In the fall of 1929, the Athletics Department of St. Stephen's announced that baseball would replace Lacross as the official spring sport. It was felt that to be competitive, St. Stephen's should promote sports that didn't require a steep learning...
The one story sandstone church with white picket fence has a door and two windows on the front (south side) and three windows on the east.This edifice dates from 1813 and is the oldest church in Rockland County.
The sender of this postcard (he didn't sign his name) says "Not Carnegie - but 'twas I who donated this library." The card was addressed to Mrs. J. W. Hesse, 1474 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.
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...
John Lodico, Sr. talks about growing up in Upper Nyack near the river in the Van Houten's Landing neighborhood near the river. He focuses on the Italian American immigrant culture there, particularly as epitomized by his father, his time at Nyack...
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...
