Learn about Perrine’s Covered Bridge at history talk and tour
Saturday, October 13: It’s the longest-standing Burr arch covered bridge in New York and the second-oldest covered bridge in the state
Local History
Old New Paltz Stone House Day returns to Historic Huguenot Street
Historic Huguenot Street became an immersive experience in history as dozens of reenactors and costumed interpreters offered demonstrations and performances throughout the day.
Old New Paltz Stone House Day returns
Saturday, September 8: Interpreters in period garb, reenactments, performances, Colonial games and demonstrations will bring history to life throughout the day.
Zulma Steele: Gender blender extraordinaire
A renowned beauty and intellect of legendary sensuality and style, she was praised, envied, scandalized, even worshipped (for one, by Byrdcliffe’s founder Ralph Whitehead, who named the domicile he built for her “The Angel.”) But though she was the first great woman artist of Woodstock, her face remains all but unknown to us.
Plaque at Winston Farm mural to tell tale of how Saugerties stood up against landfill/incinerator plan— and won
For those who were around during the fight, the mural makes perfect sense. But for younger people, some explanation is needed.
Work begins on Depuy Canal House historic restoration project
“I knew 50 years ago what I am doing today,” John Novi wrote at the time of the property transfer. “I have always believed that the Depuy House belongs to the community as a public museum securing the history of canal travel and telling the story of the locktenders that lived in the house.”
Gender blending in early Woodstock & our first female genius
The idea that a feminine impulse could save testosterone-driven capitalism from itself is not new. In fact the notion was subtly rooted in Woodstock’s first back-to-nature, Arts and Crafts community, Byrdcliffe. Here a bisexual and lesbian sub-culture prevailed unacknowledged, even by itself. Historians of an earlier era remained at best vague in describing it, and at worst silent. That silence ends now.
American Legion museum curator Bill Payne discusses Saugerties historical display
The museum recently received a grant to fund a World War 1 display. It also received some criticism for displaying a Nazi flag.
The Trolley Street Art Project in Lloyd
Lloyd is celebrating its historic heritage by hosting the Trolley Street Art Project. Thirteen artist-decorated model trolleys have been installed in the hamlet of Highland, mostly on Main Street and Vineyard Avenue.
17th-century replica Kalmar Nyckel is coming to Kingston
With ten cannons, 7,500 square feet of sails, six miles of rigging and a ten-story-high mainmast, the Kalmar Nyckel is a sight to be seen.