Edited & Published By Marlene Rieb Oehlrich

Created By George Kane

June 2011, First Issue

June, 2011 First Issue

Match the faces if you can:

Over the Hill,

Always Draggin Tale

Table of Contents: What We’ve Been Doing:

Pgs. 2 – 6

Where Were You When

the Lights Went Out?

Pgs. 7 – 8

Our Deceased

Classmates: Page 9

Recipes from Our

Christmas Get Together

Pgs. 9 - 10

Tid - Bits learned from

Our Luncheons and

Tribute to “Sandy” Pg. 11

Orange County Facts Pg 12

Is a cruise to Alaska on your “Bucket

List”? Then consider joining CCHS Graduates

for their cruise to Alaska. Joan Brinckerhoff Lau

is a travel agent and is helping with the planning.

We’re looking at June 2012 with a seven day

Glacier cruise on the Inside Passage Route from

Vancouver up to Anchorage and a three day land

package trip to Denali National Park.

Interested? Contact Marlene or Joan

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I was asked to write a few words

about my CCHS experience and

would like to say I consider myself

very fortunate to have attended a

high school that offered so much

in the way of preparing me for the

workplace in the secretarial field.

“Ernie” Kastelic was the teacher

who influenced me the most and I

still think of him when I am doing

something the way he taught it.

CCHS was the only high school in

the area I am aware of which

offered classes in stenotype

(machine shorthand) to its

students. That two year course,

combined with Secretarial

Practice, gave me the skills I

needed to go out into the

workplace straight out of high

school. Ernie happened to play

golf with a local Cornwall

attorney, Tom Callahan, who was

looking for a legal secretary. Ernie

recommended me for the job and I

worked for the law firm of Lemon

& Callahan on Main Street, across

from what is now Prima Pizza, for

many years. The clients were

always fascinated by my steno

machine and always asked

questions about how it worked. It

was very state of the art at that

time.

I worked in Cornwall until 1990,

when Tom Callahan passed away.

I then went to work for a New

Windsor law firm and am still

employed there in the Estates

Department (in the old Trade

Winds building – ah, the

memories!!). I have enjoyed

working in the legal field and have

formed lifelong friendships with

some of the people I have worked

with.

There is a court reporter that

comes to the office to take

depositions for our Litigation

Department who also took Ernie’s

steno classes. Her steno machine

is completely computerized and

makes mine look pretty obsolete.

The new machines also do a voice

recording and transcribe the notes

for the stenographer.

I am on my third or fourth steno

machine now, but it still gets put to

use on a regular basis. It has

served me very well over the years

and is always tucked away under

my desk ready for the next

dictation.

Carol Stevenson Scheer

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After Graduation, in order to circumvent the

draft, I enlisted in the Air Force for a short stint.

Upon my discharge, I returned to the Cornwall -

New Windsor area and attempted various venues

of employment. I worked in sales at Lloyds

Dept. Store for a short period of time then moved

on to printing bolts of cloth at Majestic Weaving.

I was stamping hot, 300 degree tile mottle at

Tarkett in Vails Gate, when I received a call in

early ’67 from a “Mike Raab”(who I didn’t know), inquiring as to if I would consider

making a dramatic and immediate career move.

During high school and my return form the

service, I was always involved in some sort of a

weekend/garage band. As such, most musicians

of that era belonged to the “Musicians Union”, a

requirement to work back in the day. Mike

found me by looking thru the alphabetical listing

in the “Musicians Union Handbook” under

“bassist”. Now let’s see; pull hot mottle 8-12

hours a day at minimum wage, or go on the road as a fulltime musician and live the “rock star”

lifestyle. DUH!!!!! So in early 1967, I traded the

hot mottle for a chance to stand under the hot

lights!! The band was comprised of all local musicians.

Mike and I (from Cornwall), Billy Donald and

Joe Scalfari (from Newburgh), and Jack

Dougherty (from Fort Montgomery), and

collectively we were The Jelly Bean Bandits! We

were “house band” to several local night clubs,

including the “Trade Winds” and the

“Buccaneer” and shared the stage with several “major” stars of the day, like Fats Domino, and

Johnny Mystro and the Brooklyn Bridge. We

were fortunate enough to score a 3-album record

contract with Mainstream Records, home to

Janis Joplin and Ted Nugant (our new label

mates). As our music scored several #1 hits in

several select markets (Boston, Florida and

Louisiana), we were afforded the opportunity to

travel throughout the east coast playing music

every night, and compiling enough memories to

fill as least three wings in the Kennedy National Library. Ahh, But all things change, and after several

years of this incredible journey, the road soon

came to an end due to the lack of record

company involvement or care. Management and

musical direction became blurred, and coupled

with the changing attitude in music, the band

split-up in the winter of ‘68 and I once again

drifted into another career change. I fell back on

my educational major and truly my first love, art.

