Name: Jim
Email: davou@rocketmail.com
City: Matawan
State: NJ
Date: 30-Dec-2005
Time: 00:02
Great website! I like the emphasis on historic and natural preservation!
Name: Barbara Allen
Email: tanzalo1@san.rr.com
City: San diego
State: CA
Date: 29-Dec-2005
Time: 11:33
does anyone know of the Heuermann family? They moved to Copake from Uniondale, NY about 1959 or so. the father's name is Pete, mother Millie. children Laura, Lynn, and Richie. I grew up with them in Uniondale and would love to find them. Barbara Allen-Anzalone
Name: Grant Langdon
Email: grantdine@aol.com
City: Cincinnati
State: Ohio
Date: 19-Dec-2005
Time: 06:40
I have a web page promoting my book, Guilty Without Trial at www.grantlangdon.com. The book will have more about the people and history of Copake. Pleas visit www,grantlangdon.com.
Name: MUGU MAN
Email: MUGU U@HOTMAIL.COM
City: LMOE
State: UNITED STAE OF AMIII
Date: 13-Dec-2005
Time: 08:18
I LOVE THIS SITE.
Name: neil jacob
Email: neil4404@aol.com
City: ambler
State: pa
Date: 12-Dec-2005
Time: 09:50
Hi all. I went to Camp Woodielake in the late 60's and early 70's. We had a blast! I would love to hear from anyone that was there at that time. neil4404@aol.com
Name: L2uwgZZeq7
Email: y0pf31p@SgV6Uki.com
City: L2uwgZZeq7
State: L2uwgZZeq7
Date: 07-Dec-2005
Time: 11:11
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Name: iBL53MNyuf
Email: U2uwj3x@H79ED6z.com
City: iBL53MNyuf
State: iBL53MNyuf
Date: 07-Dec-2005
Time: 10:52
really good site
Name: Tim Mann
Email: myp@frot.com
City: New York
State: NY
Date: 05-Dec-2005
Time: 16:07
Hi! Great web site! I find it very useful and informative!
Name: za1onWa9Uv
Email: cEX16Bm@JsVlFOL.com
City: za1onWa9Uv
State: za1onWa9Uv
Date: 05-Dec-2005
Time: 15:12
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Name: za1onWa9Uv
Email: cEX16Bm@JsVlFOL.com
City: za1onWa9Uv
State: za1onWa9Uv
Date: 05-Dec-2005
Time: 14:31
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Name: Maria
Email: masatra44443@yahoo.com
City: New York
State: NY
Date: 17-Nov-2005
Time: 09:24
Hi, why nobody responds me?
Name: Cindy Bray
Email: bbray287@aol.com
City: San Jose
State: CA
Date: 16-Nov-2005
Time: 07:25
I think you all have done a wonderful job with the web site. I grew up in this area many years ago along with my sister Susan, our parents owned the previous, Copake Coffee Shoppe for many, many years. I attended Roe Jan/Taconic Hills High School. I remember very well all the many summer camps that were in the area, and what beautiful spring, summer and fall seasons Copake has. If anyone would like to contact me, my email is bbray287@aol.com
Name: yosch
Email: yosch@zoloft.h15.ru
City: France
State: France
Date: 10-Nov-2005
Time: 03:40
Very good website you have here, send you and your visitors my best greetings
Name: eulalie
Email:
City: USA
State:
Date: 28-Oct-2005
Time: 14:06
Very good website
Name: karlee
Email:
City:
State:
Date: 28-Oct-2005
Time: 13:11
I want to add my compliments to the many you have already received.
Name: Jill Kaplan Tupper
Email:
City: Boothbay Harbor, Maine
State:
Date: 11-Sep-2005
Time: 12:16
I went to camp in Copake New York for many years when I was a child. It was a lovely area.
