Events
HSM CALENDAR 2022
MAC — where major leaguers got their start
In a slide talk given June 8 at Skene Memorial Library in Fleischmanns, baseball historian Bob Mayer provided insight into the baseball-loving Fleischmann family and some of the men who played for the Mountain Athletic Club (MAC).The club was started by Julius...
6th Living History Cemetery Tour July 7
George W. Hubbell, who established this ice cream emporium on Wawaka Lake, s one of 11 people to be portrayed in the tour on July 7.The sixth Living History Cemetery Tour presented by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) takes place Saturday, July 7...
A few images from Headwaters History Days, 2018
HHD 2018 PHOTO GALLERYClick for a larger view of each image...
Skis, Trees and the Triple Cs
Hardy Margaretville enrollees set off on a CCC work mission.The Civilian Conservation Corps, a Depression-era program that put millions of young men to work repairing environmental damage and building parks and trails, will be discussed Saturday, June 9 at 10 a.m. at...
HSM announces 2018 schedule of programs
The Historical Society of Middletown has a busy schedule of talks, tours and special activities planned for 2018. The season will start with a friendly battle of wits when HSM sponsors its first Trivia Challenge Saturday, May 5 at 7 p.m. at its hall, 778 Cemetery Rd.,...
Rafting down the Delaware — audio history
Bill Horne’s presentation at the HSM Annual Meeting Oct. 23 gave us a chance to hear voices from the past, namely Mike Todd, legendary hunter and woodsman, and Orson Slack, a former raftsman on the Delaware. Horne’s book, The Improbable Community: Camp Woodland and...
Middletown in the Civil War now online
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) is pleased to make available a new online collection detailing the lives and service records of 242 Civil War veterans from Middletown. Visit Projects/Middletown in the Civil War on this website. The five-year...
Margaretville’s Finest
This photo, donated to HSM by Ed and Janet Vermilyea, shows the Margaretville Fire Department at the 1909 Hudson Fulton Celebration in Kingston.Identifications penciled on the back of the photograph by Ed’s mother included: front, l to r., Nealy Ackerley, Harry...
Local legends and a remarkable camp
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) will hold its Annual Meeting and Luncheon Saturday, Oct. 21 at its meeting hall, 778 Cemetery Rd., Margaretville. The luncheon, catered by Anna Blish, will begin at noon. Seats are $20; reservations may be made by...