The ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been...

The ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been...

The ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been...

The ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been...

What was happening in the New Paltz area in 1920? Halloween rowdies; counting the presidential votes; a new firehouse; agriculture...

The ‘‘Our towns’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been...

The ‘‘Our town’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been...

The ‘‘Our town’’ column is compiled each month by Carol Johnson of the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection. The entries have been...

Adjusting to daylight savings time, Commencement Week at the Normal School, and preparations for the Ulster County Fair.

“The high rents and general congestion in New York City and vicinity are driving people into the country. Most of...

A contemporaneous account from the pages of the New Paltz Independent and Times.

Topics include: Highland businessmen refuse to accept daylight savings; bluebirds and robins cheer locals; please keep your chickens home; first...

The winter of 1919-20 was quite a bit harsher than 2019-20. Consider: “The great depth to which the ground is...

The ‘‘Our town’’ column is compiled each month for the New Paltz Times by Carol Johnson, coordinator of the Haviland-Heidgerd...

This column includes tidbits from local papers about the amazing volunteer effort that took place to build the Hasbrouck Park...

The annual meeting of the New Paltz Study Club was held Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Bowman LeFever. The...

The ‘‘Our town’’ column is compiled each month for the New Paltz Times by Carol Johnson, coordinator of the Haviland-Heidgerd...

What was happening around town in January of 1919?

This is the story of two remarkable people who, 51 years ago, envisioned a place where people from near and...

Words from a lost age. “The present campaign has certainly been carried on, in a very ladylike manner. Never before...