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Wappingers Rural Cemetery. This land, known as Power's Park, was enclosed by a board fence and contained a grandstand from which spectators could watch bicycle races which were run on a 1/4 mile track. This park was also the home field of the Wappingers Monitors baseball team and was the site of some of “Big Dan” Brouthers’ most memorable hits.)
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priests in settling disputes among the laborers, who were for the most part without families and living in barracks around the quarries and mills. Henry
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to establish missions and build churches along the Hudson wherever there were sufficient resident
Catholics. O'Reilly visited the village of Saugerties in 1832 about one Sunday a month, holding services in private homes. The church cornerstone was laid in 1833. O'Reilly was said to be a man of large
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St. Joseph's Church was established around 1886 as a mission church of St. Mary of the Snow. By the end of the nineteenth and into the early twentieth century, Glasco had become predominantly settled by
Italian-Americans. To better minister to the needs of the faithful, another St. Mary's resident
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Father Power was followed by Denis Paul O'Flynn as pastor. In 1892 the church was seriously damaged by fire, but repaired and renovated by Father O'Flynn. The church features a high steeple, traditional stained glass windows, including a
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Rev. Michael C. Power served as pastor at
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The steeple was added c. 1863 with its massive bell tower, inscribed “Jones & Co., Founders, Troy, NY”. (In 1878 Father Power retired to
Wappingers Falls where he assisted a classmate, Fr. Denis Sheehan. Father Power served as a missionary priest to families in Stoneco and Sylvan Lake. Power
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Glasco takes its name from a glass company located in the mountain area several miles inland. The glass was carried by horse down the "Glasco Turnpike" to the banks of the Hudson where it was shipped on to ports for sale. The settlement along the river where the glass was loaded became known as
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and Onteora districts who sought a Catholic education. The school was founded in 1881 by the Sisters of Charity and was closed on June 20, 2013, by the Archdiocese of New York during its consolidation of education programs due to decreased enrollment and increased cost of programs.
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