New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) were involved in two recent wildlife rescues, including a black bear cub rescued from a leg hold trap in Schoharie County and a whitetail deer entangled in a rope with another deer in Ulster County. [Read more…] about Black Bear Cub Rescued From Leg Hold Trap; Deer Rescued from Entanglement
Marbletown
Moses Smith and FDR: A Friendship
Moses Smith was a lifelong Democrat who lived in Hyde Park, in Dutchess County, New York, which at the time was a Republican bastion.
Smith was a tenant of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, living on a farm owned by FDR called Woodlawns. According to Smith’s son Clifford, the home got its name because of all the trees on its spacious lawns. [Read more…] about Moses Smith and FDR: A Friendship
Bearing Witness: Exploring the Legacy of Enslavement in Ulster County, New York
In New York State, Ulster County in particular had high rates of enslavement of people of African descent owing to its vast, bountiful farmland and its early settlement by wealthy Dutch, English, and French families.
The stories of those enslaved in Ulster County have long been underserved by historians, and the lives and identities of many are now lost forever, but new research continues to uncover important genealogical and societal information on who the enslaved and their enslavers were, what their lives were like, and the fate of newly emancipated Blacks and their families. [Read more…] about Bearing Witness: Exploring the Legacy of Enslavement in Ulster County, New York
New York’s Oldest Standing Log Cabin?
During the American Revolution in August 1778, given advanced warning of an impending raid by Loyalist and their Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) allies, scores of families around Pakatakan (Margaretville, in the town of Middletown, Delaware County, NY) began leaving their homes to seek shelter with families and friends near Kingston. [Read more…] about New York’s Oldest Standing Log Cabin?
Ulster County’s Historic ‘Osterhoudt Flats’ Protected; New Trail Planned
In July, the Open Space Institute (OSI) has acquired the historic 90-acre Osterhoudt Flats property that is expected to host a multi-use community trail in the Town of Marbletown, Ulster County, NY. OSI purchased the 90-acre property on Atwood Road from landowners Claude and Holly Osterhoudt. [Read more…] about Ulster County’s Historic ‘Osterhoudt Flats’ Protected; New Trail Planned
Man’s Body Recovered After Fall From Cliff at Mohonk Preserve
On Tuesday, March 14 at 11:30 pm New York State Police located the vehicle of a missing 45-year-old from Brooklyn in the Spring Farm parking lot of Mohonk Preserve in the town of Marbletown, Ulster County. [Read more…] about Man’s Body Recovered After Fall From Cliff at Mohonk Preserve