Thursday, March 5, 2009

Militia Men and Mountain Railways

Unless you are a member of the Orange County Historical Society, you may have missed the fact that two articles of interest appeared in the November, 2008 issue of the Orange County Historical Society Journal (Vol. 37):

Orange County Militia During the American Revolutionary War
by Alan Aimone reviews the movements and activities of the local units, with extensive notes and bibliography.

Construction of the Sterling Mountain Railway
by Rodney P. Johnson gives the history of the railroad that served the Sterline mines.

You can also see some of the Sterling Railway collection, which has been scanned by the Tuxedo Public Library, by going to www.hrvh.org (Hudson River Valley Heritage) and searching for keywords sterling railway.

Copies of the journal are in the local history collection of the AWPL, and individual issues may be purchased from the Orange County Historical Society.