Download or read book The Forestport Breaks written by Michael Doyle and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Erie Canal was dying. Adirondack sawmills were falling silent. And in the final years of the nineteenth century, the upstate New York town of Forestport was struggling just to survive. Then the canal levees started breaking, and the boom times returned. The Forestport saloons flourished, the town's gamblers rollicked, and the politically connected canal contractors were flush once more. It was all very convenient until Governor Theodore Roosevelt's administration grew suspicious and the Pinkerton National Detective Agency began investigating. They found what a lawman called one of the most gigantic conspiracies ever hatched in New York. In The Forestport Breaks, Michael Doyle illuminates a fresh and fascinating chapter in the colorful history of the Erie Canal. This is the canal's shadowy side, a world of political rot and plotting men, and it extended well beyond one rough and tumble town. The Forestport breaks marked the only time New York officials charged men with conspiring to destroy canal property, but they were also illustrative of the widespread rascality surrounding the canal. For Doyle, there is a story with a personal dimension behind the drama of the canal's historical events. As he uncovered the rise and fall of Forestport, he was also discovering that the trail of culpability led to members in his own family tree.

Download or read book The Best of New York Archives written by New York State Archives Partnership Trust and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of New York State history from the pages of the award-winning New York Archives. For readers interested in uncovering the history of the Empire State, The Best of New York Archives highlights some of the most popular articles of the unique, award-winning publication—as told through the records of the men and women who made it. Home to some of the United States’ most important historical treasures, the New York State Archives serves as steward for more than two hundred million records of New York’s colonial and state governments from 1630 to the present. Contributions from Pulitzer Prize winners to best-selling authors mine this wealth of information to tell lively and engaging stories of New York State’s rich history. From the pages of The Best of New York Archives, nearly four hundred years of history comes alive. “By evoking the Flushing Remonstrance, Evacuation Day, the women’s suffrage movement, and other pivotal episodes in the state’s history, The Best of New York Archives reminds readers that, as Columbia’s Ken Jackson likes to say, ‘America begins in New York. ’” — Sam Roberts, New York Times “The New York State Archives is full of rich documents that serve as gems—they reflect and reveal transformations in national and world history. You’ll find many of those gems presented here, and New York’s vibrant history comes to life through the eyes of those who lived through it.” — Kimberly Gilmore, Senior Historian, History Channel/A+E Networks “The Best of New York Archives is a treasure trove of compelling essays that inform and expand understanding. The selected narratives reflect the essential role the New York State Archives plays in the preservation of the fascinating and wide-ranging particulars of New York State’s history. As a bonus, the sampler is a storehouse of golden nuggets useful to deflate any annoying know-it-all whose behavior cries out for it.” — Harry Rosenfeld, author of From Kristallnacht to Watergate: Memoirs of a Newspaperman “An original, authoritative, and entertaining walk through Empire State history—provided by a who’s who of leading historians and all inspired by the unparalleled treasures in the New York State Archives.” — Harold Holzer, Jonathan F. Fanton Director, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College

Download or read book Canals Between the Lakes and New York written by American Society of Civil Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers written by American Society of Civil Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 29-30 contain papers of the International Engineering Congress, Chicago, 1893; v. 54, pts. A-F, papers of the International Engineering Congress, St. Louis, 1904.

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Download or read book Southern Adirondack Foothills Fishing Hunting and Trapping written by Megan Plete Postol and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rugged wild of the Adirondack Mountain region of New York has been a haven for sportsmen for hundreds of years. Hunters, fisherman, and trappers have found freedom and solitude in the crisp mountain air and vast expanse of wilderness. This book consists of historical photographs and background information about fishing, hunting, and trapping in the southern Adirondacks. Places mentioned include Remsen, Speculator, Perkins Clearing, and Long Lake, among others. The author is a contributing reporter, photographer, and columnist for the Boonville Herald, and a freelance outdoor writer.

Download or read book Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Works Upon Or on the Canals and Upon or on The Trade and Tonnage of the Canaas written by New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Works Upon or On the Canals and Upon or on The Trade and Tonnage of the Canals written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report on the Canals of the State and on the Trade and Tonnage of the Canals written by New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Works of the State of New York written by New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Works written by New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The New York State Canal System A History Beyond the Erie written by Susan Peterson Gateley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York's unique and majestic canals stretch over 524 miles from Albany to Buffalo and between the southern tier counties of Tompkins and Schuyler to the Quebec border. While much has been written on the nation building Erie Canal of the nineteenth century, much less has covered the third iteration of the waterway, the New York State Barge Canal. Deemed a historic corridor by the Federal Parks system in 2000, the Empire State's canal system has been in continuous operation since 1825, longer than any other man made transportation system in North America. Author Susan P. Gateley reveals the history, beauty and present day state of New York State's grand canal system.

Download or read book Report of the Superintendent of Public Works Relative to the Trade and Tonnage of the Canals written by New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Around Remsen and Steuben written by Megan Plete Postol and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first settlers of the rugged wilderness that became the towns of Remsen and Steuben were hearty pioneers, Welsh immigrants, and a famous Revolutionary War hero. The untamed forest of Oneida County proved challenging but not insurmountable for Remsen's first settler Barnabas Mitchell and the noble Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben, who was famed with being the sturdy backbone of Washington's Continental Army and known as the "Drillmaster of the Revolution." The area flourished into a place of farming, manufacturing, business, and religion. Settlers ranged from rollicking woodsmen to large working families to pious pastors. There were so many churches that the lands of Steuben became known as "the singing hills." It has been said that the courage of a Welshman rises in proportion to the obstacles thrown in his path. This book strives to tell their tales through visuals of old Remsen and Steuben.

Download or read book Annual Report of the Comptroller on the Canals written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: