Lecture: Riverside Moguls, Part 2
Titans of Industry
Sunday, Septemer 28, 2025, 1 pm
The Historical Society of Rockland County invites you to join us for
RIVERSIDE MOGULS, Part 2
Titans of Industry
When:
Sunday, September 29, 2025,
1:00 pm SHARP
Where:
Lower-level Community Room, HSRC History Center, 20 Zukor Road, New City
Price:
$5.00
(Space is limited, and reservations are required; includes admission to the "Home Grown" and "Rockland Voices" exhibitions.
Building on the theme of part 1 (presented in June), part 2 -- "Riverside Moguls: Titans of Industry" -- focuses on industrialists tied to themes of the Gilded Age beyond railroads, including oil and real estate.
Featured in this segment are John D. Rockefeller's Kykuit Estate, the villas of Robert Wilson Goelet's Glenmere Estate and Charles E. Rushmore's Canmore Estate, Pierre Lorillard IV's Tuxedo Park, Col. Oliver Hazard Payne's West Park Estate, and the Livingston Legacy of Staatsburgh.
About the speaker:
A graduate of Marist College with degrees in Hudson River Valley history and public administration, Alex Prizgintas has published articles in the Hudson River Valley Review, New York Archives Magazine, and Orange County Historical Society Journal on topics that include Hudson River railroad history, Orange County’s dairy farming history, and the region’s early settlers. He is the town historian for Woodbury, NY, and president of Orange County’s Woodbury Historical Society. Further information about Alex and his schedule of upcoming programs is available at
https://alexprizgintas.com.
To reserve your seat, click on the Brown Paper Tickets logo:
Or download and fill out the PDF form below and return it, with payment, by
September 19, 2025
to Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Road, New City, NY 10956:
Or call the Museum Office at (845) 634-9629 Wednesdays-Fridays & Sundays, 12-4 pm.
Please note: Space is limited for this lecture. Reservations are required. A waiting list will be compiled, and available spaces will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York. www.RocklandHistory.org.