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TFW you (a history nerd) meets a fellow traveler (so to speak). . . . I feel seen! Thank you #HistoryNerdsUnited for this fabulous book review (P.S. Love the alternate title "We’re gonna need to rename a few things after this." #NYC #history #awardwinning #book @history #NamingGotham #newyork #historygeek
https://historynerdsunited.com/2024/12/naming-gotham-by-rebecca-bratspies/

Some great news. My book Naming Gotham won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Regional Nonfiction (and was a Distinguished Favorite for US History). Check it out to learn more about corrupt NYC mayors of yore. @history #history #nyc #newyork #newyorkhistory #awardwinning #book #books #historygeek #historymatters #gossip #corruption

Cover of Naming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York Place Names, with the announcement that Naming Gotham was named Best Regional Nonfiction by the 2024 NYC Big Book Awards.

Henry Melvill, Anglican priest, reflects on Simon of Cyrene, and abolition of slavery in British colonies. It’s just that Britain expended millions to ransom captives. Slavery is hostile to the spirit of the Gospel.

Others today say abolition took too many risks and costs.

How can you take risks and costs to end abuses to human dignity, which are hostile to the spirit of the Gospel?

#christian #kindnessishot #morningdevotion #donation #historygeek

"And our country did gloriously when she threw down her millions as a ransom, resolving to extinguish slavery in her colonies, but to maintain, at the same time, good faith and justice. We speak of all this as noble and excellent, because we believe it to have been our duty as Christians to set ourselves against slavery as hostile to the spirit of the Gospel, and to attempt this duty at all costs, and, what is more, all risks."

Such fun talking with Apollo Papyrus about #NamingGotham & the #EnvironmentalJustice Chronicles. Learned a new word- Toponym (a place name, especially derived from a natural feature.)

Friendly reminder: If you read Naming Gotham, I would appreciate your Amazon/Goodreads/Barnes and Noble review

#NYC #history #historygeek @newyorkcity @history

https://campaaronapollo.wixsite.com/apollopapyrus/podcast/episode/1d866b3a/writing-about-new-york-city-history-and-environmental-justice-with-rebecca-bratspies

Check out this fantastic World Herstory Podcast episode about Margaret Cochran Corbin. I first heard of her b/c Corbin Place in Brooklyn was renamed for her as an easy way to replace the name of odious anti-Semite and union buster Austin Corbin! #nyc #history #NamingGotham #podcast #herstory #brooklyn #womenshistory #historygeek @history @historyasif
https://worldherstorypodcast.com/margaret-cochran-corbin/

La Cienega Petroglyph Site - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dhBIo0uWSg

South of #SantaFe.

#NativeAmerican #heritage #history #culture #roadtrip #daytrip #travel #hiking #historygeek #hikingadventures

Pleased to share that my book Naming Gotham was selected as a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. #naminggotham #history #NYC #newyork #localhistory #newyorkhistory #award #books #writer #writing #historygeek @history #histodons @histodons

Gold seal with an image of a man throwing a book in the air. Text reads: The Eric Hoffer Award at the top and Excellence in Independent Publishing at the bottom

Cover of Naming Gotham: Six photos: On Right side: Photos of Peter Cooper, Henry Bruckner, and the view of NYC from Hell's Kitchen. On the left, Bryant Park, Shirley Chisholm and Jackie Robinson. All the photos of people are in black and white. The scenery is in color. Red box in the middle reads: NAMING GOTHAM: The Villains, Rogues, and Heroes Behind New York Place Names, by Rebecca Bratspies

Thank you to the folks who joined me today for my #JanesWalk2024. Now if someone asks "who was that Major Deegan anyway?" you should be able to answer. #naminggotham #history #NYC #HistoryMatters #pigeon #MajorDeegan #newyorkcity #histodons @histodons #historygeek #awardwinning #book #books

Headline from NYT:
Pushes Drive on Pigeons
Deegan Believes Birds May Spread Infantile Paralysis.

Article text:

"Believing that pigeons kept on the city's roofs may transmit the germs of infantile paralysis, William F. Deegan, Tenement House Commissioner, speeded up his campaign to rid the city of the flocks yesterday by haling seventeen violators to . .. "

Looking forward to giving this talk next week about my book Naming Gotham! If you are on Long Island, come gossip with me at the Seaford Public Library! #NYC #NewYork #History #historygeek #localhistory @history #awardwinning #book #histodons #historypodcast #historylovers (link in comments)

The #NewMexico #Museum of Space #History in #Alamogordo includes the space museum, Planetarium, IMAX® dome theater, Hubbard Space Science Education Facility, and the International Space Hall of Fame.

