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by Mike Hays One of the saddest events of Nyack history is the day the melodic bells of the Bell Memorial Tower in South...
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by Mike Hays It’s unclear why the Nyack Postal Service chose April 1, 1899 as the day to switch from having villagers picking up...
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by Mike Hays Undercliff, or Underclyffe as it was styled in 1885, was an estate house named for its presence near or ‘under’ Hook...
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by Mike Hays It was the charity baseball game of the century. A motorcade of buses and cars from New York City brought stars...
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by Mike Hays During the Gilded Age, Rockland Lake ice, known for its purity, was so beloved in New York City that it was...
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The Story of DePew’s Glen & the Bridging of Broadway by Mike Hays Broadway was not always a through street. South Broadway was interrupted...
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The Bomb Cyclone That Changed New York by Mike Hays A little after midnight on Monday morning, March 12, 1888, heavy rain changed to...
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Before climate change spoiled the formation of deep ice on local ponds and rivers, children would gather on weeknights and weekends to skate and...
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Peter Williamson died in Upper Nyack in January, 1886. He was said to be the last living person in Rockland County born in bondage....
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When people hear the term “Gilded Age” they may think of Julian Fellowes’ new TV series or of some distant time populated by remote,...