Roeliff Jansen Historical Society

Upcoming Programs

2018 FALL PROGRAMS
Location: RJHS Museum 8 Miles Rd., Copake Falls, NY

Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 2 pm
Vietnam Veterans Panel – In the true spirit of Veteran’s Day, a panel of local Vets share their Vietnam experiences.

 

Sunday, December 2, 2018  Begins at 12 Noon
Annual Winter Walk in Copake Falls

 

PREVIOUS EVENTS

Sunday, October 14th, 2018 at 2 pm
Antique Appraisals at the Museum

Sunday, September 23, 2018 at 2pm
A special walk-through of the popular
“Local Collections by Local Collectors” Exhibit
By Mike Fallon, owner of the famed Copake Auction House

Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 2 pm
“Hillsdale’s Historic Cemeteries: Pioneers, Patriots & Politics”
Speakers: Lauren Letellier and Jeanne Kiefer

Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 2 pm
“The Colonial Revival in America”

Speaker: David Gallage

Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 2 pm
“Update from the Copake Iron Works”
Speaker: Jim Mackin

Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 2 pm
“35 Years of Collecting”
Speaker: Mike Fallon

Thursday, October 26, 2017  at 6 pm
Thursday, November 2 at 6 pm
“A Brief History of Hudson’s Experience with Urban Renewal”
Speaker: Peter Cipkowski
Location: Hudson Area Library, Hudson, NY

Sunday, September 17, 2017  at 2 pm
Revolution on the Roads
Speaker: Lex Lalli

Friday, June 16, 2017  at 6 – 8 pm
Sneak Peak Party: Turnpike Exhibit
at the RJHS Museum in Copake Falls

Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 2 pm
“The Austerlitz House Project”
Speaker: Tom Moreland and Michael Rebic

Sunday, March 12, 2017, at 2 pm
Hell’s Acres: Boston Corners and the Prizefight
Speaker: Rich Rosenzweig

Saturday, November 12, 2016, at 4 pm
“All Roads to the River: The 1799 Columbia Turnpike and Historic Toll Houses”
Village Hall, 6 Chatham Street in Kinderhook 12106
In partnership with the Columbia County Historical Society and Historic Hudson

Sunday, October 9, 2016, at  2 pm
“Bash Bish Falls: Inspiration and History”
at the RJHS museum in Copake Falls

Friday, June 17, at 6 pm at the Swiss Hutte
Annual Meeting
Speaker: Peter Jung “Bash Bish and The Hudson River School”

Sunday, May 15, at 2 pm at the Museum
Copake Iron Works
Speaker: Edgar Masters

Sunday, April 10, 2 pm at the Museum
“A Tale of Two Toll Houses: How the Columbia Turnpike Changed Columbia County”
Speakers: Peter Cipkowski and David Hart

Sunday, March 13, 2016, 2 pm at the Museum
“The RJHS Oral History Project”
Speakers: Julia Brandi, Peter Cipkowski, Marilyn Herrington

Saturday, November 7, 2015, at 2 pm at the Museum
“The History of the Rocks, Minerals, and Landscapes of the Taconic Range”
Speakers: Robert and Johanna Titus

Saturday, October 31, 2015, 3 pm at the Roe Jan Library
“The Hillsdale Toll House”
Speakers: Peter Cipkowski and William Krattinger

Friday, July 3, 5-7 pm at the Museum
Summer Exhibit Opening

Friday, June 19, 2015, 6 pm
Annual Meeting
Speaker: Marty Podskoch “CCC Camps”

Sunday, May 17, 2015, 2 pm at the Museum
The Summer Camps of the Roe Jan Area
Panel: Ed Horrowitz (Camp Pontiac) Cindy Raabe and Sharon Powers (Greenwich House)

Sunday, April 12, 2015, 2 pm at the Museum
The Mohicans of Bash Bish Falls
Speaker: Paul McBride
Co-sponsored by the Mount Washington Historical Society

Sunday, March 15, 2015, 2 pm
“Creating a Museum at the Copake Iron Works”
Panel: Jim Macken, Robin Bruce, Bob Hunter

Sunday, November 9, 2014, 3 pm at the Library
“A History of Hillsdale”
Speaker: Peter Cipkowski
Co-sponsored by Historic Hillsdale

Sunday, October 26, 2014, 2 pm at the Museum
“The Greenwich House Camp”
The panel includes: Sharon Powers, Susan, Flora and Herb Bergquist

Sunday, September 21, 2014, 2 pm at the Museum
“The Railroads of the Roe Jan Area”
Panel: David Saums, W. George Cook, Patrick Delgrande

Sunday, June 20, 2014, 6 pm
Annual Meeting at Swiss Hutte
Speaker: David Saums on the Harlem Railroad

Sunday, April 12, 2014, 2 pm at the Museum
“The History of Charcoal Making in Mount Washington”
Speakers: Mary King Austin and Cory Hines

Sunday, March 16, 2014, 2 pm at the Museum
“Trains in the Roe Jan Area and Beyond”
Speaker: Bernard Rudberg

Sunday, November 2, 2013, 2 pm at the Ancram Town Hall
“One Room School Houses”
Speakers: Roger Mooney and Lynne Perrella

Saturday, October 26, 2013, 1 pm at the Museum
“Art in the Park”
Speaker: Jim Macken

Sunday, October 20, 2013, 2 pm at the Museum
“A Panel on Roe Jan Recreation”
Panel: Rich Edwards, Bill Newcomb, Judy Whitbeck, Ray Doherty and the Shackshober Family

Friday, September 20, 2013, 7 pm at Hillsdale Town Hall
“A History of  Roe Jan Community Library”
Speaker: Peter Cipkowski

Saturday, June 15, 2013, 1 pm
Garden Event

Sunday, May 19, 2013, 2 pm
“A Mostly True History of Copake Falls aka Snake Pond”
Speaker: Peter Cipkowski

Sunday, April 21, 2013, 2 pm
“The Historic Churches of Ancram”
Speakers: Monica Cleveland, Clara Van Tassel, Robin Massa

Sunday, March 17, 2013,  pm
“Lincoln’s Secret”
Speaker: Edward Peck

Sunday, October 28, 2012, 2 pm
“The Great Road: Henry Knox and the Revolutionary War Trail in Western Massachusetts”
Speaker: Bernard A. Drew

Sunday, September 23, 2012, 2 pm
“A History of the Roe Jan School”
Speaker: Peter Cipkowski