Historical Events

Celebrate Thomas Cole’s 200th anniversary with a 90-minute Hudson River sail aboard the Schooner Apollonia, featuring artist Hudson Talbott and a cider tasting by Left Bank Ciders.

The Mountain Top Historical Society invites you on a guided hike with Paul LaPierre, exploring the history of the Kaaterskill and Stony Clove Railroad. Participants will see remnants of Kaaterskill Junction, historic rail ties, the Light Dam Bridge site, and a new pedestrian bridge, while learning about the railroad’s role in Catskill Mountain history.

Olana, the most intact historic artist’s site in the U.S., features new works by Ellen Harvey and Gabriela Salazar, exploring lost structures that once shaped its landscape.

Greene County Historian Jonathan Palmer presents the Beecher Lecture marking the 200th anniversary of Thomas Cole’s first trip to Catskill. Discover how Cole’s 1825 visit, set against a nation in transition, ignited a golden age of art that transformed both Catskill and American culture.