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1. Quarter Page Journal Ad (SCHS-JAQP) ...: (Journal Advertising); Quarter Page Journal Ad ...; Created on 15 August 2016
2. Half Page Journal Ad (SCHS-JAHP) ...: (Journal Advertising); Half Page Journal Ad ...; Created on 15 August 2016
3. Full Page Journal Ad (SCHS-JAFP) ...: (Journal Advertising); Full Page Journal Ad ...; Created on 15 August 2016
4. Research Request (SCHSIRR1): (Request Research); Open a request for Research; Created on 31 December 2015
5. SULLIVAN COUNTY (NY): A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY IN IMAGES (1596296461) ...: Written by County Historian John Conway; Created on 21 December 2015
6. Heritage Club 100 (SCHSHC100) ...: (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
7. Heritage Club 50 (SCHSHC50) ...: (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
8. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... and visitors can also freely wander the Canal’s towpath, marked with informative signage and suitable for dog-walking and bicycling. While the towpath is open year-round from dawn to dusk, the Center’s ...; Created on 11 July 2021
9. Man flies faster than the speed of sound (2020-10-14): (Events Calendar/Man flies faster than the speed of sound); Man flies faster than the speed of sound October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
10. Three astronauts killed from flash fire while onboard command module (2020-01-27): (Events Calendar/Three astronauts killed from flash fire while onboard command module); ... tragedy brought about changes in the Apollo program to improve safety. The AS-204 mission was redesignated Apollo I in honor of the crew. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Cape Canaveral, Florida ...; Created on 27 December 2015
11. Video: (Category); ... Alignment can be left or right Margin Top 5 with Equal Values checked. If the Video is from YouTube simply Right Click and Save Image on the YouTube Preview Image to save you time! If you are Using ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Thompson: (Category); ... The Village of Monticello was incorporated in 1830. The first town meeting of Thompson was held at the house of Abraham Warring, who kept a tavern in Thompsonville. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Rockland: (Category); ... From the beginning, Rockland was a savage paradise, difficult to penetrate except by the Indian trails in the area. The most important ones were the Sun Trail, Cross Mountain Trail, Berry Brook Trail, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Research Department: (Category); ... you, but our researchers will make a good faith effort to assist you, and will suggest other areas, organizations, or agencies that may be of help to you. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. Neversink: (Category); ... 1947 and is still being published today. When we began this century – there were those five communities where the two reservoirs are and Grahamsville was located in the middle. School age students ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Mamakating: (Category); ... north of the village of Wurtsboro and it was called Fort Devans. A building was later added to make it larger and it is now the home of the Barone family, the owners and operators of the Wurtsboro airport. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. Lumberland: (Category); ... Lumberland, circa 1800 was about 733, mostly in the Delaware River Valley and engaged in lumbering, hence the Town’s name. Much of the land of the Town was plundered for its rich forests of oak, chestnut, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Liberty: (Category); ... then known as the Blue Mountain Country, they settled to the north west of the present Village of Liberty near to Revonah Lake, formerly known as the Broadhead Pond. Our early settlers came from Connecticut ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Highland: (Category); ... Because much of the area was heavily forested with rocky soil, most of the township made poor farmland. Early farming families were discouraged from settling here limiting early growth of the region ...; Created on 30 November -0001
20. Genealogy Department: (Category); ... you, but our researchers will make a good faith effort to assist you, and will suggest other areas, organizations, or agencies that may be of help to you. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. Forestburgh: (Category); ... d connecting east and west. In 1982, a log cabin was discoverred within an existing home, when the recently purchased farmhouse was being renovated. It's age was traced to 1834, the origin believed ...; Created on 30 November -0001
22. Fallsburg: (Category); ... was given its name by Gabriel Ludlam. In 1830, Mr. Ludlum had the foresight to see the advantage of Woodbourne�s location and moved himself and his law practice there from Hasbrouck. He was an ambitious ...; Created on 30 November -0001
23. Delaware: (Category); ... Jersey, to settle at the confluence of Callicoon Creek and the Delaware River. Acting as Griswold's land agent, he built a house near what is now Upper Delaware Campgrounds. When Ross came to what cam ...; Created on 30 November -0001
24. Curious Bits: (Category); ... y later, we are able to return to this era and to the interesting stories that were front page news. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
25. County History: (Category); Copyrighted excerpt from Sullivan County: A Bicentennial History in Images by John Conway (The History Press 2009). TIMBER, TANNING AND TOURISM When Sullivan County was officially formed ...; Created on 30 November -0001
26. Cochecton: (Category); ... nquets and the like. Lake Huntington is also home the Lake Huntington Service Center and for Gasko & Meyer Beverage Distributors, one of the largest beverage distributors in Sullivan County. As a resu ...; Created on 30 November -0001
27. Cemeteries: (Category); ... they remain on our web site. Joan Sholl Francis has listed many cemeteries in our area, some are in New York and some are in Pennsylvania. Contact Joan at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~now1/eldred.html ...; Created on 30 November -0001
28. Callicoon: (Category); ... There was hardly a path to follow since the former DeWitt road practically was obliterated. When they did build, it is believed they located the house on high land running from the present Lagemann ...; Created on 30 November -0001
29. The Golden Age of The Catskills ...: (Video); ... than one million visitors. During the 1940s and 1950s, the Catskills was one of the top tourist destinations in the world. In the summer months, it was home to more than one million visitors. The.golden.age.of.the.catskills|762|432| ...; Created on 06 July 2017
