Catskill, Town of
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Catskill is one of the original two townships within the boundaries of modern Greene County. Catskill township was originally known as the Great Imbocht District of Albany County prior to the Revolutionary War. The name "Great Imbocht" was derived from the dutch place name "Groote Imbocht" meaning the "Great Bend" or "Great Turn" in reference to a large shallow bay and turn in the course of the Hudson River within the boundaries of the current town. The name "Catskill," originally used to refer to the vicinity of the modern hamlet of Leeds, is of dubious origin. It is explained incorrectly by numerous sources as a dutch name referring to wildcats which allegedly frequented the region of the eponymous creek or "Kill," but this is highly suspect. Shirley Dunn postulates that the name instead was given in honor of a native with whom early European settlers interacted, and primary sources haltingly corroborate this alternate theory. The boundaries of the town of Catskill originally extended westward through the boundaries of modern Halcott, but a large portion of the district was partitioned to Ulster County in 1788. Within the boundaries of modern Catskill lie the hamlets of Smith's Landing/Cementon, Alsen, High Falls, Palenville, Kiskatom, Lawrenceville, Cario Junction, Leeds, Hamburg, and Jefferson Heights. Also within the boundary of Catskill is the Village of Catskill, the seat of government in Greene County. Catskill is bounded on the south by Saugerties, west by Hunter, north by Cairo and Athens, and easterly by the Hudson River and Columbia County.
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
The Catskill Mountain House Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2021.0002
Scope and Contents
This collection compiled by the staff of the Vedder Research Library comprises an assortment of materials related to the history and operation of the Catskill Mountain House. The majority of the materials in this collection are from two separate donations, the first being a selection of thirteen registers of the Catskill Mountain House and miscellaneous material donated to the Greene County Historical Society by the estate of Milo Claude Moseman in 1963. The second batch of materials is an...
The Harry C. Teich Memorial Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2020.0004
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises mainly invoices of various suppliers with whom Teich's General Store conducted business. These materials are organized by vendor coompany, and repesent an interesting cross-section of various mercantile and food vendors at both the regional and national level who supplied this moderately sized general store. Also included in the collection is a selection of the day books and ledgers of the General Store frm the 1870s through the 1950s as well as the charge account books...