• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

New York Almanack

History, Natural History & the Arts

  • Email
  • RSS
  • Adirondacks & NNY
  • Capital-Saratoga
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Hudson Valley & Catskills
  • NYC & Long Island
  • Western NY
  • History
  • Nature & Environment
  • Arts & Culture
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Food & Farms
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Submit
  • About
  • New Books
  • Events
  • Podcasts

Editorial Staff

Albany County-Wide History Driving, Walking, and Bike Tours

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ten Broeck MansionThe Albany County Historical Association and 11 other museums, historic, and cultural sites throughout Albany County are presenting a Path Through History Day on Saturday October 7 from 11 am until 4 pm. [Read more…] about Albany County-Wide History Driving, Walking, and Bike Tours

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Albany Rural Cemetery, Altamont, American Italian Heritage Association & Museum, Bethlehem, Bethlehem Historical Association, Cohoes, Colonie, Historical Society of Colonie, Huyck Preserve & Biological Research Station, Irish American Heritage Museum, Knox, Knox Historical Society, Menands, New Scotland Historical Association, Rensselaerville, Van Schaick Mansion, Village of Altamont Archives and Museum, Voorheesville

Bath Fish Hatchery: Home to Wild Finger Lakes Strain Rainbow Trout

October 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Bath Fish HatcheryEstablished in 1893, New York State’s Bath Fish Hatchery in Steuben County and is one of the state’s oldest hatcheries and the only hatchery raising wild Finger Lakes strain rainbow trout. [Read more…] about Bath Fish Hatchery: Home to Wild Finger Lakes Strain Rainbow Trout

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Bath, Bath Fish Hatchery, Broome County, Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Chemung County, Finger Lakes, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Hemlock Lake, Keuka Lake, Lake Champlain, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Otsego Lake, Owasco Lake, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Lake, Skaneateles Lake, Steuben County, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Trout, Yates County

Tour of the Historic Ruins of Rossie’s Factories and Industrial Sites

October 1, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Coal Hill, Victoria Lead Mine, Rossie, NY (Lithograph by Eugene Ciceri and Lafosse, after Salathiel Ellis, ca 1850s (courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery)The St. Lawrence County Historical Association will host John Austin on Sunday, October 8, at 2 pm, for an exploratory tour of the village of Rossie and the remains of what was once a thriving industrial center in St. Lawrence County. [Read more…] about Tour of the Historic Ruins of Rossie’s Factories and Industrial Sites

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: St Lawrence County Historical Association

200th Anniversary of the Champlain Canal Celebration

October 1, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Erie - Champlain Canal Junction (Courtesy American Canals)On October 8, 1823 New York State celebrated the arrival of the first canal boat to enter the Hudson River at Albany, also marking the completion of the Champlain Canal. “DeWitt Clinton’s Grand Canal March” was especially written for the event.

The Canal Society of New York State will host a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Champlain Canal on October 6-8 in Albany, NY. [Read more…] about 200th Anniversary of the Champlain Canal Celebration

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Canal Society of New York State

‘Vermont for the Vermonters’: A History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State

October 1, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Vermont for Vermonters“Vermont for the Vermonters”: A History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State (Vermont Historical Society, 2023), written by Mercedes de Guardiola, is a new examination of one of Vermont‘s darker chapters, and sheds new light on the factors that helped bring it about.

Eugenics is a pseudo- scientific field of selective human breeding that rose to prominence in the early 1900s and was the foundation of Nazi Germany. [Read more…] about ‘Vermont for the Vermonters’: A History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: anthropology, diversity, eugenics, Medical History, Political History, Science History, University of Vermont, Vermont, Vermont Historical Society

25 Great Adirondack Hikes to See Fall Colors

September 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fall foliage in the Adirondacks courtesy Wikimedia user DigbyDaltonIt’s nearing peak fall colors in the Adirondack Park. There are many places to see the leaves as mountainsides and valleys turn bright orange, yellow, and red.

Protect the Adirondacks has put together hiking guides to 25 hikes that are easy, moderate, and challenging, but lead to terrific locations to see the fall colors in all corners of the Adirondack Park. These guides include maps, information about hiking conditions, and pictures. [Read more…] about 25 Great Adirondack Hikes to See Fall Colors

