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Contributor(s): Fishkill Historical Society (Author)
ISBN: 0738563781     ISBN-13: 9780738563787
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 1996
Qty:
Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials)
- Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional)
Dewey: 974.7
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.54" W x 9.25" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Locality - Dutchess County, N.Y.
- Geographic Orientation - New York
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

In 1685, Dutch merchants Francis Rombout and Gulian Verplanck received their Crown patent for the purchase of what is known as the Rombout Patent.


This was the first and largest portion of Dutchess County to be licensed for purchase from the Wappinger Indians. The town of Fishkill covers only a small portion of this 85,000-acre parcel of land, but it played an important role for years to come in the shaping of the region and the nation. In this vibrant new pictorial history, over 200 vintage images bring to life the changes that have occurred over the past century in this Hudson Valley community, from Dutchess Junction, Timoneyville, Glenham, and Brockway, to Baxtertown, Osborn Hill, and Brinkerhoff Ville. Readers learn more about the key role that Fishkill played during Revolutionary times, and view area homes where notables like Lafayette, George Washington, and Generals von Steuben, McDougal, and Putnam headquartered.


Contributor Bio(s): Fishkill Historical Society: - Gathered from the cherished collections of the Fishkill Historical Society and countless residents of the area, this pictorial history is truly a community effort, demonstrating the closeness that is still woven into the fabric of the town s businesses and homes. Residents and historians alike will surely delight in the group s thoughtful and enduring compilation, produced under the guidance of Roy Jorgensen and Patricia McGurk.