Newsletters

NOTE: Since 2002 the Pittstown Historical Society has been publishing a bi-annual newsletter. The newsletters are posted online and hard copies mailed to our members in September and March. The newsletters cover a range of topics, all relating to Pittstown, past and present. Contributors to our newsletter include a wide variety of people, many of them descendants of early Pittstown settlers. Please get in touch with us if you want to share a story related to Pittstown’s past.

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ISSUE XXXXVI, FALL, 2024
Stereoscopes, A 19th Century Virtual Reality Experience by Betsy Tromans, Pages 1- 4
Paul Wiley’s Early Memories of the Otter Creek Farm, interview by Debbie Kalbfliesh, Pages 5 – 8
Hoosick History and Heritage Fair, Page 9
Honor Our Veterans – Our Hometown Heroes, Page 10
The Tomhannock Reservoir by Paula Auclair, Pages 11 – 14
Archiving Schaghticoke, Page 14
Valley Falls Bridges, Part Two: 1939 and 1990 by Chris Kelly, town historian of Schaghticoke, and Janet Weber, town historian of Valley Falls, Pages 15 – 18
Pittstown’s Historical Society’s Newest Exhibit, Page 18
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part XIII) by Steve Dunham, Page 19 - 20

ISSUE XXXXV, SPRING, 2024
The Baptists “Difficulty” with the Freemasons in Pittstown by Glenn Rouse, Pages 1- 6
Remnants of a Railroad Bridge, Pages 6 – 7
Pittstown Historical Society News, Page 7
Cora Salisbury and her 12 Children by Debbie Kalbfliesh, Pages 8 – 10
Dora Carpenter Burdick’s Bicentennial Collage, Pages 11 - 12 
The First Hoosic River Bridges at Valley Falls by Chris Kelly, Schaghticoke town historian and Janet Weber, Pittstown town historian, Pages 13 – 16
Dunham Farm Recollections by Steve Dunham, Pages 16 - 17

ISSUE XXXXIV, FALL, 2023
The Corn Houses of Pittstown, Pages 1 – 3
A Family of Pittstowners in the Revolutionary War, By Glenn Rouse, Pages 3 – 7
Hoosick History and Heritage Fair, Page 7
An Envelope Returns Home, By Bill McGovern, Pages 8 – 9
Pittstown Historical Society News, Pages 9 – 11
The Mystery of the Valley Falls Veterans Monument, By Janet Weber, Pages 11 – 12
Dunham Farm Recollections, By Steve Dunham, Pages 12 – 13
On the Path to a Park, By Maren Stein, Pages 13 – 14
The Bell, Then and Now, By Maren Stein, Pages 14 – 15
Recollections of Pittstown Boyhood on Ford Road, by Sandra Jacon, Pages 15 - 18
Young Heroes in Old Age, By Chris Kelly, Pages 18 – 23
The Beauty and Art of Women’s Purses of Yore, Page 23

ISSUE XXXXIII, SPRING, 2023
The Coletti Farmstead in the 19th Century, Pages 1 – 5
Chester Carknard - Valley Falls Boy and Namesake of the V.F.W. Post, By Chris Kelly, town historian of Schaghticoke, Pages 6 – 10
Schaghticoke’s Immense Cottonwood Tree, Page 10
Stories of Pittstown’s Stagecoach Days, Pages 11 – 13
Excitement at Pittstown, Troy Dail Whig, March 24, 1858, Page 13
History of the Brier Hill Farm, Pages 14 – 16
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part X), By Steve Dunham, Pages 17 – 18
Calling on car buffs to help us date these early Pittstown cars!, Page 18
Celebrate the Installation of the Odd Fellows Curtain at the Pittstown Town Hall, Page 19
Pittstown Historical Society Meetings, Page 20

