Spread the loveSteam power was chosen to operate the mill because most of Newburgh’s industrial businesses at that time were based along the Quassaick Creek.
Spread the loveThe two-and-a-half story stone house that sits along Forge Hill Road, just southeast of its intersection with Blooming Grove Turnpike (Route 94), in
Spread the loveWhen most people think about Broadway’s theater district, they focus on Manhattan. Beginning in the late 19th century, along another Broadway, in the
Spread the loveFrom October 1782 through June 1783, Gen. George Washington relocated 7,000 of his army troops to a 1,600-acre parcel of land at today’s
Spread the loveDuring the Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington maintained his headquarters in Newburgh, Orange County, from April 1782 through August 1783. There, he oversaw
Spread the loveLocated on the east side of Route 9W just north of Interstate-84 in Balmville, a hamlet in the Town of Newburgh, the Powelton
Spread the loveIn 1867, Newburgh attorney John Monell hired renowned architect Frederick Clarke Withers to build his mansion on 5 acres in the northwest corner
Spread the loveLake View House opened in the mid-19th century, adjacent to the south shore of Orange Lake in Newburgh. It still operates today as
Spread the loveThe house on North Street in Newburgh likely had a similar reason for the fountain’s presence, which was connected to a former homeowner
Spread the loveEditors Note: Have you ever driven by the Mile Markers along Route 17k (old Cochecton Turnpike) and wonder what they were for. Anthony
