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New York State Museum volume Bulletin No. 339
Publisher
The University of the State of New York
Pub. Date
1945
Language
English
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Series
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Lourie completed his trip. It took him three weeks and marked the first time anyone has traveled from the source of the Hudson to the mouth in a single vessel. The Hudson proved to be a very changeable river. It includes seven locks and nine power dams. The northern half is a true river with strong current, but the lower half is tidal, a sunken river from the days of glaciers. In its first 165 miles, it drops more than 4,000 feet to Albany. The second...
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Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"November 1891, the heart of Gilded Age Manhattan. Thousands filled the streets surrounding Madison Square, fingers pointing, mouths agape. After countless struggles, Stanford White--the country's most celebrated architect was about to dedicate America's tallest tower, the final cap set atop his Madison Square Garden, the country's grandest new palace of pleasure. Amid a flood of electric light and fireworks, the gilded figure topping the tower was...
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Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Graves of Upstate New York presents a fascinating look at the lives and deaths of 100 legendary Americans who are laid to rest in Upstate New York. D'Imperio takes readers on a journey across the state, visiting an array of famous New York grave sites, from Mark Twain, Harriet Tubman, and James Fenimore Cooper to Helen Hayes, Lucille Ball, four US presidents, a Kentucky Derby-winning horse, and the most famous one-legged tap dancer in the world....
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Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Upstate New York is the birthplace of many of America's favorite food treats. The chicken wing was born in a bar in Buffalo, the potato chip was born in the kitchen of a ritzy hotel in Saratoga Springs, the salt potato got its start along the marshy shores of a Syracuse Lake and Thousand Island Dressing was born in a hotel along the St. Lawrence Seaway. Add to these items black dirt onions, chicken riggies, pink striped cookies, sponge candy, spiedies...
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Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"On the brink of her sixtieth birthday, Shengold embarks on a challenge: to take the same walk along the banks of the Ashokan Reservoir, in New York's Catskill Mountain region, every day for a year and find something new every time"--
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Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Upstate New York author Chuck D'Imperio takes us behind the scenes of 35 homes throughout the region that are open to the public. Each house boasts of having a famous resident from the past. Whether it be a palatial mansion in the Hudson Valley, or a rustic cabin in the Adirondacks, each home has an interesting and important story to tell. This book is meant to act as a partner to the several other Upstate New York books D'Imperio has published through...
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New York State Museum volume bulletin no. 299
Publisher
The University of the State of New York
Pub. Date
1935
Language
English
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New York State Museum volume bulletin no. 328 & 329
Publisher
The University of the State of New York
Pub. Date
1941-42
Language
English