The story of a calamitous shipwreck on the night of April 7, 1845 in Athens, New York.

Debunking the myth of the Irish Colleens of Saint Joseph’s Chapel in Ashland, New York.

A map sheds new light on the life of Johannes Strope, a settler who was massacred in Round Top, Cairo, NY in 1780.

An examination of two segments of a map of Catskill from 1798 prepared by John Cantine.

An early engraving of Catskill from the New-York Magazine is examined and contextualized.

A document advertising the capture of a runaway Slave named Peter by John DuMond of Catskill offers a glimpse into the collision of world and people during the American Revolution.

An early print of Athens and Hudson reveals both the old ferry canal and a window into America in the 1820s.

The story of three French Émigrés who joined in the creation of a mysterious plan for the City of Esperanza at modern day Athens, New York in the 1790s.

A discussion of stereographs and the early practitioners of stereography in the Catskills.

Identifying the location of John Jacob Loeffler's stereo view "Foot Bridge Near Griffin's Store" taken in Palenville, NY.

Celebrating the life of a woman from East Jewett for Women’s History Month.

The title for a new column is revealed in the retelling of an old folk tradition recorded in Rev. Henry Prout’s “Old Times in Windham.”

Election shenanigans culminate in newly elected Judge Malbone Watson beating the snot out of someone.

The name of a small town in the Catskills is a product of the political strife of a different age.

A brief history of the Athens Knitting Mill and Kadin Brothers pocketbook factory at Athens, New York.

Confederate flags in Upstate NY, government bans, and a little bit of frustration over the need to have this discussion.

Revisit the heyday of Catskill Mountain Resorts in this special feature by Jil DeMasi as she travels back in time through the camera lens of the Hallenbeck family as it captured candid moments around their summer resort in Haines Falls.

A glimpse of the machines that make snow happen at Hunter Mountain Ski Bowl.

Slavery, murder, and contemplating the crimes of our forefathers.

Reflections on the Cholera of 1832 and lessons we can learn from that historic pandemic.

The story of Catskill native Joseph Allen DuBois continues after sailing from New Bedford on a whale ship in September of 1851.

The Greene County Legislature votes to break ties with the Daily Mail, and the author offers some history of Catskill’s newspapers for context.

Joseph DuBois, a bank clerk from Prattsville, goes to sea in 1851 following in the footsteps of his grandfather.

One of the most famous steamboat disasters in the history of the Hudson River claims the lives of a local family.

A recently discovered journal lends itself to reflections on graveyards and the forgotten dead.

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.

A freak storm brings down a plane on an August night in Coxsackie.

An advertisement is rediscovered in the Catskill Messenger heralding the arrival of the first photographer to Greene County in 1842.