Name: Grant Langdon
Email: Grantdine@aol.com
City: Cincinnati
State: Ohio
Date: 07-Sep-2005
Time: 07:25
I am writing a book about Copake called Guilty Without Trial. I expect it to be ready in the spring although I don't have a publisher yet. The first chapter follows: Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home, Your house is on fire, your children will burn. Anon. Nursery Rhyme The orange glow on the bedroom wall is not the reflection of the rising sun. The wail of the distant siren warns not the village on the other side of the valley. No, the smoke billowing like low streaking storm clouds, the strange heat charging the night with mid-day intensity call you from the sleep you will never fully re-inhabit. When your barn burns, your animals, your equipment, your labor go up in smoke. When your barn burns, questions of cause and blame smolder right along with the falling embers. The hot shock of the moment augers into the belly followed by fear and anger spewing out in cries for recompense and justice, but for the farmer whose life is vested in the land and its cyclical nature of fallowness and fecundity, the smoke does not become the fog that lifts in the sunlight. Mike Langdon was one among many victims of the fires ravaging the Copake area in southern Columbia County in the heart of the Hudson River Valley in upstate New York. Over a period of 15 years beginning in 1980, area farmers grew increasingly uneasy and wary over their exposure to the threat of arson. After the third fire scoured another hole in Mike Langdon’s farm business, he simply got mad as hell and decided not to stand on the sidelines any longer. Based on a strong conviction that the string of area fires were indeed set by an arsonist, Langdon initiated a reward fund soliciting information leading to the indictment and conviction of the arsonist. By raising community awareness to a collective point, Langdon also piqued the scrutiny of the sheriff’s department, and before long, an indictment and conviction were sought. The only problem: the sheriff arrested Mike Langdon’s son on the suspicion of arson. The unraveling of community trust and inter-connection that provided the foundation of the Copake community began, and like fire itself, it would change the nature of the place, irrevocably. As Langdon fought harder to right his family’s circumstances, the suction of social and economic forces pulled him down further, until even the courts of last resort could not and did not rescue him. Fire destroys property. Fire destroys ways of life. What is justice for the victims of arson? What is justice for the arsonist? Mike Langdon set out to answer these straight forward questions in the best way he’d learned how, through the criminal justice system of a free country. The questions he found himself facing however, involved the labyrinthine machinations that accused his son of setting fire to his own family’s rented barn at Bull Spring Farm in June of 1987. Although the son’s case failed to reach full prosecution, the shadow of guilt haunts the family to this day, as do the unsolved cases of arson that torched over thirty barns and buildings during one of rural America’s lengthiest and most alarming arson sprees of the late 20th century. On the back page of the August 29, 1985 edition of the Roe Jan Independent newspaper, a Thank You ad runs in a boldly outlined box. “I would like to thank all the firemen for putting out the fire and all my friends and neighbors for the help over the last few days. I feel fortunate to live in a community with such kind and caring people.” The ad was signed and paid for by Mike Langdon. Langdon’s big white barn, a landmark on Church Street, smoldered in ruin, and even though it was a devastating personal and financial loss, Langdon maintained gratitude in his heart and a spirit of optimism as he determined ways to recover his livelihood. No doubt, his legacy, and his love for Copake, inspired him. In the aftermath of his third fire, two years later, at Bull Spring Farm, Mike Langdon’s mood shifted from gratitude to outrage. Three fires were enough. The farming community was under attack by arson, and he refused to stand idly by while the authorities dithered in suspicion and carried out ineffectual investigations. The Fate of the Barn was Sealed The rear barn door hung open on the east-west wing of the L-shaped barn at Bull Spring Farm outside Copake. Chopped cornstalks piled up for use in the stable below were near another door, closed, and a small door above, under the eaves. A small amount of hay was stacked in an adjoining mow about 4 feet above ground level. Conditions were ideal. Air movement in the mow was good. Across the road, Fran Dick came out to sit on her front porch to take in the perfect evening. Whisps of smoke attracted her attention and she walked down the driveway to get a better look. “The Barn’s on fire!” she shouted, and ran back inside to call for help. Bill Carrel went out to the driveway from his gardening to see what was happening. Back in the house Fran Dick heard a blast as she talked with fire control. It was 8:06p.m. The Lilly family lived a short distance away and was picnicking on the lawn when they spotted the black smoke rising. Fire sirens rent the air. At the barn, fire chief Randy Shattuck assessed the situation. No water close by. He would have to set up a holding tank and organize the arriving trucks to carry water. Firemen arrived in cars; Randy ordered the corncrib fire put out. The fate of the barn was already sealed. At Snyder Pond Road, half-a-dozen cars full of people gathered to watch the fire. Mike Langdon saw them in his peripheral vision as he sped out in his own car from town. He had just caught sight of a man running across his pasture when the barn came into view. His heart sank and his anger rose. No insurance and no amount of good will and soft-spoken philosophizing was going to milk his heard in the morning or build a new barn. I reached the door at the north-south wing of the barn. No sign of smoke or fire there. I started to free the calves. Scott Hedges tried to stop me but I kept on working. My son Frank showed up, confused and upset, but helpful. After the calves were out I salvaged as much as I could from the milk house and silo room until the flames crept too close. Then I walked around the barn, trying to assess damage. “Who the hell did this?” I ranted. “It’s got to be a fireman!”