ISSUE XXXXII, FALL, 2022
The L. B. Brockett Lumber Company, Inc., Pages 1 – 3
Cherished Memories: Taking a Look at Children’s Photos, By Nancy Grilli, Pages 4 – 6
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part IX) Milking and Feeding Milk Cows, By Steve Dunham, Pages 7 – 8
Mary and Her Lamb booklet excerpt, Page 9
Votes for Women, By Maren Stein, Pages 10 - 11
Thomas Lape: Businessman, Family Man, Prohibitionist, Developer, By Chris Kelly, town historian of Schaghticoke & member of D.A.R., Pages 12 – 16
Pittstown Historical Society News, Page 16

ISSUE XXXXI, SPRING, 2022
Caleb Sherman: Portrait by Ammi Phillips; Caleb Sherman’s Family; Sherman Cemetery, Pages 1 – 3
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part VIII); The Sherman Graveyard, By Steve Dunham, Pages 4 – 5
Publication & Exhibits, Page 5
The Francisco Family, By Chris Kelly, town historian of Schaghticoke & member of D.A.R., Pages 6 – 7
Pittstown Historical Society News, Page 7
Horseless Carriage of 1908, By Ray Henry, Page 8
Advertisements Featured on the Odd Fellows’ Theatrical Curtain, Pages 9 – 10
The History of Yazoo Mills, Inc., By Connie Kheel, Page 9
“Her Life Became a Travelogue”; Carlotta Tingue and Richard Drace White (Part 2), By Chris Kelly, town historian of Schaghticoke & member of D.A.R., Pages 10 – 11
The Marriage of Waldo Brust and Alta Bornt, Pages 12 - 14

ISSUE XXXX, FALL, 2021
Pittstown’s District #9 Little Red Schoolhouse, By Sandra Jacon, Pages 1 – 4
Advertisements Featured on the Odd Fellows’ Theatrical Curtain, Pages 4 – 6
Home Bureaus and Clubs in Pittstown, By Maren Stein, Pages 6 – 7
The Devastating Derecho in Pittstown, Page 7
Old Photos ….. Taking a Deeper Look (continued), Pages 8 – 9
The Village of Tomhannock in the Early 1900s, Page 9
The Art of Polite Correspondence, Page 10
The Restoration of the Maplewood Cemetery of Cooksboro, Page 11
“Her Life Became a Travelogue”; Carlotta Tingue and Richard Drace White (Part 1), By Chris Kelly, town historian of Schaghticoke & member of D.A.R., Pages 12 – 14
Pittstown Historical Society News - Fall 2021 CLICK HERE

ISSUE XXXVIX, SPRING, 2021
What’s Cooking in Pittstown? By Maren Stein, Pages 1 – 4
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part VII), By Steve Dunham, Pages 5 – 7
Restoration of Pietro’s Shoe Repair and Supplies Sign, Page 7
The Carpenter Sisters’ Autograph Books, By Debbie Kalbfliesh, Pages 8 – 9
Clarissa Ann Rowland’s Autograph Book, 1850s, By Sandra Jacon, Pages 10 – 11
Donation to the PHS of a Theatrical Curtain, Page 11
Vermont or New York? The Border Controversy of 1781 or How Pittstown was Almost a Part of Vermont, By Chris Kelly, Pages 12 – 17
Pittstown Historical Society News, Page 17
Old Photographs ….. Taking a Deeper Look, By Nancy Grilli, Pages 18 – 20
Building a Silo, Page 20
Repairs to the Pittstown Town Hall’s Steeple, Page 21

ISSUE XXXVIII, FALL, 2020
Johnsonville’s Deerlick Home Bureau, Pages 1 – 5
Clinton Chases Johnson, by Chris Kelly, Pages 6 – 10
Pittstown Historical Society News, Page 10
“Memories”, Poem by Samuel I. Reed, Page 11
Barbara Gifford’s “Groveside Memories” Paintings, Page 12
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part VI), by Steve Dunham, Pages 13 – 16
Peaceful Pittstown?, by Maren Stein, Pages 16 – 17
Childhood Remembrances of Johnsonville, by Ruth Burdick Schaffer, Pages 18 - 23

