Original advertisement sign of George H. Brooks, stating Hand Made Wagons & Carriages Painted.
George H. Brooks moved from Sterling Furnace to Sugar Loaf in 1885, and operated a Blacksmith Shop. In 1895 he moved to Chester to a wooden building...
Image of the south side of the Queensboro Furnace. The most unusual and signifigant feature of the furnace is its unusually high and sharply pointed arch.
Image of the Queensboro Furnace and the plaque that was placed on the north side of the furnace. The plaque reads " Orange or Queensboro Furnace / Erected 17- / on the 6th of October 1777 / On their way from Stony Point / to attack Fort Montgomery...
The fire at the Old New Paltz Normal School. The fire took place on the evening of April 17th, 1906. John C. Haines wrote the following in his journal: "At 5 minutes of 12 tonight I winked the lights as a signet that I would shut down at 12 Oclock...
