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"I Never Objected to the Sapping"
Above: Roberta Christman tapping in February 1981. Photo from the Christman Family. Despite the cold we now experience, soon the days will be warm enough and the nights appropriately cool to signal...
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A Visit to the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church
This morning I paid a visit to the St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jewett on Route 23A. I didn't expect to see footsteps in the icy snow leading up to the bulletin board. Following...
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Celebrating the life of Justine Legg Hommel
Justine Hommel and the Haines Falls Free Library Bookmobile in 1950 A librarian, historian, educator, author, expert on the high peaks region of the Catskills and Mountain Top, and Bookmobile...
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Shirley Wiltse Dunn, 1929-2022A farewell tribute to a Mountain Top native and keeper of local history in the various places where she lived Shirley Wiltse Dunn was born in Tannersville, NY, graduated...
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“The Lord and the Devil and the Bleu Mountains”
A folk tale about the origins of the Catskills and why digging a hole in your spring garden can perhaps more accurately be called excavating. Excerpted from Doris West Brooks’s Short Stories and Tall...
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Inside the Archives: A Q&A with Bob Gildersleeve & John Curran
From the Spring 2022 edition of The Hemlock Every Wednesday, MTHS board members Bob Gildersleeve and John Curran volunteer their time to manage and digitize the extensive collections held in the MTHS...
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Twain on the Mountain
Recently we were pleased to offer research support to two staff members from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut who are putting together an exhibit on Samuel Clemens’ summer vacation...
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Cemetery Tour & Twilight Inn Fire
Thank you for the outstanding turnout to our “If These Stones Could Talk” Cemetery Tour last Saturday morning! More than 40 people joined Joanne Ainsworth and Dede Terns-Thorpe to explore the...
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