J OIN THE F RIENDS OF T ACONIC S TATE

P ARK IN C OPAKE F ALLS , N EW Y ORK Friends of

Taconic
aconic State Park
Name: ______________________________________

Working to Support the Activities

Address:_____________________________________
of Taconic State Park in Copake
_____________________________________________ Falls, New York. Join us today.

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DUES
[ ] Individual Membership $15
[ ] Family Membership* $20
[ ] Senior Member (65+) $10
[ ] Ironworker* $50
[ ] Pomeroy Patron* $100
[ ] Iron Master* $500
[ ] Other Gift* $_____
*Number of people in your family_______________
(This information helps us qualify for certain grants.)
Directions to Copake Falls: Take the Taconic
Thank you for becoming a member. State Parkway to the Claverack-Hillsdale exit.
Please send this form and your check to Friends of Take Route 23 East for 8 miles to Hillsdale.
Taconic State Park, PO Box 222, Copake Falls, NY 12517. Turn right onto Route 22 South and go 4 miles
to Copake Falls. Turn left onto Route 344 East
Drawing by Christiane Marks
Email: info@FriendsofTSP.org and go ½ mile to the park entrance on the left.
OR Take Route 22 to Route 344.
Visit: www.friendsoftsp.org
Friends of Taconic State Park
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PO Box 222
“Friends of Taconic State Park” We are grateful for the support of Copake Falls, NY 12517
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, info@friendsoftsp.org
Brad Peck Inc. , Parks and Trails New York and 518-966-2730
The Roeliff-Jansen Historical Society
OUR MISSION OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The mission of the Friends of Taconic State
Park is to enhance and strengthen our
Designation by National
community by supporting the activities of the Register of Historic Sites of Copake Iron Works, circa 1880
Taconic State Park in Copake Falls, New York. Copake Iron Works Historic
Friends of Taconic State Park works to District COPAKE
OPAKE IRON WORKS HISTORIC DISTRICT
promote recreational, historic, educational
and cultural activities of Taconic State Park,
Purchase and Installation of The Copake Iron Works was
advocates for the maintenance and Historic Marker established in 1845 along the Bash
improvement of its facilities and programs, Commemorating Historic Bish Brook at the base of the Taconic
and raises funds to enable those activities, Ridge. In 2007, the Iron Works site
facilities and programs. In pursuit of that and 18 acres surrounding the area
mission, Friends of Taconic State Park seeks were listed on the State and National
to be a voice for the Park by acting as a Register of Historic Sites. The Copake
liaison with governmental bodies, Iron Works Historic District comprises
institutions, schools, businesses, regional all of the buildings in the Iron Works
groups and other organizations of common area, the historic blast
blas furnace, three
concern. workers’ houses and the now-flooded
ore pit, as well as the previously
National Register-listed
Register Church of St.
John in the Wilderness.
Wilderness The Copake
Iron Works Historic District is open to
OUR GOALS the public.

 Stabilize and Protect

Historic Iron Works
Furnace

 Rehabilitate Historic
Workers’ Cottage

The formation of Friends of Taconic State Park in 2008  Expand and Improve
would not have been possible without the enthusiasm, Historic Ironworks This
his brochure was
wa produced thanks to a
support and guidance of Ray Doherty, Manager, Taconic
State Park. Museum grant from Parks and Trails New York.
Autumn 2010 (recycled paper).