Posted in Casperkill on Jul 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
A rough outline of the Hampton Farms property in South Gate South Gate is one of several residential suburbs in the Town of Poughkeepsie. Now almost completely covered by housing developments, the area was once all farmland. Up until 1941 Jim Warner’s family owned an apple farm called Hampton Farms. He still remembers what the […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jul 21st, 2010 No Comments »
This house, now a law office, was the main farmhouse at Hampton Farms Jim Warner is 80 years old. He has lived his whole life in Poughkeepsie, so he remembers the transition from agriculture to industry that took place within the Casperkill watershed over the course of the 20th century. Mr. Warner himself was part […]
Posted in Casperkill, Fonteynkill on Jul 19th, 2010 No Comments »
Professor Lucy Johnson at the U-puku-ipi-sing site Last Friday, as part of Dutchess Watershed Awareness Month, archeologist Lucy Johnson of Vassar College led a walk-and-talk to a very special place in local history. She took us to the spring, known as U-puku-ipi-sing, which gave Poughkeepsie its name. Although it is not located within the Casperkill […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jul 15th, 2010 1 Comment »
Between 1951 and 1968, Vinnie Bihn’s parents ran an inn on Route 9 called the Rochambeau Motel. At the time, they lived in a house on a hill overlooking the motel property, which included a pond created by damming the Casperkill. The motel has changed owners, but Vinnie Bihn still lives in his childhood home. […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jul 14th, 2010 No Comments »
South Road, c. 1900 Route 9 is a major north-south highway that runs parallel to the Hudson River through the City and Town of Poughkeepsie. The section of Route 9 that goes through the Casperkill watershed and over the Creek as it flows out of the IBM Country Club is known as South Road. A […]
Posted in Casperkill on Jun 28th, 2010 No Comments »
Harvey Flad is Professor Emeritus of Geography at Vassar College. Appointed to the faculty in 1972, he played an important role in the development of multidisciplinary programs in American Culture, Environmental Studies and Urban Studies. He has lived in the City of Poughkeepsie for 30 years. On June 21st, Professor Harvey Flad joined us for […]
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