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Welcome to SaugertiesPast - Now n Then n Back Again

Since I was a young whipper snapper, growing up in Saugerties, I was preserving it's History.
​With the invention of this thing we call the internet, I decided to digitally preserve Saugerties and Surrounding Area History. It's been my long time, ongoing pet project. I am not affiliated with the Saugerties Historical Society nor any other organization. Just me and my doings.
Hope that some of you enjoy my work. Thank You for stopping by.
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Bringing Our Past back to Life, one Fade at a time......
Each WhatWasThere "Fade", will be worth a Visit, if only for a moment.
Your about to venture into the Past of  The Hudson Valley, Catskill Mountain Region

Fading from then, to now, for tomorrow............
EnJoy Folks!

Flash Back Memories of Saugerties 1 / Flash Back Memories of Saugerties 2 / Now & Then Saugerties Fades/
Saugerties Historical Society/

This is an ongoing project, with many future SaugertiesPast "fades" planned.

YOUR HISTORY AND PHOTOGRAPH IMAGES WANTED FOR FADING!
If you know history about a particular "fade", please share it with us, so we can add it to the "fade's" description.
Giving you the proper credits.
We want to Sincerely Thank All those Folks who have shared with us, some of the images we used.
If you have any images that haven't been already "faded", please share so they can be "faded"


"Preserving SaugertiesPast in SaugertiesPresent for SaugertiesFuture"

To be continued..........

Dedicated to All Saugerties Folks, Past, Present and Future

ALL NOW & THEN FADES WILL OPEN IN NEW WINDOW


SaugertiesPast and SaugertiesPresent

Now & Then Fades

Click on any image, and you begin your journey.......
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for those of you who never had the opportunity to read

THE EARLY HISTORY OF SAUGERTIES 1660-1825
BY BENJAMIN MYER BRINK

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL TEXT ONLINE
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​Here is another Great Informative Saugerties History Site
TOWN OF SAUGERTIES VILLAGE OF SAUGERTIES HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION​​
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History of the Saugerties Fish and Game Club/

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One of my All Time Favorite Saugerties Moms, Mrs. Joan Keefe, whom I Love Dearly. She is being interviewed and recorded, discussing her time during WWII as a WAC. 
It's a Priceless Recording of a Wonderful Wonderful Person!! Love You Joan!!!

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Circa 1870s Saugerties Bridge over Upper Esopus Creek
With a Sincere Appreciation to Michael Sullivan Smith, and Richard Frisbie, who shared some of the Photo and Bridge History.
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This Rare image of the Saugerties bridge, over the Esopus Creek, lower Partition Street, was taken from The Pearl, which was published in 1875 and the pictures of the bridge are from 5 years earlier for the Burr Arch bridge and December, 1874 for the iron bridge. The iron bridge was replaced around 1934 with the present bridge.
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Some History about the bridge, by Richard Frisbie;  
"My contribution to a fourth grader's oral history project. 
Major events in history aren't made up of just dates and names. They come about through a network of actions and interactions that are seemingly unconnected at the time. Here's a good example:
On September 1, 1825, Henry Barclay, who is acknowledged as the founder of Saugerties Village and its industries, bought 150 acres of land in Saugerties. Four months later he purchased approximately 60 more acres on both sides of the Esopus, including an island known as "Persen's Island," from Robert Livingston." -
PLEASE CREDIT and READ MORE at Richard's Site -http://www.hopefarm.com/barclay.htm

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The Orpheum, as once said, "Appeared" Oct. of 1908. This photo was taken soon after. Besides Moving Pictures, The Orpheum also offered Roller Skating, Vaudeville, Dancing, Musicals and other Entertainments.
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The Orpheum just around 1909-10 era
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1906 - Main Street Saugerties - Richard Lionel DeLisser Photo - Saugerties Lighthouse TV 23 Share
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CHAUTAUQUA WEEK - Saugerties NY - MAIN STREET PARADE - around the late teens early 1920s
Thanks to Bertram Clifford Legg Jr. for his help finding history about the Chautaugua.  Click Here to learn more -> Chautauqua Meaning
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Central Hotel on Partition Street, Saugerties N.Y. Around the early 1900s This was a share by Audrey Klinkenberg, of Ron and Suzanne Le Blanc's photo on I Like Saugerties Facebook Page

