http://powerofhistory.org Discover and explore Delaware County through its agricultural and industrial history. en-us Copyright (c) 2012, Power of History 2012-01-27T00:45:21Z http://www.powerofhistory.org/towns/article/the_hanford_collection_photographs_of_the_mill_and_community The Hanford Collection is the work of Horace D. Hanford and his son, James Ralph Hanford, taken from the early 1890s to the early 1920s. The Collection represents the themes of people and family, life and work, and change over time.

More ]]> http://www.powerofhistory.org/towns/article/film_the_cannonsville_story Part of the ongoing film series from the Delaware County Historical Association - check it out!!!  Norm Studer's film about the construction of the Cannonsville Dam along the west branch of the Delaware River. Awesome soundtrack. Free Admission. Donations gratefully accepted!

More ]]> http://www.powerofhistory.org/towns/article/middletown_historical_society_has_a_new_home Built in 1938 as the clubhouse for the Catskill Mountain Chapeter of the Izaak Walton League, this building outisde Margaretville became the New Kingston Valley Grange Hall in the mid-1990s. The Grange recently deeded it to the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown. 

More ]]> http://www.powerofhistory.org/towns/article/archived_photos_now_online Update - the latest batch of Catskill Mountain News microfilm has been scanned and posted online at http://history.catskill.net.  Check it out.

More ]]> http://www.powerofhistory.org//article/john_burroughs_woodchuck_lodge_tours Woodchuck Lodge, which is maintained by a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving this treasured site, is open for free, guided tours the first weekend of every month, May through October, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 to 3. Special events and activities are announced on Facebook -- become a friend of johnburroughsofwoodchucklodge!   

More ]]> http://www.powerofhistory.org/towns/article/a_whisper_in_time_show_at_fairview An exhibit of nine framed photographs taken at the turn of the last century is now on view at Fairview Public Library on Walnut Street in Margaretville.  One mystery photo invites viewers to offer ideas on exactly what they think might be happening.  The images were among 21 glass plate negatives found above Miller's Drug Store years ago and donated to the Historical Society of Middletown by Al and Naomi Weiss.

More ]]> http://www.powerofhistory.org/towns/article/kortright_invites_you History for the Holidays?? Why not!!  A Pictorial History of the Town of Kortright is now available for $20 at the Delaware County Historical Association. 

More ]]> http://www.powerofhistory.org/towns/article/tour_of_historic_homes_in_stamford Join the Delaware County Historical Association and the Stamford Historical Society on Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 10am – 3pm for the second annual tour of historic homes and buildings. Come take a tour of ten historic homes and buildings in the beautiful village of Stamford – “The Queen of the Catskills.” 

More ]]> http://www.powerofhistory.org/industry/article/lumbering_on_the_delaware Wednesday July 20th  at 7:30pm, the Deposit Historical Society will present a program entitled, "Rafting and Lumbering on the Delaware". Presenters for the evening will be Gloria McCullough, research librarian for the Wayne County Historical Society, and Ann O'Hara, a trustee and chair of the library committee.

More ]]> http://www.powerofhistory.org/industry/article/acid_factories_talk Now don't go thinking we're talking drugs here.  Acid factories in this neck of the woods means our historic industry - the tanning industry - and their use of acidic woods to tan leather. 

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