Name/Title
Sugar Loaf Its History Mystery And Magic 1703-1980Entry/Object ID
chs-013862Description
Sugar Loaf Its History Mystery And Magic 1703-1980
Richard W. Hull
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wrote this essay out of a firm belief that every citizen has a responsibility to know something about the community in which one lives. By knowing the past, we may understand the present, and plan wisely for the future. I also believe that the backbone of America is its grass-roots communities, both rural and urban. Therein lies the seeds and genius of our democracy. If we lose our sense of 'community' we will risk losing our basic freedoms. In the search for what 'America is all about', historians too often examine the big picture, our state and national institutions. Yet America really sprang from its small hamlets and drew its vitality from them. Today, these small communities are being swallowed up by our mass culture. Consolidations of our rail, postal, telephone and other services are obliterating our sense of community. Until now, Sugar Loaf has survived. . . and even thrived. This booklet explains why.
This cannot be considered a definitive work. Much more must be done. Nevertheless, what little I have written here could not have been accomplished without the assistance of such citizens as: Leonard Baird, Avril Baird, Mary Cameron, Ezra Decker, Donald Barrell, Donald Clark, Jim Conklin, Myrtle Edwards, Billie and Mark Laroe, 'Bus' Laroe, Henry Pomares, Walter Kannon, Irmgard Kurtz, Don Oppman, Grace Roosa, Alice Talmadge, Wilfred Raynor, Mrs. Seely Ward, and many others. The Information is also the product of a decade of sifting through local newspapers and history books, personal diaries and manuscripts, surveyor's notebooks, census records, old telephone and railroad directories, old maps, and post office records.
RICHARD W. HULL, PHD.
July, 1980
Sugar Loaf, New YorkCollection
William S. Durland CollectionDimensions
Height
23.2 cmWidth
15.4 cmDepth
0.3 cmDimension Notes
30 pages.Create Date
January 15, 2025Update Date
July 11, 2026
