Author: Don Rittner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, series, making, history, collar, city, troy
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2002-06-18
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0738523682
ISBN-13: 9780738523682

The New World, and especially New York, meant unparalleled opportunity for people in the 1600s with visions of expansion, colonization, and profit. Buying land from the Mohican tribe, the Dutch took control of much of the modern Empire State in the early part of this countryís development. Under the patroonship of Kilian van Rensselaer, many pioneer farmers settled in the fertile land along the Hudson River. With each passing year, the number of Upstate settlers increased, and two villages emerged: Lansingburgh and Vanderheyden, soon to become Troy. ÝÝTroy: A Collar City History chronicles

Author: Don Rittner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: troy
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-10-03
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738554944
ISBN-13: 9780738554945

Founded by the Dutch Vanderheyden family in 1787, Troy is one of the most historic cities in the United States. It holds claim to being the birthplace of America’s Industrial Revolution, the home of the collar and cuff industry, and a major manufacturer of iron products during the 1800s.

Author: Don Rittner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Keywords: amp, albany
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2002-11
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738511420
ISBN-13: 9780738511429

Albany is many things: one of the oldest cities in the country, the capital of New York State, and the home of early Americaís attempt to unite under Benjamin Franklinís Plan of Union. Located in the Hudson Valley one hundred fifty miles north of New York City, Albany has a natural beauty and a rich human legacy second to none. It grew into one of the countryís most important trade, transportation, and military regions during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It became the permanent state capital in 1797 and has long been a major political center, key to New Yorkís growth and prosp

Author: Don Rittner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: york, new, america, images, lansingburgh
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1999-07-17
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0738500895
ISBN-13: 9780738500898

An area of hills, forests, and river plains, Lansingburgh is the oldest settled region and the first chartered village in New York’s Rensselaer County. Its rich history began with Abraham Jacob Lansing, who, in 1763, established the area that encompasses Lansingburgh on the eastern banks of the historic Hudson River as a 5,000-acre farm. Eight years later, Lansing laid out his land into a square of 2 by 1.5 miles, with 288 building lots, streets, alleys, and an oblong square village green in the center. The influx of New England entrepreneurs transformed Lansingburgh into a thriving vill

Author: Don Rittner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: york, new, america, images, albany
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2000-02-21
List price: $18.99
ISBN-10: 0738500887
ISBN-13: 9780738500881

Surrounded by natural beauty and a rich human legacy second to none, Albany lies in the Hudson Valley about 150 miles north of New York City. First settled in 1648, the area quickly grew into one of the most important trade, transportation, and military regions in North America. Albany became the permanent state capital in 1797 and has long been a major political center, key to New York’s growth and prosperity. Some of the nation’s leading statesmen, scientists, and presidents have called Albany home: Martin Van Buren, Joseph Henry, Hamilton Fish, William McKinley, Theodore Rooseve

Author: Don Rittner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: new, york, america, images, revisited, albany
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-07-09
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0738556521
ISBN-13: 9780738556529

Albany is the fourth oldest city in America and the second oldest state capital in the United States. Located on the western banks of the Hudson River, about 150 miles north of New York City, Albany was originally explored by Henry Hudson in 1609 and settled by the Dutch starting in 1614. A city filled with a diversity of architectural styles and unique streetscapes, Albany proudly represents the Empire State. The historic photographs in Albany Revisited show Albany during the first half of the 20th century, when the city was rich in politics, the home of some of the most expensive and beautif

Author: Don Rittner
Publisher: Facts on File
Keywords: scientists, notable, weather, climate
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2003-08
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0816047979
ISBN-13: 9780816047970