Barbara Reina in the Register-Star reports that the Columbia County Historical Society has come into a trove of historical documents, dating back to the 18th and 19th Century. The Society's curator Diane Shewchuk said the archive of 160 yellowing documents includes records of local mills and taverns, in Kinderhook, Chatham Center, Hudson and Valatie. A collector in Albany apparently notified local historian Ruth Piwonka that the archive was available. The Columbia County Historical Society then purchased the material with a small grant from the Kinderhook Bank. Read the full story in the Register-Star.