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The geological Quatenary period, comprising about the past 2.58 million years, has been characterized by the expansion and contraction of ice sheets. This map shows the maximum extent of three major sheets emanating from their "ice centers": Keewatin…

This painting features a wilderness scene, strikingly symmetrical in its composition, with a pond, undulating row of trees, hills, and clouds. It is rendered mainly in earthy brown tones with a small pop of blue in the color of the pond. Waltemath’s…

A photo of the plant that processed the salt that miners who lived in Little Italy extracted.

The center of this landscape is a tree with gold and yellow leaves, a few just turning to orange. Nearby bushes already have dropped their leaves, allowing for views across a pond or river to the other shore, and mountains in the far distance.…

19th growers traditionally used pencils on pine labels to identify their stock, but the development of printing presses led to mass-produced tags--a microcosm of revolutionary "branding" that was occurring to foods of all kinds.

Its name dating back at least to 1917, this 477-acre farm was operated by Eugene Elisha Harmon and his descendants. Origins of the name are unclear: perhaps it derives from the Seminole word meaning "village" or "home"; perhaps the popular…

An inspection of the O-Neh-Da cellars. Although Bishop McQuaid had much help from the seminarians of St. Michael's Seminary just a short walk up the road, McQuaid was closely involved with the production process to ensure that the wine met the strict…

A photograph of an oak and hickory forest patch at the Rush Oaks Opening site in Rush, NY. The site is a NYS DEC unique area, that is actively managed through periodic prescribed burns.