5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (442+ words) There are more than 400 national parks, several of which are located in upstate New York, including Seneca Falls, considered by many as the birthplace of the women’s rights movement. But supporters of the Women’s Rights National Historical Park are concerned…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (205+ words) WILMINGTON, N.C. — Wilmington is America's first World War II Heritage City, and Monday night that designation came to life on the deck of the Battleship North Carolina. Spectrum News 1 and the History Channel hosted a screening of an episode of the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (236+ words) Carol Mae Hester’s mother attended the school in the 1940s. Her mother traveled a long way to get there. “They came on a mule and a buggy,” said Hester. She has advocated for preserving the school for many years to keep…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (388+ words) Central New Yorkers may remember the story of the girl in the glass coffin from a couple years ago. What felt like a fake story was turned into a mostly nonfiction book by an Oswego author. Through historical research, she…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (457+ words) WELLS –– A researcher’s random inquiry to the Wells Town Clerk’s office has led to the discovery of a significant historical document that has been sitting quietly in the town’s archives for 250 years. Wells Town Clerk Michele Stivaletta-Noble said her office…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (312+ words) Archelogists and crews from Albany Waterway Inc. and SUNY Polytechnic Institute have been digging to uncover the eastern section of the historic Erie Canal Lock 1 since Aug 3. “The original lock is 1823, 1825. That’s called Lock 53. It was measured from Rome, New…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (286+ words) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Step inside the Grand Rapids Public Museum and you can walk the streets of downtown Grand Rapids as it looked more than 130 years ago. The Streets of Old Grand Rapids is a 7/8-scale replica of 1890s Grand Rapids,…...