Improve your connection with nature. Forest Bathing is a Japanese practice. It’s a process of relaxation; known in Japan as shinrin yoku. The simple method of being calm and quiet amongst […]
Hike along the classic stage coach approach to the Catskill Mountain House during the late eighteen hundreds. Hike will start in Palenville and continue up past the site of the […]
After a quick intro to the science of geology, participants will walk round the Haines Falls campus as Dr. Titus describes how the Ice Age glaciers rose out of the […]
Check out old post cards for sale by local collectors and venders at the historic 1913 Ulster & Delaware Train Station. The Historical Society will be selling ephemera from its […]
Painters of all ages and skills are invited to come to the beautiful Mountain Top Historical Society campus for a day of plein air painting. The campus features a pond, […]
For the finale of Greene County’s celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, County Historian Jonathan Palmer will present a talk titled "Canvas and Hemlock: the revolutionary dawn […]
Step back in time on a history hike, sponsored by the Mountain Top Historical Society, to the days when the Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Railroad came up from Phoenicia […]
Please join the MTHS Board of Directors for the dedication of a new four-panel kiosk in memory of Gary Slutzky, a MTHS Board member. The kiosk portrays the history of […]
Storytellers and story lovers are invited to join the Mountain Top Historical Society’s annual community reading of Washington Irving’s classic tale of Rip Van Winkle’s legendary journey with his dog, […]
The Brooks will explore the settlement of the upper East Kill Valley of the 19th century, as portrayed by Ricky’s mother, Doris West Brooks, in her acclaimed book, The Old […]
Sponsored by the Mountain Top Historical Society, the Brooks will lead an interactive hike to explore the environs of the upper East Kill Valley, the remote location that formed the […]
