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Newspaper Aug 30, 1972 of 250th Anniversary - Bull HouseEntry/Object ID
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Bull Picnic, Bull Stone HouseScope and Content
Bull House Anniversary 250th Year
The 250th Anniversary of the Bull Stone House at Hamptonburge was celebrated Saturday, when members of the Bull family from all over, gathered for the annual picnic and the celebration. Follow the picnic William Bull Cooks, Dolly Watkins Booth and Lillian BullWait(?) spoke on “Building the Bull Family Stone House”; Amy Bull Crist gave a history of the earthquake which struck when the house was being built; “Mortar and Stones” was enacted; children joined in 18th century games; the group sane “God Be With You Till We Meet Again” and the closing salute was given by Robert Oeder.
[image of Bull Stone house]
Bull Stone House, the place where the Bull “clan” gathers for their annual picnic, is at the end of a lane just behind the Hamptonburge Grange and Cemetery. The house was built by William Bull and his wife Sarah Wells, in 1722, and although cracked by an earthquake and lightning over the years, it still stands in perfect preservation.
[image of man, woman and 3 children near a stone bench]
Stone Bench, built to mark the 250th anniversary was completed by William Bull Brown, Michele Brown, Daniel Dorlon, Stacy Dorlon, Mary Catherine Knight, and Dana Dorlan.
[image of painting]
Painting in the Bull Stone House pictures the landing in May of 1712 of Sarah Wells at New Windsor. The was the first European woman to set foot on the Wawayanda Patent in the old Town of Goshen. She later married William Bull and together they erected the Bull Stone House.
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Independent Republican [newspaper] August 30, 1972