history
By Margaret Uhalde on Friday, Jun. 10, 2016 - 11:44 am
By Delaware County Historical Association on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2016 - 12:33 pm
By Delaware County Historical Association on Monday, May. 2, 2016 - 12:43 pm
By Robert Burke Warren on Thursday, Apr. 28, 2016 - 7:45 am
Above: A historical sign in the Ulster County hamlet of Bearsville. Photo by Doug Kerr, via Flickr.
“History is good,” said Michael Drillinger, the coordinator of the Maurice Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center in the Ulster County hamlet of Mount... Read more
By Tobe Carey on Saturday, Apr. 16, 2016 - 9:38 am
John Vanderlyn, neoclassical artist, born in 1775 in Kingston, following an old artistic tradition, created several self-portraits. Several famous self-portraits by artists of Vanderlyn's era are presented here.The Vanderlyn family story runs from the... Read more
By dgalusha on Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2016 - 7:45 pm
"The fisherman . . . is a kind of vagrant. . . He blends himself with the trees and the shadows. All his approaches are gentle and indrect. He times himself to the meandering, soliloquizing stream; its impulse bears him along. At the foot of the... Read more