Eastfield village rebuilt by a single founder Don
A remote Rensselaer County site houses Eastfield a colonial village of 18th and 19th century buildings moved to one site by a single man known as Don He keeps his location private yet has hosted 1800 visitors in a year including filmmakers He plans a preservation foundation with instructors in weaving spinning blacksmithing tinsmithing printing carpentry masonry and glass blowing. He has moved about 30000 bricks and carried slate roofs and 32 foot beams solo despite a ruptured back disc.
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Eastfield
Rensselaer County
Don
C. W. McKeen
Stones Found Face Down Recalled From Eastfield Cemetery
Local readers learn that a nearby cemetery stones lay face down in a sidewalk after relocation of a church graveyard in the 1830s. Descendants donated the preserved markers to Don and identify Christopher Van Deusen’s 1805 grave as the oldest stone.
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Don
Christopher van Deusen
G. M. Draman
Community notes and requests in the Hotline pumpkin column
Readers share recipes and trades via the Hotline. Letters mention National Geographic issues exchange, library book finds, and a Billy Cobham address request. Don of Eastfield reconstructs a village project begun in 1971, with an archeological dig revealing an herb garden and a 1787 house later linked to Sand Lake Glass Works.
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Virginia Gray Plant
J.P
Troy
Poestenkill Community Library
Tower Room
Mary Linn Roby
Town Hall
Don
Benjamin Culver
Sand Lake Glass Works
C. W. McKeen
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Times Record
N.Y
Veterans Administration
J.S. — Cohoes
Albany
M.H.M. of
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Brigade of the American
G. M. Dzaman
Frank Sherry
Rocci Scelsi
Mechanicville
Rita Duncan
M.C.P
Lansingburgh
Loretta Tefoe
Grafton
John Minehan
Babcock Lake
Dorothy V. Decker
Watervliet
Roberta C. O'Neil
Mary C. Patrick
John A. Vosburgh
Latham
Carlos Gutierrez
Peggy Reed
Cohoes
F.M.H
National Geographic Magazine
Edward Albergine
Hoosick Falls
Billy Cobham
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Ed Donohue
Atlantic Recording Corp
Rockefeller Plaza
New York
Hastfield
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