Chester Hartwell created a nice presentation for the Central Hotel. You can see more by clicking here and viewing his thread on Facebook

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L.H. Kleeber Barber Shop - Partition Street - No longer exists. Now a "faded" Moment - Thanks again to All the Dedicated Folks Working Hard to Preserve SaugertiesPast History
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Early 1900s era - Approaching the Railroad Tracks, North toward Woodstock, Ulster Ave.-Rt. 212
With Thanks to I Like Saugerties Facebook, Chester Hartwell, for supplying information on the above photo.
"this photo was probably taken by Richard Lionel De Lisser circa 1896-1900 and then published in "Picturesque Ulster", page 281."
Picturesque Ulster has been Re-Published by Hope Farm Books, and can be found for sale here.
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J. Dargan Service Station Ulster Ave.
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Our backs to Market looking up Ulster
Click to go back and visit with the Spirits of the Ladies of SaugertiesPast
Thanks to David Keehn and Marjorie Block, we can now visit the inside of the Ellen Russell Aged Women's Home
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123 Ulster ave. Saugerties N.Y. Residence Robert Thurnherr
With a Sincere Appreciation to Bertram Clifford Legg Jr. for sharing this moment captured of the Residence of Robert Thurnherr , with I Like Saugerties Facebook Community.
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1900s view of The Orpheum Theater and Skating Rink - Saugerties N.Y.

The year is 1910
Standing on upper Main Street in Saugerties, Ulster County, Hudson Valley Region. With the Cahill school at our backs, we are viewing the once residences of Cantine and Seamon Families.

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Residences of Cantine and Seamon Families - 1910

Standing at the end of John Street, on Lafayette St., looking toward Main Street.
Sometime back in the 1920s era.

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Another black & white glimpse of John St. off Main St.
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LAFAYETTE STREET - as it was in 1915 - Looking toward Market St.
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Cloverleaf Motel Route 212 Saugerties Woodstock Rd. 1960s
Take a moment, and step back in time
For the Best in Rest Come to Rainbow Motel in 1950s SaugertiesPast
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The Katsbaan Inn & Restaurant Malden Turnpike 1970s Continental Cuisine Served by your Hosts, Alvi and Martta Peiponen.
Read Local Stories and History about the Katsbaan Inn, by following along with the Saugerties Historical Society's Facebook Thread posted by David Keehn CLICK HERE
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Van Buskirks Pharmacy Building 1865
The First Van Buskirk's Pharmacy Building, 1865, stood on the corner of Main and Partition St., where the Later Built, 1911, Van Buskirk's Building stands currently
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A. Rightmeyer Apothecary at Main and Market St.s
With Much Thanks to Roderick Finley for sharing this wonderful article with Facebook Community,
 I like Saugerties, Donald Curry photo, Post Star Article
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The Maxwell House, as it looked then. Corner of Partition and Russel Streets, Saugerties. Un-sure of the year.
Another Historical Moment Captured of SaugertiesPast.
Thanks again to Chester Hartwell, of the I Like Saugerties Facebook Community, and the Post Star for their share.
As history is collected, it will be posted here.

The Kiersted House
Home of the Saugerties Historical Society. Thanks to Marjorie Block of Saugerties for her hard work and dedication. Without her efforts, Saugerties History may never have been revealed as it is today.
​Click to visit Saugerties Historical Society's Webpage

