Claim: In the 1960s, archaeologists digging at the Dutchess Quarry Cave Site, located along NY 17A in the Town of Goshen and midway between the village of Goshen and Florida, found artifacts left by hunter-gatherers 12,000 years ago.
Evidence: The Dutchess Quarry Cave Site is located along NY 17A in the Town of Goshen in Orange County, New York. It is midway between the village of Goshen and Florida, at the junction of Quarry Road (Orange County Route 68), built into the side of a 580-foot (177 m) hill known as Mount Lookout. In the 1960s, archaeologists digging at the site found caves with artifacts left by hunter-gatherers 12,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age.