Name: Nina Pascale
Email: ninapas@juno.com
City: Omaha
State: NE
Date: 16-Aug-2005
Time: 15:56
Each time I entered my name or email address and clicked "enter" the page moved to "return to form" and wouldn't allow me to complete the address. Plus, when I returned to the boxes they were empty. Finally I started with the message and then the site allowed me to fill in my name and address in full. But I like the site--- very warm, and full of memories, sweetness and nostalgia; shows what a happy childhood means to children and to the adults that they become. But how come so many of your contributors are southerners? Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. Seems a long way away to go to summer camp. Or did they move south upon adulthood ??? But I found the site because some of my ancestors came from Hillsdale and Copake and I'm trying to find out about them.NP
Name: Rob Powers
Email: rpowers@digitas.com
City: NYC
State: NY
Date: 15-Aug-2005
Time: 12:31
I am looking for a contractor to do some roof repairs, including new flashing and inter ceiling due to extensive water damage casued from the Tstorms...can anyone give me a few names and numbers thanx
Name: bart young
Email: sweetguy5150@yahoo.com
City:
State:
Date: 31-Jul-2005
Time: 08:48
what happened with robinson pond? hwo did it get soooooo nasty? Someone said that the dam overflowed? How come Copake Lake is so nice and Robinson Pond is so nasty??
Name: Yumiko Fukuda
Email: copake_12516_ny@hotmail.co.jp
City: Yokohama
State: Japan
Date: 28-Jul-2005
Time: 12:30
I am surprised when I found the name of Mr. Wayne Miller on this page. I have happy memories of Copake since I stayed with my host family as an exchange student of Taconic Hills High School about seventeen years ago. It is the Millers that my host hamily is! Copake is friendly and warm-hearted town, I think and Iwould love to visit Copake in the near future!
Name: Peter Kean
Email: peter@nlpdc.org
City: Arlington VA and Rock Tavern NY
State: NY
Date: 21-Jul-2005
Time: 13:31
I spent a number of summers at Woodieake Camp where my mother, Gladys Kelly, was the camp nurse. At that time, the place was owned by Fern Moffat. About 12 years ago I visited and discovered the new owener was a man named Blinderman who was using the main lodge as a summer get-a-way. I wonder if anyone has any any further information. Thanks, Peter Kean
Name: Vickie Snyder
Email: polarbabies2@aol.com
City: Ancramdale, New York
State:
Date: 17-Jul-2005
Time: 23:50
I was wondering why your site tells nothing about the going ons of the Copake Park and it's new building, like is there a Town Carnavl This year in August and a little bit about the new building and some information on the uses of it. Can the public use it and how much it is to use it, who to call and the rental cost, or is that an altogether different area of Copake. Thank You
Name: Mark Glick
Email: mglick32@aol.com
City: Poughkeepsie
State: NY
Date: 13-Jul-2005
Time: 14:45
Great to read the comments about Camp Barrington. I only attended it one summer-1964(almost 13 at the time). Unfortunately didn't come back in '65 or later. However, I had the best time and remember the camp experience very fondly. Some names I remember - my counselor was Richie Karp, bunkmates - Gary Squire, Neil Bloomberg, Burt Cohen.. Let's hear from some of you that may have attended then..
Name: Norm Farnham
Email: pets24@alltel.net
City: aberdeen, nc
State: nc
Date: 09-Jul-2005
Time: 19:50
MY BROTHERS AND I WERE RAISED ON A 365 ACRE DAIRY FARM IN COPAKE DURING 1954-58.AT LAST VISIT THE BARNS WERE GONE BUT THE HOUSE REMAINES.MY GREASTEST PURSUITE IS FINDING INFORMATION ON HELLS ACRES LOCATED IN BOSTON CORNERS. THERE IS BUT ONE BOOK WRITTEN ON THIS AREA AND THE GREAT BOXING FIGHT WHICH TOOK PLACE IN APPROX. 1885. ALSO LOOKING FOR MARYLN LOUISE WOLFE, A GOOD FRIEND.
