What's
New
Greene County
USA
As many of you know, I have been assisting the Producer of
this documentary and it is now completed. I have been responsible
for locating many of the images in the film. Greene County USA is now
available on DVD
www.jonathandonaldproductions.com
Village of
Cairo Historic
Walking Tour I am
currently a member of the Cairo History Group and a small group of us
are spearheading the development of a Walking Tour of our historic Cairo
Village. We are hoping to get this up and running by next year. To that
end I will be reaching out to the Greene County website community for
help in gathering information. Our first question is whether anyone
recognizes this school photo and if anyone has any idea who the children
are in it? If you do, please get in touch with me right away - we are
working towards a deadline. The school is Cairo Union School, right in
the Village, also known as School District #1. Thanks in advance!
Shasenkopf@yahoo.com
Historic
Places in Greene County
Reception and Book Signing
HISTORIC PLACES IN GREENE COUNTY
Vedder Research Library
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
2 - 5 PM
Free Admission, Refreshments Served
The Greene County Historical Society along with its Historical
Register Committee is pleased to announce the publication of
HISTORIC PLACES IN GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK. On Saturday, December
5th from 2:00pm - 5:00pm a reception and book signing will take
place at the Vedder Research Library in Coxsackie. Admission is
free.
Lavishly illustrated with over 330 contemporary and historic
photographs and images, HISTORIC PLACES IN GREENE COUNTY is one of
the few detailed accounts to date chronicling the personal history
of Greene County, New York. Here is Greene County, one anecdote at a
time-the people, events, sites, ideas, experiences and
accomplishments that have all helped to shape the region’s history
over the past four centuries. The authors draw on an unparalleled
access to published and unpublished sources, as well as personal
testimony and oral family history.
HISTORIC PLACES IN GREENE COUNTY is the proud achievement of
numerous, dedicated members of the Greene County Historical
Society's Historical Register Committee. This volume highlights the
extensive histories accumulated over the Committee's nineteen year
existence, and are representative of historic places in Greene
County as a whole.
The Historical Register Committee was established in1990 to
recognize sites of cultural value in the history of Greene County,
New York and to advance public awareness, appreciation, and
preservation of local historic resources. Over 225 places and sites
have been listed to date.
HISTORIC PLACES IN GREENE COUNTY, NEW YORK will be available at
FlintMinePress.com, the Greene County Historical Society, select
locations throughout Greene County, and Amazon.com.
The reception will begin at 2:00pm on December 5th. Please join
members of the Historical Register Committee at the Vedder Research
Library to celebrate the publication of HISTORIC PLACES IN GREENE
COUNTY, NEW YORK. The Vedder Research Library is located just off
Route 9W, south of the intersection of Routes 9W, 385 and 81 near
Coxsackie, N.Y., and is easily reached via NYS Thruway Exit 21B at
Coxsackie. The book is supported in part by Furthermore, a program
of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, Joan K. Davidson and Ann Brickmayer. For
more information, call the Vedder Research Library at (518)
731-1033.
Greene County Historical Quiz #18
Captain Samuel Van Vechten's Company from Catskill served in what
campaign?
1) Against Frontenac in the invasion of 1693.
2) With Governor Hunter in the expedition against Canada in 1711
3) With the forces opposing General Carlton in 1776.
4) During the Burgoyne invasion of 1777.
5) With General Arnold in garrison at West Point in 1780
In 1777 the most important military campaign ever to take place in New
York was carried on. This was the famous "Burgoyne Invasion". The
invasion plans included all but one of the following:
1) General Burgoyne was to descend Lake Champlain, as General
Carlton had attempted to do the year before, and march towards Albany
2) Sir John Johnson with the Iroquois Indians were to march
against and capture Fort Niagara
3) Colonel St. Leger was to penetrate the Mohawk Valley and drive
towards Albany for a junction with Burgoyne.
4) Lord Howe with the bulk of the British Army and fleet was to
ascend the Hudson from New York City, thereby cutting the life line with
New England and separating the colonies.
There has always been a question as to just why Lord Howe did not carry
out his part of the plan, which seemed to be the easiest and most
important. The generally accepted belief is:
1) That the war ministry neglected to advise Lord Howe until it
was too late to make adequate preparations.
2) The British felt they could not get their ships past West
Point.
3) American Loyalists refused to fight against their neighbors.
4) General Howe was secretly in favor of the colonies
5) General Howe did not think his troops were adequate for the
attempt. A half mile south of
Catskill is a low hill called Kykuit (pronounced cake-out). It was used
for what purpose?
1) To observe weather conditions in the Hudson Valley.
2) As a gathering place for the local Imboght militia.
3) As a place for setting warning fires.
4) As a meeting place for the members of the Indian tribes war
parties.
