In this episode, Devin and Lauren investigate the invasions of Canada by the Fenian Brotherhood, a group of Irish Nationalists intent of freeing Ireland from British control. These invasions were launched from several locations in upstate New York, including the site of a recently-erected William G. Pomeroy Foundation marker in the Franklin County town of Constable.
(more…)On the fourth episode of A New York Minute In History, we detail Henry Hudson’s exploration of what would become the Empire State and...
For Women's History Month, Devin and Lauren tell the story of Dr. Mary Walker: physician, heroine of the Civil War, and the only woman...
On this episode, Devin and Lauren delve into the history of the Dutch patroon system in New York state, and tell the story of...