ISSUE XXXVII, SPRING, 2020
Pittstown During the American Revolution, by Chris Kelly, Pages 1 – 6
History of the Valley Falls Library, by Janet Weber & Jeanette Sassatelli, Pages 6 – 7
The Campbell Family and the Campbell Farm, by Neysa Garrett, Pages 8 – 12
For Sale (Published in the Albany Gazette, September 7, 1795), Pages 12 – 13
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part V), by Steve Dunham, Pages 13 - 14
Pittstown Historical Society News, Page 15

ISSUE XXXVI, FALL, 2019
The Schaghticoke Fair 200th Anniversary (The 200th Anniversary of the First Rensselaer County Fair), by Chris Kelly, Pages 1 – 3
Clothing Collection Reviewed, by Lorraine Brownell, Pages 4 – 5
Akin’s Point: A Popular Beach in Pittstown!, Page 6
Robert Frost Recollected, by Sandra Jacon, Page 7
Pittstown Historical Society Collection Committee, Pages 8 – 9
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part IV), by Steve Dunham. Pages 10 – 12
Tomhannock Presbyterian Cemetery Restoration, Page 12
Valley Falls Historic District’s Early Mill Sites: Page 12
New Life for the Thompson Mill Site, by Maren Stein: Page 13

ISSUE XXXV, SPRING, 2019
Settlement of Pittstown (1788 – 1815), by Jessie Ravage: Pages 1 – 4
History of the Hillside Cemetery in Raymertown, by Maren Stein: Pages 4 - 5
Pittstowners Move West, by Connie Kheel: Pages 6 – 9
The Madigan Boys Go to War, by Chris Kelly: Pages 9 – 11
Pittstown Historical Society News: Page 11
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part III) by Steve Dunham: Pages 12 - 15

ISSUE XXXIV, FALL, 2018
The Threshing Barns of Pittstown, by Jessie Ravage with preface by Sandra Jacon: Pages 1 – 6
My Pittstown Connections, by Phil Gibbs: Pages 7 – 10
Maria Nutting’s Diaries (1876 – 1904), by Nancy Grilli: Page 11 – 13
Pittstown Historical Society News: Page 13
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part II), by Steve Dunham: Pages 14 – 15
What Is It?: Page 15

ISSUE XXXIII, SPRING, 2018
Dunham Farm Recollections (Part I), by Steve Dunham: Pages 1 – 3
Johnsonville Railroad, Past and Present, by Maren Stein: Pages 4 – 6
Pittstown Centinel: Page 6
43 Years as a Railway Postal Clerk, by Helen E. Goodrich: Pages 6 – 8
The Outhouse, by Joe Peck: Page 8
Pittstown Outhouses: Page 8 – 9
New Fees for Membership to the Pittstown Historical Society: Page 9
Honoring World War I Veterans for their Service, by Chris Kelly: Page 10
Biography of Sophus Djernes, Pittstown Veteran, by Chris Kelly: Pages 10 – 11
Pittstown Town Records, 1785: Page 12
Recent Donations to the Pittstown Historical Society: Page 13

ISSUE XXXII, FALL, 2017
Political Equality Club of Valley Falls, by Chris Kelly: Pages 1 – 5
Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752-1783): Life in the Early Pittstown - Schaghticoke District (Part 10), by Walter Auclair: Pages 5 – 7
Pittstown Historical Society News: Pages 7 – 9
The Mills of Factory Hollow, by Maren Stein: Pages 10 – 11
The History of the Johnsonville Volunteer Ambulance Service: Pages 12 – 13
Nancy Slocum’s Album of Poems (1834 – 1838): Page 13
Early Ketcham Quilt Donated to the PHS: Pages 14 – 15

ISSUE XXXI, SPRING, 2017
School Records 1844-1864 Nortonville School District #6: Pages 1 - 4  
Where in Pittstown was this Historic Farmstead Located?: Page 5
Pittstown’s Part in a Loyalist Kidnapping Plot, by Maren Stein: Pages 5 - 6  
Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752-1783): Life in the Early Pittstown - Schaghticoke District (Part 9). by Walter Auclair: Pages 7 - 9  
What’s Changed in Pittstown in 225 Years?: Page 9  
Dorah M. Gifford, Guardian of Pittstown’s Past: Page 10 - 15