We are not affiliated in any way with the Saugerties Historical Society. Our personal interest, and long time collecting of Saugerties' History, prompted us to
"Preserve SaugertiesPast in SaugertiesPresent for SaugertiesFuture"
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Kiersted House - Saugerties New York - Built 1727 on Main
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A Colorized Rendition of the Kiersted House in Saugerties, N.Y.
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1911 Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Town of Saugerties. Thanks to Marjorie Block, of the Saugerties Historical Society for sharing this moment
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Seamon Brothers Building - Main Street Saugerties
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Home of E. Clark Reed - Main St. Saugerties
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Another view and time of the Schoonmaker Homestead
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A different view, from apx. 1910 era. of Historic Schoonmaker Homestead
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Children's Fountain - Main Street Saugerties N.Y. 1900s era
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Early 1900s era rendition of Main Street, at Partition Street, Saugerties. Waiting for the Traffic Cop to wave us on. Notice that the majority of the buildings, still exist today.
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Oldest Store in the Town of Saugerties - Hommel's Corner Pharmacy and Children's Fountain 1900 era
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P.C. Smith & Son Hardware - Main St. Saugerties, N.Y. - 1940s
Step into Winter 1939 Main Street Saugerties, Click Photo
Dick Smith Photo of Main Street Saugerties, Winter, 1939
With a Sincere Thanks to Smith's Hardware of Saugerties, for sharing this Wonderful Moment Captured, by Dick Smith's Camera Shutter, on their Smith's Hardware Facebook Page. 
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Click this text here, which will take you to the original thread of the above image, where you can read what other local Saugerties Folks share.
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Early 1900s Colorized View of the Saugerties, N.Y. Post Office
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Main and Partition Streets, Saugerties, New York - 1960s
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Exchange Hotel Bar & Grill - Partition & Main Streets - Saugerties, N.Y. - 1930s
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Dock Jumping at the Saugerties Beach
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The Exchange Hotel 1970s era
Traffic Cop on Main and Partition Streets.
Click here to follow this post on Saugerties Historical Society's Facebook Page
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1905 view of The Exchange Hotel - Saugerties New York
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The Town Board of Saugerties - Dedication of Cantine Memorial Field - May 8th 1938 - Thanks to Saugerties Lighthouse TV 23 Facebook share of Angie's photo
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Thanks to a life long Friend, Doreen Peone of Saugerties for sharing this photo for a "fade" of the Garlic Festival held at Cantine's Field in Saugerties
If you like to know more about the Saugerties Garlic Festival, Click Here to Visit their website

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Please keep in mind, some of our "fades" are tough to spot-on, since we are limited to movement with the Google Map.

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from Main St. looking down Washington Ave at the Saugerties Public Library - 1918
The Saugerties Public Library was built around 1914-1916.
It was funded by Andrew Carnegie, who also funded many other Public Libraries across the country. Most of these libraries, like the Saugerties Library, was constructed in a Classical Style.
The south wall of the Children's room, was/still enhanced with a work of art. The fireplace faced with tiles, depicting Washington Irving's Tale of Rip Van Winkle, which was designed by Henry Chapman Mercer. Tiles were made at his Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Doylestown, Pa.

--- To follow the history of the Saugerties Library, I've included a link to their website - CLICK HERE
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Our Saugerties Library, sometime in the late 1960s era. Notice the changes, but yet, this old building still remains the focus.
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Corner of Market Street and Ulster Avenue. Stopping for gasoline at the Atlantic, before we head to the thruway. Jim Gage Photo, published in the local Post Star Newspaper
Visit Chester's I Like Saugerties Thread on Facebook to read all the first hand history about this corner
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Fun-Fade go-carting down Partition St.

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Saugerties' Churches, Monasteries and Mortuaries
​Now & Then Fades 

The entrance to the Mortuary Chapel Mountain View Cemetery, sometime during the 1920s
Read some interesting stories about the Mortuary Chapel on Saugerties Historical Society's Facebook Page
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Saugerties Mortuary Chapel Mountain View Cemetery Main Street
Because of how the Google map is, we couldn't get an exact fitting-fade. It's pretty close though.
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Some borrowed history for the Mortuary Chapel, aka Mountain View Cemetery on Main Street Saugerties
borrowed from Marjorie Block of Saugerties Historical Society;
"The Saugerties Monday Club was responsible for the formation of the Main Street Cemetery Association, April 14th, 1897, at the urging of Mrs. {Mary} Howard Gillespy, their Founder. Mrs. Howard was the original Secretary."
"Mrs. {Mary} Frank Pidgeon was a two year Trustee, as was Martin Cantine."

