BARRYVILLE, NY — The Delaware Company will mark Celebrate Trails Day a day late when it hosts another Highland History Hike at the Minisink Battleground Park on Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.m.
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BARRYVILLE, NY — The Delaware Company will mark Celebrate Trails Day a day late when it hosts another Highland History Hike at the Minisink Battleground Park on Sunday, April 28 at 2 p.m.
The hike will be led by Sullivan County Historian John Conway, who is also a founder and the president of The Delaware Company. Participants should meet at the Tusten Pavilion at the park at 2 p.m.
“If you have experienced one of our history hikes at the battleground before, you know there is a lot more discussed than the Revolutionary War battle, and it is different every time,” said Debra Conway, executive director of The Delaware Company. “And if you haven’t experienced one of our history hikes, you have no idea what you’re missing.”
In addition to a discussion of the Battle of Minisink, topics include the legacy of the Lenape tribe that inhabited the area prior to the arrival of the Europeans, the Cushetunk settlement and the bloody divisions among the settlers caused by the Revolutionary War, the timber rafting industry and its impact on the area, and stories of people like Joseph and Daniel Skinner, Robert and Phoebe Land, Joseph Brant and Benjamin Tusten.
The Minisink Battleground is located 58 County Road 168. For more information, email John Conway at jconway52@hotmail.com.
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