Outline History of Orange County, NY With an Enumeration of the Names of its Towns, Villages, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Mountains, Hills and Other Known Localities and their Local Traditions and short Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers By Sam'l W. Eager, ESQ., 1846-47 653 pages, indexed, searchable - Bonus Book #1 - A History of Deerpark in Orange County, N.Y. Historical and Biographical By Peter E. Gumaer, 1890 204 pages, indexed, searchable - Bonus Book #2 - Goodwill Presbyterian Church Anniversary 1730-1880 By James Milligan Dickson, 1880 163 pages, indexed, searchable *************************************************** EBook CD Requires Adobe 5 or higher to view *************************************************** $11.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Orange-County-New-York-History-Deerpark-Bonus-Book-/200384454496?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ea7d81f60 Orange County was one of the first twelve counties established by the Province of New York in 1683. Its boundaries at that time included present-day Rockland County, which split from Orange County in 1798. Due to its small population, the original Orange County was not fully independent and shared government functions with other counties. The first public buildings were erected in Orangetown in 1703, and the first court was established in 1801. Due to a boundary dispute between New York and New Jersey, the extant of many of the southern towns of the county was not established until the 19th Century. Book #1 Contents INDEX. Preface, Page 3 Introduction, 5 General View of the County, 18 Indians, 30 Settlement of Orange County> 42 Roads and Turnpikes, 52 Agricultural Society, 58 Mastodon, 71 Newburgh, 81 Montgomery,. 230 Crawford, 332 Walk ill, 345 Deerpark and Mount Hope,. 361 Mount Hope, 399 Minisink, 406 / Warwick, 421 Goshen, Hamptonburgh and Chester, 443 Goshen, 502 Hamptonburgh. 511 Chester, 516 Bloominggrove, Cornwall and Monroe, 523 Bloominggrove, 535 Monroe, 550 Cornwall, 571 New- Windsor, 608 To the Reader, 643 Appendix, 645 Errata. 652 Book #2 Contents Preface. 7 Introduction. 9 Statement by Committee on Publication with sketch of the Author. 13 Geographical Formation of Valley. . . . 19 Game, Fowls, Fish, Fruit, &c 22 Indians , 24 Manufacture of Implements of Iron and Steel 27 First Settlers—Who they were and whence they came 30 Ancient Families of Peenpack 41 Ancient Families of Lower Neighborhood 68 Longevity of First and Second Generations ... 78 Lower Neighborhood 85 Population of Peenpack, Manner of Living, &c., during Eevolutionary War and later 86 Forts in Peenpack and Occupants 86 Forts in Lower Neighborhood, with some of the Occurrences during the War 89 Habits and Manner of Living 96 Use of Cider and Spirits 101 Use of Spirits at Funerals and Weddings 102 Treating Visitors 104 No Drunkards among Them for One Hundred Years . . 107 Physical Strength of First Generation 110