Portrait of a Friendship 

By Edward J. Renehan Jr.

One was a literary naturalist, the other became president. John Burroughs and Theodore Roosevelt shared an unusual but abiding friendship.


 

Black Beach 

By Tricia A. Barbagallo

Oral histories from Italian immigrants and their families reveal the techniques, rich memories, and industrious lifestyle of muck farming in central New York.


 

When Hops Were King 

By G. William Beardslee

Hops…as in beer, breweries, the late-nineteenth-century heyday of central New York’s cash crop, and unique storage houses, now in danger of being lost.


 

The Scourge of Summer 

By Edward P. Kohn

New Yorkers wait all year for summer's heat.  But in 1896, it began to kill. 


 

Forests for the People 

By Diane Galusha

FDR’s advocacy of forest conservation began in New York and carried over to the national stage.


 

Angry Waters 

By Trudy E. Bell

The effects of the Great 1913 Flood forced both New York State and the nation to control their most abundant natural resource.


 

Murray's Rush

by Terence Young

A camping enthusiast’s collection of amusing essays opened up the Adirondacks to an entire generation.

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Battle for the Elms

by Joe Collea 

Elm tree-lined streets became rarer as Dutch elm disease plagued the state’s towns and villages.

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View from Hurricane Mountain

by Peter Slocum

The fire tower on Hurricane Mountain has helped protect the Adirondack wilderness from devastation for a century.

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