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Skip to secondary menu Skip to main content Skip to primary sidebar Skip to secondary sidebarNew York AlmanackHistory, Natural History & the ArtsEmailFacebookRSSTwitterAdirondacks & NNYCapital-SaratogaMohawk ValleyHudson Valley & CatskillsNYC & Long IslandWestern NYHistoryNature & EnvironmentArts & CultureOutdoor RecreationFood & FarmsSubscribeSupportSubmitAboutNew BooksEventsPodcastsSubscribe to the New York Almanack for Free!August 12, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentFree Subscriptions – get New York Almanack’s stories every day.  Sign up here.Already signed up? Follow us on Twitter @newyorkhistory.Check out the latest Podcasts and Books about New York State.Donate to keep New York Almanack publishing. We rely on our readers.Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, Food, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New Exhibits, New York City, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: New York AlmanackSome History Of The Warren County Mammoth Tooth Going On View November 5thOctober 21, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentThe Warren County Historical Society is welcoming back to the county a giant mammoth tooth found in Queensbury before the Civil War.The prehistoric elephant roamed Warren County some 13,000 years ago when the county was more tundra-like with sedges and lichens in a very cold environment left by the retreating ice sheet on its way back North. [Read more…] about Some History Of The Warren County Mammoth Tooth Going On View November 5thFiled Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Fossils, NYSHA, Paleontology, State Historian, Warren County Historical SocietyCatskills History: The Hardenbergh PatentOctober 21, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentIssued in 1708 and covering two million acres of land in Ulster, Greene, Orange, Sullivan and Delaware Counties, the Great Hardenbergh Patent influenced the history of the Catskill Mountain region in a number of ways. At that time it was common to grant land in large tracts to owners who promised to bring settlers.The patent owners were heroes and anti-heroes, shaping that history, and the Hardenberghs were no different. A Hardenbergh rescued precious state records during the American Revolution, a Hardenbergh was part of the early days of the Anti-Rent Wars, a Hardenbergh designed some of the most iconic buildings in New York City, and a Hardenbergh was instrumental in the creation of the Catskill Park. [Read more…] about Catskills History: The Hardenbergh PatentFiled Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Time and the Valleys MuseumPhenology At Martin Van Buren’s Lindenwald EstateOctober 21, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentMartin Van Buren National Historic Site will host “Phenology Past and Present at Lindenwald,” a program looking at how the changing climate is affecting the timing of trees and shrubs at Lindenwald, President Martin Van Buren‘s estate in Kinderhook, Columbia County, NY, on Saturday, October 22nd. [Read more…] about Phenology At Martin Van Buren’s Lindenwald EstateFiled Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature Tagged With: Martin Van Buren NHSHaunted Mohawk Valley Presentation SaturdayOctober 21, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentThe Oneida County History Center will host “Haunted Mohawk Valley,” a program with Dennis Webster and the Ghost Seekers of Central New York, set for Saturday, October 22nd. [Read more…] about Haunted Mohawk Valley Presentation SaturdayFiled Under: Events, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Oneida County History CenterTales from Hudson’s Crypts Tour on SundayOctober 21, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentLong-touted as “a virtual treasure trove for historians and enthusiasts of American funerary art,” the Hudson Cemetery includes over 10,000 grave sites for a wide range of interesting and notable individuals, including European settlers and their ancestors, war heroes, famous artists, paragons of industry, disaster survivors and much more. [Read more…] about Tales from Hudson’s Crypts Tour on SundayFiled Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Hudson Area LibraryPort of Missing Men: A Gilded Age Ghost HuntOctober 21, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentThe Port of Missing Men is one of the last surviving mansions from the Gilded Age whose interior is unchanged since the Roaring Twenties. It was built by H.H. Rogers, Jr. whose father was the wealthiest man in the U.S in 1910.The estate was created on over 2,000 acres on the Great Peconic Bay as a hunting lodge. It was a place for men to hunt and get away from their families who summered in Southampton, hence the name “Port of Missing Men.” The Rogers family continues to occupy the estate today. It may be the last Gilded Age mansion on Long Island owned by the original family. [Read more…] about Port of Missing Men: A Gilded Age Ghost HuntFiled Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Southampton Historical MuseumFDR’s Landslide Victory in 1936October 21, 2022 by Bob Cudmore Leave a CommentThis week on The Historians Podcast, David Pietrusza discusses his latest book, Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal (Diversion Books, 2022). [Read more…] about FDR’s Landslide Victory in 1936Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Great Depression, New Deal, Podcasts, Political History100 Yrs of NYC Planning Exhibit at Grand CentralOctober 20, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentIn celebration of its centennial, the civic group Regional Plan Association has opened a free public exhibition in Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall. Designed by James Sanders Studio and curated by RPA, “The Constant Future: A Century of the Regional Plan” explores 100 years of New York City’s development from 1922 to the present day. The two-story display will be on view through October 24th. [Read more…] about 100 Yrs of NYC Planning Exhibit at Grand CentralFiled Under: History Tagged With: Architecture, development, Environmental History, exhibits, Manhattan, New York CityHaunted History of Rockland CountyOctober 20, 2022 by Clare Sheridan Leave a CommentThe October 2022 episode of Crossroads of Rockland History turns its attention to the haunted history of Rockland County, NY. First, host Clare Sheridan read the mysterious story of Lavender, and afterward we revisited a 2014 episode of “Crossroads” featuring an interview with the author, historian, and ghost hunter Linda Zimmermann.Whether it’s the house on LaVeta Place in Nyack; Bosco; Clarkstown’s Jane “Naut” Kanniff, and the last witch trial in New York; the Goblin of the Dunderberg, or others, Linda Zimmermann knows them all and shared many with us. [Read more…] about Haunted History of Rockland CountyFiled Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Halloween, Historical Society of Rockland County, Podcasts, Rockland CountyKnox’s Headquarters Halloween Program on SaturdayOctober 20, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentKnox’s Headquarters has announced “It was dark back then,” a free 45-minute scary theatrical presentation set for Saturday, October 22nd. In the spirit of 18th century gothic novels, costumed interpreters from the New Windsor Cantonment and Knox’s Headquarters State Historic Sites in Orange County, NY, will act out a haunting tale. [Read more…] about Knox’s Headquarters Halloween Program on SaturdayFiled Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Knox's HeadquartersGo to page 1Go to page 2Go to page 3Interim pages omitted …Go to page 1299Go to Next Page »Primary SidebarSupport Our 2022 Fundraising Subscribe! 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