I changed the parameters for myself and focused

on architectural design. I formed a Custom

Home construction company in 1974 and

operated throughout the Hudson Valley into

2009, when I elected to put myself into “semi-retirement”. During the latter part of this period

of my life (2006) I was fortunate enough to have

a horror novel published, “The Lycanthrope

Chronicles” (available at Amazon.com). It is

now being shopped (with the help of several

actor friends), in Toronto and Hollywood in

hopes of scoring a movie deal. It’s made a few

ripples, but I’m still waiting for the big splash…

Funny thing about the band though! In 1999 (31 years after

the fact) Mike received a call from a music critic

in Florida inquiring as to the full page

commentary in “Goldmines Price Guide to

Collectable Record Albums”. Unbeknown to us,

it seemed that over the past 30 plus years our

music had garnered a “…..semi-cult

following….” (as one critic so nicely put it) and

had become a genuine collectors prize. We

were stunned, but not enough to realize that our next move should be to re-group and go back

into the studio and pick up where we had left off.

We did, and the results were the 2001 release of

“Time and Again”, our first musical venture

together in over 33 years. This was followed up

with the releases of “Mirror Music” (2002),

“Other Side of the Mirror”(2003), Bandit

Planet”(2004) and “Rock & Roll is Keeping Me

Alive”(2008) - everything available at CD Baby.

I can say that the reception we have gotten, and

are still getting from fans worldwide, is truly humbling.

The band is officially on extended hiatus as of

now, but still enjoys the critic reviews, e-mails,

and recognition we still receive daily. It is with

our humble pleasure that we acknowledge the

fact that the music we created 43 years ago has

touched, and is still touching, so many.

Peace, Love and Harmony – Fred Buck

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Having a father who was both a

music teacher and a choir director -

organist almost predestined me to follow

in his footsteps. And I did just that. In

2013 I will celebrate my 50th anniversary

as an organist having started in ‘63 at the

Canterbury Presbyterian Church on

Clinton Street (Cornwall) playing the

organ for $10 per wk. As a way to earn

money, it seemed more fun than

babysitting!

Mrs. Troidle, Dr. Benno Troidle’s

wife of Cornwall, was my phenomenal piano

teacher. Dale (Kipp) Conklin and I often

reminisce about the recitals we played for

her in the Baptist Church (the old

building.) But, it was with Mr. Raimondo

at CCHS that I began to formulate my

life plan as a working musician! As a

budding accompanist with Mrs. Callahan’s

chorus in 6th grade at Willow Ave. School,

I continued with Mr. Raimondo’s choruses

right through senior year. Accompanying

Mr. Woltjen’s instrumentalists for varying

programs was also in my purview. (Jim

Wentink was one!) When I watch the TV

program Glee, I’m reminded of my own

high school days when being part of the

music dept. meant that everyone was

accepted and I would be free from

teasing and bullying because of my

weight. The kids in the music dept.

seemed more focused, kinder, and happier

than the general populace at school.

After attending Ithaca College

for Music Ed. I started teaching in the

Newburgh schools in ‘69. 33 yrs. later I

retired from Fostertown Elem. Magnet

School for the Creative and Performing

Arts where I directed (and often wrote)

3-4 major productions a year plus put on

numerous other programs. Grade-level

productions often required parts for 100+

kids but, we wanted every child to have a

part! It was a joy to help students reach

their potential in the performing arts.

Throughout those teaching years

I also served several area churches as

choir director and organist. Currently

I’m Minister of Music at Grace United

Methodist Church (Newburgh) where I

have a choir of 17 and write and direct

productions for Sunday School youth.

Since retirement, every spring I’ve

worked as rehearsal accompanist for

NFA’s big musical (Beauty and the Beast

was the one this year) and then anchor

“the pit” as keyboardist for the

performances. This gives me a chance to

do musical theater, which I love, while

working with those talented high school

kids (often former students)!

