Growing Up In Newburgh: Past Meets the Present
By Matthew Colon Nostalgia is something that we all experience. These pleasant recollections accompanied by moving emotions may affect us at random times. This was the case for me when I visited a...
View ArticleAnother Exhibit Opening and Reception, Another Success!
On Sunday, June 7th, a new exhibit titled, “Growing Up In Newburgh,” opened at the historic Captain David Crawford House. Seventy visitors, made up of new visitors, donors and members, made this...
View ArticleNewburgh Illuminated at the Crawford House
The Newburgh Historical Society will open the historic Captain David Crawford House during the June 20th city-wide event, Newburgh Illuminated. Between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. members of the public are...
View ArticleCrawford House Benefits from Newburgh Illuminated
The third annual Newburgh Illuminated Festival was focused on Broadway and Liberty Streets. It wasn’t spread throughout the city as previous years, but via a trolley ride visitors could experience...
View ArticleCemetery Tour Brings to Life Notable Figures of the Past
Both the Newburgh Historical Society and St. George’s Episcopal Church invites the public on a guided walking tour on July 12th starting at 2:00 p.m. This half mile walk consists of 21 points of...
View ArticlePicture Gallery: Planning a Walking Tour of St. George’s Cemetery
On July 12th, the Newburgh Historical Society and St. George’s Episcopal Church are leading a walking tour of St. George’s Cemetery. It is a collaborative effort that involved many people to plan what...
View ArticlePicture Gallery: 108 Join Walking Tour of Historic Cemetery
It was questionable whether those who made reservations to join Sunday’s walking tour would stay home due to the heat or choose some place cooler to be. By the date of the event, July 12th, we...
View ArticleJoint Program by the Newburgh Historical Society and St. George’s Church...
The second part of the joint program by the Newburgh Historical Society and St. George’s Episcopal Church continues on August 2nd at 3:00 p.m. with a history talk about the Rev. John Brown. During the...
View ArticleHistory of the Shade of Trees in the Village of Newburgh
By Rev. John Brown, D.D. (1791-1884) In the Spring of the year 1827, being the owner of a large garden at the corner of First and Liberty streets, I made application to the Village Street Commissioner...
View ArticleExcerpt: The Rev. John Brown, D.D.
Of all Newburgh’s galaxy of brilliant and distinguished clergy-men of other days, perhaps the most outstanding was Dr. John Brown, for many years rector of St. George’s. He occupied its pulpit from...
View ArticleNewburgh Challenges the Hudson Valley to a Game of Croquet
The Hudson Valley tradition of croquet continues on August 16th between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. with the annual tournament at Newburgh’s beautiful Downing Park. Registration opens at 12:00 p.m. and...
View ArticlePicture Gallery: History Talk Benefits Historic Cemetery
The Newburgh Historical Society and St. George’s Church have proven through their partnership that not only is the history of Newburgh rich and diverse, but that many will come to experience it. Over...
View ArticlePicture Gallery: A Wine Taste of History
More than a dozen historic sites participated in the 2015 Taste of History, a Columbus Day Weekend “food history” trail organized by the Mid-Hudson Historic Destinations. The main idea, which was to...
View ArticleOur Early Nineteenth Century Port
This is the high time of year for seeing cruise boats o the Hudson. All sizes and types of boats are taking people out for sightseeing, for dinner or for a longer trip up the valley and back again....
View ArticleRiverview | Fall 2015
This issue of the Riverview is now available! Subscribe to our email list and receive future issues of the Riverview in your inbox. Fall 2015 Riverview→ Members receive the print version of the...
View ArticleA Need for Water
People care about where their water comes from. If there was some sort of contamination at a water source, chances are you’d want to know if it affected your faucet, especially considering the...
View ArticleConnecting Highways for Newburgh Prosperity
It began with the Cochecton Turnpike (today’s Route 17K) that opened western markets for the little port of Newburgh. Cochecton is a town in Sullivan County along the Delaware River. It was the...
View ArticleSocial Media Does Not Belong at Our History Organizations?
I was also granted permission to analyze the Facebook pages of other local history and heritage related organizations. It was interesting to see that the results from most of the pages aligned with...
View ArticleVolunteerism at the Crawford House: Leveling the Bluestone Path
In November, Russell Lange and Bill Mocko, two long-standing members and volunteers, dropped by one Sunday to level the bluestone path at the west entrance. Over time the ground beneath the stone...
View ArticleCelebrating the Life of David Crawford
Here, in the middle of that new water highway was Newburgh just waking up from its sleepy little status as a regional market town after the Revolutionary War. In the fall of 1824, our community’s...
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