Preliminary Notes: While the transcription includes only a few minor changes for readability, the original document that follows the transcription offers the opportunity to experience the events as witnessed and described by Christian Schultz in his original handwriting in 1761. Schultz lived on what is known as Old Post Road south of the intersection with …
One Week in the Life of a Farmer’s Wife July 1905
"Black-and-yellow Wood-Warbler (Flowering Raspberry. Rubus odoratus.), John James Audubon, 1841 From the New York Public Library" One Week in July 1905: Emma Coon shares her days as a farmer's wife and young mother. Sunday July 2, 1905~Rainy in am; Burton and his mother [Mary Cornelia Barker Coon] went to church. Monday July 3, 1905~Warm; I …
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The Point in Staatsburg, NY
The Ramble Since “The Point” is British-American Calvert Vaux’s creation, it seems appropriate to describe my usual method of walking as rambling, reminiscent of rambling over the moors in a British mystery. While rambling through Hopeland and Norrie, I have discovered 360 degrees of beautiful landscapes. However, I never discovered “The Point” until after learning …
Keeping NY History Alive 