Since leaving my “day job” I’ve had

more time to do concertizing on piano and

organ (usually as a benefit for Habitat,

Project Life, the Food Closet, etc.)

Several programs were in collaboration

with the Keyboard Ensemble from NFA.

My favorite concert of late was one

devoted to playing and telling about music

by women composers. I began the

program with an original piece I called

“Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman.”

Someone asked me recently if my

hands hurt from all the playing I do. I

laughingly replied that the rest of my

aging body hurts off and on but my hands

are the most exercised part of my body

and they’re still going strong!

Elissa Zahn (“Lisa”)

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In 1981 I bought my first Standard

bred from a man who had a car

accident and couldn't pay his training

bill. For the last 30 years these race

horses have been an ultimate passion

of mine. At the age of 19 after

getting my first job, I bought my first

riding horse. I have had some trotters

and pacers "standardized gaits" that

couldn't get out of their own shadow,

but I loved them anyway. I started

breeding them in 1990 after I bought

a mare at an auction that never raced

for me. She broke my heart at the

time, but it turned out great in the

long run because we started breeding

them. For the next sixteen years we

bred our home raised mares, not to the

best studs, so we had race horses but

nothing real exciting. Even though we

enjoyed all their races and felt like it

was having a child being a quarterback

in the super bowl every time a two

year old started racing. In 2006, my

husband decided he wanted to move

to Florida, putting our 72 acre farm

up for sale. He was hoping for me to

give up breeding race horses. I don't

want you to think Scotsmen can be

stubborn, but I looked for a way to

keep going without raising them myself.

I knew a trainer and his wife, Joe & Karen Hudon. who live in Acton, Ontario. I've known them since 1994 and liked and respected them as horsemen a lot. I knew they had a farm. I drove up to Canada and had lunch with them asking if we could form a partnership. They would take my mares, WS balanced Wheel and Red Road Rage, which I felt were the best I ever had. They are the off spring of my foundation mares,

Mystical Beauty and What Wheel. So we bred the best mares to the best stallions we could. It takes 3 years to get a foal to the track as a two year old. We have won many races with their babies over the last couple of years. Monday, May 23, 2011, Joe and I said to each other it was a great deal for both of us.

Monday May 23rd, and Tuesday the 24th of May, we had two winners in the Ontario Sire Stakes. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined what a great deal and partnership we formed that day having lunch, talking about how we were getting older and wanted a great horse before we got too old to be able to really enjoy the excitement without having a stroke or heart attack. Ugly Betty and Magic Wheel started their 2011 stake season with wins for us. It's in our blood and I just love the excitement and heartaches that go along with working with animals that have brains the size of a walnut. I spend my summers in Western NY so I can enjoy watching them all summer. It's a great life if you don't give up on your dreams. God bless - I can't wait to see all of you in July. Peg Blair Payne

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Did you know what you wanted

to do after graduation day in 1965? If

the answer was “no”, well, neither did I.

I took off for Parsons College in Iowa

for 4 years. Major: Physical Education.

After college, I was still looking for

what I wanted to do when I grew up.

The Army sounded like a good

bet and after a successful audition on the

clarinet, I was assigned to the 5th Army

Band at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Within

the year, I was transferred to the West

Point Army Band.

After service in the US Army, I

was still looking for my adult career. I

turned to retail in the Newburgh area for

a short time and then followed my

family to the Clemson area in South

Carolina. There, I helped with the

family farm and continued my education

in a graduate program at Clemson

University with a Masters degree in

Recreation and Park Administration.

In 1979, I relocated to the

Washington, DC area. In trying to

procure a position in either education or

park administration, I found there were

more applicants than positions available.

Needing immediate employment, I went

to work for a tree company. After 7

months of moving wood, dragging

brush, and climbing trees, I discovered

what I wanted to do when I grew up!

So, I opened my own tree service in

1980 and have since developed a

successful business still in operation

today.

Family Tree Care, Inc. is a small

business providing quality tree care and

stump removal to both residential and

commercial customers. Many of my

jobs come from referrals from previous

clients. I must be doing something right.

As a Certified Arborist with the

International Society of Arboriculture

(ISA), I strive to bring a positive light to

my profession through one on one

consultation with each potential client,

hiring professional and educated crew

members, keeping up to date with

current industry techniques, safety

standards and disease identification and

treatments. I participate in various

professional networks and develop

relationships with other business

professionals in the community.

