Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Rensselaer County, NY
Date Type
At Troy, New York, a locomotive plunges into the Hudson River off an open drawbridge Crime/Disasters
Brooklyn Excelsiors leave on the first baseball tour Education/Culture
Deadly daytime fire devastates residential sections of Troy, New York Crime/Disasters
- Heavy snow and high winds pound upstate New York. Crime/Disasters
Leading a crowd in Troy, New York, Harriet Tubman rescues runaway Charles Nalle Slavery/Abolition
Multi-racial crowd in Troy, New York rescue arrested fugitive slave Slavery/Abolition
Ten below cold brings collapse of portions of the Union Railroad Depot in Troy, New York Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Date Title
New York Herald, "The Underground Railroad and Its Victims," January 5, 1860
New York Herald, “The Runaway Slaves,” January 5, 1860
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Underground Railroad,” January 7, 1860
New York Herald, “The Reception of the Nomination of Douglas,” June 24, 1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Who Began It?,” September 21, 1860
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