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is:
HHS1661@HurleyHeritageSociety.org
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in 2008.
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02/09/2008
Hurley
Corn Festival
August 16th, 2008
At the Hurley Reformed
Church
17 Main Street,
Hurley, N.Y.
10AM to 4PM
Reservation
Form for Exhibit Space for
the 28th Annual Hurley Heritage
Corn
Festival.
(Please
note, you need the Adobe PDF reader to display the Form, then print both pages,
fill it in and send it to HHS).
For more information:
Call the Hurley Heritage Society (845)
338-1661
02/01/2008
OPEN MEETING LECTURE
April 24th Program @ 7:30 PM
“ History of the Cragsmore At Colony”
by Hattie Grifo.
Lecture Location: Reformed Church of Hurley, 17 Main Street Hurley.
Free and hosted by the Hurley Heritage Society.
Refreshments Available. Bring a friend.
For more information:
Call the Hurley Heritage Society (845) 338-1661.
03/1601/2008
MUSEUM
SHOP NEWS
By Dolores McGoldrick
From
the Book Nook at the Museum Shop
“Homebuilding and
Woodworking in Colonial America”
“New England
Indians”
“Hurley” from
the “Images of America Series”
Click here
for a short write-up for each book.
More
news from the museum shop
Several new items have been added
to our Delft display. Also, stop and look at our Sale Shelf, there
might be some item there just for you.
02/01/2008
THE HURLEY SOCIETY MUSEUM
OPENS MAY 3rd
EXHIBIT FOR 2008
“BLUESTONE – A QUARRYMAN’S TALE”
Follow Bluestone from its geological birth 360-385 million years ago to the present.
In the 1830s quarrying began in Ulster County.
Bluestone, from the area was used for much of “the sidewalks of
New York”, and in the construction of famous buildings and bridges.
In a short period of time the bluestone industry would employ as
many as 10,000. Fortunes were made and lost. The discovery
of Portland cement caused the demise of the bluestone industry. By the
early 1900s, the stone business was almost gone. Today, numerous quarries still supply bluestone for
sidewalks, patios and building facings. Beautiful works of art are being made out of bluestone.
Workers who mined and handled bluestone during the 19th and early 20th
centuries have many stories to tell. Travel the plank Road, follow a quarry drivers’ workday and learn
about some of their money woes. Cultural
differences with the incoming immigrant labor force impacted the social
and political history of the area.
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Ongoing exhibit: "Hurley in the Revolution”.
Watch a 17-minute film entitled:
"The
Continental Soldier”.
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Museum open on weekends from May to October.
Saturday 10 am to 4 pm - Sunday 1 pm to 4 pm.
Private tours can be arranged.
02/01/2008
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Olde Hurley Guided Walking Tours.
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May 25.
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| WHERE |
Meet at the Hurley Heritage Society Museum, 52 Main Street in Hurley.
Tour gathers between 1:30 and 2:00
and
leaves promptly at 2:00. Rain or shine!
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COST |
$3.00 per person
and
children under 12 free.
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INFORMATION: Call: (845)
338-1661.
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HHS Heritage Walk
There is still time to
reserve a brick in the Hurley Heritage Society Heritage Walk. The Society will
use the proceeds of the brick sales to make needed capital repairs to the
Jonathan Elmendorf house, where our museum resides. The first priority is to
add a new roof to the structure.
Each brick will be dedicated
to a person of the donor’s choice; an inscription will be etched in the
brick and sealed for outdoor use. Why not show your support of the museum by
creating a brick in your family’s name – or to honor someone close to you?
A donation of $120 will
supply one brick in the walk. An inscription may be composed with as many as
four lines of eighteen characters.
If you are interested please
click here
for the order form. Questions, call Wally Cook .(845) 338-2193 or cooker.1@earthlink.net
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