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Azure Mountain, Bald Mountain, Balm of Gilead, Baxter Mountain, Black Bear Mountain, Bloomingdale Bog, Bolton Landing, Catamount Mountain, Clinton County, Cobble Lookout, Coney Mountain, Cook Mountain, Elizabethtown, Essex County, fall, Five Mile Mountain, foliage, Franklin County, Goodnow Mountain, Hadley Mountain, Hamilton County, Haystack Mountain, Herkimer COunty, hiking, Indian Lake, Inlet, Jay Mountain, Johnsburg, Keene, Lake Luzerne, Lake Placid, Long Lake, Lyon Mountain, Minerva, Moxham Mountain, Newcomb, North Creek, Old Forge, Owl Head Lookout, Owls Head Mountain, Paul Smith’s, Pillsbury Mountain, Plattsburgh, Poke O Moonshine, Silver Lake Mountain, Snowy Mountain, Speculator, St. Regis Mountain, Stillwater Mountain, Ticonderoga, Town of Webb, Tupper Lake, Warren County, Wilmington

Greater Hudson Heritage Network 2023 Excellence Awards Announced

September 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

greater hudson heritage networkGreater Hudson Heritage Network’s Awards for Excellence program seeks to recognize and commend exceptional efforts among the Network’s members. Awards are made to projects that exemplify creativity and professional vision resulting in a contribution to the preservation and interpretation of the historic scene, material culture, and diversity of the region. [Read more…] about Greater Hudson Heritage Network 2023 Excellence Awards Announced

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Boscobel House, Brewster, Cold Spring, Dutchess County, Dutchess County Historical Society, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Garrison, Goshen, Goshen Historic Track, Greater Hudson Heritage Network, Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame, Historic Preservation, Hyde Park, Manhattan, Material Culture, Museums, New York City, Northport, Northport Historical Society, Orange County, Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Poughkeepsie, Public History, Putnam County, Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, Somers, Somers Historical Society, Suffolk County, Westchester County, Yonkers

Lake Champlain Water and Ecosystem Resources Grants

September 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lake Champlain Basin Program Coverage Area MapThe Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), in partnership with New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC), is requesting pre-proposals for research projects that will improve understanding of water and ecosystem resources in the Lake Champlain Basin and guide effective management. [Read more…] about Lake Champlain Water and Ecosystem Resources Grants

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Grants, Lake Champlain Basin Program, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission

The Great Burning: Carleton’s Raid of 1780 Being Memorialized

September 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fort George - Carleton’s Raid of 1780 historical marker provided by Lake George Battlefield Park AllianceMajor Christopher Carleton led an expedition of the British Army’s 29th Regiment of Foot comprising soldiers, Loyalists and Native Americans, to implement “The Great Burning” of Continental forts and patriot homesteads in Washington, Warren and Saratoga Counties during the fall of 1780. [Read more…] about The Great Burning: Carleton’s Raid of 1780 Being Memorialized

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Carleton's Raid of 1780, Christopher Carleton, Fort George, Guy Carleton, Lake George, Lake George Battlefield Park, Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance, Military History, Saratoga County, Warren County, Washington County

Lock Tenders Tribute Monument Dedicated

September 29, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lock Tenders Tribute Monument in Lockport NY (based on an 1897 photo by FB Clench)The final six sculptures in the Lock Tenders Tribute Monument in Lockport, Niagara County, NY were installed and a formal dedication took place in September.

Lewiston sculptor Susan Geissler created the cast bronze figures to recreate an original photograph taken on the same steps in 1897 by Frank Bernard Clench (F.B. Clench). [Read more…] about Lock Tenders Tribute Monument Dedicated

Filed Under: Arts, History, Western NY Tagged With: Erie Canal, Labor History, Lockport, Monuments, Niagara County, Photography, sculpture

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 477
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Help Support The Almanack

Subscribe to New York Almanack

Subscribe! Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates.

Recent Comments

  • Sue on Baron von Steuben’s Oneida County Estate
  • Editorial Staff on ‘I Hope You Are of Our Party’: Fidelity and Benedict Arnold’s Betrayal
  • Christina Kelly on ‘I Hope You Are of Our Party’: Fidelity and Benedict Arnold’s Betrayal
  • Eleanor wall on Debar Pond Lodge: History & Controversy
  • Eleanor wall on Debar Pond Lodge: History & Controversy
  • bob buchanan on Bath Fish Hatchery: Home to Wild Finger Lakes Strain Rainbow Trout
  • Bob Meyer on Debar Pond Lodge: History & Controversy
  • Brian O'Connor on The Canal Era in the Finger Lakes
  • Elye Grossman on Catskills Resort History: The Beginning of the End
  • Elye Grossman on Catskills Resort History: The Beginning of the End

Recent New York Books

Marty Glickman The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend
Flee North Thomas Smallwood Early Underground Railroad
Making Long Island
The Witch of New York
styles brook book lorraine duvall
James Wilson: The Anxious Founder
Flatiron Legacy National Football League History NFL
Henry David Thoreau Thinking Disobediently
Prints of a New Kind: Political Caricature in the United States, 1789–1828

Secondary Sidebar