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=== Joppenbergh Mountain === {{Main|Joppenbergh Mountain}} [[File:Rosendale railroad bridge and Joppenbergh.jpg|thumb|right|[[Joppenbergh Mountain]], depicted next to the hamlet's railroad trestle]] Joppenbergh is a {{convert|495|ft|m|adj=on}}{{sfn|Gilchrist|1976|p=5}} mountain, adjacent to the hamlet's railroad trestle and Route 213.{{sfn|Genero|2005|p=91}} It was named after Rosendale's founder, Jacob Rutsen,<ref name="rosendale-name"/> and [[Mining|mined]] throughout the late 19th century for the [[Dolomite (rock)|dolomite]] that was used in the manufacture of [[natural cement]].{{sfn|Genero|2005|p=91}} There was a large cave-in on December 19, 1899,<ref name="cave-in">{{Cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/12/20/117936460.pdf |title=Cement Mines Cave-In |date=1899-12-20 |access-date=2011-01-25 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York, NY }}</ref> that destroyed mining equipment and collapsed [[Shaft mining|shafts]] within the mountain.{{sfn|Gilchrist|1976|p=48}} Though it was feared that several workers had been killed,<ref name="cave-in" /> the collapse happened during lunch, and all the miners were outside, eating.{{sfn|Genero|2005|p=91}} Since the collapse the mountain has experienced shaking and periodic rockfalls.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.hrvh.org/cgi-bin/newshrvh?a=d&d=kingstondaily19070508.2.88 |title=Joppenberg is Shaking |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=1907-05-08 |access-date=2010-12-24}}</ref> During the late 1930s, Joppenbergh became the site of several [[Alpine skiing|skiing]] competitions,<ref name="first-ski">{{Cite news |title=Rosendale Goes In For Winter Sports In Large Way |newspaper=New Paltz Independent and Times |date=1936-11-19 |location=New Paltz, NY}}</ref> which continued until the early 1940s.<ref>{{Cite news |title=State Ski Jumping Championship To Be Decided At Rosendale |date=1941-01-09 |newspaper=New Paltz Independent and Times |location=New Paltz, NY}}</ref> The slope was designed by Harold Schelderup for Rosendale's first competition in 1937;<ref name="first-ski" /> Schelderup participated in a competition that July after the slope was coated with [[borax]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ninety-Foot Jump Made On Skiis On Borax Track |newspaper=Wallkill Valley World |date=1937-07-23}}</ref> Skiing stopped until the 1960s, when a new slope was built,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ski Jump Taken By Bringslimark |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York, NY |date=1966-01-31 |first=Michael |last=Strauss |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C17FA3E5F16738DDDA80B94D9405B868AF1D3}}</ref> and competitions were held until 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rosendale Wrapup |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=1976-09-26 |first=Marcia |last=Hayes}}</ref> The town of Rosendale considered buying land near the mountain in 2003 for [[parking lot|parking]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2003/06/09/regional%20news/8258141.txt |title=Rosendale seeks more parking |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=2003-06-09 |access-date=2011-02-13 |first=Dawn |last=Letus |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402033516/http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2003/06/09/regional%20news/8258141.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref> The following year, the town leased a tract of land to build a municipal parking lot.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2004/06/13/regional%20news/11940590.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402031442/http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2004/06/13/regional%20news/11940590.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |title=Rosendale board OKs lot lease |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=2004-06-13 |access-date=2011-03-08 |first=Pat |last=Rowe }}</ref> Joppenbergh was put up for sale in 2009,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.shawangunkjournal.com/2011/02/10/news/1102101.html |title=Mountain For Sale: Rosendale Still Negotiating with OSI |date=2011-02-10 |access-date=2011-03-08 |newspaper=Shawangunk Journal |publisher=Electric Valley Media LLC |location=Ellenville, NY |first=Michael |last=Cacchio}}</ref> and, in March 2011, the [[Open Space Institute]] offered to purchase the entire {{convert|117|acre|ha|adj=on}} property and sell it to the town;<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rosendale may buy 117-acre property |url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/03/04/news/doc4d70538bd3554060302295.txt |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=2011-03-04 |first=William J. |last=Kemble |access-date=2011-03-08 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402031433/http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/03/04/news/doc4d70538bd3554060302295.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref> the following month, Rosendale's town board agreed to the deal.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.freemanonline.com/articles/2011/04/15/news/doc4da7a9b9332f6791260001.txt?viewmode=fullstory |title=Rosendale voters may have to weigh in on mountain buy |newspaper=[[Daily Freeman]] |location=Kingston, NY |date=2011-04-15 |access-date=2011-04-17 |first=William J. |last=Kemble |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314175545/http://www.freemanonline.com/articles/2011/04/15/news/doc4da7a9b9332f6791260001.txt?viewmode=fullstory |archive-date=2012-03-14 }}</ref>
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