John P. Davies’ Historical Map of Westchester

16 Apr 2009

John P. Davies’ Historical Map of Westchester

April 16, 2009
The Hastings Historical Society
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1700s, 1910s, 1930s, Collection

Every generation of Hastings residents has its history buffs. One such was civil engineer John Percival Davies. Being a mapmaker, Davies came up with the idea of a map that would visually encapsulate the entire history of Westchester County – or at least the period from the arrival of Henry […]

06 Apr 2009

2009: The Hudson-Fulton Celebration’s 100th Anniversary

April 6, 2009
The Hastings Historical Society
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1910s, Collection, Society Events

Souvenir button from the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909 To kick off the 2009 Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial celebration, the Historical Society and the Hastings Public Library recently co-sponsored a concert of 17th century lute music and a slide lecture by Roger Panetta. Roger is a professor of history at Fordham University, as […]

26 Mar 2009

First Mass at St. Stanislaus Kostka, 1914

March 26, 2009
The Hastings Historical Society
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1910s, Collection

Back in 1988, Ted Borys gave the historical society a Polish Bible that had belonged to his mother, Caroline. Jan Gustafson was recently making a new box for it, and in the back we discovered a handful of lovely old prayer cards. One in particular caught our attention — a […]