Name: Walter Durk
Email: ga4736@yahoo.com
City: Athens
State: Georgia USA
Date: 04-Jul-2005
Time: 12:33
As a Boy Scout at Camp Waubeeka I became familar with Copake Falls and surrounding areas where we hiked and camped. That was back in the 1950's. I will always remember the area for it's beauty and quaintness. I recall hiking through Boston Corners, swimming in Bash Bish, and camping out. Hiking along miles of rural roads. climbing moutainsides, and being a member of the Order of the Arrow was a source of pride and enjoyment that I will never forget. Maybe I will get to visit there again sometime.
Name: Barry Nussbaum
Email: BarryNYVA@aol.com
City: Annandale
State: VA
Date: 24-May-2005
Time: 09:10
I spent wonderful summers from 1958-1966 at Camp Ferosdel. Would love to hear from fellow campers and to get a map to see where the old site was. What is there now?
Name: harris leinwand
Email: hleinwand@aol.com
City: greenwich
State: ct
Date: 13-May-2005
Time: 15:27
i went to camp barrington for many years. i saw a sale re lots on rhoda lake. i would like a map showing both rhoda lake and lower rhoda lake- where camps ferosdel, pontiac, barrington and rhoda were. i would like the lakes marked, distance , size of lakes and roads shown.
Name: Louise Brown Kaplan
Email: halou@adelphia.net
City: Delray Beach
State: FL
Date: 01-May-2005
Time: 18:27
Went to Camp Rhoda '49 -'56. I was a contemporary of the deLemos kids and Dede Porchenick. Attended the big reunion circa 1983. Were you there?
Name: Firefighter Tim Andrew
Email: pilotfire@sbcglobal.net
City: Naugatuck
State: Connecticut
Date: 23-Apr-2005
Time: 12:35
Looking to bring my 94 year ole Dad to Copake were at the age of 18, helped test fly the first medal airplane in a field somewhere, I'm told, in back of town hall, or near it. I even have pictures of it. Wow, 76 years ago. I want to locate a few News papers to see if they will do an article on it. Something like-18 year old boy returns to Copake 76 years later. If anyone has any information about that time, or would like to help me locate a local newspaper, please call me at home. 1-203-729-1243 or e-mail me at, pilotfire@sbcglobal.net We want to return in a few weeks, or less. Tim Andrew, Naugatuck, Ct.
Name: Joe Pucci
Email: jpucci@charter.net
City: Fairveiw
State: North Carolina
Date: 15-Apr-2005
Time: 11:12
I used to go to Copake almost every other weekend, my grandparents had a house in Taconic Shores next to a house owned by my uncles'inlaws and another one owned by my grandmothers sister. I rememeber the town very fondly, fishing at the dam, swimming in Robinson Pond, going to the country fair at the firehouse every summer, the egg lady coming by to sell eggs on Saturday mornings. I wish everyone could have the same childhood I did, I am ever grateful for the experience that my grandparents gave to all of us. Love to Nonni and Poppy.
Name: PAUL ROSENBERF
Email: PUCKY847@AOL.COM
City: COPIAGUE
State: NY
Date: 13-Apr-2005
Time: 15:03
WAS SURFING AND FOUND YOUR GUEST BOOK. i WAS A CAMPER/COUNCELOR AT CAMP FEROSDEL FROM 1953T0 1964. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RAABE'S
Name: Mike Bonadio
Email: perstare@promail.com
City: Nashville
State: Tennessee
Date: 08-Apr-2005
Time: 13:26
I first stayed at Taconic State Park in Copake Falls when I was 9 years old (in the State Bungalow called the "Maxfield"). Later, my parents bought a small place on Miles Road and I continued my summer visits every year without fail until I was 20. When I married, my wife and our two kids spent some great times there. My parents sold the place in 1990. Copake Falls played a major role in my life. There is a little bit of Copake Falls in me, even now.
Name: Lindsay LeBrecht-Funk
Email: copakelakerlty@taconic.net
City: Craryville
State: NY
Date: 28-Mar-2005
Time: 09:52
Michele Alexander -- Copake Lake is ~375 acres and does allow motor boats. It is approximately 34 feet at its' deepest point. Hope this helps.
