Oct. 20: Annual Meeting and Program, “Jay Gould’s Map”

12-2:30 p.m., Historian Frank Waterman is our guide through Middletown and Roxbury, as shown in this wall-sized 1856 map created by the 16-year-old future railroad tycoon! Reserve a seat for lunch ($15) at history@catskill.org; 845-586-4734. HSM, 778 Cemetery Rd., Margaretville

: Bob Hubbell selects a scrumptious dessert from a tray held by caterer Sharon Fleck’s assistant, George Bergman.

: Barb and Gary Atkin were the happy winners of a watercolor of a Millbrook barn by the late Michael Fauerbach. Len Utter shared some of the barn’s history with the Atkins.

: Sixty people packed our hall to enjoy lunch, each other, and Frank Waterman’s talk about Jay Gould and his famous map.

: Frank waterman, historian for the Town of Meredith, explained how a teenaged Jay Gould created the 1856 map of Delaware County, and shared excerpts from the diary of a surveyor who helped him.

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