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Columbia County Road Tour Explores Local Movie History

April 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

1737 Luykas Van Alen HouseThe Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) has announced the return of “Drive Through History,” a series of free, self-guided road trips. [Read more…] about Columbia County Road Tour Explores Local Movie History

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Film History

Columbia County Historians Receive Grants

February 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Red Rock Historical Society by Arthur A BakerThe Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) has announced it has awarded grants to five County historical societies as part of its annual county re-grant program. The competitive grant application period opens at the end of each calendar year. [Read more…] about Columbia County Historians Receive Grants

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Canaan Historical Society, Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Grants, Greenport Historical Society, Historic Preservation, Hudson, Red Rock Historical Society

Apples & Schoolhouses Added To Columbia County Road Trips

October 5, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Samascott Orchards, a stop on the 'Good Apples' Drive Through History road trip.The Columbia County Historical Society has added two more road trips to its ongoing ‘Drive Through History’ series, ‘Good Apples’ and ‘Schoolhouse Stories.’ [Read more…] about Apples & Schoolhouses Added To Columbia County Road Trips

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Agricultural History, agriculture, Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society

Great Egret Rescued In Columbia County

September 26, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

injured Great Egret tries to escape capture provided by DECAccording to a press release issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, on August 24th, ECO Davey received a report of an injured Great Egret on Ooms Pond in the town of Chatham. The egret reportedly had a severely broken leg tangled in discarded fishing line. [Read more…] about Great Egret Rescued In Columbia County

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Nature Tagged With: birds, Columbia County, DEC, ECOs, nature, Wildlife

Columbia Co ‘Drive Through History’ Road Trips

August 15, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Famous Prize Fight historical marker in Boston Corners provided by Columbia County Historical SocietyColumbia County Historical Society has announced the launch of Drive Through History road trips, which aim to immerse participants in fascinating stories and historical sites around the County. [Read more…] about Columbia Co ‘Drive Through History’ Road Trips

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Recreation Tagged With: Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society

Significance of Impeachment Lectures Set for Hudson

January 21, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

united state constitutionColumbia County Historical Society and Hudson Area Library are set to co-sponsor a presentation by author and historian Dr. Christopher Leahy entitled “Historical Significance of Impeachment in the U.S.” .

Leahy will deliver an overview of the historical significance of impeachment in the United States, including: insights on impeachment, its historical basis, constitutional significance, and the impeachment process. [Read more…] about Significance of Impeachment Lectures Set for Hudson

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Hudson, Political History, politics

Columbia Co 34th Annual Gallery of Wreaths

November 19, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

holiday wreath provided by Columbia County Historical SocietyColumbia County Historical Society (CCHS) has announced that they are seeking donations of wreaths for the 34th Annual Gallery of Wreaths.

A Columbia County tradition, the Gallery of Wreaths kicks off the holiday season this year by displaying donated wreaths in the circa 1819 James Vanderpoel ‘House of History’ in Kinderhook, during Thanksgiving Weekend, November 29th through December 1st. [Read more…] about Columbia Co 34th Annual Gallery of Wreaths

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Holidays, Vanderpoel House

‘Day of History’ Funded Columbia County 4th Graders

February 19, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

4th Grade Students Tour the Luykas Van Alen House in a Day of HistoryThe Martin Van Buren homestead, Lindenwald, a National Park Service Historic Site, and the Columbia County Historical Society have announced an all-expenses paid ‘Day of History’ partnership during Spring and Fall 2019 for all the students of Columbia County to the CCHS Rural Properties: 1737 Luykas Van Alen House and c.1850 Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse; and to the residence of the 8th U.S. President, Lindenwald, the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. [Read more…] about ‘Day of History’ Funded Columbia County 4th Graders

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Education, Martin Van Buren NHS, Social Studies

Early American Portraits Lecture Planned In Kinderhook

January 9, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Early American/Columbia County Portraits from the permanent collection of the CCHSThe Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) has announced an illustrated lecture, “Early American Portraits,” led by Gayle Skluzacek, set for Saturday, January 19th, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, at Van Buren Hall in Kinderhook.

Early American and Columbia County Portrait Paintings are the theme of this two-part Winter Lecture Series. The first lecture will explore Early American portraiture, focusing on the East Coast, including Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Post-lecture, all attendees are invited to the James Vanderpoel ‘House of History’ for wine or other beverages. [Read more…] about Early American Portraits Lecture Planned In Kinderhook

Filed Under: Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Art History, Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Cultural History, Kinderhook, Material Culture

Dark Eagle: Was Colonel Jacob Griffin A Spy?

February 25, 2018 by Michael DeBonis 10 Comments

Colonel Jacob Griffin portraitThe American Revolution forged a nation out of a place where none had existed previously, and in one of history’s truly shocking instances, a modern democracy had created itself and turned on its former master with stunning speed and resolution.

Colonel Jacob Griffin, a tavern keeper from Dutchess County at Fishkill, was a brazen and unflappable American Patriot. He had helped stir anti-British sentiment in 1775 by using his tavern to draft a formidable petition supporting the Continental Congress and openly maligning the Crown. The document demanded the Colonies’ separation from England and mustered 502 signatures.

In the late spring or early summer of 1775, he joined the Dutchess County (New York State) Militia as a Captain and would be promoted to Colonel before War’s end.   As a successful tavern owner Jacob Griffin rubbed elbows with the Continental Army’s elite – Steuben, Putnam, the Marquis de La Fayette and Washington. But is there more to Griffin’s role in the Revolutionary War?

[Read more…] about Dark Eagle: Was Colonel Jacob Griffin A Spy?

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: American Revolution, AmRev, Columbia County, Dutchess County, Military History

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