Events
HSM CALENDAR 2022
Melodrama brings campy fun to HSM
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown will play host to some mid-summer silliness on Wednesday, August 14 at 7 p.m. when “It Happened in Middletown” will be performed by a troupe of local thespians directed by Marge Miller. The playlet will be staged at the...
HSM at Halcott Fair, seeks Grange stories
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown will greet friends and neighbors at the Halcott Fair Saturday, July 20 from noon to 4 p.m. The annual event will take place in the Halcott Grange hall where the Greene Valley Grange once met and held dinners, dances and...
Cemetery Tour was a smashing success!
CEMETERY TOUR PHOTO GALLERYClick for a larger view of each image...The 7th Living History Cemetery Tour, sponsored by the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown, takes place Sat., June 22 (rain date June 23). This year’s tour is at Margaretville Cemetery, on...
Seeking info on schools, Grange, ’60s
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown is searching for photographs, historical information and personal stories to add to its archives and to use in upcoming programs and exhibits. Of particular interest this year are materials and memories pertaining to...
The Past is Personal: Two Workshops
A pair of Saturday workshops April 6 and 13 will teach participants how to search for their ancestors, and then how to write about what they’ve found. The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown will sponsor these workshops, to be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at...
Casting call for Cemetery Tour!
The Historical Society of the Town of Middletown is looking for local players to portray several former residents at its annual Living History Cemetery Tour to be held Saturday, June 22. Four men and four women are yet to be cast. A variety of non-speaking players,...
Stranded in Greenland
So you think it’s cold in the Catskills? Consider the case of Louis A. Lane, who was stranded on a 7,800-foot ice cap in Greenland 70 years ago and lived to tell the tale.Louis Arlington Lane was the son of Louis R. and Mary Quick Lane who lived in Arena and ran a...
A young doctor faces diptheria
The year 1879 was a traumatic one for several local families and, we suspect, for one young doctor who tried to keep their children alive during an outbreak of diptheria. Dr. James L. Allaben was one of half a dozen physicians working in Middletown that year, when ten...
Donor issues campaign challenge to HSM
Architect’s rendering of planned archives facilitityA generous donor to the campaign for a Middletown History Center is challenging other history lovers to match his contribution by the end of 2018. Nicholas J. Juried has pledged $50,000 towards the construction of an...