Kingston’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Kingston. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Kingston is the traditional home of the Esopus people. As early as 1614, the Dutch had set up a factorij (trading post) at Ponckhockie, at the junction of the Rondout Creek and the Hudson River. They traded European goods with the Lenape and Mohican for the furs their trappers collected. In 1652, the Indians of Ulster County ceded some land to the Dutch in what is now known as Kingston. The first recorded permanent settler in what would become the city of Kingston was Thomas Chambers. He came from the area of Rensselaerswyck in 1653. The new settlement was called Esopus after the local Lenape people.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Kingston’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kingston’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewView of the Hudson River from Kin…, c. 1855: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Kingston
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Kingston, decade by decade
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Eastern view of Kingston N.Y (1840) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
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