Photolearningism

I was all stoked to visit Mesier Park this morning, given my discoveries last night, as added to an earlier post ( Hunting for the Wappinger Mill ). I had learned some very intriguing history about the origin of Mesier Park, including that the land (Actually 750 acres) was originally owned in 1741 by two Dutchmen (Nicholas and Adolphus Brewer - Ref -  http://www.wappingershistoricalsociety.org/mesier.shtml ). Adolphus died after being struck by lighting, and was the first to be buried in the Zion Episcopal Church graveyard. The church still stands and I'm looking into visiting Adolphus Brewer's burial site as a future adventure.  This is where the story gets fascinating. I'll quote from the Wappingers Historical Society site: " In 1776, a well-to-do loyalist tea merchant from New York City, Peter Mesier, arrived in Fishkill. He bought the 750 acres of land and the homestead from Nicholas Brewer and opened a small store in the homestead. Mesier angered his cust...

Taking a small departure from my usual routine, I went on this week's photography adventure on a Friday, being that I had the day off. I've been searching out historic sites within the Wappinger area and landed today in the Village of Wappinger, trying to locate the cotton-textile mill, originally constructed in 1819. After a little research, it seems that the original construction was destroyed by fire and quickly rebuilt in 1856 (Ref -  http://www.livingplaces.com/NY/Dutchess_County/Wappingers_Falls_Village/Wappingers_Falls_Historic_District.html ). I parked in a comfy two-hour parking slot and went adventuring, starting at Wappingers Creek Bridge (Originally constructed in 1852, but re-constructed and widened in 1884 - Ref -  http://bridgehunter.com/ny/dutchess/1006380/ ), which supplied a fantastic view of the gorge below, but didn't give me any clear hints as the exact whereabouts of the mill. I walked down Market Street for a bit, which proved fruitless, as ever...

I decided upon the Wappingers Falls Rural Cemetery ( https://www.facebook.com/WappingersFallsCemetery ) for today's photography adventure. I was scouting on Google maps, looking for a new location and happened first upon the Middlebush Cemetery ( Google Map ), but I was looking for larger ground to cover. In a list of historic attractions, provided by the Office of the Town Historian (Wappingers -  http://www.townofwappinger.us/pdf/Historic%20Sites.pdf ), next to pop on the list for me was the Wappingers Falls Rural Cemetery. It actually took some work to locate, as it isn't registered on Google Maps and doesn't appear to have an official web presence, other than a Facebook page I stumbled onto, which gave me enough clues to locate it by studying Google satellite telemetry. I took a slow drive through the Village of Wappingers and successfully found the entrance. My first challenge was navigating the space, as I'd never been there before and the road is mono-dire...