5) As a place to get gravel for building the roads.
Major Augustine Prevost, who became a leading citizen and benefactor in
Greenville is credited with all but one of the following:
1) He gave freely for religious and school purposes
2) His daughter Ann organized the first Sunday School in the area.
3) He served faithfully in the French and Indian War.
4) Alexander Hamilton was a one time business associate and Aaron
Burr was at one time his legal advisor.
5) He served on General Washington's staff during the Revolutions. Answers next upload!
Questions
for previous quizzes
Answers
to previous quizzes
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Nathanel
Greene - April 30, 2009
Windham Journal Obituaries - September, October and November 2008 -
April 30, 2009
Catskill Game Farm - April 30, 2009
The Revolutionary War - the 11th Regiment, Coxsackie and the Imboght -
April 30, 2009
Windham Tax Assessment 1801 - April 30, 2009
Coxsackie Tax Assessment 1801 - April 30, 2009
Ancient Documents of Greene County - 1813-1826 -
April 30, 2009
Linzly Cemetery, Catskill - updated -
April 30, 2009
Isaac Hallenbeck Cemetery, Athens - April
30, 2009
Henry Hallenbeck Cemetery, Athens - April
30, 2009
Greenville Press obituaries - January, February and March 2007 -
April 30, 2009
Greenville Local obituaries - July, August and September 2008 -April
30, 2009
Deeds -Grantor Index - Ba - April 30, 2009
Officers, Soldiers and Seamen from the Civil War - Coxsackie -April
30, 2009
Old Timers - Boats of the Hudson River - 1966 - Towing Sidewheelers -
April 30, 2009
Old Timers - Boats of the Hudson River - 1964 - Two Grand Old
Freighters: Storm King and Reserve; Chancellor Livingston; Robert L.
Stevens; Francis Skiddy; Curtis Peck; Mary Powell; Thomas Powell;
Catskill; Car of Neptune; Firefly; Steamboats of Robert Fulton -
April 30, 2009
Old Timers - Boats of the Hudson River - 1963 - Debut of the Towboat;
Calliope on the River - April 30, 2009
Stone Arch Bridges - Webber Bridge -
April 30, 2009
Vandenburgh Cemetery - April 30, 2009
Coe Family Bible - April 30, 2009
Chestnut Lawn - Section One - April 30, 2009
Temple Israel Cemetery - Catskill -
April 30, 2009
New Baltimore RDC Church Cemetery - April
30, 2009
South Cairo High School ca 1910 - April
30, 2009
Medway School House - April 30, 2009
Greene County Ephemera - J.T. Henderson Advertising; Athens
Sesquecentennial First Day Cover; Sabbath Day Merit Cards - Hannah
Archabald, Roselie and Cornelia Lament -
April 30, 2009
More Carson City and Indian Village material -
April 30, 2009
Lithograph Catskill Village 1889 - April
30, 2009
William Bartlett Lithograph - Village of Catskill, ca 1839 -
April 30, 2009
Arthur Clifford Story Photographer - new pics -
April 30, 2009
More Blaisdell Family photos - April 30, 2009
Ostrander Family Gallery - April 30, 2009
Greene County Men in Uniform - Civil War - Corp. Wm. H. Hisard -
April 30, 2009
Military Minutes of the Council of Appointments of the State of New York
- 1783 -1821 - April 30, 2009
Coxsackie Militia 1779 - April 30, 2009
Petition of the Inhabitants of Coxhaukee, County of Albany - 1747 -
April 30, 2009
Athens Schools - 1933 - April 30, 2009
Levi Finch
Family Bible - July 26, 2009
New Baltimore Town Records - 1811 - 1826 -
July 26, 2009
Ancient Documents of Greene County, Part 3 - 1826 - 1857 -
July 26, 2009
Greenville Local Obits - December 2008, January 2009, February 2009,
March 2009, April 2009 - July 26, 2009
Greenville Press Obits - April 2007, May 2007, June 2007 -
July 26, 2009
Windham Journal Obits - December 2008, January 2009, February 2009,
March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009 -
July 26, 2009
Windham Journal Obits - January 1860 -
July 26, 2009
Genealogical Gleanings Windham Journal 1860 -
July 26, 2009
Catskill Recorder Obits - 1820 - 1822 -
July 26, 2009
Catskill Recorder Marriages - 1820 - 1822 -
July 26, 2009
Windham Journal Marriages - January 1860 -
July 26, 2009
Old Dutch Place Names - July 26, 2009
St. Patrick's Cemetery - Section 1 & 2 -
July 26, 2009
