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The Rise & Fall of the Albany Lumber District (1810s-1910s)

Albany’s proximity to the Hudson River made it an ideal trading center, beginning with Native American-Dutch fur trading in the early seventeenth century.By the late eighteenth century, the city had cultivated a small lumber market consisting of a half-dozen wholesale...

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