Gore Mountain in North Creek, Warren County, NY has announced their annual Mountain Master Craft Harvest Festival is set for this weekend, October 8th and 9th. [Read more…] about Gore Mountain Harvest Festival This Weekend
Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration in Kingston
The Matthewis Persen House Museum in Kingston, NY will participate in the 2022 New York State Path Through History Weekend on Saturday, October 8th, with an event recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day. [Read more…] about Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration in Kingston
Lake George Battlefield Park Tours This Weekend
The Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance has announced they will be conducting guided tours looking at the Park’s unique history as a key site in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution as part of New York State’s “Path Through History Weekend” on October 8th at 11 am and October 9th at 1 pm. [Read more…] about Lake George Battlefield Park Tours This Weekend
Rangers Make Several Rescues, Search Continues For Missing Man
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 Rangers Make Several Rescues, Search Continues For Missing Man
Stillwater Fire Tower History Book Published
Stillwater Fire Tower, A Centennial History … and Earlier (2019, Self-Published) by James Fox, recounts how it came to life as a shiny steel tower in 1919 when fire observers and forest rangers helped protect our forests from the summit. The tower closed and was partially dismantled in 1988.
Rehab of the tower began in 2009. Friends of Stillwater Fire Tower completed an authentic restoration in 2016. The location offers views of the Adirondack High Peaks and the wind turbines on Tug Hill. [Read more…] about Stillwater Fire Tower History Book Published
13th Annual Garlic Festival in Warrensburgh Friday
The Thirteenth Annual Garlic Festival at the Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market in Warren County, NY will be held this Friday, October 7th from 3 to 6 pm. [Read more…] about 13th Annual Garlic Festival in Warrensburgh Friday
Slavery & Segregation At Governor Morgan Lewis’ Staatsburgh Estate
The Staatsburgh estate’s founder, Governor Morgan Lewis, enslaved people of African descent at what is now the Staatsburgh State Historic Site. Yet, when his great-granddaughter, Ruth Livingston Mills, lived at Staatsburgh at the turn of the 20th Century, the staff was exclusively White and of European descent. At the same time, a free Black community grew and thrived in the surrounding Dutchess County hamlet. [Read more…] about Slavery & Segregation At Governor Morgan Lewis’ Staatsburgh Estate
Saratoga County Public History Award Nominations Sought
The Saratoga County History Center has announced they are seeking nominations for their second Saratoga County Public History Award.
In 2021, the Saratoga County History Center established an annual award to recognize and celebrate the oft-unnoticed, yet deeply important, work done by public historians, writers, teachers, and museum practitioners. [Read more…] about Saratoga County Public History Award Nominations Sought
Albany County-Wide Path Through History Day Events
The Albany County Historical Association at the Ten Broeck Mansion have partnered with six other historic and cultural sites throughout Albany County to present Path Through History Day on Saturday, October 8th from 1 to 4 pm. [Read more…] about Albany County-Wide Path Through History Day Events
Battle of Saratoga Anniversary Events Throughout October
Saratoga National Historical Park in Saratoga County has announced a series of Battle of Saratoga Anniversary Commemoration Events scheduled for October 2022. This is the 245th anniversary of the battles which changed the course of the American Revolution. [Read more…] about Battle of Saratoga Anniversary Events Throughout October