New York Archives Magazine Featured Articles
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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