Please credit Marjorie Block, and Read more here -

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The Saugerties Baptist Church was built in 1890 and the bell tower and bell was added 1895, which still exists today.
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Saugerties Baptist Church as it was in 1910 - 1911
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Saugerties Congregational Church - top of W. Bridge St. on Main St. - Early 1900s
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TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Barclay Heights Saugerties N.Y. 1920s
Click to visit this Wonderful Church Yard
Saint Mary's Catholic Church, one fine morning's view. Thanks to Bob Lippman for sharing
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A early view of Saint Mary's Church, Cemetery and Rectory
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St. Mary's Catholic Church sometime during the 1920s or earlier. Thanks again to Bob Lippman for sharing

The original St. Mary's School

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Reformed Church Main Street Saugerties 1900s

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Almost a Fitting-Fade - Reformed Church Main St. and John St.
As I create and share these Wonderful Now & Then Fades, I'll continue to add links to the current day Church's websites.
CLICK THIS LINE TO VISIT TODAY'S SAUGERTIES REFORMED CHURCH WEBSITE

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BLUE MOUNTAIN - WEST SAUGERTIES
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Community Club Donating Trees to The Blue Mountain School, aka Grant D. Morse.
The Photographer for the Catskill Mountain Star,
click the shutter here, May 11, 1971

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Give a click on the photo to visit Grant D. Morse Now & Then

This next photo of The Blue Mountain Reformed Church
was a Facebook Share by David Keehn for Saugerties Historical Society.

Click to visit another time in Blue Mountain
Sometime around 19-teens 1920s era, we are at Blue Mountain four corners going to the Blue Mt. Reformed Church Thanks to Saugerties Historical Society David Keehn Sharing this Great image!
Follow The Saugerties Historical Society Facebook Thread about this Moment Captured. Click This Line.

Blue Mountain Reservoir - Serene and Beautiful

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1930s view of the Beautiful Blue Mountain Reservoir

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Seamon Park

Campfire Girls on top of Seamon's Park Hill

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A Sincere Appreciation goes to Marjorie Block, of the Saugerties Historical Society, for sharing another Wonderful Moment Captured. Click image for a Now & Then Fade
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A Nice Day in Seamon's Park - 1920
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Early View of Seamon Park South Entrance 1920s
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Early turn of the century view of North Entrance
Visit Seamon Park in Saugerties, New York on Facebook by clicking this line
John Seamon and his brother George were the owners of Seamon brother Funeral Home, founded by heir father, Henry, in 1873.  The brothers built the present Saugerties Furniture Mart building and operated a funeral-furniture business until 1904.  In 1907, John purchased the Egbert Cooper property and deeded it to the Village on August 7, 1909, “for use as a park, a breathing place, open and free at all times to every person.”

The Parcel, purchased for $10,000 abutted the former Martin Terwilliger grist mill and included the custodian’s home, occupied prior to 1875 by E. Seiger. In 1922, John’s sister, Henrietta Seamon, established a Memorial Fund which has since been used to maintain and enhance the Park through the Village of Saugerties and a Park Board. 

Other benefactors followed. The Children’s Statue in the front of the Park home was purchased with pennies collected by the children many years ago. In 1929, fireplaces in the picnic area were built by the Camp Fire Girls and their mentor, Maude Washburn. Cast bronze fountains and plantings of fl owering shrubs and trees added to the beauty of the site and in 1965 the Saugerties Rotary Club and other citizens proclaimed a Chrysanthemum Festival to add to the awareness and appreciation of the site. 

In 1971, a group formed The Little Sawyer Association and constructed a replica of a pre-Revolutionary War grist mill adjacent to the Park. A modern cast aluminum sculpture was donated by the international sculptor, Ezio Martinelli, in 1979. The Village added to the fall festival by creating plantings of mums on Village streets each year. The Chrysanthemum Festival continues as one of the major fall events of Saugerties, a varied and beautiful display of the Park and its breathtaking view of the Catskill Mountains.


John Seamon’s love for his Village and his vision of a beautiful park overlooking the mountains has been achieved. It endures in the continued cooperation of a wide range of citizen organizations that combine each year to make the Chrysanthemum Festival both an appreciation and a celebration of Seamon Park.
---FIND MORE History and Present Day Information at; http://village.saugerties.ny.us/content/Parks/View/1

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The Old Sawyer Grist Mill

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Norman Nitschke Photo - 1979
This fade of the old Gristmill at Seamon Park, would not have been possible, had it not been for the Kind share by Nancy Forsythe, of her Dad's photo, which was taken back in 1979, when their was a committee restoring the old mill.

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Saugerties Railroad Depot, History and More

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Chester Hartwell's Photo of current day, Freight Depot of Saugerties NY - West Shore RR (WSRR)-later NYCRR - Click on Image to Visit Chester's I Like Saugerties Facebook Page, showing more of these images and some interesting history. Thank You Chester!

