Tag: New York Heritage

• Drugged and Robbed

  A local Kingston newspaper, in October 1904, described the crime perpetrated by Richard Chase as a “daring robbery and ruse.” No one knew this better than Sheriff Isaac Carmen as he made his way to the Chase residence located in Mount Pleasant. It had to be one of the more amusing cases that the sheriff…

  AJ Schenkman

  January 10, 2024

  True Crime

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• Tryntje Hasbrouck and Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh

  

  Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site sits in the center of the City of Newburgh. Also known as the Hasbrouck House, it looks much as it did when General George Washington made it his military headquarters for just over sixteen months during 1782-83. It was more than his headquarters, it was also his home. However, before…

  AJ Schenkman

  April 14, 2023

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