Novelist Hedwig “Vicki” Baum was born in January 1888 in Vienna into a Jewish family. She attracted international...
Capital District radio great Bob Cudmore (and former New York Almanack contributor) hosted and produced WGY‘s nightly radio...
The New York Historical Society has digitized their Evert Wendell collection, including five account books in Dutch and...
Few plants evoke winter holidays in the north more dependably than the Christmas holly (Ilex aquifolium). The plant’s...
On a cold December night in 1906, when the Champlain Canal still bisected the village of Mechanicville, in...
Nineteen properties and districts have been recommended for inclusion in the State and National Registers of Historic Places....
A cursory view of free online aerial imagery displays various race tracks in Saratoga Springs. There are nine...
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately-funded nonprofit organization chartered by Congress in 1949 to facilitate public...
For nearly 20 years the Almanack has only been supported by readers like you. We’re $3,000 from our...
The Palmer Raids are generally understood by professional historians to have been unconstitutional, aggressive and abusive mass arrests...
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