A GREAT TREASURE from the long Past of Saugerties, N.Y.

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Welcome to our
Flash Back Memories of SaugertiesPast

- image borrowed to share, from 1994 Poughkeepsie Journal

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History taken from the Thumbnail Sketch of Saugerties - Date Unknown -
Distributed by The Saugerties Chamber of Commerce



                                                                                    Welcome to Saugerties
                                                                    A BIT OF HISTORY

"Saugerties derives it's name from "the Little Sawyer" - a man who plied his trade on the banks of the stream at the northern end of the village. His name is from the Dutch "de zaagertje's" - hence Saugerties.

It was in 1667 that Chief Kaelkop of the Esopus Indians in a treaty made between Governor Andros and the Indians, granted to the "Sawyer", "the right to a kill named 'Zagers Kill' and all the land to the blue mountains and beyond."

In 1685 Governor Thomas Dongan granted to two English officers this land upon which the village of Saugerties now stands, receiving title from the Sawyer, and in 1688 the records show that Cornelius Lambertsen Brink acquired land and built at the junction of the Plattekill and Esopus creeks. Later the Palatines, refugees from religious persecution on the river Rhine, and Dutch colonists from Kingston took up their life on the land now known as the village and town of Saugerties.

Among the famous houses of these pioneers still standing, (at least at the time of this printing), are the former Fred T. Russell house, on the banks of the Hudson, the Schoonmaker house, corner of Main Street and Malden Ave., the Kiersted House, opposite the high school, - (Which I'm Pleased to say, Is Alive and Well Today as a Museum, Preserving Saugerties' History. Thanks to you Marge!) - , the Sherwood Myer house at the head of Livingston Street, the Genthner house, on the upper end of Ulster Avenue, and a famous hostelry of Revolutionary days, the Post Tavern, where Gen. George Washington and other famous men of the Revolution stopped on their way to Albany. This was located in the rear of what is now the P.C. Smith store on Main Street."

Our Flash Back Memories of Saugerties, N.Y. Life
ENJOY YOUR TRAVELS DOWN AND THROUGH MEMORY LANE

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Our Collections of the Hudson Valley & Catskill Mountains of New York State
with a concentration on the Saugerties Region

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​WhatWasThere "Fades"

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Tom Reynolds, the man responsible for Preserving Many of Saugerties' Memories

GRANT D. MORSE SCHOOL Mrs. Hendrickson's 1st Grade Class

GRAND D. MORSE SCHOOL Mrs. Anthony's 4th Grade Class

Grant D. Morse School - Miss Norton 3rd grade 1969-1970

GRANT D. MORSE SCHOOLMr. Bullock's 5th Grade Class

Thought I would add some memories, via newspaper snip-its
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Enjoy your trip down memory lane

a fun little snip-it from the Kingston Daily Freeman
October 29, 1970
A Halloween play we had when we were just whipper snappers going to
Grant D. Morse School in Blue Mountain

From the depths of Saugerties Past, we find this relic of a once king of the roads Pine Knoll Dairy - MALDEN, N.Y.

1963 Pine Knoll Dairy Receipt

How many of us had a Great Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner here at Mike's in the Heights?

WASHBURN BRICK The Foundation of Saugerties History

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Views and History of the Old Cantine's Paper Mill
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Standing at the backside of Cantine's Mill 1930 era. Click for a Now & Then Fade

A early 1900s view of Martin Cantine Paper Mills. Coming over the old steel deck bridge - This particular mill Operated until the 1970s

Now & Then "fade" of lower Partition Street, the Old Cantine Paper Mill

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Picturesque Ulster available at HOPE FARM PRESS - Jane Street Saugerties - CLICK IMAGE TO ORDER

VISIT THESE OTHER SITES FOR MORE SAUGERTIES
AND HUDSON VALLEY REGION HISTORY SHARES
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The Saugerties Historical Society
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Marjorie Block's Saugerties Historical Society on Facebook
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Saugerties public library
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I Like Saugerties on Facebook
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Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy
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Village of Saugerties
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Town of Saugerties
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www.discoversaugerties.com
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Ulster County Historical Society
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Ulster Historical Alliance
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Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy 
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Toodlum Tales Facebook Community

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