Our towns: What the newspapers said 100 years ago
The ‘‘Our town’’ column is compiled each month for the New Paltz Times by Carol Johnson, coordinator of the Haviland-Heidgerd
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Military careers for the disabled?
Two groups of people are not permitted to serve in the U.S. military — those convicted of a crime and
Prohibition days in Saugerties
The Roaring Twenties were a roaring old time in Ulster County, thanks in great part to Legs Diamond. He had an aqueduct constructed under the streets of Kingston: a beer aqueduct, running from his brewery at Barmann and South Clinton avenues in Kingston down to the river, where barrels of beer were filled and loaded onto barges. One rumor has it that Judge Joseph Force Crater, who stepped out of a night spot in midtown Manhattan and was never seen again, may have been buried in Legs Diamond’s brewery.
History: The original lead mill at Glenerie
The falls at Glenerie are familiar to drivers on route 9W — on the right heading south leaving Saugerties. What
Saugerties hamlets and cultural geography
As the 19th century moved into 20th, the hamlets grew into centers of employment as boarding houses and resort colonies became the mainstays of Saugerties’ rural economy.
Retrace steps of mystic Aleister Crowley on a Hudson River island
Crowley decided to spend some time, which he called a “magickal retirement,” in the local wilderness meditating and working on his translation and commentary for the Tao Te Ching. He had come to America in 1914, and by 1918 was low on funds. So some Hudson Valley friends staked Crowley to a tent, a canoe and some cash for provisions. To their alarm, he spent the money on gallons of red paint, brushes and climbing rope, which he used to paint Thelemic slogans all over the rocky outcrops of Esopus Island.
Maverick Centennial: The Reconciliation
“Strangers used to marvel — and still do — that such music as the Maverick concerts was to be found
Maverick Centennial: The Reconciliation
“Strangers used to marvel — and still do — that such music as the Maverick concerts was to be
Susan Spencer Crowe: a playful minimalism
Susan Spencer Crowe’s solo exhibition of encaustic-painted wall pieces and sculptures at the gallery at R&F Handmade Paints, entitled “Encaustic/Form
Bolton Brown and the making of modern Woodstock
Woodstock as we know it begins with Bolton Brown (1866-1934), a prodigy whose gifts brought him fame, before ego accompanying