Local History Archives
Exploring the Rich History of NY's Capital Region
Troy 1813 R.P.I and the Ferris Wheel
Ballston Spa 1832 Innovation in Knitting Industry led by Ballston Spa Man
Ballston Spa 1849 Ballston Spa's law school attracted luminaries
Troy 1860 The Rescue of Charles Nalle - Local reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law
Ballston 1861 The Journal was for Lincoln and against Slavery
Malta 1861 (via Washington DC) First casualty in the Civil War was a man named Elmer Ellsworth who was born in the town in 1837
Albany 1861 Scholar reveals Lincoln's link to Albany
Troy 1863 Transcontinental Railroad Visionary, RPI graduate
Albany 1865 (via Washington DC) A Tragedy's Second Act
Schenectady 1865 (via Washington DC) The Civil War Diary of Major Charles Frederick Lewis
Troy 1870 Catching Up With "Old Slow Trot"
Ballston 1876 (via Little Big Horn) The most famous battle ever fought on American soil, west of the Mississippi River.
Watervliet 1824 to 1883 Why Stanford isn't in Albany
Capital District 1900 Capital Region cities large and small were thriving on the industries that defined them
Ballston 1901 History Lesson: A president's, uh, future president's visits to Ballston
Troy 1924
Coeymans 1925
Albany 1928 Prohibition man falls in a hail of bullets
Capital District, 1933 Lasting impression Franklin Roosevelt's enduring legacy.
Albany 1957 (via Little Rock) Witness to Civil Rights History
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