Local History

Something old, something ever new…

If you’ve ever found yourself walking along Tinker Street trying to figure out why Woodstock is called “the most famous...

When you usually think of the Hudson Valley, you picture small towns nestled among the mountains or alongside the Hudson...

The entries have been copied from the February issues of the New Paltz Independent. To get a closer look at...

Discussing their experiences coming of age in this unique community, their artistic families and the impact growing up in Woodstock...

Walk by Kingston’s historic museums and sites on a winter day, such as the Reher Center for Immigrant History and...

Arriving from Ireland in 1840, the Curtins have thrived for generations in New York...

This final resting place for a group of enslaved individuals is no longer forgotten and will be preserved, following significant...

Joseph C. Pollett’s “Self Portrait” is an important piece of Woodstock Arts Colony history…

One hundred prohibition enforcement agents were sent to Albany to assist the local prohibition bureau in keeping the city dry...

Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2023, with an opening date of spring 2024.

Eddie Moran, 24, has just been named the new Tour and Interpretation manager at Historic Huguenot Street. What does this...

Important coverage such as "Since the first of December Delio Vazquez and William Puetz have caught in traps 32 muskrats...

Yet another museum and cultural center might be coming to New Paltz...

"I remember riding in the back seat of the family Studebaker past the old train station..."

Preserving New Paltz history for future generations...

In late August, Carol Johnson, coordinator for the Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection (HHHC) at the Elting Memorial Library in New Paltz,...

It was a rare survivor of the devastation that leveled much of Kingston’s downtown Rondout district in a 1960s urban...

So much about Winston Farm has always been big. Its farm name derives from a larger-than-life character who owned the...

The opening of the Material Heritage exhibit at the Harambee Pine Street African Burial Ground in Kingston took place on Saturday...