Ice Pond Conservation Area

SYNOPSIS: The trail follows an old dirt road down to the ruins of the Knickerbocker ice harvesting compound that sits along the edge of Ice Pond. The trail is easy to follow, and after exploring...

Old Revolutionary/Old Baptist Cemetery in Patterson

Patterson, NY For may years, this cemetery was ‘”lost”.  Overgrown and neglected, and with most of the gravestones nothing more that fieldstones, the burial ground sat hidden.  But, as of the first half of 2012,...

Rocco’s Family Restaurant & Pizza

Patterson, NY I’ve driven by a bunch of times.  Always liked the building.  So, one day last week my son and I were at Patterson Library for a children’s program and we decided to get...

PCLT’s Laurel Ledges: Turtle Pond Preserve – One of the Best Hikes in Eastern Putnam.

The info on the Putnam County Land Trust’s Laurel Ledges: Turtle Pond Preserve is now on the webiste.  The page includes a synopsis, difficulty rating, directions, hike description, history and an additional info section.  Explore...

235 years (and 3 days) since Sybil’s Ride.

Since this past Wednesday was the 235th anniversary of Sybil Ludington’s Ride, when she rode approximately 44 miles thru the dark Putnam countryside to gather Patriots to fight the British (who were burning the city...