OE Easter Friday

Jedediah Berry, author raised in Catskill James Bogardus, inventor, architect, pioneer of American cast-iron architecture, for which he took out a patent (1850) Mickey Brantley, outfielder for the Seattle Mariners who later went on to be a coach for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets; born and raised in Catskill Robert Charels (Robert Smith), blues singer who has recorded three albums nationally (including the Duke Robillard-produced Metropolitan Blue); born and raised in Catskill Frederic Edwin Church, American landscape painter Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of painting, lived in Catskill from 1827 until his death in 1848. Cole was a member of Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Catskill, and designed the present church building; a stained-glass window there honors the Cole family. His house at Cedar Grove is open to the public. Cus D'Amato, boxing manager who formed a gym in Catskill where he trained future heavyweight champion Mike Tyson Edward W. Dwight, Wisconsin politician born in Catskill John Hill, New Jersey politician born in Catskill Tom Judson, Broadway actor and composer Sheba Karim, author who writes literature and young adult fiction, born and raised in Catskill George W.