Click here to visit Chester Hartwell's Fantastic Compilation of these buildings. 

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West Shore Railroad Depot - Ulster Ave. Saugerties, New York - A moment captured in 1914
David Keehn shared a Saugerties West Shore R.R. Depot on the Saugerties Historical Society Facebook Page
Click this line to follow along and read some interesting local stories and learn some history.

West Shore Railroad Depot early 1900s
​NOW & THEN

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Click to go back over 100 years ago and back to today

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click here to see our
SAUGERTIES and HUDSON RIVER LIGHTHOUSES
​History & Fades
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Take a cruise on the Mighty Hudson River
where we will be viewing the various Boats, Ships and Ferries
Now & Then

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Cahill & Saugerties School Now & Then Fades
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Cahill School Main St. at Washington Ave. Saugerties 1920s

Sawyer Staff poses in front of  Cahill School Saugerties 1926 1927

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Saugerties High School Early 1900s era

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​The Old Hill Street School - Overlooking the Esopus Creek

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Another Big Thanks to David Keehn for sharing a Great SaugertiesPast image
Hill Street School, as it was, and still is. Which is nice to see.
Visit Saugerties Historical Society Facebook Page to Follow the Thread

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St. Mary's of the Snow School, Cedar Street View
132 years of Catholic Education for Saugerties.
Saint Mary's was founded in 1881,
by the Sisters of Charity.
The school was closed on June 20, 2013 by the Archdiocese of New York. Because of decreased student enrollment, and the higher cost of programs.
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Our Little Sweetie Pie Graduating St. Mary's - Click for a Now & Then Fade

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Woodstock Now & Then Fades
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of all the Now & Then Fades we place,
Woodstock, being that the streets are so narrow,
is the toughest to get a Fitting-Fade.
As Google Maps update, we try to keep on top and update our Fades.
So many of our Woodstock Fades will be off some.

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Having a Coca-Cola and Hanging Out at the Woodstock Playhouse 1970s
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Woodstock Art Gallery & Guild Of Craftsmen - Tinker St. 1960s era
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Putting Snow Chains on. Tinker Street, at the Village Green Woodstock, N.Y. [HSW Archives photo]
Above photo HSW Archives, shared by Historical Woodstock on Facebook.
Click to visit this thread with comments, stories and other photograph shares.
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Business section of Woodstock NY. Standing on Rt. 212 looking toward Tinker St. - 1960s
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Village Green - Woodstock - Tinker Street & Rt. 212 - 1950s

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Phoenicia Now & Then Fades

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Phoenicia Main Street Bridge 1905

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GLASCO, MOUNT MARION AND SOUTH SAUGERTIES FADES

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Hotel Schoentag, Route 9W South of Saugerties - 1920s - image from a large fold-card - For the fade, we created two images
Schoentag's Hotel or Hotel Schoentag, was Built in 1825. In 1830, it was Martin's Inn. Housed a US Post Office. 1911 it was named the Glenerie Falls Hotel.  Some interesting First Hand History by David Overbagh on Facebook; 
"The fire started on November 13, 1953 and continued until the next day. It began in the kitchen and spread to the entire hotel. The hotel was built by my great-grandfather, Chris Schoentag. The hotel was sold around 1931 by his children, after his death. The cabins were retained by his son, Chris, and his daughters, Teenie (my grandmother) and Lizzie, bought a property on Rt. 32, adjacent to the Winston farm, and opened Schoentag's Tavern."
Again, Thanks to Chester, of I Like Saugerties Facebook Community, who shares a thread about Schoentag's Hotel, along with some Great images, stories and history, can be found by clicking this text.
Take a trip back to the 1930s, Famous Scoentag's Hotel, Click Image
1930s, Famous Summer Resort - Schoentag's Hotel, south of Saugerties, N.Y., Glasco
David Keehn‎ also posted the above photograph of Schoentags in The Saugerties Historical Society Facebook Page.
This is a LINK TO THE THREAD to learn first hand stories, memories and history.
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When it once was Glenerie Falls Hotel

