'Legacies on the Land: Historic Houses, Hamlets, and Landscapes of Southern Ulster County' Catskills

'Legacies on the Land: Historic Houses, Hamlets, and Landscapes of Southern Ulster County' CatskillsLegacies on the Land is the history of the land, people, and architecture of one of the earliest regions to be colonized by Europeans in what is now New York State. The book follows the early settlement of southern Ulster County by the Dutch, Huguenots, Walloons, English, Palatines, and enslaved Africans on the homelands of the Munsee Lenape as settlement spread outward from New Paltz to neighboring townships. The nineteenth century influx of Germans,

Illustrated by Matt Kelly

Albert Bierstadt

It also teaches readers how to recognize a good cider and takes you from buying store-bought to making the genuine article at home

Quoits was played during the American Revolutionary War by both British and Continental soldiers to pass the time

And as elected officials

that set of established practices and expectations that guide the way people get along with one another and relate to ruling authorities

and clever craftsmanship to any occasion

11" by 17"

The purses carried a variety of things

and gratitude

Perfect for your home or as a gift for a friend or loved one

The chronology begins in 1837 with the interracial meeting of antislavery women in New York City and concludes with the civil rights movement of the 1960s