And didn't the Dodge brothers come from Coxsackie? ~ Ron W ~ Be happy, all other alternatives are unacceptable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Brady" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > Hi Sylvia, > > Isn't there a story in "History of Greene County" about the Singer Sewing > Machine Company? If I remember correctly, the financial brain behind the > firm was connected to Greene. > > If I was going to do the PBS thing I would use the hook of "Boom and Bust" > for Greene County. Biggest tannery. gone. Ship building. gone. Bricks. > gone. > Ice Houses. gone. Mountain Houses. gone. And yet, Greene keeps > re-inventing > itself. Lots of patents along the way. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Sylvia Hasenkopf > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > > Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary > on > Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in > knowing > more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were > inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like > Henry > Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous > evangelist. > > Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? > > Sylvia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >