Events
HSM CALENDAR 2022
HSM offers Sunday Cemetery Strolls
A series of four Sunday Cemetery Strolls will be offered by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown starting Sunday, April 30 with a guided walking tour of the Clovesville Cemetery just west of the Village of Fleischmanns on old Route 28. The one-hour tour...
HSM plans 2017 season
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown is preparing an exciting new season of local history programming. Pick up a copy of the HSM 2017 calendar February 18 at the former Miller’s Drug Store, Main St., Margaretville during Sweet on Main. The Society will...
Video: Do you remember 1950s Middletown?
You’ll enjoy this video, created by Fred Margulies, of a program we held in April 2016. We asked the audience to chime in with info about people and places highlighted in a slideshow. Hope you enjoy this communal trip down memory lane. Please contribute your own...
Saturday, Nov. 7 the History of Light
HISTORY OF LIGHT 2015 PHOTO GALLERYClick for a larger view of each image...
Calling Dr. Green…
Was this the George Green house?A recently discovered photo of a grand old house that once stood in Dunraven has shed a bit of light on 19th-century doctoring. When this photo was taken by the NYC Board of Water Supply in the late 1940s, the house was part of the...
Poorhouse talk at Annual Meeting Oct. 22
An illustrated talk on the Delaware County Poorhouse will be presented Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown’s annual meeting and luncheon. The event begins at noon at the HSM hall, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville. It will include a...
1950s Middletown farming at Cauliflower Festival
A look back at the mid-20th century when there were nearly 200 family farms in the Town of Middletown will be offered in the History Tent at the Cauliflower Festival Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 to 4 in Margaretville Village Park. Sponsored by the Historical Society of...
HSM seeks photos of 1950s farm life
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown is preparing to mount an exhibit focused on farming in the 1950s in the History Tent of the Cauliflower Festival September 24. If you have images you’d like to share, contact Diane Galusha, 845-586-4973 to arrange to...
One tired farmer
Percy Haddow didn’t even get his barn boots off before falling asleep in a big upholstered chair with his old dog at his feet in his undated photo, supplied by Carol Haddow Gates. Percy was born in Arena in 1880 to Robert and Mary Jaquish Haddow and continued the...