Roeliff Jansen Historical Society

Upcoming Programs

Friday, July 5 at 6 pm (show preview about 6:30)

Annual Meeting and Sneak Preview of Summer Show!

The Roeliff Jansen Historical Society Annual Meeting and member’s sneak preview of their summer exhibition, The Hidden History of the Roe Jan Region, will take place on Friday, July 5th at 6 pm at the Historical Society Museum. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.

Annual show opens for season Saturday July 6th. Open Saturdays and Sundays 2 to 4 pm

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

Summer Exhibition Opens July 6th!

The Hidden History of the Roe Jan Region

The Forgotten Places! The Well Known Faces! The Unlawful and Salacious!

The isolated basketmakers of the Taghkanic Hills and the last practitioner of this lost craft; the first feature film directed by one of Hollywood’s most celebrated, oscar-winning filmmakers which was partially shot in the little Hamlet of Copake, shunpikes and moonshiners; frequent visits to the area by baseball legend, Babe Ruth; and why an illicit prizefight at Boston Corners lost Massachusetts an entire town to the State of New York.

Its all here and it’s hidden no more!

July 6th thru September 2nd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREVIOUS PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

2019

Saturday, June 22nd 4pm

At the Roeliff Jansen Community Library
9091 State Route 22  Hillsdale, New York 12529

The Letters and Literary Leanings 
of a Civil War Soldier:
Major John Collin of Hillsdale, NY

On Saturday, June 22nd, in tandem with the exhibit of Major Collins’ uniform and related artifacts on view at the Library, board members of the Roeliff Jansen Historical Society will present an illustrated talk focusing on the correspondence and poetry this remarkable Hillsdale resident, which were sent to his friends and family from numerous posts and battlegrounds throughout the Civil War. Major Collin (1840 – 1894) was a resident of Hillsdale, NY, where Collins Street was named for his family long ago and his likeness was used for the “flag bearer” statue a top the war memorial in Hillsdale.

 

 

Saturday, May 18th from 11 am to 2 pm

Family Day at the Museum

The first annual Family Day at the Museum. Inside the Museum, decked out with antique toys and books, kids of all ages will have the opportunity to play old time games, and learn how things were done in the days before electricity. There will be a history scavenger hunt and families can continue their path through history at the nearby Copake Iron Works complex!

 

Sunday, April 14th at 2 PM

“The Hidden History of the Roe Jan Area” presented by RJHS Board Member Jon Strom

Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 2 PM Jim Mackin presents the Pomeroy Family, original owners of the Copake Iron Works

 

2018

December 22nd,2018  Members Holiday Party at the RJHS Museum.

Sunday, December 2, 2018  Begins at 12 Noon
Annual Winter Walk in Copake Falls Holiday Open House at the RJHS Museum.

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, 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