130 Acres Added to Sterling Forest State Park

[Kaleidopete]

Press Release - NYS Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

Press Release from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

www.parks.ny.gov

 

[icebiker]

I believe this is the 1845 painting referenced in the article:

 

[Kaleidopete]

This link shows the area they're talking about

"The Colony" Historical Marker (Greenwood Forest Farms) - Clio

From the 1880s until the 1960s, Jim Crow laws restricted virtually every aspect of life for African Americans. Those restrictions often applied to travel and vacations, as many hotels and resorts only catered to white people. As a result, affluent African Americans, in some cases, bought large...

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