Remembering Fishkill (American Chronicles) - Softcover

Skinner, Willa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596295813 ISBN 13: 9781596295810

Publisher: The History Press, 2008

Synopsis

From criminal bandits along the Hudson River to the signing of New York's first constitution, Remembering Fishkill offers a comprehensive look into a community sprung from hope, innovation and revolution. In this collection of historical vignettes, beloved local historian Willa Skinner provides accounts of Fishkill from its earliest Dutch settling to today. Incorporating memories of harvesting ice on the Hudson River during pre-refrigeration days and replacing a lawn mower with Nanny the goat to keep the grass cut in a meadow now filled with condominiums, Skinner offers a charming personal account of life in Fishkill as only she can.

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About the Author

Willa Skinner holds a journalism degree from New York University and is one of the founding members of the Fishkill Historical Society, which owns and operates the Van Wyck Homestead Museum. She serves on  the publication committee of the Dutchess County Historical Society, is a member of the Dutchess County Municipal Historians Association and, on the state level, the Association of Public Historians of New York State (APHNYS). She is the author of Signal Fires in the Highlands, a town history, and taught a class entitled Tracing Your House's Roots for Dutchess  County  Community College. She has conducted classes  on local history for area schools and recently retired as columnist  with Southern Dutchess News and Beacon Free Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596295813
• ISBN 13: 9781596295810
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128