Playing music is still a part of my

life. I play in various groups and

ensembles in the DC area. We can be

heard at places such as Georgetown

Harbor, Blue’s Alley and most recent, at

the French Embassy.

Frequently, I am asked why, with

a master’s degree in Recreation and Park

Administration, do I own and manage a

tree service. The answer is “It’s my

passion! I guess I’m just a tree

hugger…from a different prospective.”

Jim Wentink

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Where Were You When

the Lights Went Out? November 9, 1965: General Interest The Great Northeast Blackout At dusk, the biggest power failure in U.S. history occurs as all of New York state, portions of seven neighboring states, and parts of eastern Canada are plunged into darkness. The Great Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush hour, delaying millions of commuters, trapping 800,000 people in New York's subways, and stranding thousands more in office buildings, elevators, and trains. Ten thousand National Guardsmen and 5,000 off-duty policemen were called into service to prevent looting. The blackout was caused by the tripping of a 230-kilovolt transmission line near Ontario, Canada, at 5:16 p.m., which caused several other heavily loaded lines also to fail. This precipitated a surge of power that overwhelmed the transmission lines in western New York, causing a "cascading" tripping of additional lines, resulting in the eventual breakup of the entire Northeastern transmission network. All together, 30 million people in eight U.S. states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec were affected by the blackout. During the night, power was gradually restored to the blacked-out areas, and by morning power had been restored throughout the Northeast.

George Kane: I was in Horton

Memorial hospital with a broken right leg at the time. The entire city was black but not the hospital. There were a few sirens about town but all seemed pretty quiet near the hospital.

Wendy Maxon Zeller: I was

in NYC when it occurred. Almost (operative word: ALMOST) trapped in an elevator. A real experience Lots of memories Thanks for sharing.

Sarah Johnston Marsh: Thanks for the memory... I was in an elevator at college trying to get to dinner....fortunately we were close to a floor and opened the doors and jumped down to the floor. We had an "End of the World party" every year for the next 4 years.

Roy Barley: Memories… I was

on the 7th floor of New York Institute of Technology in Manhattan when it went dark. It was totally dark - no windows of any kind - total darkness. I remember we thought that it would be only a few minutes or something like that. We decided that we would move down the stairwell and out to the street. I remember some one tightly rolling up a New York Times and using it as a torch. When we hit the street all sorts of people were standing around talking. I decided to head to my apartment and find out what was going on. I was on the 2nd floor so a short walk up. My room-mates were there and had been there the whole time. We decided to go downtown to see what was happening. That was an adventure.

Elissa Zahn: I was a freshman at

Ithaca College and the blackout occurred right during the dinner hour. As the blackout continued and we headed back to our dorms, some of the older kids decided it was the perfect opportunity for a panty raid! Swell! I phoned my folks back in Cornwall to let them know what was going on and that's when I found out it was so widespread that they were without power also! Our power was restored later that night.

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Paul Howard: I was in Potsdam, NY

~ 300 miles north of Cornwall. We

had lots of flickers, but Niagara Mohawk, the local power company, had local, small hydro power dams and generators, which kept the lights on, while the rest of the northeast went dark. Only problem - they relied on "the grid" to keep their generators synced up at the 'standard' frequency of 60 cycles per second (now renamed 'Hertz' for one of the early electrical pioneers). These local power plants instead ran at 64 Hertz for hours until the grid came back up. Next morning, all those with electric alarm clocks got up ten or fifteen minutes early because the clocks ' speeded up' - ran fast at 64, rather than 60 Hertz.

Steve Clark: While most of you

were in the blackout, I was in college in SC which wasn't involved. We all gathered around the one small TV in the dorm student lounge and watched the network evening news. Chet Huntley in NY (David Brinkley was in Washington and they couldn't be combined like usual) was sitting at a small table with a candle on it trying to report on the situation. It looked more like he should be reading "The Night Before Christmas”...etc. There was a big religious impact in the south. Many thought that we were being punished for our sins--especially those "Yankees" who should have been committed to hell anyway. Others were afraid that the "Russians" were attacking (we didn't have terrorists back then) and the blackout was the way they could get in under cover. The phone lines were jammed and it took several hours before I got a call through to home and discovered that Cornwall was still on the map.

