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History Museum Seeks Adirondack Summit Canisters

February 13, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

46er Summit Canisters The Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown, NY, is starting a campaign to gather as many Adirondack 46er summit canisters as possible to incorporate in their Hiking the Adirondack High Peaks exhibit.

Canisters once dotted the summits of 22 peaks the 46ers designated as trailless. In the late 1940s, there were so many Band-Aid tins and other handy receptacles left on these peaks with hikers’ names in them, some not on the real summit, that the 46ers decided to put metal canisters and a register on the true tops on each of these mountains. [Read more…] about History Museum Seeks Adirondack Summit Canisters

Filed Under: History Tagged With: 46ers, Adirondack HIstory Museum, hiking

Historic Huguenot St Planning Seasonal Nature Walks

January 15, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

nature walks at the Nyquist Harcourt Wildlife SanctuaryHistoric Huguenot Street is set to host four seasonal nature walks in 2019 at the Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary and the Mohonk Preserve led by ethno ecologist and founder of Wild Hudson Valley Justin Wexler, who specializes in folklore and land use among the native people of the Hudson Valley, thanks to a gift from the Thomas and Corinne Nyquist Foundation. [Read more…] about Historic Huguenot St Planning Seasonal Nature Walks

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Esopus River, hiking, Historic Huguenot Street, Hudson River, nature

Astronomy Night, Hiking at Hubbardton Battlefield

September 30, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

hubbardton battlefieldThe Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site in Hubbardton is set to host an astronomy night on October 6th, and their annual Mount Zion Hike on October 7th. [Read more…] about Astronomy Night, Hiking at Hubbardton Battlefield

Filed Under: Events, History, Military History Tagged With: hiking, Hubbardton Battlefield, Vermont

Walkway Over the Hudson Ulster Welcome Center Opens

July 4, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The official ribbon-cutting for the grand opening of the Ulster Welcome Center on the Walkway Over the Hudson Numerous state and local officials gathered with partners from the business and nonprofit communities of the Hudson Valley for the long-awaited opening of the $5.4 million Ulster Welcome Center at the western gateway to Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park on Friday, June 29th.

[Read more…] about Walkway Over the Hudson Ulster Welcome Center Opens

Filed Under: History Tagged With: hiking, Hudson Valley, State Parks

History Hike: Hudson River’s Iona Island

May 6, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

iona island courtesy DEC/Hudson river national estuarine research reserveDoc Bayne is set to lead a ‘History Hike’ at Iona Island, in the Hudson River below Bear Mountain, on Saturday May 12th from 10 am to 2 pm.

A major US Navy arsenal from 1900 to 1946, complete with explosions and the famous “Mothball Fleet” following World War II, Iona Island has a story that goes back to prehistory.

Bayne will cover evidence of Native American use of the island; the colonial farms and settlements when Iona was known as Salisbury Island and, later, Weygant’s Island; and the 1800s, when it attracted tourists with an amusement park, hotel and picnic grounds. [Read more…] about History Hike: Hudson River’s Iona Island

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: hiking, Historical Society of Rockland County, World War Two

Saratoga Battlefield 100 Mile Challenge

December 31, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

saratoga battlefield snowshoeingSaratoga National Historical Park has announced their Winter 100 Mile Challenge, the public is invited to snowshoe, ski, or hike the parks trails and try to accumulate 100 miles at the battlefield between now and April 30, 2018.

Through this challenge people can enjoy the rich natural and cultural heritage of this local site as they explore their national park.

Anyone can take part in this challenge, human and canine. To complete this challenge, each participating pet must hike 100 miles in the park with their human companion, following park pet policies. [Read more…] about Saratoga Battlefield 100 Mile Challenge

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: hiking, Saratoga National Historical Park

Fire Tower Guide New Edition Reflects Big Changes

December 19, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

views on high bookADK (Adirondack Mountain Club) has released the second edition of its hiking guide, Views from on High: Fire Tower Trails in the Adirondacks and Catskills. Revised and redesigned, it includes a new chapter describing fire towers outside of both parks. The intervening years have seen what coauthor Jim Schneider refers to as “fire tower fever,” a sweeping enthusiasm that has helped prompt restoration of numerous towers and their trails.

Written by John P. (Jack) Freeman and Jim Schneider, Views from on High enables hikers, history buffs, and others fond of Adirondack and Catskill trails to visit and learn about 30 historic fire towers. Detailed trail descriptions are accompanied by numerous photographs and maps as well as an essay about these structures written by historic preservationist Wesley H. Haynes. The new chapter, Beyond the Blue Line, by tower aficionado Jacob C. (Jake) Wilde, describes 13 additional fire towers, three of them demonstration towers. [Read more…] about Fire Tower Guide New Edition Reflects Big Changes

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Books, hiking

Rockland Co History Hike: Crash of Flight 6231

September 4, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

flight 6231The Historical Society of Rockland County will host a Hike Through History focusing on Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, on Saturday, September 30, 2017, at 2 pm.

Northwest Airlines Flight 6231 crashed in Harriman State Park on December 1, 1974, just minutes after taking off from Kennedy Airport, on its way to Buffalo. [Read more…] about Rockland Co History Hike: Crash of Flight 6231

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: hiking, Historical Society of Rockland County

William Henry Jackson’s Early Adirondack Color Postcards

July 27, 2017 by Don Seauvageau Leave a Comment

1902 Jackson ADK carryOne of the greatest landscape photographers during the latter half of the Nineteenth Century was William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 – June 30, 1942). A native son of the Adirondacks Jackson was born in Keeseville, New York to George Jackson and Harriet Allen. Harriet was a talented water-colorist and William inherited her artistic flair. His first job as an artist in 1858 was a re-toucher for a photography studio in Troy New York.

In 1866 after serving in the Civil War, Jackson boarded a Union Pacific train to the end of the line in Omaha, Nebraska. There he entered the photography business. The Union Pacific gave him a commission in 1869 to document the scenery along their routes for promotional purposes. It was this work that was discovered by Ferdinand Hayden who invited Jackson on the 1870 U.S. government survey (predecessor of the U.S. Geologic Survey) of the Yellowstone River and Rocky Mountains. He was also on the 1871 Hayden Geologic Survey which led to the creation of Yellowstone as America’s first National Park. It was Jackson’s images that played an important role in convincing Congress to establish the Park in 1872. [Read more…] about William Henry Jackson’s Early Adirondack Color Postcards

Filed Under: History Tagged With: hiking, nature, paddling, Photography

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