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MEMENTOS, MAPS & MILESTONES: COPAKE AT 200

The Roeliff Jansen Historical Society, 8 Miles Road, Copake Falls

Open Saturdays and Sundays 2 – 4 pm through Sunday, October 6

 

UPCOMING TALKS AND EVENTS AT THE RJHS 

Saturday, September 14 – Judy Ackley Whitbeck, of the Mount Washington Historical Commission, will speak about growing up in Copake, her family, Empire Farm & the Copake Telephone Company, 2 to 3 pm.

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Saturday, September 21: Starting at 2 pm, Ross Mauri, will show artifacts found on his property, the site of the former Pure Water & Ice Company’s 50,000-ton icehouse, followed by Mike Fallon of the Copake Auction, speaking about “collecting Copake” and many objects he’s put on loan for the bicentennial exhibition.

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Sunday, September 21 and Sunday, October 6, Janet Mackin, Copake Grange Historian will again be on hand to provide special insight into the history of the Copake Grange.

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It's 1990, and amid many ominous signs, the last 25 functioning farms in Copake — farms that have been the backbone of the regional farming industry for over one hundred years — are struggling to survive, and to adapt to rapidly changing conditions, and ever-shrinking profits. And no one knows how this story will end!

Watch this unique and important documentary A Changing Scene: Farming in Copake Circa 1990, created and produced with enormous foresight, by Elinor Mettler and Polly Langdon, on Youtube (link here) or playing continuously during our summer exhibition. at the RJHS. 31 minutes.

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WATCH IT NOW!

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