On the January 2026 episode of Crossroads of Rockland History podcast, host Clare Sheridan welcomed Timothy Englert, co-founder of Rockland County‘s Knickerbocker Ice Festival with Rob Patalano (1964-2025), returning on January 24-25, 2026.
Rockland Lake became world famous a century before it became a Rockland Lake State Park as “the ice box of New York City,” thanks in part to the Knickerbocker Ice Company’s large-scale harvesting operations from the 1830s to the 1920s which shipped ice as far as Australia, Asia and South Africa. [Read more…] about Knickerbocker Ice Festival Celebrates Rockland County’s Ice Industry
Go for a spin this fall and discover the scenic biking trails at New York State Parks.