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Riverside Moguls, Part 2: Titans of Industry

The Historical Society of Rockland County Invites You to Join Us for the RESCHEDULED lecture

RIVERSIDE MOGULS
Wealth and Power in the Hudson Valley's Gilded Age

When: Sunday, September 28, 2025, 1 pm
Where: HSRC History Center, 20 Zukor Road, New City, NY 10956
Price: $5 (reservation fee)

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 such as Hudson River railroad history, Orange County's dairy farming history, and the regions early settlers. He is the town historian for Woodbury, NY, and president of Orange County's Woodbury Historical Society.