Spread the loveOn March 31, 1884, the then Village of Newburgh became the second municipality in New York to receive electricity. The power originated at
Spread the loveApproximately 240 years ago something extraordinary occurred in the Hudson Valley. This short book, Courtesy of The Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and
Spread the loveThe 1875 Beers Map of Orange County and the 1864 Farm Map of Newburgh by Michael Hughes both were works of art by
Spread the loveAs a native of the area and someone who attended Fostertown School (I still have a class picture out front at the end
Spread the loveNothing but a Chimney remains at the site of Gidneytown and the old Gidney Grist Mill built in the Early 1800s by Eleazer
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 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
