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The Historians with Bob Cudmore, Episode #500 on the way this November

History the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Jack Kelly is author of “The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America.” Kelly tells the story of the 1894 Pullman strike.

The dramatic story of the explosive 1894 clash of industry, labor, and government that shook the nation and marked a turning point for America

The Edge of Anarchy offers a vivid account of the greatest uprising of working people in American history. At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill across much of the country. Famine threatened, riots broke out along the rail lines. Soon the US Army was on the march and gunfire rang from the streets of major cities. 

Thursday, July 20, 2023

History on the highway: Route 5 S 

The recent column regarding history on Route 5 in Montgomery County has produced a request for equal time from Route 5-S.  Route 5 runs north of the Mohawk River, while Route 5-S runs on the south, what some call the left bank.   

  “There is no doubt that the Route 5 corridor in Montgomery County presents some great historic sites,” wrote Norman J. Bollen of the Fort Plain Museum.  “However, the left bank of the Mohawk along Route 5-S has some equally intriguing history.

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July 11, 2023

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The latest conversation this Friday

July 21, 2023-Episode 484-Lorissa Rinehart has written a biography of groundbreaking female photojournalist and war correspondent Dickey Chapelle titled First to the Front.

Mohawk Valley  Weather, Wednesday, July 19, 2023

67 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 6:10AM

Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. West wind 6 to 9 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 58. West wind 3 to 7 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, July 19, 2023
 
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