Greene County - An Overview

Village of Catskill, lithograph black and white reprint, circa 1839 by William Bartlett
From the personal collection of Sylvia Hasenkopf

• History of Greene County    

  • Nathanael Greene   April 30, 2009

  • History of Greene County 1651-1800 by Jessie V.V. Vedder

  • Index to Beers' 1884 "History of Greene County"  

  • Dear Old Greene County by Gallt

  • The Catskill Mountains and the Region Around by Rockwell 

  • History of Greene County - General Description, Geography, Topography, Soil, Water, Geology - J.B. Beers:  History of Greene County    

  • The Indians - Their History and Legends - J.B. Beers: History of Greene County    

  • Discovery and Settlement - J.B. Beers: History of Greene County  

  • Original Land Titles - Synopsis of the Patents - J.B. Beers: History of Greene County  

  • Historical Collections of the State of New York - Greene County

  • The Legend of Roger's Island   

  • Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New York State - Greene County -1860 by French

  • The Dairy Industry   

• The Towns

  • Population by Town 1810-1880
     
  • The Name Tells a Story - the Origins of Town Names
     
  • The Towns - A Timeline   
     
  • Where are They - the Villages and Hamlets of Greene County  

• Maps     

  • Towns of Coxsackie and Athens 1884   
     
  • Greene County and the Towns 1867     
     
  • Great Lot 25 and 26 1749-1850 - Town of Hunter  
     
  • Panoramic Map of Catskill (1889) and Hunter (1890) (offsite location)
     
  • Map of the Village of Athens, with Historic Legend 
     
  • Loveridge Patent 1770 
     
  • The Counties of New York State in 1799
     
  • Map and Survey for Land sold by George Clark to Ira Day 1811   March 2, 2009
     
  • Catskill - Lithograph of the Village 1889   April 30, 2009

• The Towns      

  • Lexington    

  • New Baltimore  

  • Durham and its Early Settlers   

  • Borthwick Papers - Historical Sketches of the Town of Durham  

  • Henry Brace - Historical Sketches of the Town of Catskill   

  • Old Catskill by Henry Brace - Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. CCCLV - December, 1879, Vol. LX 

  • The Catskills - Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. CCCXCVII - June 1883, Vol. LXVII  

  • Old Times in Windham - Rev. Henry Hedges Prout  

  • Ashland was Scienceville  

  • Ye Olden Times - Historical Sketches of Coxsackie    

  • Reminiscences of Catskill - Local Sketches   James D. Pinckney

  • Early Settlers of East Jewett

  • History of the Town of Cairo - Grace Webber  

  • Reminiscences of Leeds  

  • Interpreting the Past  - Research by the Windham Town Historian, Patricia Morrow   

  • Cairo's Bicentennial  - Robert Uzzilia, Cairo Town Historian, Remembers Cairo's Past  

• Early Settlement  

• Transportation  

  • Turnpikes and Stage Lines 

  • Railroads   

  • Susquehanna Turnpike Notice  

  • Statement of the Stockholders of the Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad, March 15, 1842   

  • Sloops of the Hudson

    • Chapter One - The Sloop as a Packet Vessel  

    • Chapter Two - The Sail in Competition with Steam  

    • Chapter Three  - The Personal Reminiscences of Captain George D. Woolsey           

  • Era of Romance - Boats on the Hudson  

  • Old Timers - The Hudson River Boats     October 26, 2008  December 31, 2008  March 2, 2009 April 30, 2009

  • Stone Arch Bridges of Greene County      October 28, 2008    December 31, 2008   March 2, 2009 April 30, 2009

• Directories

  • 1869 Boyd's Business Directory 

  • 1871 Greene County Directory  

  • 1896 Greene County Directory  

  • Town of Hunter 1890 Directory  

• Catskill Savings Bank  

• Tanners Bank Catskill  

• Bicentennial Walking Tour of Athens 2003  

• Welcome to Athens  

• What has Happened to the Greene Co Farmer?
  

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