Chestnut Lawn Cemetery - Section 2 and 9 Old Section -
July 26, 2009
Cairo Tax Assessment - 1813, 1815 -
July 26, 2009
History of Haines Falls - O.P. Button -
July 26, 2009
Halcott Valley - 1851-1976 - July
26, 2009
Beers' History of Greene County - Outline History of New York, Outline
History of Greene County, The Catskill Mountains, Old Katskill, Modern
Catskill - July 26, 2009
Catskill Village Records - 1822-1836 -
July 26, 2009
Nathanael Greene - An American Biography -
July 26, 2009
Henry Hudson's Halve Maen and 4 other ships come to Catskill - a
pictoral essay - July 26, 2009
The Eventful Times of Private John Parry -
July 26, 2009
Cairo Hose Co. - a pic from the late 1920's -
July 26, 2009
A History of Photographic processes -
July 26, 2009
C.E. Gorden - a Catskill Photographer -
July 26, 2009
Officers and Soldiers of the Civil War - Catskill -
July 26, 2009
Ephemera - Zadock Pratt letter April 24, 1845 -
July 26, 2009
Letters - George W. Pratt letter re: uniforms - January 1858 -
July 26, 2009
Greenville
Local Obituaries - July 2007, August 2007, September 2007, October 2007,
November 207, December 2007 - October 9, 2009
Court of Common Pleas Index - 1830 - 1835 -
October 9, 2009
Beers' History of Greene County - Ashland, Athens, Cairo, Coxsackie,
Durham, Greenville, Halcott, Hunter, Jewett, Lexington, New Baltimore,
Prattsville, Windham, Appendix - October
9, 2009
Daily Mail Obituaries - August 2006 , September 2006 -
October 9, 2009
Windham Journal Obituaries - July 2009, August 2009, November 1859 -
October 9, 2009
Windham Journal Marriages - November 1859 -
October 9, 2009
Genealogical Gleanings from the Windham Journal - November 1859 -October
9, 2009
Cairo Tax List - 1819 - October 9, 2009
Revolutionary War Pension List for New York State - 1813 -
October 9, 2009
St. Patrick's Cemetery - Section 3 -
October 9, 2009
Burrough's Sister Gallery - October 9, 2009
Supreme Court Case - John Barker vs Andrew Eicklor and Others 1822
- October 9, 2009
Town of Lexington Minutes - 1813-1829 -
October 9, 2009
Grantor Index Be-Bl - October 9, 2009
Greenville Center Baptist Church - Pictures -
October 9, 2009
Calvary Episcopal Church Cairo - Pictures -
October 9, 2009
Frederick Eickler Pension File - Rev War -
October 9, 2009
Jesse Allen Pension File - Rev War -
October 9, 2009
John Eckler Pension File - Summary - Rev War -
October 9, 2009
1st Reformed Dutch Church Athens - Anniversary Address- 1826-1901 -
October 9, 2009
Obituaries from various newspapers - Henry Root Avery, Rev. Henry Bates,
Beverly Anne Norton Bove, Orrin D. Wilkinson, Emma Vaughn, Julia Wiers,
Capt. Grant Legatte, Nelson C. Legatte, Thos. H. Fitzgerald, Etta
Lezatte, David Curtis, Capt. Frederick Cogswell, John S. Hisserd, Susan
V. Ryon, Wm. B. Townsend, Samuel Cheeseman Jr., Betty Briggs, George
Jones, Mrs. Peter Silvers, Freta Luck, George D. Rappleyea, Emil
Gerstenberg, David Van Wie, Albertus Van Schaack -
October 9, 2009
Marriages from various newspapers - Esther Swartout and E. Frank Martin,
Theodore Spoor and Florence E. Dubois, Henry Briggs and Charlotte
Brinkman, Rev. Allen F. Marley and Bertie Maguire -
October 9, 2009
Burgess Howard Biography - October 9, 2009
Capt. Joseph Allen Biography - October 9, 2009
More Carson City - October 9, 2009
More Game Farm - October 9, 2009
More Winter Clove Inn - October 9, 2009
Letters - Bee to Noah Mundy 1881 -
October 9, 2009
Letters - Cousin Addie to Susie Houck 1883 -
October 9, 2009
Letters - J. Day to Daniel Day - Pre 1847 -
October 9, 2009
Letters - Sister to Doct. J.F. Norbury - Pre 1847 -
October 9, 2009
Letters - C.A. Hollenbeck to Hon. G.S. Nichols 1857 -
October 9, 2009
Letters - Ralph Barker P.M. to Post Master North Bergen, NY - 1837 -
October 9, 2009
Deed - David Calhoun to Augustine Prevost - 1794 -
October 9, 2009
Catskill Academy Articles - 1791 -
October 9, 2009
Officers, Soldiers, Seamen, Civil War, New Baltimore -
October 9, 2009
Officers, Soldiers, Seamen, Civil War, Lexington -
October 9, 2009
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