‘Mastodons of Orange County’ virtual program
Times Herald-Record
GRAHAMSVILLE - Join the Time and the Valleys Museum for an on-line virtual program: “Mastodons of Orange County” on April 11 at 2 p.m.
A large, extinct, elephant-like mammal of the Miocene to Pleistocene epochs, more than eighty mastodon remains have been recovered in New York State. Several mastodons have been recovered in the Orange County area, the first in 1811 by American painter, soldier, scientist and naturalist Charles Willson Peale in Montgomery, Orange County.
Speaker Gary Keeton has participated in several exhumations of New York state mastodons in the local area. Join Gary to learn about the modern recovery of these creatures that roamed the area more than 10,000 years ago.
As vaccinations rise and case numbers go down in New York State, we continue our transition to in-person events. Here’s a sampling of in-person and online happenings for the week ahead.
Event Honors Wappingers Baseball Giant | through April 30
To celebrate the return of baseball season, the Wappingers Historical Society is currently hosting a free online program about local legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis “Big Dan” Brouthers through April 30. Called the “Terror of all Pitchers,” the 19th-century slugger led the league in batting average five times, the most by a 19th-century player, and his career .342 batting average still ranks ninth all-time. The virtual presentation, which can be viewed at the society’s website, features special video interviews with Brouthers biographer Roy Kerr and WHS member Rena Corey, who discusses growing up in Brooklyn during the heyday of the Brooklyn Dodgers.