New York History Around The Web This Week

• In 1969, Citizens Saved the Upper Hudson from Destruction
• The New Deal’s Arts Programs Fostered New American History
• Elmira’s Fire Stations (Chemung Co Historical Soc)
• A Folk Legend And A Sloop Helped Revive the Hudson
• What Was So Wrong With Slavery (Emerging Civil War)
• Troy Steampunk Festival’s Future Uncertain
• Clinton Library, Clinton Disappointments (New Republic)
• Placid Rotary Club Keeping Kate Smith Award Name
• Adirondack Views On Kate Smith Racism Changing
• It’s Time Again To Support Your New York History Blog

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