Situated on the west shore of the Hudson River, the city of Newburgh was once linked by the Erie Railroad to seven other towns and the Erie’s own mainline. There are only five miles, from... More > Newburgh to Vails Gate, that survive of this once bustling rail line today. A walk along the Erie’s Newburgh branch looks at the fourteen miles of this railroad line that was abandoned in 1984.< Less
Newburgh is the Valley of Dry Bones. Our black youth are in danger. They are dying fast and being taken away from us to fill up the jails and prisons of this country. Their hopelessness reigns... More > supreme. Their ignorance and self-hatred dictates how and when they will die. Our black boys are losing their lives to the streets and to gangs. They need our help. They need the help of the community. The community must stand up. These are our sons. These are our grandsons. These are our nephews and brothers. The churches and mosques in Newburgh must step down from the pulpit and do their work in the streets. The message of Jesus and Muhammad needs to be heard in the streets. The gospel of Jesus is for the despised, the poor, and the rejected. Are the black youth of Newburgh the despised, the poor, and the rejected? The black youth need a knowledge of themselves. They need a thorough knowledge of their history. The schools have failed them. Society has failed them. We cannot fail them too.< Less
The rise and decline of the Erie Railroad's Harriman to Newburgh "shortcut" along with a look at the Erie's Graham line which crossed the shortcut at Woodbury.
Second in a series of historic American hometown sheet music books. Includes 22 songs written in or about Buffalo, Albany, Jamestown, Niagara Falls, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh,Yonkers, Tonawanda,... More > Saratoga Springs, Herkimer, the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains, the lakes of Oneida, Onondaga, Chautauqua, and Seneca, and the Genesee and Hudson Rivers. The songs here date form 1850 to 1884. Songs include "Adirondack March," "Duchess of Albany Gavotte," "Belles of Buffalo Polka," "Chautauqua Lake Waltz," " Herkimer Quadrilles," "Bells Across the Hudson," "Newburgh Centennial March," " Niagara Schottisch," "Oneida Polka," "Poughkeepsie Polka," "The Belle of Saratoga," " Tonawanda Quickstep," "Yonkers Twilight Reverie," and more! Paperback 116 pages.< Less
Henry Hudson explored the river that now bears his name in 1609. The arrival of the steamboat 200 years later, and the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, made the Hudson one of America's busiest... More > rivers. From 1826 until the middle of the 20th century, more than a dozen lighthouses guided ships past its islands and shallows.
HUDSON RIVER LIGHTHOUSES & HISTORY is an illustrated tour of these lights, past and present, and of the river they marked--from its Revolutionary War battlefields and early industries to modern-day cities, bridges, and parks.
Includes more than 3 dozen original black and white photographs of Hudson River lighthouses, bridges, and historic landmarks.
Author and photographer Kevin Woyce lives in Lyndhurst, NJ. His first book, JERSEY SHORE FACTS & PHOTOS was published in 2007.< Less
Exhibition Catalogue of "See Through City," exhibition of Jill Corson's photographs at Yellow Bird Gallery in Newburgh, New York, December 10, 2005 - January 8, 2006.
This book has real kids in it. I would love to thank all the people for helping me make my dream come true. I would love to thank Jesse Harris and Nate Palmer for helping me give ideas for the kids... More > powers, I would love to thank jack O' Gorman and Amanda Russell for giving me ideas for the book, and finally I would love to thank Dan Casey, Samantha Ilardi, Amber O' Connor, and all my friends at Newburgh Kumon for all their support. :)< Less
This book has real kids in it. I would love to thank all the people for helping me make my dream come true. I would love to thank Jesse Harris and Nate Palmer for helping me give ideas for the kids... More > powers, I would love to thank jack O' Gorman and Amanda Russell for giving me ideas for the book, and finally I would love to thank Dan Casey, Samantha Ilardi, Amber O' Connor, and all my friends at Newburgh Kumon for all their support. :)< Less
