The Rhinebeck Hotel (later the Beekman Arms) is in the background. Rhinebeck's first steamroller with the highway staff stand in front of the Hotel. Charles Staley, superintendent of the highway crew is in the center with his hand on the wheel.
Legal agreement between the proprietors of the New Paltz Patent to build a fence in an area called the 'Creupelbos' (spelled 'Kripplebush' in later historical writings).
Official letter from Charles Broadhead, Ulster County Justice of the Peace to the Constable of New Paltz ordering Pieter Deyo to appear at the court in Kingston, NY to answer a complaint by Thoms Noyon, 1703.
