Pieter Bronck February 21, 2020 Rolling Down to Old Maui - Part Two Pieter Bronck February 21, 2020 The story of Catskill native Joseph Allen DuBois continues after sailing from New Bedford on a whale ship in September of 1851.
Pieter Bronck January 12, 2020 A Brief History of Catskill's Newspapers Pieter Bronck January 12, 2020 The Greene County Legislature votes to break ties with the Daily Mail, and the author offers some history of Catskill’s newspapers for context.
Pieter Bronck January 2, 2020 Rolling Down to Old Maui - Part One Pieter Bronck January 2, 2020 Joseph DuBois, a bank clerk from Prattsville, goes to sea in 1851 following in the footsteps of his grandfather.
Pieter Bronck November 5, 2019 The Burning of the Henry Clay Pieter Bronck November 5, 2019 One of the most famous steamboat disasters in the history of the Hudson River claims the lives of a local family.
Pieter Bronck October 3, 2019 Musing on Spirits at the Grave of Ezra Ramsdell Pieter Bronck October 3, 2019 A recently discovered journal lends itself to reflections on graveyards and the forgotten dead.
Pieter Bronck September 12, 2019 The Oldest Photograph of Catskill Pieter Bronck September 12, 2019 An Ambrotype of Catskill proves to be the oldest photo of the village and the earliest surviving image of the church designed by Thomas Cole.
Pieter Bronck August 16, 2019 Aftermath of an August Storm Pieter Bronck August 16, 2019 A freak storm brings down a plane on an August night in Coxsackie.
Pieter Bronck August 15, 2019 Photography Comes to Greene County Pieter Bronck August 15, 2019 An advertisement is rediscovered in the Catskill Messenger heralding the arrival of the first photographer to Greene County in 1842.