Community
Historical Attractions
The Livingston History Barn, Livingston, NY
The Palatine Farmstead, Rhinebeck, NY
Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, NY
Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, NY
American Museum of Firefighting, Hudson, NY
Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library
Includes information on:
James Vanderpoel House
Luykas Van Alen House
Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse
Kinderhook, NY
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Kinderhook, NY
Shaker Museum and Library, Old Chatham, NY
Includes information on:
Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, New Lebanon, NY
Van Hoesen House Historical Foundation, Claverack, NY
Local History
Columbia County in the World War (WWI)
New York State Historical Photos & Newspapers hosted by Old Fulton NY Post Card Website
A history of the Mahican Indians, on the First Nations website
Pennsylvania History, The Livingston Indian Records 1666-1723
Robert Livingston (1654-1728) was Secretary for Indian Affairs. Most of the original documents from which this book is derived are located at the Brooklyn Historical Society.
Read the ‘The Picturesque Hudson (1909)‘ hosted on www.archive.org
Roeliff Jansen Kill
Aboriginal place names along the Roeliff Jansen Kill
Court case results for NYS’s seizure of the land for the Fish Hatchery on the Roeliff Jansen Kill – Page 174
1909 Report mentioning results at the Fish Hatchery on the Roeliff Jansen Kill – Page 237
Electricity Comes To Germantown (not without problems)
Lutheran Churcn v. Red Hook Light & Power Company
New York State Supreme Court case involving a slave 1814
Historical Maps
Map of Columbia Cty 1829 D H Burr
Map of Columbia Cty 1829 J W Otley
Greene, Ulster, Columbia, Dutchess counties 1891 F. W. Beers
Greene, Columbia counties 1891 F. W. Beers
Map Collections
Historical Maps of New York hosted by College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama
The David Rumsey Map Collection
Some of these maps may be downloaded