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Sallie Sypher - Deputy Putnam County
Historian
Dan Ricci - Town
Historian
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Dan Ricci,
Town Historian
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March 14, 1839 |
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Town of Quincy
was established. |
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February 13, 1840 |
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The name was
changed from Quincy to Putnam Valley. |
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Mid 1850s |
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Oscawana Lake
House opened - the first summer resort in town. |
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November 23, 1897 |
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Putnam Valley
Grange No. 841 was organized: building was erected 1900. |
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April 28, 1931 |
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Ground was
broken for the Taconic Parkway to cut through Putnam Valley.
The ceremony took place where Bryant Pond Rd. crosses the
Taconic. |
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January 11, 1933 |
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Lake Peekskill
Post Office was established. |
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June 9, 1934 |
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Putnam Valley
Central School district was created. |
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About 1935 |
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A CCC camp was
established in what is now Fahenstock Park; the men from the
camp constructed Stillwater Pond, Canopus Lake, their dams
and other projects in the area. |
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December 14, 1935 |
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Putnam Valley
Central School was dedicated. |
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March 28, 1936 |
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Putnam Valley
acquired its own town hall building. |
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July 30, 1937 |
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Putnam Valley
Free Library obtained a provisional charter; it actually
started in 1929 in the summer home of Rhea K. Johnson.
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1942 - 1945 |
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The CCC camp
was converted to a rest station for British sailors who saw
active duty and whose ships were being repaired at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. |
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August, 1946 |
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Putnam Valley
Volunteer Fire Department was established. |
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June 2, 1947 |
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Putnam Valley
Post Office was established at Oregon Corners. |
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April 2, 1950 |
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Ground was
broken for St. Lukes church. The original building was
dismantled at its site in the Bronx, brought here in 3 foot
sections and reassembled. |
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May 31, 1957 |
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The first Civil
Service Chief of Police was appointed. |
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1961 |
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Putnam Valley Volunteer Ambulance Corps established. |
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April 26, 1968 |
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Putnam Valley
Historical Society was created. |
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March 31, 1983 |
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Tompkins
Corners Methodist Church was placed on the National Register
of Historic Places. |
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