Events
HSM CALENDAR 2022
HSM Announces Season Calendar
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) is gearing up for a busy season of programs, projects and a major exhibit on the Civil War. The first program of 2013 will be held Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m. at the HSM Hall, 778 Cemetery Road, Margaretville...
Barns take a bow at Cauliflower Fest
Ever wonder what stories your old house could tell if its walls could talk? The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) will host a program Saturday, April 20 by two local homeowners who will recount the history of their homes and will try to give voice to...
Season preview!
It’s just starting to feel like spring but we’ve been busy firming up plans for a jam-packed season of programs and activities. Details will follow on this website, and in a flyer to be sent with the Spring Bridge to our members. For now, a partial preview: The first...
The Stone family saga
This is the tale of a Clovesville family whose name has faded from the Catskills because the men who carried it left to find their fortunes and meet their destinies more than 130 years ago.Clovesville native John Stone’s burial place in Arizona. The “Col.” title was...
A new pair of boots — a shop local story
In researching the lives of Middletown’s Civil War veterans, I came across an interesting letter to the Catskill Mountain News published April 8, 1960. B. C. Todd wrote in to share memories and stories that old-timers had passed on to him, including this one about...
HSM seeks Civil War photos, information
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown (HSM) needs the public’s help in documenting the Civil War experience of people from Middletown and adjoining areas. HSM is collecting photographs, letters and material about veterans, their families and local residents...
Hey, check out our new wood splitter!
That’s what these young men may have had in mind when they posed for a photo on the Robertson farm in New Kingston with a monumental stack of perfectly proportioned wood in 1922. If anyone can identify these guys, or explain how the wood splitter worked, or how the...
Ride the rails, for free!
Join the crew from the Delaware & Ulster Railroad and members of the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown this Saturday, October 27 at 10:30 for the unveiling of the historic marker commemorating the significance of the railroad in the development of the...
More News is good news!
Several hundred more pages of the Catskill Mountain News, 1967-73, have been added to the commons! This batch of digitized microfilm will be the last for awhile, the end of a five-year effort to make the News, 1902-1973, readable and searchable on line.The only years...