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Exploring the history, legends, lost places • beauty & outdoors • places & culture of the Empire State
11/22/2023
03/01/2022
Marker Monday! 📍 🗺
Marker Monday is back with some great submissions from all around the state. Thanks to everyone for their submissions and for shedding light on the fascinating stories throughout your regions!
Bennett School for Girls
Given the unfortunate demolition of this beautiful structure whose decayed beauty has intrigued and inspired photographers, urban explorers and history enthusiasts, I decided to commit to the arduous task of preserving it in a way that I hope can carry on its legacy. For the last several weeks, I have been building a 3D model and obsessively filling in all its rich details with the goal of creating a virtual experience that will soon be completed. Here is a preview of what is to come and will eventually be hosted online as a 3D web experience where you can revisit this former luxury hotel turned girls’ school and experience its history through the years.
Please forgive the sparse posts in recent months as I’ve been dedicating much of my time to exploring the possibilities of preserving and experiencing history in this format. I hope to return to more regular posts and then/nows.
01/13/2022
Respect Revolutionary War history and the Fishkill Supply Depot Burial Grounds: “The barracks were in the fields, all along to the village, in front of the memorial we are here to dedicate; the hospital and cemetery behind it."
This is part of the hymn sang at the dedication of the DAR monument that honors where the graves are "found at the foot of this mountain..."-
"All hail to the heroes who died for our country
And found at the foot of this mountain a grave!
Their trials and sorrows, their pains and privations,
Were the price of our freedom -- then honor the brave."
12/16/2021
"The Town of Fishkill announced a while back that they have begun a project that is being done to remember and honor what many consider to be one of the Hudson Valley's most prominent Native Americans, Chief Daniel Nimham."
Fishkill Planning to Add Special Statue to Popular Intersection The amazing statute will feature one of the most prominent Hudson Valley Native Americans.
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