The Fire Record, 1887
Fire was recently in the news for taking a terrible toll on a city with the unthinkable destruction of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. But it was a loss […]
Miscellany
Perhaps the Boys Will Be Inspired
Permit us a rare excursion from our pretty strict focus on the history of the Capital District of New York to note an odd little bit that we ran across […]
Hoxsie by Email!
Hoxsie has a new way to annoy you – the miracle of email! We get hundreds of potentially legitimate hits per day (and thousands of Russian spambots), but up ’til […]
Governor Calls for Health Insurance for Workers
While scouting around for useless information in the journal of the Elevator Constructors union, we ran across this story on Governor Alfred E. Smith’s call for compulsory health insurance for […]
Hoxsie Can’t Even…
For now. He’ll be back when he can.
Amelia Earhart Flies for Beech-Nut Gum
Her lecture tour in 1935 wasn’t the only connection between Amelia Earhart and the Capital District, as evidenced by this May 29, 1931 edition of the Gloversville/Johnstown Morning Herald, which […]
Maps to Swear By, Not At
Hoxsie is at the age where he has probably forgotten more than he currently knows. And then he’ll run across an old article and the light will go off: “Hey, […]
Vacation
Hoxsie’s on vacation. Will be back next week refreshed and full of . . . . well, no, we’ll probably still be randomly throwing up posts about whatever catches our […]
Geology is Destiny
Our views of history are, to be certain, shaped by our perspectives. Whatever background we come from, whatever origin stories we tell about ourselves and our families inform our understanding […]
The Rise of the Individual Cup
This has nothing to do with Capital District history, but having run across this 1911 article from Municipal Journal & Public Works, I thought I should share this vision of […]