LoC Project Highlights World War II Women Pilots Volunteers Begin Indexing Free 1930 Census Each Friday morning New York History compiles for our readers the previous week’s top stories […]
The Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway, in Wilmington, N.Y., turns 75 tomorrow, Tuesday, September 14th. Whiteface, its staff and the town of Wilmington, will celebrate the occasion by rolling back prices to $1 per person, the same rate as it was in 1935. And since the Highway is dedicated to all veterans, they will be admitted […]
Madame Restell: The Abortionist of Fifth Avenue Brooklynology: Leprosy on Kingston Avenue The Bowery Boys: Mad Men Notes Final Words: Epitaphs from Trinity Churchyard American Folk Art: Utica’s Forgotten Placido Tobasso Planet Albany: Schuyler Mansion in Disrepair City Room: The L.I.R.R. Reaches Manhattan Mary Messere: Old Forge Hardware History NCPR: A Caretaker of Old Tractors […]
Fort Ti Holding Big Season Finale New Crab Island Monument Unveiled First Ever US Female Cop Was Irish John Lennon’s Killer Denied Parole Reward Offered in Swastika Vandalism Historic NH Bridge For Sale Ti Heritage Museum Expands Portrayer of Tubman Dies at 73 Final Resting Place for Farm Machines Each Friday morning New York History […]
Governor Jim Douglas has appointed nine new members of the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs, the first step in establishing a program for state recognition of Native American tribes in Vermont. A new law that set up the recognition process revised the makeup of the panel and increased the number of members on the […]
NY Courier Loses $1.3 million Painting NY’s Oldest Car Dealership Celebrates 100 Judge Blocks Part of Tribal Cig Tax Paterson Vetoes War of 1812 Commission NY’s First All-Girls Charter High School Opens Historic Gloversville Union Closes Doors Resistance Builds to Native Tobacco Tax Each Friday morning New York History compiles for readers the previous week’s […]
Bill Seeks to Force Open Gov Archives Major Finds at Civil War POW Camp NYC Sues For Return of Central Park Drawings Disassembled Genealogical Society Now on Ropes Lockport: Fight Over Civil War Medal of Honor NEH Awards 1st Bridging Cultures Grants History Organizations Fight For History Grants Ghost Story Leads to Mass Grave Whitehall […]
Join the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York for a field trip to Adirondack farms and a local farmer’s market. Field trip farms include Rivermede Farm at Snowslip, Lake Placid, N.Y., Tucker’s Taters Farm, Gabriels, N.Y., and the Ponderosa Poultry Farm, also in Gabriels. The day will include a stop at the Saranac […]
In recognition of Mother’s Day, all mothers and grandmothers will receive free admission to the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum on Sunday, May 9. Visitors can start the day at the Fenimore Art Museum by taking in one of the new exhibitions, such as Empire Waists, Bustles and Lace: A Century of New […]
The year 2010 will mark the 175th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), the Centennial of his death, and the 125th anniversary of the release of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Elmira, New York, also known as Mark Twain Country, will be celebrating his life with a year of Twain themed events and […]