History “K” is for the Kuypers How a Dutch Family Helped Shape the Nyacks Few families shaped the early history of the Nyacks more than the Kuypers. Together with neighboring... Mike HaysSeptember 16, 2026
History “J” is for Jewett’s Observatory Nyack History A to Z Hidden near a group of trees on a lonely ridge above Upper Nyack lies the rectangular stone foundation of... Mike HaysSeptember 9, 2026
History From Quaspeck to Quarry – The Rise of Rockland Landing (Part 1) Rockland Landing lies just 1.5 miles from Nyack—but without road access, it feels far more remote. Once a quiet colonial ferry point, it grew... Mike HaysSeptember 17, 2025
General Sent Up The River: A Ferry Like No Other Scenery, History, and Ice Cream Along the Hudson Reminiscent of the Nyack Ferry nearly a century ago, the Haverstraw–Ossining Ferry, run by New York... Mike HaysSeptember 3, 2025
History Summer Storm on the Hudson: Nyack’s 1885 Excursion That Went Wrong In the summer of 1885, members of the Sunday Schools of Nyack’s Dutch Reformed and Grace Episcopal churches set out for Iona Island on... Mike HaysAugust 20, 2025
History Sylvan Grove: Rockland Lake’s First Amusement Park With a feast of melons, crackers, corn, potatoes, and 20 kegs of clams, Sylvan Grove became an instant success. A brass band from Verplanck’s Point... Mike HaysJune 11, 2025
History Revisiting Underclyffe–A Lost, Gilded Age Mansion Barons of Broadway Series #2 Welcome to the second installment of our series, ‘Barons of Broadway,’ where we delve into the opulent world of... Mike HaysMarch 20, 2024
History The Magnificent Saga of Larchdell Barons of Broadway Series Welcome to the first installment of our series, ‘Barons of Broadway,’ where we delve into the opulent world of the... Mike HaysMarch 13, 2024
History When Nyack Hosted An Emergency Airstrip Back on August 24, 1911, the skies above Upper Nyack bore witness to a spectacular event when Harry Atwood’s biplane executed a daring emergency... Mike HaysAugust 24, 2023
History Is Nyack Resting in the Cradle of a Fjord? Nyack-on-Hudson, as seen etched above the entrance of Village Hall, could very well be revised as Nyack-on-Fjord, a title that beckons both awe and... Mike HaysAugust 10, 2023