Name: Michele Alexander
Email: michelems0627@aol.com
City:
State:
Date: 26-Mar-2005
Time: 13:47
Can you tell me the size and depth of Copake Lake? Are motorboats permitted? Thank you.
Name: Carl Gaudinier
Email: cgaudinier@umhwc.org
City: Binghamton
State: NY
Date: 24-Mar-2005
Time: 13:49
Seeing this website brought back a flood of memories of Copake. My aunt and uncle, Ellen and Dick Gaudinier, had a house on The Island on Robinson Lake in Taconic Shores. Looking back, it seems like I spent a lot of time there, but it was really just a week or two each summer between 1968 and 1979, when Ellen, Dick, Rich, Sally, Suzanne and Ellen all moved to Seattle. I think it seems like I spent so much more time there because the memories make up the core of my best childhood/teenage memories. Uncle Dick died a few years ago, and I had the chance to return to Copake at that time and see a few of the old crowd. If any of you are reading this (the list of people would be quite long!), I'd love to hear from you. Carl
Name: Sue Sikes
Email: SueSikes@BellSouth.net
City: Pompano Beach
State: Fl
Date: 19-Mar-2005
Time: 15:03
What a wonderful site on Copake! I was born and raised there,my mom and dad,Marge and Al Bray owned the Copake Coffee Shoppe from 1949 until 1975. My sister,Cindy, and I have fond memeories of Copake and its many camps especially during the busy summers we had in Copake. We knew the Horowitz's very well also Cynthia Raabe at Camp Ferosdel,also Bronx House Emmanuel camps,Greenwich House in Copake Falls,lets not forget Camp Waubeeka,the Boy Scout camp!! I could go on and on,anybody care to e mail me at SueSikes@BellSouth.net.
Name: Sally and Bruce Mullaney
Email: mullaney@taconic.net
City: Ancram
State: NY
Date: 13-Mar-2005
Time: 17:43
My husband and I bought a house in Ancram about 5 years ago. He recently found several old prescription bottles in the attic and under the barn. Can anyone direct me toward history on R.L. Bowerhan MD? I would appreciate any response to mullaney@taconic.net
Name: jean
Email: jann0107@hotmail.com
City: west haven
State: ct
Date: 13-Mar-2005
Time: 15:31
Found this site by accident, after reading about my soap opera and appearances of one at Copake Theatre, which I looked up and led to this site. I spent my summers in the 60's there with my grandmother and great grandfather, who lived right on route 22, across from the Shell? gas station and the Head's. I try to take a ride there yearly, just to see the old house, which I miss. Thank You for this site.
Name: Barbara Bloominger
Email: blmbblm@aol.com
City: Netcong
State: NJ
Date: 23-Feb-2005
Time: 12:34
I am planning a week vacation at the lake and am looking forward to a relaxing fun time.
Name: lou katz
Email: lkatz1@rochester.rr.com
City: rochester
State: ny
Date: 20-Feb-2005
Time: 20:15
Went to Camp Barrington/Rhoda from 62-69. Terrific summers. Loved Copake and the area. Would love to hear from any campers from that time.
Name: Lucene Harrington
Email: holliday6720@yahoo.com
City: North Port
State: Fl.34287 {Sarasota Cty}
Date: 01-Feb-2005
Time: 09:54
Just being nosey to see what was on your web site and was impressed. Very nice. Just glad the snow is up there and not down here.
Louis, Re: youy inqurry on Camp Pontiac and the Birkshire Pines. The Pines was located 2 miles West of Copake on County Rt.7. It was a small hotel and a bungalow colony. Many years ago it converted to a campground called Camp Oleana. Camp Pontiac was owned and operated by the Horowitz family who ran it for 50 years. It has since continued to thrive under new ownership. Pontiac was a mile past the Pines on the same route. Of interest in the area was the town of West Copake. No longer has its own Post Office. It no longer has Englebart's grocery, Coleman's gas station, The Triangle {a sort of night club, dinky as it was] where the councilors from Pontiac, Barrington-Rhoda, Ferosdale would gather in the evening. A bit later on "Pat" opened the "Flamingo Inn", which after the demise of the Triangle, became the new "hot spot". The Flamingo's specialty was a square cut pizza pie, a novelty in the 50's. The reason that it was square cut was the they could not fit a round pizza tray in the oven. All except Pontiac are gone. Most of the other property have become divided into sites for private homes