History, Music, Oral History More in Conesville

CONESVILLE — The Conesville Historical Society (CHS) is excited to announce several upcoming events for the community. All events are FREE and open to the public.

On August 18 at 6pm, Lee Hudson from the Gilboa Museum will be presenting a program at the Conesville Chapel Church on “Gilboa in 1925: the Village, the Reservoir.”  The talk and discussion will feature a showing of a silent newsreel created from archival Fox News footage of the building of the Gilboa Dam and the last days of the old Village.  

On Friday August 22, there will be live music by the Catskill Mountain String Band and an ice cream social beginning at 6:30 at the Conesville Chapel Church. 

On September 13, CHS will host its annual County Historian Lecture  at 10:30 am at the church. This year Ted Shuart will present his program, “Inns, Taverns & Hotels of Schoharie County.”  Following the presentation, CHS will participate in Conesville Fire Department’s Touch a Truck event which runs from 12:00-4:00pm.

To close off the evening, there will be a square dance with the Tremperskill Boys at the Conesville Fire House beginning at 7:00 PM. 

September 15th’s monthly program “In Their Own Words” will feature CHS’s own Oral History Project. At 6:00 PM, Debbie Hill, project coordinator, will lead a conversation about the project and showcase excerpts from edited versions of the oral history interviews. Interviewees will also be on hand to talk about their experiences and brushes with history.   The oral history project is ongoing.  Anyone with interest in participating should reach out to the historical society. 

CHS has been fortunate to receive a grant for both the Catskill Mountain String Band Concert and the Tremperskill Boys events in addition to a Story Laurie program held this past May. All three  programs have been made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.

The Conesville Historical Society is a 501c3 organization and registered NYS Charity. It was founded in April 2022 and runs monthly programs, workshops, an oral history project, and more, with the mission of preserving the rich history of Conesville, researching and archiving materials for future generations, and educating the community. For more information, check out our Facebook Page or email conesvillehistoricalsociety@gmail.com.