Highland’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Highland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was formed from the Town of Lumberland in 1853. Barryville is named for William T. Barry, postmaster general under President Andrew Jackson. The community grew up around the Delaware and Hudson Canal, which opened in 1828 and operated until 1898. The canal ran through what is today the center of the hamlet, and the canal company operated a number of stores, an office and a dry dock there.
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0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewEntrance to the Highland scenes H…, 1853: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Highland, decade by decade
Commons2021-09-09 10 15 57 View east along New York State Route 55…2021
CommonsTanker Astra Perseus on the Hudson River2020
CommonsDutchess Apartments, Poughkeepsie and tanker on the Hudson …2020
CommonsDutchess Apartments, Poughkeepsie and Hudson River2020
CommonsNew York State Route 97 New York State Route 972015Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Entrance to the Highland scenes Hudson River (1853) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.