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Similarities between a community that grew up around Walden Pond and the ones in Ulster County are described in the post on "Origins."

Elise Lemire’s book Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts

photograph of Sarah Snyder Hasbrouck

photograph of Neil Hasbrouck

This well-regarded book of stories about the Hudson River Valley features a section on Eagle's Nest (p 378), called "Witches Make Star Tracks." See exhibit entry by that name.

Newspaper article of a local court case involving two neighbors and a dog accidentally killed

Amusing article about an altercation between Calvin Snyder and Benjamin Reed.

One of the pleasures of this project has been connecting with descendants of the original families. The story of the Posey family is evidence of one such connection.

Hugh and Louise Posey Newton with daughters Maudesta and Desaderal, 1910;

1800 US Federal Census record

Newspaper advertisement for a runaway slave. For additional Runaway notices see In defiance : runaways from slavery in New York's Hudson River Valley, 1735-1831 / Susan Stessin-Cohn and Ashley Hurlburt-Biagini ; foreword by A. J. Williams-Myers.

image of 1800 US Federal Census for Hurley, New York

This auction scene accompanies an article, "The New York Slave-Traders" (p. 293-303). The date 1643 is shown on the building behind the auctioneer's block and modern publishers sometimes assume to be the date of the illustration.

Image of Lenape people, early 17th century

Taking bricks from kiln

Aerial view of Hurley Mountain

Main Street in the late 1800s looks different than it does today. Two houses on the left, the DuMond and Polly Crispell houses, still exist, but the Van Sickle Inn and Tavern on the right was destroyed by fire in 1909 and is now the site of the…

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Paul Brodhead turned from a life of drinking to become a housemate and acolyte of Brother Louis Huthsteiner.

Neil Hasbrouck, husband of Sarah Snyder Hasbrouck and grandfather of Clarence Brodhead.

The Binnewaters, a name given to a multi-racial community around the 5 lakes, were written about by the eugenicist Richard Dugdale. He used the name "jukes" to describe a family with "criminal genes" However, the "Jukes family" were not in fact all…