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Newspaper clipping with stories of the first one hundred years of the Chester Presbyterian Church and its ministers. Clipping also includes other short unrelated articles of local interest.
Forts & fortifications; Group portraits; Military personnel; Panoramic photographs; Soldiers
Sixteenth Recruit Troop, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. Photo by McAllister, Burlington, Vt. Men from Chester are believed to be among the recruits. Fort Ethan Allen was a U.S. army installation in Vermont, named for American Revolutionary War figure...
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Newspaper clipping reporting on a Historical Society of Middletown and Wallkill Precinct meeting featuring Frank Durland’s paper on the importance of Chester in history. Apparently, this was clipped from Dr. Wesley Wait's copy of the newspaper.
Postcard showing monument on site of forge used in Revolutionary times. Colorized. The forge was known as Brewster's Forge. The forge was used to make some of the links in the chain that was placed in the Hudson River to stop the British in the...
This house was located on Forge Hill Road, New Windsor, New York. Forge Hill Road runs between Highway 9-W and Highway 32. In front of this house was a forge used by Mr. Brewster to make parts of the chain that went across the Hudson River during...
Greene County, New York is on the west side of the Hudson River, south of Albany County and North of Ulster County. This is an overview map depicting the Towns, Hamlets and Villages of Greene County with streams and some natural features located....
Side view of the DeWint House in Tappan, NY. The image was created in the summer, and the house is surrounded by plants. A frame addition can be seen on the back of the house.