ISSUE XXX, FALL, 2016
Hats off to Pittstown!, by Nancy Grilli: Pages 1 – 5  
Pittstown’s Farmsteads Honored in NYS Preservation Plan: Page 5  
Nellie Abbott and her Diaries. by Betsey Tromans: Pages 6 – 9  
Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752 – 1783): Life in the Early Pittstown - Schaghticoke District (Part 8). by Walter Auclair: Pages 9 – 11  
Gandy Dancers. by David H. McMahon: Pages 11 - 12  
Pittstown Historical Society News: Page 13

ISSUE XXIX, SPRING, 2016
Cornell Farm; A Bridge to the Past: Pages 1 – 4 & 12 – 14  
Local Loyalists. by Maren Stein: Pages 5 – 7  
500 Wreaths Honoring Veterans: Page 7  
Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752-1783): Life in the Early Pittstown - Schaghticoke District (Part 7), by Walter Auclair: Pages 8 & 11    
The Story of a Flat Iron: Page 14  
Raising Flax in Pittstown, by Timothy Holt: Pages 15 - 17

ISSUE XXVIII, FALL, 2015
Pittstown Landscape Artist; Rudy Helmo (1908-1986). by Joan Helmo Bondy: Pages 1 – 3
 Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752 - 1783): Life in the Early Pittstown - Schaghticoke District (Part 6), by Walter Auclair: Pages 3 - 4  
Recollections of the Snyder Farm: Pages 5 – 7  
William and Lydia Shephard’s Pittstown, by Maren Stein and Constance Kheel: Pages 8 - 10  
Digging for History: Page 11  
Pittstown Historical Society News: Page 12

ISSUE XXVII, SPRING, 2015
Pittstown’s Town Offices Located in the Historic Tomhannock Methodist Episcopal Church: Pages 1 – 5  
Saving a New World Dutch Barn: Pages 6 – 7  
The Gibbs New World Dutch Barn and its Cultural Context, by Walter Richard Wheeler: Page 8  
Land Transfers in 1770s, by Maren Stein: Pages 9 – 10  
Holiday Wreaths Honoring Veterans: Page 10  
Pittstown Land Grants, by Charles Filkins: Pages 11 – 13  
Pittstown Historical Society News: Pages 13 – 14  
Exhibits on Display at the Town Hall Meeting Room: Page 14

ISSUE XXVI, FALL, 2014
The Historic Empie Farm: Pages 1 – 4
Pittstown Historical Society news Update: Page 4  
Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752-1783): Life in the Dearly Pittstown - Schaghticoke District (Part 5), by Walter Auclair: Pages 5 – 6  
Factors Leading to the American Civil War (Part 2), by Kenneth J. Miller: Pages 6 – 8  
Raymertown Cadet Band 1888 – 1894, by Sam Irving Reed: Pages 9 – 10  
St. Croix or Sancoick Road: What, When, Where and Why, by Maren Stein: Pages 10 – 12  
Tomhannock Methodist Church Cemetery, by Verna Hansen and Barbara Squires: Page 12

ISSUE XXV, SPRING, 2014
Of Cupolas, Lanterns, and Ventilators, by Eric Gradoia: Pages 1 – 5  
Pittstown Historical Society News Update: Page 5    
Ann Eliza Bleeker (1752 – 1783); Life in the Early Pittstown - Schaghticoke District (Part 4), by Walter Auclair: Pages 6 – 7    
Mystery Photo: Page 7    
Thomas – Wiley –Abbott Farmstead: Pages 8 – 9    
25 Years on the Charlie Wiley Farm; Reflections, by Jill Thomas: Pages 9 – 10    
More on Pittstown Civil War Soldiers: Page 10 - 11  
Factors Leading to the American Civil War (Part I), by Kenneth J. Miller: Pages 11 - 13

