With one of the busiest travel weekends of the year upon us, Labor Day vacationers from the Capital Region will likely be spared the impact of Hurricane Earl.
When those fascinated by 19th century American history hear the phrase, “the town that started the Civil War,” they immediately think of Oberlin, Ohio, and the 1858 rescue of fugitive slave John Price. According to author Scott Christianson, the city of Troy and Charles Nalle’s escape from arrest two years later deserve to be mentioned in the very same breath....
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