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Heidi Haynes, Deputy Director of Outreach, NYC Environmental Protection Bureau of Water Supply will give a presentation on the Delaware Aqueduct Repair Project. The project calls for shutting down a portion of the Delaware Aqueduct in order to attach a bypass tunnel under the Hudson River, a complex repair of decades-old leaks. This is the largest-ever capital repair project in the history of t...

Virtual Illustrated Talk presented by author Bart Sharlow, A Catskill Carnival: My Borscht Belt Life: Lived, Lost and Loved.

Not a tree was left standing. Every house, barn, business, church and school that remained was demolished or burned to the ground. At night fires glowed eerily throughout the smoke-filled valley. During the day bulldozers finished off whatever stone walls, chimneys and smoldering timbers remained. Trucks hauled away human remains disinterred from cemeteries and family graveyards. A century afte...

A book talk of humorous telling of the great times the baby boomer generation had growing up in “The Country”, Allen Frishman, author, will cover the period of Jewish exodus from city heat to country cool-air. Jewish Lightning, a rare Catskill phenomenon, Mendel’s Mansion, and of course, the Woodstock Festival are included.

A wonderful talk and presentation from Carol Smith, Director of the Frederick Cook Society. An illustrated talk on expeditions between 1897 and 1908. The photo collection will include Arctic and Antarctic wilderness, exploration ships and portraits of the native Inuit.

The Catskill Park: 118 Years Old and Still Evolving…Author Chris Olney joined us for an illustrated talk on his 2004 book, The Catskill Park - Inside the Blue Line (co-authored with Norman J. Van Valkenburgh).

Catskill Forest Association’s Ryan Trapani will discuss the overall health or state of the Catskill forest, as well as some of its history that has led us to the forest’s present condition. He will also cover some things individuals might easily do on the small scale to improve forest condition going forward.

Professor Emeritus Donald Terpening represents a colonial doctor of the middle to late 18th century. Specializing as a Revolutionary War physician, he will present various medicines, implements, and techniques that were used by physicians during that time period as well as discuss the role that doctors played and their social standing at the time.

A special presentation on the history of the Hardenbergh Patent by retired teacher and Museum Trustee Lynn Priebe.

Infamous Sullivan County, NY murderess, Lizzie Halliday lives again within the pages of a comprehensive true crime narrative titled “Killing Time in the Catskills” by Kevin Owen.

A book talk by author Frank Almquist brings to life the story of how this massive dam, miles of dikes, and water controls was built more than 100 years ago mostly by hand. Author Frank Almquist hopes his collection of real-photo postcards and other collected material, with support of local collectors, libraries, and historical societies, will provide the reader with a better understanding of ho...

Sullivan County Historian John Conway will give his talk on the Lenape Native Americans who first arrived in this area over 11,000 years ago and ultimately controlled a land mass that encompassed from what is today upstate New York to the state of Delaware. They called this land Lenapehoking, or “land of the Lenape”.

NYC has clean water because it comes from pure and rural mountains. However, there is nothing natural about NYC’s water. To create the water system, thousands of people lost homes and businesses, and had to sue the City for compensation. Over the last nine years, Beisaw and her Vassar College students have hiked portions of the city-owned watershed to document the ruins of lives cut short by a ...

The Palens: A Sullivan County Tanning Dynasty

Hidden Treasures of the Catskills

Heritage Farm Cookbook

British Strategy in the Hudson River

A History of the Root Cellar

Denning History Afternoon: Wicked Ulster County

The History of Wintoon: A Grand Neversink Estate

Mastadons of Orange County

Spring into Seeding

Tannery Hides and the Beaverkill Bridge

Glaciers of the Catskills

Mysterious Stone Sites in the Hudson Valley

Events Leading to the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

Tri-Valley Area One Room Schools

Catskill Stream Geology