Every year, during the first weekend in December, a small Hudson Valley town carries out an old tradition. We traveled to Rhinebeck, New York, to see it unfold. The annual Sinterklaas festival is a celebration that’s based the Dutch celebration of St. Nicholas Day. Dutch settlers brought it to...
Published 12/20/17
Around the turn of the 20th century, the lumber industry spanned the continental United States, and lumber camps dotted the countryside.
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When they weren’t harvesting timber to feed the booming post-Civil War...
Published 11/19/17