Events

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Bark Peeling Contract

MEMORANDUM OF CONTRACT between Jesse Tompkins and A. Clark and Son in which said Tompkins agrees to peel from four to six hundred cords of hemlock tan bark on such places on Mill Brook as A. Clark and Son may direct. The Bark is to be peeled, piled and saved in a good...

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Brothers in Arms: Thomas Elliot and James Elliot

Brothers in Arms: Thomas Elliot and James Elliot

New Kingston Sons of William and Eleanor and grandsons of a Scottish émigré.Thomas: B. Jan. 22, 1840, joined the 90th NY Volunteers in 1864. Mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek , Va. which occurred Oct. 18 and 19, 1864. Died Nov. 6, 1864. One of 60 from this...

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Cauliflower Power!

Cauliflower Power!

The Eighth Annual Margaretville Cauliflower Festival was a huge success September 25! Hundreds of people enjoyed music and dance, art and kids’ stuff, tractors, stories and food, food, food. The History Tent was energized by spinning, quilting, broom making,...

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The Grand Hotel: An Architectural and Economic History

The Grand Hotel: An Architectural and Economic History

An illustrated lecture by Annon Adams.Sunday, July 25, 2010, 2:00 p.m.at the Skene Memorial Library,Main St., Fleischmanns.Greater Fleischmanns Museum of Memories (adjacent to library) open from 1 to 2 p.m. and following the program. Program admission free for HSM...

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Biography of Roxbury-born Jay Gould

The 1977 booklet, one of a series on Delaware County History topics written by John Raitt, is a biography of Roxbury-born Jay Gould, maker of the 1856 Gould Map of Delaware County, and author of the first history of the county, also published in 1856. This booklet...

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