A friendly game at Glen Erie Falls Hotel, Glasco, N.Y.
As written and shared by David Overbagh; 
"Schoentag's Hotel. This postcard, {Below}, shows one of the activities available at the hotel. The postcard is from the 1890's. It also shows how the name of the hotel evolved. In the early days of Chris Schoentag's ownership (1890), the hotel was known as the Glen Erie Falls Hotel. The name evolved to Schoentag's Glen Erie Falls Hotel by 1900, and then just Schoentag's Hotel. I don't know the exact dates of the changes in the name."
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Hauling Bluestone - Flagstone to Saugerties
across the old Glenerie Bridge - 1913

Tap the horse's head, and go back to then and now
Photo  N.Y. State Archives, N.Y. (State). Education Dept., Division of Visual Instruction, Instructional lantern slides, A3045, no. 10663
Hauling Bluestone or Flagstone across the old Wooden Glenerie Bridge


This horse drawn wagon loaded with flagstones, were from a quarry at Glenerie and were being delivered to Saugerties
Some interesting history text which includes GLENERIE FALLS HOTEL  CLICK HERE

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This Pleasant Valley Inn image, was also shared with The Saugerties Historical Society, by David Keehn.
​CLICK HERE to follow the Facebook Thread - David shared this history about The Pleasant Valley Inn;
​"It was run by John Sauer and was popular in an era when many people from all the large citys in the northeast came to the Catskills for "fresh air" and "mountain scenery". The Inn boasted "fine boating and swimming" in the Esopus."
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"PVI-Hill" - Pleasant Valley Inn - North Glenerie Bridge

Posing on the Glenerie Bridge sometime in 1917
The Pleasant Valley Hotel in the background

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Click to stand where the Photographer stood back on this day
The Glenerie Bridge Connected Rt. 9W with Glasco Turnpike to Connect with Mt. Marion. - Lake Katrine, they say, was named after Aunt Katrina or nick named Auntren. By the middle of the 19th century, the lake was named Lake Katrine. Which after the Railroad settled, the Town was now called Katrine Station. Eventually becoming the Lake Katrine.
Follow The Saugerties Historical Society Thread which this historic image was shared by CLICKING HERE.
We would love knowing about the folks in this image. We can only assume they were guests at P.V.I.
If you know, please let us know.

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The Mulford Fire Engine Company, was taken in 1910, out front of The Mulford Engine Co. #1
and the Washburn Hook & Ladder Co. #2 Building, which as seen, is still here today
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We shared this with The Saugerties Historical Society on Facebook. Follow along by CLICKING HERE.
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Bertram Clifford Legg Jr. tells us that his grandfather, Edgar Maclary and Great Uncle, B. Frank Brown Jr (Benjamin Franklin Brown Jr) are in this photo.
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David Keehn shared this image again on Saugerties Historical Society's Facebook Page.
CLICK HERE to read this thread.
Marjorie Block
 tells us; "Some of the men in this photograph include John C. Sauer, Charles Arold, the Kilroy brothers, George Arold, Irwin Kime, John Kaneally, and the Plotnik brothers. taken between around 1905"
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Some borrowed history to share for educational purposes.
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"Washburn Hook & Ladder, joined with Mulford Engine in 1900. Both occupying the Fireman’s Hall, shown here, next to St. Joseph’s Church. It wasn’t until the 1949, that the conglomerated fire companies began using the name of the Glasco Fire Company, formerlt the Mulford Engine Company."

"In the 1880’s, The Washburn Store, located in the hamlet of Glasco, was opened and was owned and operated by the Washburn Brothers Company Brick Yard. The Washburn Brothers Brick Company was the immediate area’s largest employer and encouraged European immigrants to settle in the hamlet of Glasco."
Please Credit Above Text to, and visit -

http://www.glascofirecompany.com/history/ 

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Mt. Marion Groceries, Flour, Feed & Coal - U.S. Post Office, 1900s era "Fade" Inspired by Facebook's Saugerties Lighthouse TV23 - Image Thanks to Marjorie Block of the Historical Society

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Click to see about where these boys were
the boys from Camp Wahkonda in Mt. Marion - Saugerties Historical Society Facebook Page Share
Another Wonderful Share by David Keehn to the Saugerties Historical Society's Facebook Page. 
Thanks to the Saugerties Historical Society for their dedication to the preservation of Saugerties' History!
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This placement may not be in the exact location. Obviously would have been up further through the trees.
We don't believe that the cabins exist anymore. 
Camp Wahkonda in Mt. Marion.

