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Alexander Haviland Gildersleeve – Jewel Thief and Social Highwayman!

Karen Fredrickson2025-06-23T08:56:51-04:00June 20th, 2025|Local History Blog, True Crime|

A Whale of a Tale: Is There a Whale Buried Under Catharine Street?

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-23T09:28:43-04:00May 23rd, 2025|Local History Blog|

A Legend In Her Own Right: Photographer Kate Simon

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-27T15:39:59-04:00May 9th, 2025|Local History Blog, The Arts|

The Legacy of April: 1865 & 1869; Laura Keene, The Collingwood Opera House, the end of the Civil War & Today

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-27T15:40:24-04:00April 18th, 2025|Local History Blog, The Arts, Women's History|

Dr. Phoebe Thorne Williamson and the Poughkeepsie Sanitarium

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-27T15:40:52-04:00March 21st, 2025|Healthcare, Local History Blog, Women's History|

The Melody Fair 1958

Karen Fredrickson2025-02-20T16:33:12-05:00February 14th, 2025|Black History, Local History Blog|

Publishing, Politics, and the Poor: The Lives of Julia and Nellie Killey (& their husbands)

Karen Fredrickson2025-01-27T14:23:14-05:00January 24th, 2025|Local History Blog, Women's History|

194 Main Street – Dunwoody Brothers Soap & Candle Factory

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-27T15:44:37-04:00January 3rd, 2025|Historical Businesses, Local History Blog|

The Explosion of the Reindeer

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-27T15:46:49-04:00December 19th, 2024|Local History Blog, Transportation|

Gunshots on Main Street: “Vice and Crime Go Hand in Hand” – The Wilbur Van Tassell Murder

Karen Fredrickson2024-11-26T09:34:07-05:00November 26th, 2024|Local History Blog, True Crime|

Dick Wood – Creepy Tales of the “Hudson River Grappler”

Karen Fredrickson2024-10-31T09:41:31-04:00October 31st, 2024|Local History Blog, Uncategorized|

Lucy Maynard Salmon – The Records We Leave Behind

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-27T15:47:39-04:00October 18th, 2024|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Nineteenth Century Main Street: Farrington’s China Shop

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-27T15:48:43-04:00October 3rd, 2024|Historical Businesses, Local History Blog|

Gertrude Ford Ramsay – The Queen of Tea

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-20T10:05:33-04:00September 20th, 2024|Local History Blog, Women's History|

G. Gordon Liddy and Family

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-12T11:48:19-04:00August 30th, 2024|Local History Blog, Politics|

Early Settlement In Poughkeepsie

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-27T15:50:15-04:00August 15th, 2024|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Sounds from 19th Century Main St: Hickok’s Music Store

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-11T08:56:34-04:00July 25th, 2024|Architecture, Local History Blog, The Arts|

No Longer Standing: Buildings of Poughkeepsie – The George Innis House

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-11T08:34:26-04:00July 10th, 2024|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Uriah Boston – African American Barber

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-11T08:39:33-04:00June 18th, 2024|Black History, Local History Blog|

A Different Perspective: Loyalists in Poughkeepsie

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-11T09:03:53-04:00June 5th, 2024|Local History Blog, Politics|

Poughkeepsie City Directories

Karen Fredrickson2024-05-23T11:02:48-04:00May 23rd, 2024|Local History Blog|

Coming Soon! Walking Tour of Dwight Street and Hooker Avenue

Karen Fredrickson2024-05-10T09:23:51-04:00May 10th, 2024|Local History Blog|

Ruth Linda Deyo: Child Prodigy

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-11T08:45:07-04:00April 26th, 2024|Local History Blog, Women's History|

No Butts about it! Scrabble in Poughkeepsie

Karen Fredrickson2025-05-27T16:09:22-04:00April 12th, 2024|Local History Blog, Sports & Leisure|

Female Physicians of Poughkeepsie

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-11T08:45:08-04:00March 22nd, 2024|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Grace Roberts

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-11T08:45:08-04:00March 8th, 2024|Local History Blog, Women's History|

Poughkeepsie Architecture: The City Almshouse

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-11T08:34:27-04:00February 23rd, 2024|Architecture, Local History Blog|

Before the Oath of Office: Future Presidents at the Bardavon

Karen Fredrickson2024-09-11T09:03:54-04:00February 9th, 2024|Local History Blog, Politics|

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