Microplastic pollution is not a new problem. However, in recent years, the public has become…
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What follows is a speech given near the New York Central Railroad station in Syracuse,…
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The day after George Washington was made Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, Joseph…
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In the early 1700s the Mohawk Turnpike and the Seneca Turnpike were improved from the…
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The first steam-powered pile driver in the United States is believed to have been a…
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In the middle of the eighteenth century we find that New Yorkers were fond of…
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The scarcity of timber following the American Revolution somewhat diminished the Staten Island shipbuilding trade.…
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In the 1975 film Posse, Amsterdam, NY native Kirk Douglas (who directed the film) plays…
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The tradition of freak shows in Europe dates back to the sixteenth century. Medical “monstrosities”…
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In November 1939, Ruth McGinnis (1910-1974), the Women’s Pocket Billiard Champion of the World (1932-40)…