The Firsthand Story of Val Forgett, Jr. clearing Bannerman's Island.

Curly1 · 04-05-2023, 12:58 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt-9ZijLNYQ

seaburry · 04-05-2023, 08:25 PM

Very cool. Thanks for posting. Wk

Mac Cat · 04-05-2023, 10:42 PM

It was a good story.
I found several others, equally compelling.

Thanks !

ithacaartist · 04-07-2023, 03:07 AM

Very interesting, fun, and sad.

mrerick · 04-07-2023, 12:11 PM

Here's a 2017 update seminar about the island...

I lived in the Hudson Valley for 18 years, and had a small boat on the river. I used to occasionally sail to the Newburgh area and around the island. It was, needless to say, an interesting place...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcAX7w-ncbM

Edward Tinker · 04-07-2023, 02:47 PM

my god he is boring - interesting story, but jeeezzzz

04-05-2023, 12:58 AM	#1
Curly1 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,242 Thanks: 117 Thanked 714 Times in 371 Posts	The Firsthand Story of Val Forgett, Jr. clearing Bannerman's Island. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt-9ZijLNYQ __________________ Laugh hard and often. Gary

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ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,346 Thanks: 7,277 Thanked 2,578 Times in 1,365 Posts	Very interesting, fun, and sad. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

04-07-2023, 12:11 PM	#5
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,909 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,110 Times in 1,510 Posts	Here's a 2017 update seminar about the island... I lived in the Hudson Valley for 18 years, and had a small boat on the river. I used to occasionally sail to the Newburgh area and around the island. It was, needless to say, an interesting place... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcAX7w-ncbM __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

04-05-2023, 08:25 PM	#2
seaburry Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 15 Thanks: 88 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Very cool. Thanks for posting. Wk

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Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 730 Thanks: 2,093 Thanked 608 Times in 328 Posts	It was a good story. I found several others, equally compelling. Thanks !

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,933 Thanks: 2,032 Thanked 4,530 Times in 2,092 Posts	my god he is boring - interesting story, but jeeezzzz