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Don Rittner
Surrounded by natural beauty and a rich human legacy second to none, Albany lies in the Hudson Valley about 150 miles north of New York City. First settled in 1648…
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Known as the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution, Troy, New York, has ridden the roller coaster of the modern technological boom. For centuries, the city has been home to…
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The history of Albany, New York, spans more than four hundred years and has left an indelible mark on the story of America. However, the city’s legacy is also peppered…
This pocket reference helps readers to the quickest way to troubleshoot the problem at hand in the following ways: it gives a list of symptoms which refer readers to their…
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Albany is the fourth oldest city in America and the second oldest state capital in the United States. Located on the western banks of the Hudson River, about 150 miles…
An area of hills, forests, and river plains, Lansingburgh is the oldest settled region and the first chartered village in New York’s Rensselaer County. Its rich history began with Abraham…
EcoLinking is a how-to manual and from start to finish you will gain the tools to fight for your piece of the planet. This book is for the student, the…
Troy, New York has earned some distinctive titles in its more than 200 years of existence. The Home of Uncle Sam,The Collar City, and the birthplace of the American…
Troy was a vibrant and economically powerful city on the Hudson River during the first half of the 20th century. At night, the city would glow from the heat of…
The New World, and especially New York, meant unparalleled opportunity for people in the 1600s with visions of expansion, colonization, and profit. Buying land from the Mohican tribe, the Dutch…
There are very few cities in America that have had so many fingerprints on what makes up American culture over the last two centuries. What started out as a simple…
Albany is many things: one of the oldest cities in the country, the capital of New York State, and the home of early America’s attempt to unite under Benjamin Franklin’s…
Offers a glimpse of New York’s first historic district in Schenectady, New York.
Since 1893 the Altamont Fair has been keeping the age-old tradition of country fairs alive with entertaining acts, music, midways, circus & carnival acts, competition and exhibits. It serves as…
Founded in 1931 in Schenectady, New York by nurse M. Grace Jorgensen, Bellevue Maternity Hospital grew into the most trusted name in women’s health care. It remained the region’s premier…
There are few institutions in America that can claim that they have been servicing the needs of indigent children for over 185 years. Yet, Vanderheyden, formerly known as Vanderheyden Hall…
Between 1850 and 1859, Albany, New York printer Joel Munsell published ten volumes of The Annals of Albany. Each of these volumes were compendiums of historical information he collected on…
This collection of images over the centuries brings to light some of the people, events, and institutions that made Watervliet New York an important and early manufacturing center in the…
This collection of images over the centuries brings to light some of the people, events, and institutions that made Watervliet, New York an important and early manufacturing center in the…
Volume One contains nineteen articles dealing with Albany’s threatened historic resources. These stories also were chosen to illustrate how a Colonial Dutch settlement went on to play a vital role…
Volume Two of this History Reader series deals with 19th-century Albany. It includes articles about the controversy over the possible removal of a Revolutionary War Hero’s statue, Albany’s connection to…
In Volume One you will find articles such as Norman Rockwell’s relationship with Troy, how Troy promoted anti-slavery, the real story of Uncle Sam, and the connection between the early…
Dutch captain Adriaen Block explored the Hudson Valley and American Northeast during the 17th century and led the way for eventual Dutch colonization of the Northeast. He built the Onrust…
Troy New York’s Mount Ida, now Prospect Park, is a relict of the last glacial episode in North America, and has a unique history of private to public ownership during…
Troy Chronicles is a collection of 25 essays on the history of Troy, New York written between 1999 and 2005 by Don Rittner in the Troy Record newspaper.
Founded by the Dutch in 1661, Schenectady is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Its rich history includes surviving the 1690 massacre, becoming a major provider of…
Schenectady’s Vale Cemetery was established in 1857 as part of the Rural Cemetery Movement of the early 19th century. When it was originally designed by Burton A. Thomas and John…
Founded by the Dutch Vanderheyden family in 1787, Troy is one of the most historic cities in the United States. It holds claim to being the birthplace of America’s Industrial…
Troy is one of the most historic cities in the United States. Originally the home of the Mohican tribe, the area was settled by the Dutch in the early eighteenth…
Schenectady began as a Dutch settlement and grew into a British and then American metropolis on the banks of the Mohawk River. Characteristically stubborn Dutchman battled over land ownership and…
This collection of historic maps over the centuries depicts the evolution of Watervliet, New York, from a river plain to an important and early manufacturing center in the Capital District…
Troy was created from land belonging to three Dutch men who were
descendants of Dirck Vanderheyden, Troy’s first settler who began farming
here in 1707. After incorporating as a city…
Located in upstate New York on the western banks of the Mohawk River, Schenectady’s stockade is recognized as the first historic district of New York State and has been protected…
Albany, New York, can be considered an eccentric city. While it is rich in history, those in power over the years have seen no reason to save it. Albanians love…
Vincent J. Schaefer
When Vincent Schaefer (1906-1993) had to leave high school in 1922 at the age of 16 to help support his family, little did he know that he was about to…
I Will Do It Myself is an empowerment book for preschoolers and middle childhood-age children. It teaches them how to become self-sufficient in daily activities and also alerts them to…
