The Catskills: From Wilderness to Woodstock

Alf Evers grew up on a farm in Ulster County. As a boy, one of his favorite pastimes was listening to the tales of local old-timers. He attended school in New Paltz and Hamilton College, as well as the Art Students League. Evers wrote over fifty children’s books, and contributed numerous articles to newspapers and to the New York Conservationist. He also served on the editorial board of the New York Folklore Quarterly, and was formerly Vice-President of the New York State Folklore Society. He authored two other major histories, Woodstock: History of an American Town, and Kingston-on-Hudson: An American Historical Town, the latter published posthumously. He perhaps is best remembered locally for his long-time service as the Town of Woodstock Historian. He died in 2004 at age 99.