Spread the loveIn May 1864, the American Civil War was lurching towards its inevitable conclusion but the bloody toll was still mounting. Throughout New York
Spread the loveThe Brothers Wright made their historic flight at Kitty Hawk in September 1903 some eighteen months after my birth. I cannot recall a
Spread the loveIn 1856, architect Frederick Clarke Withers designed a 14-room, 5,545-square-foot Victorian-style mansion at 60 Grand Ave. (now Balmville Road) in the Newburgh hamlet
Spread the loveAn Ode In April of 2016 a group of students at Newburgh Free Academy, The Madrigal Choir, came together at Washington’s Headquarters to
Spread the love Introduction. On October 17, 1908, a brief death notice appeared in the Newburgh Telegram: James Stone, a well-known Union veteran, died aged
Spread the loveA Society For Heart and Hand Just north of the intersection of Route 9W and Fostertown Road is a sad little building of
Spread the loveA novel entitled, Stealing The General, about a Civil War spy escapade contains references to the notorious “Newburgh Murder” or “Newburgh Horror” that
Spread the loveAbraham Levitt, the man who arguably built more suburban homes in the United States than anyone else in the years following World War
Spread the loveOn the west side of Balmville Road in the Newburgh hamlet of Balmville is a mid-18th-century structure known as the Bloomer-Dailey house. It sits
Spread the loveOur Men of Property, 1846-1892 Our trade has left us and it will continue to do so. Last fall a great many of
