History, Natural History & the Arts
The Pine Street African Burial Ground, located at 157 Pine Street, was discovered in Kingston, NY, in 1888 and then abandoned.
It was later rediscovered by the owner of the house on the land during a basement repair project. [Read more…] about Kingston African Burial Ground Program Set for Saturday
Hulda: The Other Legend of Sleepy Hollow returns this fall at The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, in Tarrytown, Westchester County, NY. Featuring Carla Lynne Hall, with an original score performed by Jim Keyes, this one-woman show tells the story of Hulda of Bohemia, a woman who was originally shunned in Sleepy Hollow for being a witch, but later became a Revolutionary War hero. [Read more…] about Hulda The Witch: The Other Legend of Sleepy Hollow
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.
What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Respond to Several Adirondack Search & Rescue Missions
In the latter part of the 19th century, people of means began to take time away from the dirty industrial cities to breathe the clean air around Lake George. While some went into the Adirondacks to hunt, fish, and spend time in the deep woods, others chose the more genteel life offered at the resort hotels, or even their own grand “camps.”
For these folks, going out in a boat was an occasion, and judging from the photos that remain, they dressed themselves very nicely. [Read more…] about Lake George Boating in Style More Than a Century Ago
Known as the “First St. Lawrence Regiment,” the 60th NY Infantry was organized in Ogdensburg beginning July 5, 1861, and were recruited across St. Lawrence County, NY, along with companies from Franklin and Clinton counties. They mustered in for a three-year enlistment on October 30, 1861, under the command of Colonel William B. Hayward. [Read more…] about The First St. Lawrence Regiment at Antietam
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont, is donating its replica 1862-class sailing canal schooner Lois McClure to the Canal Society of New York, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the state’s historic canals. [Read more…] about Replica Sailing Canal Schooner Lois McClure Donated to Canal Society of New York
The Fidelity Medallion, also known as the “André Capture Medal,” was created by Congress specifically for the three enlisted Westchester County, NY militia members – Isaac Van Wart, John Paulding, and David Williams – who captured John Andre on September 23, 1780, and it was never presented again.
John Andre, a major in the British Army and head of its intelligence operations in America during the American Revolution, was assigned the task of negotiating Benedict Arnold‘s secret offer to surrender West Point to the British in September 1780. [Read more…] about Treason at West Point: The Fidelity Medal & Links of the Great Chain
MacNaughton Cottage, located at the Open Space Institute (OSI)-owned and managed 212-acre Adirondac Upper Works property in the Adirondacks, is the site from which then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt began his famous “midnight ride to the presidency” in 1901 after receiving news that President William McKinley had been shot in Buffalo. [Read more…] about Historic Adirondack MacNaughton Cottage Being Rehabilitated
The Oneida County History Center in Utica is inviting authors from the region to participate in a book fair to sell and sign their books. The event is scheduled for Saturday, November 18, from until 3 pm. [Read more…] about Oneida County History Center Seeks Authors for Book Fair
Staatsburgh State Historic Site, the Gilded Age retreat of Ruth and Ogden Mills in Dutchess County, New York, will host a book talk and several themed tours this fall – A Life in Service, Gilded Age Scandals, and Slavery, Segregation & Staatsburgh – along with Susan Stessin-Cohn, author of In Defiance: Runaways from Slavery in New York’s Hudson River Valley, 1735–1831.
Overlooking the Hudson River and the Catskill Mountains, Staatsburgh is a fine example of a great estate built by America’s financial and industrial leaders during the Gilded Age (1876 – 1917). [Read more…] about Staatsburgh State Historic Site Fall Themed Tours, Events Planned