ISSUE XXIV, FALL, 2013
A Project to Expand the Norton Cemetery: Pages 1 – 2  
Truth Stranger Than Fiction: The Tragedy and Triumph of Lany Wager Rose, by Warren Broderick: Pages 3 – 5  
Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752 – 1783): Life in the Early Pittstown - Schaghticoke District (Part 3), by Walter Auclair: Pages 6 – 8  
What Happened to Pittstown Soldiers in the Civil War, by Maren Stein: Pages 8 – 9  
Pittstown Boys Who Studied at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, by Neysa Carpenter Garrett: Pages 9 – 12  
Collections Room for the Pittstown Historical Society; Renovations at the Tomhannock Methodist Church: Page 13  
Update on Pittstown’s Historic Farmsteads: Last Page

ISSUE XXIII, SPRING, 2013
The Gifford Farm By Daniel Gifford: Pages 1 - 3, 8 – 11 & 13  
Palatine Immigrants to Schaghticoke and Pittstown, by Chris Kelly: Pages 1 – 2  
Pittstown’s Civil War Soldiers: Page 6  
Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752 – 1783): Life in the Early Pittstown - Schaghticoke District (Part 2), by Walter Auclair: Pages 7 – 8  
Poem: Tomhannock Timeline, by Sandra Jacon: Page 12

ISSUE XXII, FALL, 2012
Ann Eliza Bleeker (1752 – 1783); Life in the Early Pittstown-Schaghticoke District (Part 1), by Walter Auclair: Pages 1, 2, 10 & 11  
Haskin Cemetery Restoration: Page 3  
The Railroad Control Tower in Johnsonville, by Frank W. Losaw Jr.: Pages 4 – 5  
The Stained Glass Windows of Pittstown’s Churches (Part Three), by Ned Pratt: Pages 5 -8  
Jonathan Read’s “Memorandom” Book & the War of 1812: Pages 9 - 10  
Pittstown Historian Turns 100: Page 13

ISSUE XXI, SPRING, 2012
Twenty Six Historic Farmsteads of Pittstown: Pages 1 – 3  
A Canadian Loyalist Adventure into a Mutual American Past, by Anne Elspeth Rector: Pages 3 – 5  
John E. Empie Sr.: Page 5  
The Tomhannock Upper School, by Ellen Wiley: Pages 6 - 7  
Isaac Snyder’s Pittstown Day Book, 1835 – 1855, by Timothy Holt: Pages 8 – 10  
Breaking Through A Brown Brick Wall, Part II, by Ronald Bachman: Pages 11 - 13

ISSUE XX, FALL, 2011
Pittstown’s Historic Farmsteads Honored: Pages 1 – 2  
Our Pittstown Connections from Across the Border: Prentis/Delong History, by CarolAnne Prentice Chepurny: Pages 2 – 5  
The Stained Glass Windows of Pittstown’s Churches (Part Two), by Ned Pratt: Pages 5 – 8  
Pittstown Historical Society Commemorates the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War: Page 9  
Town of Pittstown: Participation in the American Civil War, by Bill Powers: Pages 9 – 12  
Breaking Through a Brown Brick Wall, Part I, by Ronald D. Bachman: Pages 13 - 15

ISSUE XIX, SPRING, 2011  
The Stained Glass Windows of Pittstown’s Churches (Part One), by Ned Pratt:  Pages 1 – 4  
Threshing Machine Demonstration: Page 4  
A Monument to My Pittstown Connection, by Lyle Denny: Pages 5 – 6  
Life and Legacy of Major Michael S. Vandercook, by Ronald D. Bachman: Pages 7 – 9  
Pittstown Historical Society Update: Page 9  
Our Ancestors: Who, When and Why They Came Here, by Maren Stein: Pages 10 – 11  
Harriet Lamb Abbott – Her Work Comes Home, by Cindy Parillo:  Pages 11 – 12  
Pittstown Historical Society Receives Grant: Pages 12 - 13

ISSUE XVIII, FALL, 2010
The Reed Farmstead: Pages 1 - 4  
Pittstown Historical Society Members Visit the Knickerbocker Mansion: Page 4  
Charlotte Lennox, Esteemed Novelist of the Colonial Era, by Walter Auclair: Pages 5 - 8     
Pittstown Historical Society News: Page 8  
Honoring the ‘Old Barn’, by Fred Stein: Page 9    
The Old Barn - In Memory of Chester Newcomb, by Richard Qua, 1993: Page 10  
Drawing of the “Old Barn”, by Stephen Levy, 1992: Page 11

