Boston Tea Party
Historian bags Boston Tea Party link 1774 letter discovered in Montgomery County refers to tax protest By Paul Nelson Published Tuesday, December 15, 2015, Times Union Fort Plain, NY - In the spring Montgomery County Historian…
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First Women Doctors
Ami McKay's The Virgin Cure Ami McKay’s debut novel The Birth House was inspired by the former midwife’s home she and her husband bought in Nova 'Scotia near the Bay of Fundy. Her 2011 novel The…
1947 Fonda Train Wreck
A moment in history... Fonda, NY Train Wreck "The wreck occurred on July 18, 1947 at Fonda, NY. My grandfather was the engineer operating engine number 2775, an L2a Mohawk I believe. He was the only…
1909 Fonda Hotel Fire
A moment in history... Hotel Roy Burned Fonda Landmark Destroyed - Night Porter Injured While Escaping Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY, 26 Jan 1909 Fonda, NY - Jan 26 -- The most disastrous fire that has visited…
Mississippi Man
AC Fonda - Charleston Stop Anthony Cornelius Fonda (1818-1893) was the 6th of 10 children born to Cornelius Isaac and Alida VanVranken Fonda of Albany, New York. He was baptized at the Boght Becker Reformed Dutch…