Tannery Hides and the Beaverkill Bridge
Town of Rockland Historian Joyce Conroy will tell the story of how 100 year old tanned hides were found in the Beaverkill Bridge.
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Spring into Seeding
John W. Story of Story’s Neversink Plant Co. In Neversink, NY will demonstrate how to start vegetable seeds and how to make cuttings of common flowering garden plants. Using step…
Mastodons of Orange County
There have been more than 80 mastodons recovered in this state since Charles Wilson Peale’s earliest recovery in 1811 in Montgomery, Orange County. Join Gary Keeton who has participated in…
The History of Wintoon — A Grand Neversink Estate
Summer resident Laura Brock will speak about the history of Wintoon, an estate built by Clarence Roof after he bought out the Parker Place in 1882. Roof’s adopted daughter, “Frank”…
Denning History Afternoon — Wicked Ulster County
Author and Town of Gardiner Historian A.J. Schenkman will speak on his book, Wicked Ulster County.
British Strategy in the Hudson River
Military Historian Charles Breiner will discuss British strategy to divide New England from the rest of the colonies and thus divide and conquer by taking control of the Lake Champlain…