Talk:Beacon, New York

History section
History section had previously been filled with copy-paste info from biographies about the original settlers of the area. Removed a lot of it and clarified what's left, but if someone who knows more about the city wants to go in and add more information about the 1800s on or the actual foundation of the city that would be helpful. Keeperofthemoose (talk) 02:38, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Henry Winthrop Sargent
Er ... I'm afraid I don't understand: The Wiki article about the above-named notable person whose estate was in Beacon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Winthrop_Sargent

references this article. Surely Wikipedia has automatically notified someone that it currently does not reciprocate?

--Jim Luedke — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimlue (talk • contribs) 07:05, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Untitled
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Section on Farmer's Market removed. Written like ad copy, replete with a phone number for further information. Completely innaproprite for Wikipedia.

Under "Residents at One time" Pete Seeger was recently (5/26) added. And yet right below that is a "Misconceptions" section that says Seeger doesn't live in Beacon although many seem to think he does. Seems somewhat schizophrenic. If Seeger used to live in Beacon, but doesn't currently, that would make sense, but then it would probably be helpful to have a cite or further detail on that matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.42.208.182 (talk) 15:49, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Mill Town Statistics
I find it extremely difficult to support the idea of five hundred mills. Five mills that employed five hundred people, yes. There are Civil War statistics to back that up from the 1865 New York state census, here: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11616-77538-82?cc=1491284&wc=9391051 Perhaps this could be rephrased, "During the American Civil War, Beacon and the neighboring town of Glenham supported two hat factories; in June 1865, at the end of the war, they employed 193 men, 247 women, and 59 children under the age of 16. Beacon also boasted a leather goods factory, two file factories, and several food preparation companies (bakeries and meat processing).  All but the belts were manufactured using water power.  Wages ranged from $40 to $72 a month for the men, and from $10 to $26 a month for the women." Genehisthome (talk) 01:19, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

Matteawan
was there, in the 1930s, a large prison or mental health institution/insane asylum/sanitarium located in Matteawan?? i came here to read what it was that is being referenced in the book, Deranged:..., by Harold Schechter. "Matteawan" is mentioned more than once during and after the trial of Fish, apparently as an alternative to being sentenced to death and going to Sing Sing. even if it's not a particularly 'proud' moment in the area's history, it should still be here. if the book is correct.Colbey84 (talk) 06:17, 17 May 2016 (UTC)


 * There was! Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Emjackson42 (talk) 17:25, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

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Urban renewal vs. removal
I believe that urban renewal is the widely accepted term, as evidenced by the existence of an article by that name on this site; I also linked to two sources which use it to describe what happened in the city during the period in question. I realize that it may not be a neutral term, but neither is "urban removal"; however, if there are sources which use the latter to describe what happened in Beacon, it might be worth including both. Hatman31 (talk) 15:33, 21 November 2021 (UTC)