The Orange County, New York Histories book collection
is a group of 20 books that detail the history of Orange County
- primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of
the books are illustrated; showcasing specific events relating
to key points in the history and development of Orange County
during this period as well as details of some of its most
important and influential figures.
All the titles
contained on this CD are listed below.
Orange County; a history (1922) - 28 pages
A history of Deerpark in Orange County, N.Y. (1890) -
Gumaer, Peter E. - 218 pages
History of the town of New Windsor, Orange County, N.Y.
(1911) - Ruttenber, Edward Manning - 259 pages
Middletown, the metropolis of Orange County (1910) - 64
pages
The history of Orange County, New York (1908) - Headley,
Russel - 1249 pages
Inscriptions on stones, monuments and tombs in the burying
ground at Little Britain, Orange County, N.Y. October 1,
1909 : presented by George Hamilton Morrison, Montgomery,
Orange County, N.Y (1909) - Morrison, George Hamilton -
35 pages
Sketches of some of the prominent members of the Orange
County bar (1917) - Anthony, Walter Case - 217 pages
History of the county, of Orange: with a history of the
town and city of Newburgh: (1875) - Ruttenber, Edward Manning
- 470 pages
The Goodwill memorial, or, The first one hundred and fifty
years of the Goodwill Presbyterian Church : Montgomery,
Orange Co., N.Y. (1880) - Dickson, James Milligan - 182
pages
The Preston genealogy, Orange County branch, and the life
sketch of the compiler, David C. Preston (1913) - Preston,
David C. (David Christie) - 51 pages
A history of the Minisink region : which includes the
present towns of Minisink, Mount Hope, Greenville and Wawayanda,
in Orange County, New York ; from their organization and
first settlement to the present time ; also, including a
general history of the first settlement of the county (1867)
- Stickney, Charles E - 222 pages
Legends of the Shawangunk (Shon-Gum) and its environs,
including historical sketches, biographical notices, and
thrilling border incidents and adventures relating to those
portions of the counties of Orange, Ulster and Sullivan
lying in the Shawangunk region (1887) - Smith, Philip H.
(Philip Henry) - 203 pages
Portrait and biographical record of Rockland and Orange
Counties, New York. Containing portraits and biographical
sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the
counties. Together with biographies and portraits of all
the presidents of the United States [Volume 2 Only] (1895)
- 783 pages
Brief history of the Presbyterian Church in the village
of Montgomery, Orange Co., New York : together with a list
of the members, and the Articles of Faith and Covenant of
the Church (1890) - 59 pages
Minisink Valley Reformed Dutch Church records (1913) -
Vosburgh, Royden Woodward - 412 pages
History of Orange County, New York (1881) - Ruttenber,
Edward Manning; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.) - 1343 pages
Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New
York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of
prominent and representative citizens of the county. Together
with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of
the United States (1895) - 1552 pages
An outline history of Orange County : with an enumeration
of the names of its towns, villages, rivers, creeks, lakes,
ponds, mountains, hills and other known localities and their
etymologies or historical reasons therefor ; together with
local traditions and short biographical sketches of early
settlers, etc. (1846) - Eager, Samuel W. (Samuel Watkins)
- 668 pages
Middletown [N.Y.] its representative business men, and
points of interest (1893) - Bailey, W. F. - 84 pages
History of the town of Newburgh (1859) - Ruttenber, Edward
Manning - 363 pages
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