Local History

When Sojourner Truth left Ulster County, it was with a vow never to return...

Get an inside look at two of our area’s most historic cultural institutions…

I grew up on Rose Lane in the Catskill Mountains. Someone told me that there was no need to explain...

Constructed in 1732 in the hamlet of Katsbaan, north of the village of Saugerties...

The entries have been copied from the May issues of the New Paltz Independent...

The Senate House Many a constitution has been burned in human history, but very few towns have had the honor...

The entries have been copied from the April issues of the New Paltz Independent.

Science and technology breakthroughs are a key part of our area’s military history…

An age-old area tradition…

You are continually met with reminders of  the city’s once-booming brick industry...

The entries have been copied from the March issues of the New Paltz Independent.

Erik Kulleseid, who spent his final day as the commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation &...

The entries have been copied from the February issues of the New Paltz Independent.

For more than half a century now, the Woodstock School of Art has been the go-to place in our neck...

The entries have been copied from the January issues of the New Paltz Independent.

The entries have been copied from the December issues of the New Paltz Independent.

Amazing images…

The entries have been copied from the November issues of the New Paltz Independent.

George Bellows (1882-1925) spent part of every year in Woodstock from 1920 to 1924.

Walking or riding on the streets, lanes, and country roads of Ulster County, one can feel this awe in the...