Tag Archives: Hervey White

Q & A with Woodstock Town Historian, Richard Heppner

Posted on July 3, 2012 by admin

Last winter, when I caught the history bug while writing The Pocket Guide to Woodstock, I discovered the town’s best attic, more properly known as the Historical Society’s archives housed upstairs in the Town Hall building. There’s a table where … Continue reading →

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A “Walking Woodstock” Classic: The Founding of Modern Woodstock

Posted on March 16, 2012 by admin

(A “Walking Woodstock” column published in the September 29, 2011 Woodstock Times.) If we think of modern Woodstock as the Colony of the Arts, the description promoted by the Chamber of Commerce to emphasize our hundred year history of fine … Continue reading →

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A Short History of Poetry in Woodstock, 1873—2008

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

(Published in the Woodstock Times, April 10, 2008) By Michael Perkins Part I The first bard to sing or chant in the shadow of Overlook Mountain was probably a son of the Leni Lenape, the small, gentle people who had … Continue reading →

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The Archives of Obsession

Posted on July 1, 2011 by admin

(This “Walking Woodstock” column appeared in the June 23, 2011 Woodstock Times.) No. No thanks. Not on your life. Those are the range of my responses to flea markets, antique shops, yard sales, and other junk meccas where others actually … Continue reading →

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