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Cohoes (/ k ə ˈ h oʊ z / kə-HOHZ) is an incorporated city located in the northeast corner of Albany County in the U.S. state of New York.It is called the "Spindle City" because of the importance of textile manufacturing to its growth in the 19th century.
Lock 18 was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, added in 1970 in recognition of the high quality of its remaining stonework; the remainder of the locks on city-owned land were added to the National Register in 2004 as a non-contiguous historic district. A city-owned trail along the former towpath allows visitors to ...
Cherniak also volunteers for the Spindle City Historic Society [27] in Cohoes, New York and has been recognized for her work in historic preservation in the area, especially in the restoration of parts of the Erie Canal. [28] [29]
Historical Society of Southern California Founded in 1883, the Historical Society of Southern California (HSSC) is the oldest historical society in California. Lemon Grove Historical Society Los Angeles Conservancy , the largest membership-based historic preservation organization in the country.
Nov. 3—KIMBALL, S.D. — Wayne Woodraska and Doris Ann Chmela pored over thousands of items on a visit to the artifact repository of the Brule County Historical Society. There are troves of ...
Mary Adelaide Dickey (1882-1960) was an American vaudeville performer, who performed as Adelaide or La Petite Adelaide.She was best known in the 1910s and 1920s as half of 'Adelaide and Hughes', a husband-and-wife dance partnership with Johnny J. Hughes.
Home to some of the oldest buildings in Polk County, the West Des Moines Historical Society has launched a major fundraiser, with an end goal of $500,000, to help preserve and promote the city's ...
City staff and commission members spent hundreds of hours preparing an initial application for the historic district, including extensive surveys and a community petition containing nearly 5,000 ...