Moving Into a New Millennium: Sources

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Image by Lolli Edinger, 2007. Used with permission.

Conway, John. 2010. "Pictures taken by John Conway at the reservoir [...]." Posted to Olive Free Library Facebook page. Facebook. December 29, 2010. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=183835921642367&set=a.183835714975721.

Barringer, Kim. 2010 "Reservoir September 2010." Facebook. September 18, 2010. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=150768234956891&set=a.108274722539576 .

Olive Free Library. 2013. "[no text]" Facebook. February 9, 2013. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=605348006157821&set=a.571686201666732.

Town of Olive Clerk's Office. "2018-2019 Olive Day Calendar." Printed calendar. 2018. In author's collection.

—— "quilt.jpg." unknown date. https://townofoliveny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/quilt.jpg. Accessed December 7th, 2025

Budrock, Helen, Catskill Center for Conservation and Development., Catskill Watershed Corporation., and New York (N.Y.). Summary Guide to the Terms of the Watershed Agreement: A Guidebook Summarizing the Terms of the New York City Watershed Agreement for Government Officials, Planning and Zoning Board Members, and Citizens of the Catskill/Delaware Watershed. Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, 1997. https://cwconline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SummaryGuideToMOA-1.pdf.

Catskill Watershed Corperation. "NYS Gov. George Pataki at MOA signing, 1997." 1997. https://cwconline.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NYS-Gov.-George-Pataki-at-MOA-signing1997.jpg.

Bibliography

This section draws heavily from author's own experience, as well as informal discussions with friends and family. It is my hope that in the near future, these discussions can be formalized with oral histories. For now, much of the content regarding Olive Rec and the various vendors of Olive Day remain strictly autobiographical.

Alexander, Gary. “City’s Closing of Reservoir Road Sparks Protest March in Olive.” Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY), September 3, 2003. https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2003/09/03/citys-closing-of-reservoir-road-sparks-protest-march-in-olive/.

Arm-of-the-Sea Theater. City That Drinks the Mountain Sky (Part 1). Performed at Olive Day at Davis Park, September 7th, 2013. 

Budrock, Helen, Catskill Center for Conservation and Development., Catskill Watershed Corporation., and New York (N.Y.). Summary Guide to the Terms of the Watershed Agreement: A Guidebook Summarizing the Terms of the New York City Watershed Agreement for Government Officials, Planning and Zoning Board Members, and Citizens of the Catskill/Delaware Watershed. Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, 1997. https://cwconline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SummaryGuideToMOA-1.pdf.

Calhoun, Camilla. “NYC Watershed Retrospective: A Town Called Olive.” Catskill Archives, June 1997. https://www.catskillarchive.com/watershed/olive.htm.

Catskill Watershed Corporation. “History.” Accessed December 7, 2025. https://cwconline.org/about/history. 

Eckstein, Noah. “Olive Free Library to Open Shokan Branch Sept. 27.” The Overlook, September 26, 2025. https://theoverlooknews.com/olive-free-library-to-open-shokan-branch-sept-27/.

Finnegan, Michael C. “New York City’s Watershed Agreement: A Lesson in Sharing Responsibility.” Pace Environmental Law Review 14, no. 2 (1997): 577. https://doi.org/10.58948/0738-6206.1486.

Kelley, Tina. “Watershed Deal Calls for City To Act, but Saves It Billions.” New York Times  (1923-) (New York, N.Y.), November 26, 2002. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index (92314388). https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/watershed-deal-calls-city-act-saves-billions/docview/92314388/se-2?accountid=14166.

Matter of Town of Olive v City of New York, No. 506129 (New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division June 18, 2009). https://www.nycourts.gov/Reporter/3dseries/2009/2009_05061.htm#:~:text=%5BFN1%5D%20Monument%20Road%20was%20constructed,safeguard%20it%20from%20possible%20sabotage.

New York City. “Press Release Archives - #431-96 - Announces Final Watershed Accord.” September 10, 1996. https://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/96/sp431-96.html.

Revkin, Andrew C. “Critics of Watershed Plan See Tilt Toward Upstate Evolving: Watershed Plan Is Criticized as Tilting Toward Upstate.” New York Times  (1923-) (New York, N.Y.), July 5, 1996. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index (109540752). https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/critics-watershed-plan-see-tilt-toward-upstate/docview/109540752/se-2?accountid=14166.

——— “NEW YORK BEGINS SPENDING TO SAVE CITY’S RESERVOIRS: GIULIANI SIGNS AN ACCORD $660 MILLION IS BEING GIVEN TO WATERSHED-AREA TOWNS TO COMBAT POLLUTION ACCORD SEEKS SAFEGUARDING OF RESERVOIRS.” New York Times  (1923-) (New York, N.Y.), January 22, 1997. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index (109703075). https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/new-york-begins-spending-save-citys-reservoirs/docview/109703075/se-2?accountid=14166.

——— “Watershed Protection Agreement Is Praised.” New York Times  (1923-) (New York, N.Y.), September 11, 1996. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index (109653610). https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/watershed-protection-agreement-is-praised/docview/109653610/se-2?accountid=14166. 

Smith, Jesse J. “Terror Fear Trumps Transit Ease: Reservoir Boss Defends Road Closure.” Daily Freeman, September 7, 2003. https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2003/09/07/terror-fear-trumps-transit-ease-reservoir-boss-defends-road-closure/.

Town of Olive. “1999 Historical Quilt.” Accessed December 7, 2025. https://townofoliveny.gov/1999-historical-quilt/.

Direct Citations

"This system would have have cost approximately 6 to 7 billion dollars at the time, and NYC's administration was seeking alternative methods to preserve the water quality." — Finnegan, Michael C. “New York City’s Watershed Agreement: A Lesson in Sharing Responsibility.” Pace Environmental Law Review 14, no. 2 (1997): 577.; Kelley, Tina. “Watershed Deal Calls for City To Act, but Saves It Billions.” New York Times  (1923-) (New York, N.Y.), November 26, 2002. 

"This agreement would cover a wide berth of topics; [...] became significantly less contentious." — Finnegan, Michael C.; Budrock, Helen, Catskill Center for Conservation and Development., Catskill Watershed Corporation., and New York (N.Y.). Summary Guide to the Terms of the Watershed Agreement: A Guidebook Summarizing the Terms of the New York City Watershed Agreement for Government Officials, Planning and Zoning Board Members, and Citizens of the Catskill/Delaware Watershed. Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, 1997.

"This stemmed from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers [...]" — Matter of Town of Olive v City of New York, No. 506129 (New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division June 18, 2009).

"Protests were held [...]  but this was ultimately shot down."  — Alexander, Gary. “City’s Closing of Reservoir Road Sparks Protest March in Olive.” Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY), September 3, 2003.

"This would ultimately culminate in a lawsuit [...] by the city they lost their land to." — Matter of Town of Olive v City of New York, No. 506129 (New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division June 18, 2009).