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Tannery Hides and the Beaverkill Bridge
February 28, 2021 @ 9:00 am
Tannery Hides and the Beaverkill Bridge
VIRTUAL Program by the Time and the Valleys Museum
Sunday, February 28, 2 p.m.
Join the Time and the Valleys Museum for an on-line virtual program: Tannery Hides and the Beaverkill Bridge, on Sunday, February 28th at 2 p.m..
Tanning, or the process of converting animal skins to finished leather, is one of the oldest known crafts. The tanning process required large quantities of both water and hemlock bark, and the Catskill area had both. Men with vision purchased thousands of acres of forested land and built tanneries near the seemingly unlimited supply of water, which quickly became polluted by the tanning process. Prosperity came with the tanneries, in the form of turnpikes, villages and sawmills. Sullivan County alone had thirty-nine tanneries by 1860.
In the program Tannery Hides and the Beaverkill Bridge, Town of Rockland Historian Dr. Joyce Conroy will tell the story of how one hundred year old tanned hides were found in the Beaverkill Bridge in Roscoe, Sullivan County.
Admission to the Museum’s virtual events is EASY. Just email the Museum at info@timeandthevalleysmuseum.org to register, and you will receive a reply email invitation with information on how to log in for the program. Please call 845 985-7700 or info@timeandthevalleysmuseum.org for more information. It would be appreciated if before requesting the link, you please visit https://www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org/support/donate/ and using paypal, make a $3, $5 or $10 donation to help cover the cost of the program.
About Dr. Joyce Conroy: Dr. Conroy is a retired Crisis Clinician from Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, NJ with a doctorate from Drew University. Since retiring to Sullivan County 14 years ago, she has served as the Director of the Roscoe Free Library and Historian for the Town of Rockland.
About the Time and the Valleys Museum: Connecting Water, people and the Catskills, the Time and the Valleys Museum is currently closed, but will open Memorial Day to Labor Day, Thursday to Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m. and weekends in September. The Museum has everything in place to protect the health of both visitors and staff. Staff will be wearing masks at all times, using hand sanitizer frequently and thoroughly cleaning all touched surfaces several times a day. Visitors to the Museum and 1930s Lost Catskill Farm must wear masks, practice social distancing and use hand sanitizer frequently throughout their visit.