Gene Brown, author of Birds over Bear Mountain and a life-long resident of Upper Nyack, talks about his childhood, his education at the Upper Nyack School and the games and recreational activities children played in the Van Houten's Landing...
Winston C. Perry, Jr., village historian of Upper Nyack, discusses the history of the Perry family and the historic Van Houten's Landing neighborhood in Upper Nyack.
Fire fighters; Fire engines & equipment; Fire fighting; Fire stations;
Everett "Smoky" Wanamaker talks about Empire Hook and Ladder Company in Upper Nyack and the role of the Wanamkaer family in the department. The origins of "The Goosetown against the World" slogan of the department are discussed as well as some of...
Jo Peabody and Jeanne Peabody Walsh remember their husband and father, Paul Peabody. Paul was born in 1931 and died in 2002. He was a puppeteer and the author of the children's book, Blackberry Hollow. They also fondly recall life in the...
Miriam Haagens Wexler talks about her life: how she came to American from Holland on December 7, 1939 and later how the family came to Nyack. Along the way she talks about the Clarkstown Country, her family, her home, and especially her garden. ...
Discussion includes Virgil Cross, his work at Mohonk Mountain House and the family business which included a coal yard, a grocery store and the Cross Lumber Company, and rationing during World War II.
Discussion includes Tillson family lineage going back to the American Revolution. Includes movement from Dutchess County to Ulster County and family milling businesses.
Discussion includes hobo activity in the 1920s, attending the circus; the Mary Powell steamboat; steamboat trips to New York City; family picnics at Kingston Point Park
