Alf Evers (February 2, 1905-December 29, 2004), was an American historian who lived in Ulster County, New York for much of his life and wrote lengthy, definitive histories of the Catskills and Woodstock, serving the latter as town historian. At the time of his death his history of Kingston was nearly complete and awaited publication.Image:Http://www.phoeniciatimes.com/archivesPT/pt1.6.05/pix/alf1.jpg== Biography == February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York, USA. It sits in the states beautiful Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. ... Catskill Escarpment and Blackhead Range as seen from Overlook Mountain The Catskill Mountains, a natural area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany, are not, despite their popular name, true geological mountains, but rather a mature dissected plateau, an uplifted region that was subsequently... Woodstock is a town located in Ulster County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 6,241. ... Kingston is a city located in Ulster County, New York, United States. ...

Evers was born in the Bronx neighborhood of Williamsbridge and lived there till the age of nine, when his parents moved to a farm near Tillson. He developed a passion for history from the many stories of the farmhands, the work of British naturalist Gilbert White and collecting Native American arrowheads with one of his high school teachers in New Paltz. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... Williamsbridge is a section of the East Bronx in New York City. ... Tillson is a census-designated place located in Ulster County, New York. ... Gilbert White (July 18, 1720 – June 26, 1793) was a pioneering naturalist and ornithologist. ... New Paltz is a village in Ulster County in the U.S. state of New York. ...

He attended Hamilton College and, after graduation, returned to the city and the Art Students League, where he met his wife, illustrator Helen Baker. They eventually settled in Litchfield, Connecticut, where they wrote 50 children's books together, most telling fables in a simple prose style that earned comparisons to Aesop, and raised three children. Hamilton College is a private, independent and highly-selective liberal arts college located in Clinton, New York. ... The Art Students League of New York is an art school founded in 1875. ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... Litchfield is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut. ... In its strict sense a fable is a short story or folk tale embodying a moral, which may be expressed explicitly at the end as a maxim. ... Aesop, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle. ...

In 1950 he and his wife divorced. He chose to return to Ulster and begin the first of three histories that would define his later career. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is YOUR MUM the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse, which can be contrasted with an annulment which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support...

The Catskills: From Wilderness to Woodstock, published in 1972 (with a later afterword to the 1984 edition) is a comprehensive 720-page history of a region that had previously been lacking for one. Extensive research went in to covering every aspect of a long and tangled story, with special attention paid to the folklore that Evers had first heard from inhabitants of the region as a boy. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Folklore is the body of verbal expressive culture, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that culture, subculture, or group. ...