ISSUE XVII, SPRING, 2010
In Plain Sight All Along: Revelations from the Simon Vandercook Estate Settlement Papers, by Ronald D. Bachman: Pages 1 – 5  
Pittstown’s Past is Very Present: Pages 5 – 7  
Reflections on Weather, by Maren Stein: Pages 7 – 8  
Early Quaker Settlers Promote Freedom of Religion: Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of the Town of Flushing to Governor Stuyvesant, December 27, 1657, by Joan and Tom Dater: Pages 8 – 9  
Crime and Punishment in Pittstown: Wife Beating, by Walter Auclair: Pages 9 - 11

ISSUE XVI, FALL, 2009
James Thompson & Co. Mill of Valley Falls Destroyed by Fire, by Dick Lohnes: Pages 1 - 2  
Gibbs Cemetery Restored by Descendants of the Gibbs Family: Page 3  
History of the Gibbs Family in Pittstown, by Phil Gibbs: Pages 4 – 5  
Gibbs Cemetery Restoration: Page 5  
Petty Crime in Old Pittstown, by Walter Auclair: Pages 6 – 7  
Isaac Singer – King of the Sewing Machines, by Angelika Glander: Pages 8 – 9  
The Rifenburgh House – Gone, But Not Forgotten, by Barbara Squires: Pages 10 – 11
Historic Farmstead Study Progressing: Page 11  
Colonel Royal Abbott’s House: A Mystery or a Misnomer, by Cindy Parillo: Page 12 – 13

ISSUE XV, SPRING, 2009
The Button Farm, Part 2, Simeon Button (1757–1836), Pittstown Farmer and Rensselaer County Justice of the Peace, by Walter Auclair, including excerpts from Button Account Book in the years 1797, 1799 and 1805:  Pages 1 - 6  
Bill of Sale for Pomp, the Slave, March 27, 1801: Page 7  
A Match Not Made in Heaven:
The Ill-Fated Marriage of Michael S. Vandercook and Betsey Robert Pickett (1826-52), by Dr. Ronald Bachman: Pages 9 - 14  
Hoosic Valley Students Publish Booklet on Area History: Pages 15 - 16  
Scholarship Honors Ellen Wiley, Pittstown Historian: Page 16  
Pittstown Historical Society Awarded Two Grants for the Study of 25 Historic Farmsteads in Pittstown: Page 17

ISSUE XIV, FALL, 2008  
The Button Farm, Part 1 (Getting to Know Pittstown’s Historic Places), by Walter Auclair: Pages 1 - 5  
Button Account Book and Ledger: Excerpts from 1848 Button Account Book and Simeon Button 1792-1821 Justice of Peace Ledger, including comments by Dr. Ronald Bachman: Pages 5 - 8  
Studying Secrets; The Underground Railroad, by Maren Stein: Page 9  
Geer Cemetery Restoration Work: Page 10

ISSUE XIII, SPRING, 2008
Pittstown Porches: Pages 1 - 3  
Rediscovering A Primary Source for Local History:
The Account Book of Simeon Button, Justice of the Peace and Merchant in Early Pittstown, by Dr. Ronald Bachman: Pages 4 - 6  
Escaping to Whitehall; Tracking the Underground Railroad, by Maren Stein: Pages 5 - 8  
More History of an Early Feed, Coal and Lumber Business (Wiley Bros./ Ryan & McMahon), by David McMahon: Pages 8 - 10

ISSUE XII, FALL, 2007
Valley Falls Post Offices Since 1891: Pages 1 - 3  
Historic Barns in Pittstown Receive Grants (Gilchrist barn and Sherman barn): Pages 4 - 6  
Who Makes History, by Maren Stein: Page 7  
Local is Important Based on lecture by Phyllis Chapman: Page 7  
Gambie Home: Page 8  
The Origins of Methodism in Tomhannock,
excerpts from the 1891 booklet “Celebrating the Centennial of Methodism in Pittstown: Pages 9 - 11

