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4 unusual facts about Ulster County


Claude Brown

By that time he had made the acquaintance of Dr. Ernest Papanek, a psychologist and the director of the Wiltwyck School for Boys for deprived and emotionally disturbed boys, which was in Esopus, Ulster County, New York.

Sturgeon Pool

Sturgeon Pool is a reservoir near the hamlet of Rifton, in the Town of Esopus in Ulster County, New York.

Tabasco, New York

Tabasco is a hamlet in Ulster County, New York.

Ulster County, New York

Two years later, Mike Hein, the last appointed county administrator, became Ulster's first elected county executive.


Lemuel Jenkins

Jenkins was born in Bloomingburgh, then Ulster County, now Sullivan County, New York, the posthumous son of Lemuel Jenkins (1740–1789), originally of Edgartown, Massachusetts, and his third wife Mary (Dunham) Jenkins (1759–1809).

Minnewaska State Park Preserve

The Minnewaska State Park Preserve is a 21,106 acre (8,541 ha) preserve located on the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster County, New York on US 44/NY 55, five miles (8 km) east of New York State Route 299.

New York State Route 55A

New York State Route 55A (NY 55A) is a state highway located in Sullivan and Ulster counties.

Oratam

After a year of conflict between the Esopus Indians (Lenape of the Munsee branch) and the New Netherlanders in Ulster County, the sachem of the Warranwonkongs asked Oratam to act as emissary to the government at New Amsterdam.

Peg Leg Bates

U.S. Route 209 in Ulster County, New York has been named the "Clayton Peg Leg Bates Memorial Highway".

Rondout Reservoir

It is located 75 miles (120 km) northwest of the city in the Catskill Mountains, near the southern end of Catskill Park, split between the towns of Wawarsing in Ulster County and Neversink in Sullivan County.

Thomas Sammons

Born in Shamenkop, Ulster County, he attended the rural schools, served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.


see also

Catskill Mountain Railroad

On October 4, 2012, Ulster County Executive Michael P. Hein announced in his 2013 budget a plan to dismantle 32 miles of railroad in Ulster County to be replaced by a trail, leaving only the Phoenicia-Cold Brook segment, and ending Kingston operations.

East Kingston

East Kingston, New York, a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ulster County, New York, United States

Glasco

Glasco, New York, a hamlet in Ulster County, New York, United States

Kobelt

Kobelt Airport, an airport in Ulster County, New York, United States.

New York State Route 55A

After a dip to the southeast, NY 55A crosses the county line out of Sullivan County and into Ulster County.

Onteora

The Onteora Central School District, covering the northern portion of Ulster County, New York

Quassaick Creek

The creek rises on the western slope of the long glacial ridge known as Marlboro Mountain, a half-mile east of the small hamlet known as Tuckers Corners in the Ulster County town of Plattekill.

Van Wagenen

Jacobus Van Wagenen Stone House, historic house in Ulster County, New York, United States

Van Wagenen Stone House and Farm Complex, historic house in Ulster County, New York, United States