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1) Where slavery died hard: the forgotten history of Ulser County and the Shawangunk Mountain region
Publisher
Cragsmoor Historical Society
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
"This documentary video grows out of one community's efforts to reconsider its history and the history of the region that surrounds it. Taking as its subject the history of enslavement in Ulster County's rural hinterlands, the Cragsmoor Historical Society has produced the video as step towards fashioning a more inclusive narrative about the region's past. This new narrative acknowledges that for more than 150 years the region was the home of enslaved...
2) Deep water
Publisher
Willow Mixed Media
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the history of the Catskill water system with rare archival films, vintage photographs and interviews with historians and residents. Tells the story of the building of the Ashokan Reservoir, Shandaken Tunnel, Schoharie Reservoir, and the Catskill Aqueduct. Documents how several Catskill Mountain towns were destroyed and flooded, how immigrant workers built the dams and tunnels, and how brilliant engineering and political maneuvering allowed...