What local product was illegal to transport on a Kingston street?
Listen to Edwin Ford and find out!
Bluestone was quarried in the Catskill mountains and brought to ports along the Rondout Creek by horse drawn wagons. Discovered in 1830, Ulster County bluestone was in high demand for sidewalks, curbstone, tile and building stone.
 |  | | Bluestone quarry in Ashokan. | Bluestone yard along the Rondout Creek. |  |  | | Bluestone workers sitting on slabs of bluestone by the Rondout Creek. | Pieces of bluestone from The "Old Stone Road" that ran from the quarries to the Rondout. Grooves were either made intentionally to hold the heavy wagons in place or from the weight of the wagons themselves. Photo courtesy of Chester Hartwell. | | | | | | |
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