#travel #daytrip #roadtrip #science #STEM #Space #historygeek

San Miguel Mission Chapel in Socorro is considered the oldest church still in use in the United States. Built between 1615 – 1626, Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo has walls that are 5 feet thick, with massive, carved vigas. The mission was temporarily abandoned during the Pueblo Revolt, but it wasn't completely destroyed. The church was restored after the Spanish returned in 1692.

#travel #daytrip #vacation #NewMexico #church #Catholic #history #historygeek #Socorro #MyTravelStory #JustTravel

Colonel Sumner est. Fort Union north of the Santa Fe Trail in July, 1851.

Why?

He viewed Santa Fe as “morally degrading.” Too many bars/brothels. He made soldiers build the fort & farm to save money. Conflict w/Comanche, Ute & Apache on the trail jeopardized supply lines.

#roadtrip #travel #daytrip #vacation #NewMexico #OptOutside #whataview #GreatPlains #offthebeatentrack #leavenotrace #history #historygeek #frontier #AmericanWest #OldWest #mypubliclands #adobe #bitsofbuildings

Santo Niño de Atocha, Chimayo | Some of the surviving soldiers on the Bataan Death March began what has become the annual Easter pilgrimage to Chimayo as a means of expressing their profound gratitude to Santo Niño by the late 1940s, a tradition some descendants continue today.

#roadtrip #travel #daytrip #vacation #instatravel #travelgram #NewMexico #history #historygeek #Chimayo #church #Catholic #beautifuldestinations

Had so much fun talking about NYC History that I forgot to take photos. Fortunately the kind folks at #RockHallMuseum took a few. Thanks to everyone who came out despite the time change and the rain to gossip with me. I love sharing Naming Gotham with fellow #historylovers. If you are in Long Island, be sure to check out this gem of an 17th Century house! #NamingGotham #NYC #newyorkcity #newyork #longisland #newyorkhistory #history #historybuff #historygeek #historypodcast @history

dimly lit photo of audience listening to me talk about Naming Gotham. I am blocking the projector. sigh. Beautiful 17th century hall with paneling and half-windows barely visible.

dimly lit photo of audience listening to me talk about Naming Gotham. I am showing them an 1899 map of Queens. sigh. Beautiful 17th century hall with paneling and half-windows barely visible.

Random details - Buffalo Bill Cody was a manager on Lucien Maxwell's goat ranch. He organized his first "Wild West Show" in Cimarron.

Lucien Maxwell | The Maxwell Land Grant https://newmexiconomad.com/lucien-maxwell-the-maxwell-land-grant/

#NewMexico #OldWest #AmericanWest #history #WildWest #historygeek

The Franciscans, with the help of the villagers, built a modest #church in #Socorro in 1598, Nuestra Señora de Perpetuo, completed between 1615 – 1626. That is the church that exists today. The walls are approximately 5 feet wide, with huge, carved vigas.

#NewMexico #Catholic #roadtrip #travel #daytrip #vacation #church #lovenm #Socorro #adobe #history #historygeek

Petroglyph National Monument protects a variety of cultural & natural resources, including five extinct volcanic cones, hundreds of archeological sites (including the Piedras Marcadas Pueblo Ruin), approx 24,000 images created by Puebloans, Navajos, and early Spanish settlers over the last 200-700 years.

roadtrip #NativeAmerican #history #heritage #tradition #culture #daytrip #NewMexico #historygeek #offthebeatentrack #leavenotrace #rockart #petroglyphs #indigenous #archaeology #anthropology

Ancestral Pueblo people carved rooms, known as cavates, into the tuff cliffs of the Pajarito Plateau. Bandelier National Monument and Puye Cliff Dwellings are known for them, but they can be seen throughout the Jemez. I saw these next to the road between Bandelier and White Rock.

#roadtrip #NativeAmerican #history #heritage #tradition #culture #daytrip #virtualtravel #NewMexico #historygeek #leavenotrace #earthshotz #rockart #petroglyphs #indigenous #archaeology #anthropology #Jemez #Puebloan

A Haven in the Clouds from Religious Aridity | #Acoma & #Zuni Pueblo Mesa Warfare - https://thehistorybandits.com/2015/03/06/a-haven-in-the-clouds-from-religious-aridity-acoma-and-zuni-pueblo-mesa-warfare/

#history #historygeek #NewMexico #NativeAmerican #culture #heritage #roadtrip #travel

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded the territory that became New Mexico to the U.S. The rapid population growth overwhelmed Doña Ana. The U.S. Army designated a site for a new town 6 miles south, establishing the first 84 blocks of Las Cruces, each containing four lots. 120 men gathered to draw lots from a hat to determine who got which site. The Mesquite Historic District encompasses the initial allotment. #NewMexico #travel #roadtrip #history #historygeek

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