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 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. The Town of Wawayanda . . . . . . . . By Charles E. Stickney CHAPTER XXXI. The Town of Woodbury . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER XXXII. The Bench and Bar . . . . . . . . . . By William Vanamee CHAPTER XXXIII. The Medical Profession . . . . . . . . By John T. Howell, M.D. CHAPTER XXXIV. The Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . By John M. Dolph CHAPTER XXXV. The Churches . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Rev. Francis Washburn CHAPTER XXXVI. Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . By David A. Morrison CHAPTER XXXVII. Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By W. T. Doty CHAPTER XXXVIII. Freemasonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Charles H. Halstead CHAPTER XXXIX. Horse Breeding . . . . . . . . . . . . By Guy Miller CHAPTER XL. Dairying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * PART II. Biographical Sketches THE COUNTY OF ORANGE CHAPTER I. COUNTY, PRECINCTS AND TOWNS.