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​For those of you who enjoy reading history in your lap
Please visit Hope Farm Press for a Wonderful Offering of various books on Hudson Valley, Saugerties History. Just click anywhere on this blurb.

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KINGSTON NEW YORK NOW & THEN FADES
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Kingston officially became a city on May 29th, 1872 with the merger of the villages of Rondout and Kingston.
The city of Kingston was first called Esopus after a local Esopus tribe, then Wiltwijck (sometimes anglicized to Wiltwyck). Settled in 1651,
it was one of the three large Hudson River settlements in New Netherland, the other two being Beverwyck, now Albany, and New Amsterdam, now New York City. In 1777, Kingston became the first capital of New York. During the summer of 1777, when the New York State constitution was written, New York City was occupied by British troops and Albany (then the second largest settlement in New York and capital of the newly independent State of New York) was under threat of attack by the British.

Read More and Credit Here
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City of Kingston Website
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Once again, while doing some history research, we find a Wonderful website, which is actually Very Interesting.

We took some of their text, below, to share just a portion of the history these folks documented, at least what pertains to Saugerties/Kingston area.
None of the following text nor history is ours. Borrowed to share. Please give credit to "Fonda Stories",
​and visit by Clicking Here

"In 1660 Hester married Barent Gerritsen, a widower several years her junior. He arrived in Fort Orange as a youngster in 1646. Early in 1662, Barent, Hester and Sara, then about 16, moved to the newly settled community of Wiltwyck (Kingston). The settlers lived behind a stockade due to the threatening nature of the Esopus Indians. Barent, also a distiller, became famous for the superior type of brandy he produced and became modestly wealthy. Hester still continued her trading. It was truly a two career family, almost unheard of for another 300 years.

At noon on June 7, 1663, the Esopus Indians beat back the guard at the gate and burned most of the settlement to the ground. Barent was one of the first to be bludgeoned to death. Hester and Sara and most of the remaining settlers were taken prisoner and forced to trek through 22 miles of unbroken wilderness. It was not until three months later on September 7th that Hester was released from captivity, but not without the loss of Sara. Hester never recovered from the shock and exposure and remained deaf for the rest of her life."
This story continues here -> 
http://www.fonda.org/stories.htm

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Miner Descent - First Esopus War ->
Some history/text borrowed to share-
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Many of our Dutch ancestors lived in Ulster County, New York in and around what is now Kingston. In 1659 and 1663 they engaged in two conflicts with the local Esopus Indians. The first Esopus War was caused by an act of Dutch cruelty and murder. While New Netherlands had many fewer colonists than New England in many ways Dutch relations with the Native Americans was worse than did the English.One of our ancestor’s kidnapped sons decided to remain among the Indians with his new Indian wife and child. Since the Lenape had a matrilineal culture, a Pocahontas in reverse story makes sense. Overall, though, it’s a sad story,  I’ll let the narrative speak for itself." 
Another Interesting site, with a Lot of History Documented. I encourage you to visit, and credit above history here
https://minerdescent.com/2012/01/19/first-esopus-war/

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Stepping back to 1911
Wall Street, Kingston

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Looking toward North Front Street, as we wait for the band

Up Close View. Nice to see it's still an active Fire Station, with minor changes

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Close Up and Personal view, since it's tough working with the Google Map, this was the best we could do

The Central Fire Station
O'Reilly Street 1890s

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A Wonderful View of the Central Fire Station We tried for the best Now & Then Fade. Click to visit
Some borrowed history to share with you.
Please visit and give credit to the Author, link provided at the bottom, for more.
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"Silas Nutting and Robert Woods were large landowners in South Groton (now Ayer). They each 
conveyed a lot from their respective subdivisions to the Town in 1859. This was the site of the 
Washington Street School until 1933, when a special town meeting authorized the Selectmen to 
tear down the school and erect a fire station on its lot. Funding of $20,000 for the construction 
came from the Civil Works Administration, a Roosevelt New Deal agency. The building was 
designed by George Ernest Robinson, who specialized in the design of fire stations. The 
Central Fire Station was completed and dedicated in late 1934. Two additions were constructed 
on the rear of the building, one in the 1940s or 1950s and the other in the 1960s. More recently, 
an addition was constructed on the building’s north side in 1970. In 1996, a second addition 
was built on the south side."

Please credit and VISIT THIS LINK for some interesting history.

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