Wallkill Public Library Local History Collection: Ulster County
A collection of published materials related to the history of the Town of Shawangunk and its institutions.
Architectural History
- The Early Stone Houses of Ulster County, New York byCall Number: LOH 974.7 TelPublication Date: 1974
Kingston
- The story of Kingston, first capitol [sic] of New York State, 1609-1952. byCall Number: 974.7 HicPublication Date: 1952
Saugerties
General History
Wicked Ulster County by Call Number: 974 SchISBN: 9781609497163Publication Date: 2012-07-31From murders and mobs to an alligator in the Ellenville sewer, these are Ulster County's most wicked stories.- Mohonk: Its People and Spirit, A History of One Hundred Years of Growth and Service byCall Number: 974.7 BurISBN: 0935796428Publication Date: 1993-10-01
The Story of the Palatines: an episode in colonial history by Call Number: 974.7 CobISBN: 1556131445Publication Date: 1988-11-01- Picturesque Ulster : a pictorial work on the County of Ulster, State of New York byCall Number: 974.7 DeLPublication Date: 1968"Originally published in eight numbered parts, Kingston, 1896 to 1905. "
- The history of Ulster County, with emphasis upon the last 100 years, 1883-1983Call Number: 974.7 HPublication Date: 1984
- History of Ulster County, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. byCall Number: 974.7 SylPublication Date: 1880
- A History of Ulster County under Dominion of the Dutch byCall Number: 974.7 VanISBN: 9780941567022Publication Date: 1989
- The builders of Ulster County : a curriculum on the history of immigration byCall Number: YA 974.734 SteCurriculum guide appropriate for high school students that uses statistical and document based materials that incorporates the history of immigration in Ulster County to National education standards.
Murder and Mayhem in Ulster County by Call Number: 974.734 SCHISBN: 9781626190733Publication Date: 2013-08-13In1870, the New York Herald proclaimedthat Ulster County was New York’s “Ulcer County” due to its lawlessness andcrime. The columnist supported his claim by citing that in only six months, “ithas been the scene of no less than four cold blooded and brutal murders, sixsuicides and four elopements.” Hannah Markle—the bane of the Woman’s ChristianTemperance Union—ran a Kingston saloon where murder and violence were servedalongside the whiskey. John Babbitt confessed on his deathbed to murdering EmmaBrooks, and Willie Brown—reputed member of the Eastman Gang—accidentally shothis best friend. The infamous Big Bad Bill, the “Gardiner Desperado,” lashedout more than once and killed in a drunken rage. Discover the mayhem and murderthat these and others wreaked on one of New York State’s original counties.
New Paltz
- The story of the Paltz : a brief history of New Paltz, N.Y. byCall Number: 974.7 DuBPublication Date: 1936
- In a valley fair : a history of the State University College of byCall Number: 974.7 LanPublication Date: 1960
- History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families (from 1678 to 1820) including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the revolution byCall Number: 974.7 LeFPublication Date: 1909