“Have you ever seen a cow in spectacles?”

Catskill HistoryGuest UserDecember 20, 2018Catskills, history

An Unholy Kiss / Gossip and Religion in 1881 Roxbury

Scandal erupted in Roxbury in early 1881. At the center of it was an unlikely person: B.C. Miller, the 30-year-old Reverend of the Reformed Church of Roxbury.

Catskill HistoryGuest UserNovember 30, 2018Catskills, history

The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage in the Catskills

Catskill HistoryGuest UserNovember 6, 2018hostory, democracy, women's vote, suffrage, Catskills

The Great Big Pumpkin Fight

Pumpkins: good for pies, jack-o'-lanterns, seasonal decor, and metaphors for deeply-felt anxieties over rapid political and social change.

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