Joan Brinckerhoff Lau: I was at Harriman College (Queen of the Apostles back then) in the dining hall when all went black. We couldn’t see our food to eat (which with the nun's cooking wasn't a bad thing). The nuns escorted us back to our dorm with flashlights.........we huddled in the small kitchen of our converted "guest house dorm" with candles and told spooky stories until we were all so scared we jumped into bed and huddled under our covers.....

Carol Beyer: The Blackout occurred

in the last few moments of my least favorite class, public speaking. Some of you may remember my giggling fits whenever I had to give a class presentation. I was very disappointed that the blackout hadn't happened at the beginning of the class. The whole class then shuffled en masse back to our dorms through the darkened Albany streets. This was before all classes migrated to the "new campus" on the outskirts of the city. Then I remember dining by candlelight in the dining hall. Probably a fire code infraction today. Fun stuff for a lowly freshman in her first semester! Best to all.

George Kane has our Senior photo slides

of each of us taken by Mr. Shost and

shown on class night. For anyone that’s

interested George can send a large jpeg

file or make hard copies for a

reasonable price depending on the size.

Contact him if you’re interested.

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Honoring those who Have

passed:

1. Ed Barbieri - 1970 2. Shirley Coons - 1980 3. Richard Ceely - 2009 4. John Denton - 1997 5. John Eaton - 2004 6. John Flanagan - 1976 7. Charles “Chip” Fornal -1987 8. James Hagood - 9. Andy Hodge - 2005 10. Tom Kinsler - 1995 11. Sandy Purvis - 1992 12. David Ralph - 1977 13. Claudia Remfrey - 14. Margaret "Peggy" Sorge - 1989 15. Joe Sterling - 1967 16, Dean Swenson - 2002 17. Spencer Wade - 1987 18. Bruce Walker - 19. Richard Whalen - 1987

Try These Great Recipes:

Seafood and Spinach Casserole 2 cups uncooked gemelli (Twist) pasta (I also added in a few small shells for variety) 1 package (1.8 oz) leek soup mix (try Knorrs) 2 cups milk 8 oz crabmeat chunks or imitation crabmeat Shrimp (you decide how much 2 cups of baby spinach leaves -- remove longer stems 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese Optional: 1/8 cup romano cheese Heat oven to 350 degrees. Cook pasta and drain (best to leave a bit harder as it will soften in the oven) Mix the soup mix and milk in saucepan; heat to almost boiling, stirring constantly. Cut up seafood and mix with pasta and spinach Pour into casserole Pour soup mixture over casserole and gently mix. Sprinkle with cheeses. Bake uncovered 20 minutes or until bubbly Serves 7-10, depending how much seafood is added

Barbara Navarra Pasquale

Cheese cake: 9X13 pan, oven 325 1 2/3 cups of graham cracker crumbs 1 tbsp sugar 1/2 cups of melted butter Mix these ingredients and pat down for crust Filling: 3 (8oz.) packages of cream cheese 2 cups of sugar beat well Add 5 eggs, 1 1/2 tsp vanilla and beat well again. Pour over crust and bake for 40 minutes. Topping: 1 pt sour cream, 1/2 cups of sugar, 2 tsp. vanilla - beat 3 minutes and let stand 30 minutes. After filling has cooled, pour topping on and put in refrigerator.

Dale Kipp Conklin

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CRUNCHY ROMAINE TOSS 1 C chopped pecans 1 pkg Ramen noodles, uncooked, broken

up (discard flavor packet) 4 T butter or margarine 1 bunch broccoli, chopped small 1 head Romaine lettuce, broken into

pieces Brown nuts and noodles in melted butter

or margarine; cool on paper towels.

Combine with Romaine when cooled.

Toss with Sweet and Sour Dressing just

before serving. You can add dried

cranberries or other fruit if you like for

color. Serves 10-12 or more, depending

on how much other food you have to eat. SWEET AND SOUR DRESSING 1 C vegetable oil ½ C sugar ½ C red wine vinegar 2 to 3 T soy sauce Blend all ingredients, refrigerate until

ready to use.

