Episodes from a Hudson River Town, livre ebook

Winner of the 2012 Award for Excellence presented by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network
The seemingly unremarkable Hudson River town of New Baltimore has had its ups and downs, you could certainly say that. Here, generations of families have worked the fields until the yield tapped out, built and repaired ships and barges until the steam age died, and harvested ice until refrigeration made "icebox" a quaint colloquialism. Yet despite the various economic, social, and military forces that have transformed the town, New Baltimore and its residents have endured, celebrating their triumphs and enduring their tragedies. Drawing on original town board minutes, Greene County surrogate and land records, federal and state military records, land patents, colonial documents, conversations with local residents, censuses, and period newspapers, town historian Clesson S. Bush provides an authentic portrait of a small-town community, making the routine—and drama—of small-town life on the Hudson River come alive.
Introduction
1. Prehistoric Times: Our Landscape and First People
2. Europeans Settle in Greene County
3. Revolution Opens the Door
4. New Baltimore is Born
5. Town Growth and Another War
6. Life on the River
7. The Train Arrives in New Baltimore
8. War and Modern Times
9. Off to School
10. The Road to New Baltimore
Notes
Index