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Neversink Valley Museum

Great Rivals: Lehigh Navigation and the D&H Canal

August 14, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lehigh Coal Cos open pit Summit Hill mine on Mauch Chunk Mountain

The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, the great rival to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, was built a few years before the completion of the D&H and carried a significant amount of anthracite coal to the tide-waters of the Hudson and Delaware Rivers.

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Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: D&H Canal, Delaware & Hudson Canal, Delaware River, Geology, Hudson River, Lehigh Coal, Neversink Valley Museum, Transportation History

Orange County’s John Hathorn And His Militia

June 26, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

hawthorne portraitThe Neversink Valley Museum of History & Innovation will present a History Talk on Wednesday, July 19th at 7 pm with local historian Sue Gardner. Gardner will speak about “Most Obedient Servant: Tracking the Life and Legacy of John Hathorn and his Militia.”

John Hathorn of Warwick, “the man who lost the Battle of Minisink” was a successful military leader, politician, and activist, who served in the first and fourth Congresses of the United States. Yet his life has remained in the shadows due to the destruction of his collected papers by his family shortly after his death.

A search spanning more than 15 years has turned up a great deal about Hathorn, his close involvement with the early days of the nation and New York State, and the activities of his men during the Revolutionary War. This illustrated presentation by Sue Gardner will trace evidence of this forgotten founding father and the men who were under his command. [Read more…] about Orange County’s John Hathorn And His Militia

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Military History, Neversink Valley Museum

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