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Matthew White Featured Speaker at Friends of Taconic State Park Annual Meeting

July 18, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Matthew WhiteMatthew White, proprietor of the Hillsdale General Store and HGS Home Kitchen in Hillsdale, NY headlines the Friends of Taconic State Park’s 15th Annual Meeting and BBQ Supper on Saturday, July 29nd beginning at 6 pm at the Copake Iron Works National Heritage Area, 35 Valley View Road, Copake Falls, in Columbia County, NY. [Read more…] about Matthew White Featured Speaker at Friends of Taconic State Park Annual Meeting

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Copake Iron Works Gets $100k For Loop Railroad

August 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Pomeroy Family Railroad at Copake Iron WorksFriends of Taconic State Park (FTSP) has received a $100,000 grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to support the development of The Pomeroy Family Railroad at Copake Iron Works.

The gift was announced at FTSP’s annual meeting on Saturday, July 30th at the Copake Iron Works National Heritage Area Site located within Taconic State Park. [Read more…] about Copake Iron Works Gets $100k For Loop Railroad

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Copake Iron Works, friends of Taconic State Park, Taconic State Park, William Pomeroy Foundation

Ken Jackson on Robert Moses at Copake Iron Works BBQ

June 16, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

robert moses and the modern cityNew York City historian Kenneth Jackson is set to headline Friends of Taconic State Park’s 11th Annual Meeting and BBQ Supper on Saturday, July 20th beginning at 6 pm at the Copake Iron Works National Heritage Area Site in the Hudson Valley, 35 Valley View Road, in Copake Falls, NY. [Read more…] about Ken Jackson on Robert Moses at Copake Iron Works BBQ

Filed Under: Books, Events, History Tagged With: Copake Iron Works, friends of Taconic State Park, New York City, Taconic State Park

Copake Iron Works Opens New Visitor Center

June 25, 2018 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

copake visitors centerFriends of Taconic State Park celebrated the opening of a Visitor Center at the Copake Ironworks on Saturday, June 16th.

Attending were members of the group’s Board of Directors and other supporters of the organization including the family of the late Frances R. Masters, Jr. in whose memory the Visitor Center was established, and Linda Cooper, Regional Director of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for the Taconic Region. [Read more…] about Copake Iron Works Opens New Visitor Center

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Copake Iron Works, friends of Taconic State Park

Iron and Steel History at Copake Iron Works July 27th

July 24, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Historian and biographer David Nasaw will be the featured speaker at the 9th Annual Meeting and BBQ Supper of Friends of Taconic State Park on Thursday, July 27th beginning at 6 pm at the Copake Iron Works.

Nasaw will present “Clash of the Titans! Pomeroy and Carnegie – Man of Iron vs. Man of Steel” at the annual gathering in Copake Falls. His bestseller Andrew Carnegie was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, the recipient of the New-York Historical Society’s American History Book Prize, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. [Read more…] about Iron and Steel History at Copake Iron Works July 27th

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Copake Iron Works, friends of Taconic State Park

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