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Village Improvement Associations: A 19th Century Idea Ready for a Reboot?
As we will soon observe Memorial Day, it’s appropriate to take a visit to Hillsdale’s Veterans Memorial Garden. It is a solemn and grateful remembrance of the soldiers, sailors and airmen who served and sometimes lost their lives in World … Continue reading
The Mount Washington House: A Landmark to Hillsdale’s Heyday as a Summer Resort Community
Hillsdale is blessed with many beautiful and historic houses and commercial buildings but few are as stately and storied as the Mount Washington House in the center of the hamlet. The “Mount,” as it has come to be known, is … Continue reading
From Hillsdale to Hong Kong: A Year in Review
Recently the Historians of Hillsdale were invited to give a talk about town history and the role of a town historian. Collecting statistics for that presentation took us back to 2017, the year we began writing this (mostly) monthly blog, … Continue reading
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A Remarkable Life: Celebrating Hillsdale’s Ernie Santoro
Hillsdale commemorated July 4th in a special way this year. To be sure, we marked the holiday as usual: by hanging flags, attending barbeques, and enjoying a long weekend. But when some local citizens found out that World War II … Continue reading
Looking for Lattings: Part II
Curiosity about Refine Latting, Hillsdale’s first tanner, caused us to tumble down a research rabbit hole into the history of the Latting family, which you can read about in our April 2022 post. We traced the Latting family emigration first from … Continue reading
The Man Behind the Mountain
The Taconic Mountains extend about 180 miles from southern Dutchess County and northwestern Connecticut up through Berkshire County, Massachusetts and on to Brandon, Vermont. The Taconics afford a number of spectacular views of the Hudson Valley; some feel that there … Continue reading
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