Jackie Clouser Fare

QUICK ORANGE NUT LOAF 2 C all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt ½ C soft butter ¾ C sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ C frozen orange juice concentrate,

thawed ¾ C water 1-2 T grated orange rind Grease and flour one large or two small

loaf pans. Combine all ingredients in

large mixer bowl and beat at low speed

until well blended. Pour into pan. Bake

at 350° for 55 to 60 minutes until bread

springs back when lightly touched in

center. Cool 10 minutes; remove from

pan.

Jackie Clouser Fare

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What unanswered questions did you have while going to the Cornwall School District that were cleared up by attending our monthly luncheons?

I always wondered what all that smoke was coming out of the bathroom one day across from Mr. Lacrosse's classroom. I thought it was a fire in the trash can but come to find out Fred Buck had placed a cigarette in the outside ventilation fan before Mr. Greene got there on his rounds to make sure no one was smoking in the bathrooms. Sometimes the smallest things stick in your mind. George Kane I had forgotten about Mr. Hayter and how much I enjoyed his class and his Australian accent, also that he was an exchange teacher. At the time there was a popular Australian song being played on the radio called "Tie Me Kangaroo Down" or something like that. We talked about this at the luncheon at Gloria's. Carol Stevenson Scheer I always wondered what kids would actually do with their lives! So far I've found the answer to that question from many who have attended our luncheons. Dale Kipp Conklin

I learned that if you were very quiet and sat in the back of the class on the window row, you could sleep through the entire English class of Mr. Green's. It's true, 'cause Walt Merrill showed me how to do it.... during our Senior year, Walt worked night crew at Shop-Rite and slept through English class!! I don't think Green knew he was in the class!! Fred Buck Where you there the day Mr. Green had a confrontation with Walt and Walt stood up and looked straight at Mr. Green and then was sent to the Principal's office? George Kane Walt was asleep in English class ……… Roland came up behind him as he was lecturing and slammed a book on the vacant desk next to Walt and cited his now famous remark...."Shhhhh! The fixtures!!" is all he would say as he first, put his finger to his lips, and then pointed to the ceiling tiles. Walt jumped up from a deep sleep and stared him in the eye as he towered over him.................... I was sitting one row over, one seat behind. I knew what was going on as I worked with Walt at Shop Rite after school........ Only Walt took it to the next level and worked a "double" by doing the night crew thing, which would let him out at 6:00 in the am just in time to make " Mr. Greens Inn" Fred Buck

Sandra Pedersen Flemming has

attended most of our monthly

luncheons. We would like to make her

an honorary member of the CCHS

class of 1965. Thanks Sandy, welcome

to our class!! Anyone else interested

in joining us? Everyone’s welcome!!

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Facts about Orange County

The Onion Capitol of the World is

The black dirt region of Pine Island.

'Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese'

was invented in Chester, NY (1872)

'Velveeta' cheese spread (1923) was

invented in Monroe, NY

The oldest (1839) continuously

operating winery in the US is the

Brotherhood Winery in

Washingtonville, NY

The Order of the Purple Heart was

established by George Washington in

Newburgh, NY (1782)

The first Registered National Historic

Landmark (1850) is Washington's

Headquarters in Newburgh, NY

The largest number (220+) of discount

designer outlets in the US is in Central

Valley, NY with 12 million visitors per

year at Woodbury Commons.

The world's first, and still used,

trotting track is Goshen Historic

Track (est. 1838)

Nearly all trotters and pacers in the

US can trace their pedigree to the

stallion ' Hambletonian' of Chester,

NY (1849).

The largest Church Organ in the

world is at West Point USMA.

The largest living history museum in

New York State is Museum Village in

Monroe, NY

Bear Mountain State Park has more

visitors annually than does

Yellowstone National Park.

The main runway at Stewart

International Airport (SWF) (formerly

Stewart Air Force base) is over two

miles long and is an alternate landing

site for the Space Shuttle.

Stephen Crane wrote his most popular

novel "The Red Badge of Courage"

in Port Jervis, NY .

The Intersection of I-87 and I-84 in

Newburgh, NY is known as the

"Gateway of the Northeast"

The largest sculpture park in the US is

the Storm King Art Center in

Mountainville, NY, featuring works

from artists around the world.

The oldest (1919) continuously

operating automobile racing dirt track

in the US is the Orange County Fair

Speedway, in Middletown, NY

"American Chopper", on the

Discovery channel, is filmed at

'Orange County Choppers' in Rock

Tavern, NY

The Hudson River, the first explored

river in the United States, is called

"The Rhine of the Americas"

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