GHS Newsletter 10.3 Fall, 2008

Volume 10.3 Fall 2008  Power in the area in the early nineteenth century: the early commercial generation of electricity in the village of Gilboa (and sale of electricity to Prattsville, Stamford, and Grand Gorge); the use of hit-and-miss engines in rural areas; the use of acetylene gas and Delco glass batteries for lighting of farmhouses; and the coming of electricity with the Rural Electrification Act. There is also a recollection of the life of a teacher from a one-room schoolhouse, and the history of ice-cream socials in Gilboa (complete with tried-and-true ice cream recipes).

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