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Utican named US treasurer, President Truman makes a stop: This week in Mohawk Valley history
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months ago1897, 126 years ago Utican in Washington Ellis H. Roberts, a native of Utica and former editor of...
Mohawk Valley history: Hamilton College founded; Utica firefighters and police retire
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHamilton College at 200 2012, 10 years ago Two hundred years ago – on May 26, 1812 – the Board of...
Our unimagined loss of the indispensable Secretary Carter
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoAshton Carter’s death last week was a huge loss to the world, our nation, his family, his...
The 30 Most Famous Yale Students Of All Time
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoIn this article, we discuss the 30 most famous Yale students of all time. If you want to see more famous alumni, check out The 10 Most Famous Yale...
Two weeks in, this college in Clinton welcomes its first president: Mohawk Valley history
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 months ago1812, 211 years ago Hamilton president The Reverend Azel Backus arrives in the village of Clinton to...
Jared Kushner, Arab and Israeli officials outline day-after solutions for the first time since the...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoAmidst the daily mass suffering and horrific battles in the Middle East, much of the focus remains...
Columbia Public Schools marks 150 years, with help from the community
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn a December 1872 Columbia community meeting, participants voted to form a city school district. At...
Gallup native Shelly C. Lowe named National Endowment for the Humanities chair
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 2—Take a look at Shelly C. Lowe and one immediately sees the pride in her culture. Decked out in moccasins and turquoise and silver jewelry, the Navajo woman is making a statement. The ...
Israel and the Puritans: A dangerous historical romance
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe first landing of the Pilgrims, 1620. Getty Images/Bettmann "Humankind cannot bear very much...
Joe Lieberman, Conn. senator and first Jewish VP nominee, dead at 82
Jewish Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoJoe Lieberman, a former longtime Connecticut senator who made history as the first Jewish candidate...