Other Sites of Interest

• P. Thomas Carroll’s article, Designing Modern America in the Silicon Valley of the 19th Century

• RiverSpark Visitor Center: The Place to Start Your Visit to the Greater Troy Area.

• TroyNet. The Online Home of Troy,New York. TroyNet is a community network that explores many facets of Troy’s history, Arts Community, Business opportunities and more.

• Troy Renaissance Merchants Organization whose mission is “to promote interest and support for the downtown Troy, New York area.”

• Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce “...a business, civic and economic development alliance which strives to enhance the economic vitality and quality of life of our Rensselaer Gateway communities.”

• Rensselaer County Government Home Page (maps, general info, election results, etc.)

• Uncle Sam’s Home Page Project

• The James Burden Mansion a virtual tour of the former home of Henry Burden’s son, located on 91st in Manhattan and now used as a school by the Convent of the Sacred Heart.

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

• Library of Congress map of Troy 1881

• Library of Congress American Memory: Historical Collections from the National Digital Library

• TICCIH: The world organization for industrial heritage, promoting preservation, conservation, investigation, documentation, research and interpretation of our industrial heritage.

• Society for Industrial Archeology