Spring Guide 2008

Vol. 7, No. 1

Spring Guide Issue

In this issue:

• President’s Letter
• What We Have in Mind for the Center for Columbia County History, Jim Eyre
• He Captured Geronimo, Jim Eyre
• Rediscovering the Hudson, Clinton B. Gaty
• Industrial Landmarks in Columbia County, Peter H. Stott
• Historical and Cultural Attractions in Columbia County • 2008
• Alonzo Cook’s Murderer, Margaret Schram
• Remembering Olde Emporiums of Columbia County, Robert C. Dixon
• The Lawlors – Merchants of Germantown, Marguerite V. Riter
• Book Review • The Kennedys, Jim Eyre
• Profile • Peggy Rockefeller, Jim Eyre
• Random Notes on Our Early Local History Regarding Washington Irving, William Wait
• Lodging in Columbia County
• News of the Columbia County Historical Society
• Description of Hudson in 1809
• Description of Kinderhook, 1842
• A Kinderhook Ghost Story, Albert S. Callan, Jr.
• Restaurants in Columbia County
• Heroic Sailor, Albert S. Callan, Sr.
• Columbia County Historical Society Calendar

On the Cover: The Agawamuck Creek, here spilling through the gorge at High Falls, provided water power for the development of the textile mills in nineteenth-century Philmont. High Falls photo by Steve Benson.