Events
HSM CALENDAR 2022
HSM reviews past year, looks ahead to a new move
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown held its Seventh Annual Meeting October 23, when it recognized several volunteers, reported on its activities over the past year, and elected an Executive Committee to lead it into 2012. Thirty-five members and guests...
7th Annual Meeting a happy success
Mix a sunny autumn day, a beautifully prepared meal served on fine china, an awesome art exhibit and 35 local history lovers and you have the ingredients for a wonderful event. It was indeed a great day October 23 when the Historical Society held its seventh annual...
Time and Time Again
Lake Switzerland, Fleischmanns, then and nowAn exhibit of 12 digital photo collages – blended images of historic and contemporary photographs – will be on view at the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown’s (HSM) Annual Meeting Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Old...
History repeats itself
1933 flood, Margaretville, Bridge Street It has been painful to watch the tragedy of Irene unfold – lives lost, people uprooted, businesses stopped in their tracks, buildings rearranged. Our hearts are with all of those whose lives have been profoundly changed. This...
Where was this school?
Unknown school and children This wonderful undated photo postcard of a one-room schoolhouse, with the teacher in the center of 17 students, was loaned for scanning by Bob Vredenburgh. His mother was a Shultis, and they had a farm on the Denver Road a mile or so up...
Call for Cauliflower Festival vendors: CANCELLED
The Ninth Annual Margaretville Cauliflower Festival hHAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO IMPACTS FROM TROPICAL STORM IRENE.
It was easy to know you were in Bedell . . .
I lived in Bedell, just “over the hill” to the west of Halcott. There were (and are) several ways to get to Bedell from Halcott. From the old Halcott Store and post office you could go west then north over the mountain into the head of Bedell, and Big Red Kill Road,...
Win this quilt!
A colorful queen-sized quilt in the log cabin design has been donated to the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown to raffle as a fundraiser. The quilt can be seen this Saturday at the HSM table at the Pakatakan Farmers Market at the Halcottsville Round Barn....
Middletown’s Civil War Dead
Read a tribute on Memorial Day, delivered on May 30, 2011: LINKS TO RELATED POSTS: FEATURESMiddletown Civil War SoldiersDatabase and Veteran Profiles