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Featured article Section of the trail in Shawangunk, New York The Walden–Wallkill Rail Trail, also known as the Jesse McHugh Rail Trail, is a 3.22-mile (5.18 km) rail trail between the village of Walden and the hamlet of Wallkill. The two communities are located in Orange County and Ulster County, respectively, in upstate New York. The trail is part of the former Wallkill Valley Railroad's rail corridor. The railway was the first to operate in Ulster County. Passenger service ended in 1937; the opening of the New York State Thruway and decreased freight traffic caused the line to close in 1957. The land was purchased by the towns of Montgomery and Shawangunk in 1985 and converted to a public trail. The portion of the trail in Shawangunk was formally opened in 1993 and named after former town supervisor Jesse McHugh. After seven years of discussion, the route was paved between 2008 and 2009. The trail includes an unofficial, unimproved section to the north of Wallkill, and is bounded by NY 52 and NY 208. (Full article...) Recently featured: Costello's Album covers of Blue Note Records Gedling Town F.C. Zimmerman Telegram Zimmerman Telegram On February 24, .. 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar. 1803 - Marbury v. Madison established judicial review in the U.S. 1917 - The Zimmermann Telegram was delivered, complicating World War I. 1999 - Arizona executed German national Karl LaGrand. Recent days: February 23 - February 22 More events in history... Did you know ...? Reverse of History Instructing Youth, featuring Martha Washington ... that Martha Washington's portrait on the 1896 US one-dollar silver certificate (pictured) is the most recent time that a woman has been featured on US paper money? ... that Dalibor Riccardi, a head of state of San Marino, has played more than 70 matches in the country's football league? ... that at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, vice presidential nominee Tim Walz was booed for visiting the "wrong" Pennsylvanian gas station chain? ... that Eunus, a Syrian slave and reputed prophet, led a slave revolt in Sicily against the Roman Republic? ... that China was once the "Kingdom of Bicycles"? ... that Alan Rosen once sold 2,400 cheesecakes in four minutes to television shoppers? ... that Checheyigen's political acumen ensured that her family became one of the most powerful in the Mongol Empire? ... that the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies houses a John Steinbeck archive of more than 50,000 items? ... that "Buy Cash" is the speaker of the House of Assembly of Eswatini?	In the news Samantha Harvey The novel Orbital by Samantha Harvey (pictured) wins the Booker Prize. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby announces his resignation as a result of the John Smyth abuse scandal in the Church of England. In Zhuhai, China, 35 people are killed in a vehicle-ramming attack. Alliance for Change, led by Navin Ramgoolam, wins the Mauritian general election. A suicide bombing by the Balochistan Liberation Army at the Quetta railway station, Pakistan, kills 32 people. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of Lebanon Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Dorothy Allison Trevor Sorbie Daim Zainuddin Jürgen Becker Christine Görner Timothy West Holidays {{Holidays}} Obituaries Italian cyclist Marco Pantani died suddenly at a hotel in Rimini, Italy on February 14. Former Chechen president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev was killed in an apparent car bomb explosion on February 13. Former leader of the Canadian liberal party, Claude Ryan, died from stomach cancer on February 9 at age 79. More recent deaths...
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