Photolearningism

Next to the Farm My previous adventure covered the history of Locust Grove ( Once a Farm ), and I was curious to explore just how far back the story stemmed. Even before the sale of the Livingston farm into plots, another partial owner comes into play by the name of Smith Thompson (1768-1843), who had purchased 133 acres from the Mitchell family, who later married into the Livingstons (Hence, "Livingston Farm" as it is remembered). Smith was a Associate Justice, Chief Justice (Under President Monroe), and husband of Sarah Livingston (Of the same Livingston Farm). His land eventually became part of the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, after his passing (Ref -  http://www.henrylivingston.com/bios/smiththompson.htm ). Based on this, my new quest has begun! Smith Thompson I visited the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery today, despite the rain, in the hopes of beginning to search for any remains of his estate. I know that he was buried on the same land, which would indicate tha...

The Missing Blog Post To recap for the last two weeks, my previous adventure covered a different direction on the Dutchess Rail Trail, at the Lake Walton Road access point. I meant to dig into what the trail was once upon a time, to confirm if it really was a "rail" road or if the name is simply a "pet" name of sorts. There are hints that something predated the trail as we know it, being that there are low hanging, retired power or com lines a long the stretch of it. I hoped to find out more and make a post much sooner than this week, and... well, life took me out of reach of making that post last Saturday. As a cop-out, please accept the following mysterious image as evidence of my desire for hunting the histories of the trail. My apologies for letting you down last week! In case you missed the photos from this adventure, please see the related Flickr album -  https://www.flickr.com/photos/129003675@N04/sets/72157648621526894/ Once a Farm Moving forward...