thanks to our numerous contributors, for their cheerful assistance, and especially for the painstaking care exhibited by them in the preparation of those articles which appear herein, and whose excellence constitutes the chief merit of this work.

That the efforts of myself and associates have fallen short of the high standard we had set up for ourselves at the inception of our labors, we are well aware; but we do at least claim, that we have in some material degree, contributed in this volume to the "rescuing from oblivion and preserving the services which others have performed for God and country and fellow men." If the public by its verdict allows this claim to stand, our reward will be ample and we shall rest well content.

Russel Headley.

Dated, July 14, 1908.

CONTENTS

Part I

CHAPTER I-X.

The County of Orange

{Chapter I: County, Precincts And Towns.

Chapter II: Early Indian Character And Conduct.

Chapter III: First Settlements And Settlers.

Chapter IV: Topography And Geology.

Chapter V: Early Government.

Chapter VI: Early Military Organizations.

Chapter VII: French And Indian War.

Chapter VIII: War of The Revolution.

Chapter IX: The War of 1812.

Chapter X: The Civil War.

—added by transcriber}

CHAPTER XI.

The Town of Blooming Grove . . . . . . By Benjamin C. Sears

CHAPTER XII.

The Town of Chester . . . . . . . . . By Frank Durland

CHAPTER XIII.

The Town of Cornwall . . . . . . . . . By E. M. V. McClean

CHAPTER XIV.

The Town of Crawford . . . . . . . . . By J. Erskine Ward

CHAPTER XV.

The Town of Deer Park . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER XVI.

The Town of Goshen . . . . . . . . . . By George F. Gregg

CHAPTER XVII.

The Town of Greenville . . . . . . . . By Charles E. Stickney

CHAPTER XVIII.

The Town of Hamptonburgh . . . . .By Margaret Crawford Jackson

CHAPTER XIX.

The Town of Highlands . . . . . . . . By Captain Theodore Faurot

CHAPTER XX.

The Town of Minisink . . . . . . . . By Charles E. Stickney

CHAPTER XXI.

The Town of Monroe . . . . . . . . . By M. N. Kane

CHAPTER XXII.

The Town of Montgomery . . . . . By David A. Morrison

CHAPTER XXIII.

The Town of Mount Hope . . . . . . By Wickham T. Shaw

CHAPTER XXIV.

The Town of Newburgh . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER XXV.

The City of Newburgh . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER XXVI.

The Town of New Windsor . . . . . . . By Dr. C. A. Gorse

CHAPTER XXVII.

The Town of Tuxedo . . . . . . . . . .

CHAPTER XXVIII.

The Town of Wallkill . . . . . . . . . By William B. Royce

CHAPTER XXIX.

The Town of Warwick . . . . . . . . By Ferdinand V. Sanford

CHAPTER XXX.