30. Vintage Catskills Bungalow Colony ...: (Video); A video by Gary Swartzberg lZ4bzu5Qi2U; Created on 03 August 2014
31. The Village of Narrowsburg ...: (Tusten); The village of Narrowsburg is located within the Town of Tusten. Benjamin Homan, a companion of the noted Indian fighter Tom Quick, settled near the big eddy around 1763. Most of the places along the Delaware ...; Created on 20 October 2011
32. William "Bill" Burns Memorial: (News); ... . Due to the current crisis affecting our country there will be no services at this time. A celebration memorializing Bill's life will be held during the summer and will be announced on this page in ...; Created on 29 March 2020
33. Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum Closed: (News); ... the museum have been posted on the SCHS Facebook page. We will continue to keep you informed of any updates on this webpage and the SCHS Facebook page. If you have any questions you may email them to ...; Created on 18 March 2020
34. BOCES Student Art Exhibit: (News); BOCES Student Art Exhibit The museum is closed. You may see the student artwork on the Sullivan County Historical Society Facebook Page. ...; Created on 12 March 2020
35. The Great Monticello Fire - Rep-Watchman Aug 13th 1909: (Thompson); ... flames before the fire bell had made the necessary strokes locating the fire section. With surprising rapidity the flames spread and in an hour the entire village seemed to be doomed, and but for th ...; Created on 16 February 2018
36. Luna Cemetery: (Thompson); LOCATION: Rock Hill, Town fo Thompson FAMILY: AKA: REF: Notes: Grave Finder can be found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2290708 ...; Created on 05 August 2017
37. High School Yearbook Request: (Announcements); ... be appreciated. To encourage a little friendly scholastic rivalry, we have no yearbooks from Jeff-Youngsville High School and Eldred High School. We only have 1952 from Roscoe High School, 1993 and ...; Created on 21 February 2017
38. Please donate to help us preserve the Republican Watchman!: (Announcements); ... help in preserving this collection and also making this collection of newspapers usable for researchers. We would like to purchase archival books at a cost of approximately $21 each for proper storage ...; Created on 14 September 2016
39. The Borscht Belt: (Now Showing); ... eco is incredible", (River Reporter, May 2015), "Enchanting stage presence and incredible vocal range delighted the audience" (SC Democrat, May 2015). Patti will be performing music from the “Golden ...; Created on 17 June 2016
40. Sullivan Life: (Now Showing); ... stoves, clothing and what home life was like for the average resident of Sullivan County over the year. ...; Created on 11 June 2016
41. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... design a stone cottage, who in turn persuaded his Beaverkill neighbor Willis Butler to be the builder. Leaving the Beaverkill Valley with his family, Willis then built his own residence in 1899, also of ...; Created on 17 January 2016
42. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... classrooms and run outside to witness the passage of an airplane overhead. South Fallsburg had no elementary school building when Harold started school. He attended several grades in the community center. ...; Created on 17 January 2016
43. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... op Festival, which drew 40,000 people. At 24, Lang was the manager of a rock group called Train, which he wanted to sign to a record deal. He bought his proposal to Kornfeld at Capitol Records in late De ...; Created on 04 January 2016
44. Monticello: (Thompson); The Village of Monticello On March 20, 1801, an act was passed authorizing the building of a new turnpike road from the Hudson River to the Delaware through what was then Ulster and Orange Counties. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
45. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... Abraham Schneider who built a saw mill in 1842 and Victor Hofer were early inhabitants. The Winkelreid Society, a group of Swiss settlers, gave its name to the original village in the early 1840's. Almo ...; Created on 26 December 2015
46. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... the Villages of Liberty and Monticello, New York. The zip code for Hurleyville is 12747. Hurleyville is bordered by the Town of Thompson, the Town of Liberty, the hamlet of Loch Sheldrake and the hamlet ...; Created on 26 December 2015
47. Postcards from Bethel: (Bethel); The Museum has an extensive collection of Postcards from the Golden and Silver Hotel ages that you can browse and buy. Here is a small sample from the Town of Bethel Collection. View Gallery ...; Created on 19 December 2015
48. Postcards from Bethel: (Pictures); The Museum has an extensive collection of Postcards from the Golden and Silver Hotel ages that you can browse and buy. Here is a small sample from the Town of Bethel Collection. View Gallery ...; Created on 19 December 2015
49. Genealogy News: (Genealogy Department); The archives and genealogy department has been quite busy with visitors looking for their roots this summer. If you have received error messages when emailing me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., that glitch ...; Created on 24 July 2015
50. Sullivan County: (Genealogy Department); Did you know that besides the Sullivan County Historical Society in Hurleyville, New York there are also societies in Tennessee and Indiana. They both have webpages. There is also a Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. ...; Created on 12 March 2015
51. Genealogy Department: (Genealogy Department); As the genalogy replacement for Barbara Viele at the Sullivan County Historical Society, I would like to make contributions to the SCHS webpage with information of what we have and do in the Genealogy ...; Created on 11 March 2015
52. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... Historian, John Conway. Among the numerous sportsmen’s clubs throughout the county that share in this heritage, the Sullivan County Long Beards are true representatives. Chartered with the National Wild ...; Created on 18 October 2014
53. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... the endeavors of “Pat” and “Bill” Burns. Through their historical knowledge and organizational skills, the Society has developed an excellence in the preservation of Sullivan County history, from the management ...; Created on 18 October 2014

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