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New York Steamboats & The Mississippi River

September 25, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Mississippi Riverboats at Memphis, Tennessee (1906)This article is excerpted from “The  Keelboats and Flatboats of the Early Days — Discouragements Overcome by Fulton and his Associates,” originally reprinted from the New Orleans Times-Picayune in The New York Times on August 14, 1891. It was transcribed by Hudson River Maritime Museum volunteer Carl Mayer and slightly edited for clarity and annotated by John Warren.

Of the various persons who have disputed Robert Fulton’s laurels as the inventor of the first perfect steamboat, Edward West’s claims are the strongest. West, father of the noted painter William West [William Edward West, 1788–1859, provided numerous illustrations for the books of Washington Irving]. [Read more…] about New York Steamboats & The Mississippi River

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Agricultural History, Black History, Industrial History, Louisiana, Maritime History, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Nicholas Roosevelt, Ohio River Valley, Pennsylvania, Robert Fulton, Robert Livingston, Slavery, Steamboating, Transportation History

Staatsburgh State Historic Site Fall Themed Tours, Events Planned

September 25, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Staatsburgh State Historic Site (photo by Andrew Halpern provided)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

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Staatsburgh State Historic Site

The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine

September 24, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Witch of New YorkOn Christmas night, December 25, 1843, in a serene village on Staten Island, shocked neighbors discovered the burnt remains of twenty-four-year-old mother Emeline Houseman and her infant daughter, Ann Eliza. In a perverse nativity, someone bludgeoned to death a mother and child in their home — and then covered up the crime with hellfire. [Read more…] about The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine

Filed Under: Books, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Journalism, Legal History, Manhattan, New York City, Newburgh, Newspapers, Orange County, Pegasus Books, Staten Island, Vice, womens history

Please Support New York Almanack’s Annual Fundraising Today

September 24, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York Almanack delivers to you each day. We receive no public funds – we’re supported only by readers like you.

We need your help!  Please DONATE to our annual fundraising campaign to keep New York Almanack publishing. [Read more…] about Please Support New York Almanack’s Annual Fundraising Today

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Books, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Food, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New Exhibits, New York City, Recreation, Western NY

18th Century Autumnfest Planned for Senate House in Kingston

September 22, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

senate houseSenate House State Historic Site’s annual 18th Century Autumnfest event will be held from 11 am until 4 pm on Sunday, October 1st in Kingston, NY. Visitors can try their hand at candle dipping and apple pressing or see demonstrations of 18th century activities like hearth-side cooking and meat smoking. [Read more…] about 18th Century Autumnfest Planned for Senate House in Kingston

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Senate House Historic Site

Anna Elizabeth Dickinson: ‘America’s Civil War Joan of Arc’

September 21, 2023 by Helen Allen Nerska 1 Comment

Mathew Brady photo of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, taken between 1855 and 1865On a cold, snowy January evening in 1874, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson became one of the first women of national prominence to speak on women’s suffrage in Clinton County, NY. Those gathering to hear her at the Palmer Hall, located upstairs at 60 Margaret Street in downtown Plattsburgh, were described as the most intellectual and cultivated in the community.

The crowd that night would have known her reputation. [Read more…] about Anna Elizabeth Dickinson: ‘America’s Civil War Joan of Arc’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Abolition, Black History, Civil War, Clinton County, Goshen, Intellectual History, Journalism, LGBTQ, Orange County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Plattsburgh, Political History, Quakers, Religious History, Slavery, Suffrage Movement, Voting Rights, womens history, Writing

Conservancy Responds to Timber Theft on Protected Property

September 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Delaware Highlands Conservancy trail markerAs a nationally accredited land trust, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy’s primary responsibility is to ensure that the terms of its conservation easements, set forth to permanently protect each property’s unique conservation values, are being upheld. [Read more…] about Conservancy Responds to Timber Theft on Protected Property

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature Tagged With: Catskills, Crime and Justice, Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Easements, Logging, oaks, Sullivan County

Rangers Recover Body, Rescue Injured, Lost Hikers

September 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Snowy Mountain rescue in September 2023New 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 Recover Body, Rescue Injured, Lost Hikers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Arietta, Catskills, Chesterfield, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Greene County, Hamilton County, Hunter, Hunter-West Kill Wilderness, Indian Lake, Northville-Placid Trail, Search and Rescue, Snowy Mountain, Wilmington

Asher Durand’s Painted Puzzle of Progress

September 19, 2023 by Jaap Harskamp Leave a Comment

Asher Durand, Progress (The Advance of Civilization), 1853. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)What Thomas Carlyle in 1829 called the Age of Machinery – later renamed the Industrial Revolution – radically altered conventional modes of being and marked a turning point in man’s relationship with his environment. New production systems delivered an abundance of goods for consumption, but in the process natural resources were depleted, water and soil polluted, whilst fumes contaminated the air. [Read more…] about Asher Durand’s Painted Puzzle of Progress

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Art History, Asher Durand, Cultural History, Engineering History, Hudson River School, Industrial History, Newburgh, Orange County, Science History, Technology, Transportation History

Illegal Commercialization of Trout Charges Filed

September 19, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Trout purchased during undercover operation in Orange County in 2023 (DEC photo)On August 14, 2023, a Deerpark, Orange County resident entered pleas of not guilty in Deerpark Town Court to charges related to the illegal commercialization of trout.

The arraignment followed a months-long investigation stemming from a tip alleging the subject was selling trout by the Neversink River. [Read more…] about Illegal Commercialization of Trout Charges Filed

Filed Under: Food, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Deerpark, ECOs, fish, fishing, Neversink River, Orange County, Trout

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