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By Tobe Carey on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 - 10:34 pm
There was a time that Valentine's Day was celebrated with a gift of violets...not roses, but tender, aromatic violets. And, Rhinebeck was the Violet Capital of the World. At the dawn of the 20th century, Rhinebeck growers shipped millions of blossoms to... Read more
By Tobe Carey on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014 - 3:54 pm
Our popular Catskill Mountains and Hudson River history DVDs make great holiday gifts.
Deep Water - Building the Catskill Water System
The Catskill Mountain House and The World Around
Sweet Violets
Rails to the Catskills
You can get them online shipped... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 - 4:14 pm
Above: The interior of the Blenheim Bridge in 2006, in a photo by Flickr user paraflyer. The bridge was washed away by floodwaters in 2011.
The Old Blenheim Bridge, which was the longest open-span covered bridge in the world before it was destroyed by... Read more
By Tobe Carey on Tuesday, Sep. 2, 2014 - 10:56 pm
RAILS TO THE CATSKILLS will screen on September 21st at 3PM at the Marbletown Community Center on Rt 209, Stone Ridge.
We had a very successful showing of our documentary in Saugerties at the Public Library last week. Thanks to all those who came out to... Read more
By thomascole47 on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014 - 1:04 pm
By John Phillip Tappen on Monday, Jul. 14, 2014 - 10:29 am
Above: Musicians performing at the Catskills Irish Arts Week. Photo by Timothy H. Raab, from the Catskills Irish Arts week Facebook page.
Fervid followers of traditional Irish music and dance descend on East Durham this week for the twentieth annual... Read more
By John Phillip Tappen on Friday, Jun. 20, 2014 - 1:05 pm
Above: Historians in Fenian uniforms from an event last fall. Photo courtesy of Sam Levitt.
For those who have never heard of the Fenian Raids, a piece of little known Irish history, they will be recounted this weekend at the Old Stone Fort Museum Complex... Read more
By grkrev1 on Sunday, Mar. 9, 2014 - 11:12 am
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