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Rhinebeck Academy
Rhinebeck may refer to: * Rhinebeck (village), New York * Rhinebeck (town), New York * Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, a living museum in Red Hook, New York * Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad * New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, held in Rhinebeck, New York See also * Reinbek {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinebeck (village), New York
Rhinebeck is a village (New York), village in the Rhinebeck (town), New York, town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 2,657 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. The postal ZIP code is 12572. U.S. Route 9 in New York, U.S. Route 9 passes through the village. History Native American presence The Sepasco band of Native Americans lived in the area of today's Rhinebeck at the time white colonists arrived. Sepasco/Sepascot is derived from the word ''sepuus,'' which means little river or stream, and refers to the Landman's Kill stream whose ''cot'' or ''coot'', meaning mouth, opens onto the southwestern shoreline of present-day Rhinebeck. This was the Drainage basin, watershed of the Sepascos. The Sepasco tribe had established a fertile stretch of land as a trail or tract leading from what is currently White School House Road to what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinebeck (town), New York
Rhinebeck is a town in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 7,596 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area as well as the larger New York metropolitan area. The town of Rhinebeck is in the northwestern part of Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley. "Rhinebeck" also refers to the village of Rhinebeck, located within the town. Rhinebeck residents living within the village are citizens of the town as well, but town residents living outside of the village line are not citizens of the village. U.S. Route 9 passes through the town. It also includes the hamlet of Rhinecliff, which has an Amtrak station with service to Burlington, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany, and New York City. Rhinebeck is home of the Dutchess County Fair. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 10.24%, is water. The western town line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome is a living museum in Red Hook, New York, Red Hook, New York, adjacent to the town of Rhinebeck (town), New York, Rhinebeck. Founded in 1958, it owns many examples of airworthy aircraft from the Aviation in the pioneer era, pioneer era of aviation, Aviation in World War I, World War I, and the Aviation between the World Wars, Golden Age of Aviation between the world wars, and a collection of roadworthy antique automobiles. History Aviation enthusiast Cole Palen founded the aerodrome in 1958, partially inspired by the Shuttleworth Collection in England. Palen collected aircraft "spanning from 1900 up to the start of World War II," restoring and regularly flying them at airshows as his alter-ego, the "Black Baron of Rhinebeck." These airshows continue today from mid-June through mid-October, and biplane rides are available before and after events. The first air show took place in 1960, and the aerodrome was "officially incorporated in 1966." Early aerod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinebeck And Connecticut Railroad
The Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad (R&C) was a railroad in Dutchess and Columbia counties in New York, United States. Its line ran east from the Hudson River at Rhinecliff to Boston Corners. It was chartered in 1870 to connect the Connecticut Western Railroad with the Hudson River to transport coal mined in Pennsylvania. Construction began in 1871, with the line opening in stages from 1873 to 1875. The railroad went bankrupt in 1881; it was purchased the next year by Connecticut Western successor Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad (H&CW). The Poughkeepsie Bridge and connecting railroads opened in 1889, making the eastern part of the R&C part of a mainline connecting the Pennsylvania Coal Region with New England. In the early 1890s, it was briefly part of an ambitious system assembled by Archibald Angus McLeod of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. McLeod's business empire collapsed in 1893; after several mergers, the H&CW (including the ex-R&C) became part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York State Sheep And Wool Festival
The New York State Sheep and Wool Festival is an annual gathering of fiber-arts enthusiasts in the United States that draws approximately 30,000 visitors and more than 300 vendors. It is held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York. History The festival was first held in 1980. It is attended by knitters, crocheters, handspinners, and growers of natural-fiber-producing livestock. The livestock includes sheep, goats, angora rabbits, llamas, musk oxen, and alpacas. It also includes vendors of the materials and tools associated with each. It is held in October of each year at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York. In addition to the myriad vendors and demonstrations of fiber arts activities, the festival features several livestock competitions, sheepdog trials and a sheep to shawl contest. In 2007 for the 35th festival about 12,000 people attended. 375 vendors applied for the 275 spaces. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no live in-person f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