ISSUE XI, SPRING, 2007
Signs on NYS Route 7: Pages 1 - 5  
The Northern Turnpike in Pittstown Based on lecture by Ken Gottry: Pages 5 – 7  
Pittstown Town Historian to be Honored (Ellen Wiley): Page 7  
Pittstown Highway Road Scraper, Then and Now:Page 8  
Who’s/Whose History?, by Maren Stein: Page 9  
Norton Cemetery Association Cleans Up With State Grant: Page 10

ISSUE X, FALL, 2006
Moore Farmstead, including excerpts from 1876 -77 diary of Charles Wesley Gifford: Pages 1 - 4  
Success Story of an Early Pittstown Business (Wiley Bros.): Pages 5 - 6  
Tracking Old Farm Tractors, by Maren Stein: Pages 6 - 8  
More on Early Doctors, including observations on and excerpts from 1858-59 account book of Dr. R. S. Connelly: Pages 8 – 11  
Praise for Mr. Benjamin Bosworth (in 1880): Page 11  
History of Austin Farm, Revisited: Pages 11 - 12

ISSUE IX, SPRING, 2006
Johnsonville Bridge: Pages 1 - 3  
Topography is Destiny, by Maren Stein: Page 5  
Early Pittstown Doctors: Pages 6 - 9  
Did you Know, excerpts from newspaper articles in published in the early 1900s: Pages 9 - 10

ISSUE VIII, FALL, 2005
Austin Farmstead, including excerpts from 1797 – 1857 Isaiah Austin Account Book: Pages 1 - 3  
Abandoned Cemeteries Cared For: Page 5  
Family  Research in the Midwest Leads to Indians and Capital Region, by Maren Stein: Page 6  
Pittstown Agricultural Businesses of Yore: Pages 8 - 10

ISSUE VII, SPRING, 2005
Pittstown Corners Cemetery Tree: Page 1    
Early Records of the Pittstown Baptist Church, including excerpts from the Pittstown Baptist Church records: Pages 1 - 4  
A Grand Centennial Celebration in Valley Falls: Page 6  
The History of the Powder Mills Based on book by David McMahon and Anne Kelly Lane: Pages 7 - 8

ISSUE VI, FALL, 2004
Village of Valley Falls to Celebrate100 Years off Incorporation, by Dick Lohnes: Page 1  
Cartin Farm, including Cartin Barns Honored: Pages 4 - 5  
Charles & Ellen J. Sherman, including excerpts from 1865 diary: Pages 6 - 7  
Northern Turnpike Marker: Page 8

ISSUE V, SPRING, 2004
Sherman Farm with 1810 inventory list: Pages 1 - 4  
1880 Church Quilt: Page 6  
Silas S. and Arlina Brownell Herrington portraits: Page 7
Barbara Post, in Memoriam: Page 7  
Then and Now (Pittstown Telephone Company): Page 8  
News in 1704 and 1804, by Maren Stein: Page 10

Issue IV, Fall, 2003  
Silas S. Herrington Home with 1875 diary excerpts:  Pages 1 & 3  
More About the Vandercooks, by Maren Stein: Pages 1 & 4  
Pittstown Historic Farm Honored (Sherman farm): Page 4   
Historic Pittstown Barn Received NYS Preservation Award (Halford barn): Page 6

Issue III, Spring 2003
Hard Winter, you think? Read about the Winter of 1888 (excerpts from 1888 diary of Charles E. Sherman): Page 1
Old Cooksboro Cemetery: Page 3
Early Dutch settlers in Pittstown, by Maureen Stein: Page 3

Issue II, Fall 2002
The Valley Falls Library: Pages 1 & 3
How did Johnsonville get its name?: The lapse of the “Lick”.: Page 4

Issue I, Spring, 2002
Two Historic churches in Pittstown to close: Pages 1 & 3
Pittstown Historical Society receives Tax Exempt status: Page 1
Pittstown Historical Society, Twenty seven years old: Page 3
Myers Farm: Page 4