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1. Celebration of Rose Barr (2016-08-07) ...: (Events Calendar/Celebration of Rose Barr); Celebration of Rose Barr Please RSVP via Email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 3 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ...; Created on 28 July 2016
2. Barry Wallenstein A Poetry Music Performance (2017-05-20) ...: (Events Calendar/Barry Wallenstein A Poetry Music Performance ); Barry Wallenstein A Poetry Music Performance 3 (845) 434-8044 ...; Created on 04 May 2017
3. Mickey Barnett Concert (2018-06-03) ...: (Events Calendar/Mickey Barnett Concert); Mickey Barnett Concert 3 ...; Created on 25 May 2018
4. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... guests included Thurman Barker and Trinity, the Inner Urge Trio, mandolinist Joe Walsh, guitarist Grant Gordy, the Coal Town Rounders, Eastlande, MiZ (Mike Mizwinski),and Louie Setzer and the Appalachian ...; Created on 29 January 2020
5. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... 6615 Route 97 in Narrowsburg, is not operating on a normal schedule at this time, the County is entering into an operating contract with the Barryville-based nonprofit The Delaware Company to offer programs ...; Created on 11 July 2021
6. John Wilkes Boothe Killed (2020-04-26): (Events Calendar/John Wilkes Boothe Killed); John Wilkes Boothe Killed April 26, 1865 - The 12 day manhunt for Lincoln's assassin comes to an end when John Wilkes Booth is shot by Union soldiers while hiding in a barn near Port Royal, Virginia. ...; Created on 27 December 2015
7. 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
8. Highland: (Category); ... were recovered from the battlefield and laid to rest in Orange County. John Barnes was the Town of Highland's first inhabitant, settling at Narrow Falls, which is about one mile above the mouth of t ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Forestburgh: (Category); ... urgh Playhouse began in 1947 from an old farmhouse and 1900 year old barn, purchased from Walter and Elsie Klebs. This year marks its fiftieth year in existence. Merriewold Park is famous for resid ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Fallsburg: (Category); ... seems to be little history to write about Woodridge, first called Centreville, before the railroad was built. It was barely mentioned in �The Gazetteer and Business Directory of Sullivan County � published ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Delaware: (Category); ... he boarding house and hotel business was fading from the scene. Hillsides that had provided the timber for development of Philadelphia, Trenton, and Easton, and hemlock bark to tan leather for Civil W ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. County History: (Category); ... side of the county along the Delaware River began to develop first, with the completion of the Erie Railroad in 1850. The railroad embarked on an aggressive promotional campaign touting the upper Delaware ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Callicoon: (Category); ... Farm to the former Leo Hemmer and John Royce farms. Eventually, as others moved into the area, a church was built near the present curve in the road beyond John Bargfrede’s farm going toward Youngsville. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Barnhart Cemetery ...: (Rockland); REF: 1999 by JP & IB; Created on 03 June 2010
15. Barryville Union Church Cemetery ...: (Highland); REF: 1930 by GAB; Created on 03 June 2010
16. John Conway Book Talk and Signing: (News); John Conway Book Talk and Book Signing March 18 6 PM COUNTY HISTORIAN HAS NEW BOOK “In Further Retrospect” Available Now BARRYVILLE—The non-profit history education group, The Delaware Company ...; Created on 11 March 2020
17. The Great Monticello Fire - Rep-Watchman Aug 13th 1909: (Thompson); ... g in the rear of tile Strong Block, caught on fire and with it went W. C. Oddo’s tailoring and furnishing store, Preston’s bar-J her shop, and Frank Ray’s household goods Court Room Burned. , A hi ...; Created on 16 February 2018
18. History of Farms: (Now Showing); ... and pictures donated by Fred. The background barn siding wall is even from a building on his property. Many of the pictures are from the Livingston Manor – Shandelee parts of Sullivan County. In ...; Created on 13 October 2016
19. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... into the upper Beaverkill Valley wilderness. Their survival depended on subsistence farming, lumber rafted down the river to urban markets along the Delaware River and hauling hemlock bark to the large ...; Created on 17 January 2016
20. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... ound system. At the amplifier's lowest setting, the Woodstock speakers would cause pain for anyone standing within 10 feet. Markoff had doubts about the sanity of the venture until he saw the promot ...; Created on 04 January 2016
21. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... keside - Compiled by: Jane and Barry Bodenstein. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
22. The Rich History of one Catskills hotel: (Video); ... peak in the 1950's, there were nearly 1000 hotels operating in the region. In this video -- originally produced in 2007 on the 100th anniversary of the hotel -- Sullivan County Editor Barry Lewis intervie ...; Created on 18 December 2015
23. Frederick A. Cook Exhibit: (Pictures); A pioneer American Polar explorer, Dr. Cook spent two decades in expeditions to both Polar regions and subarctic Alaska between 1891 and 1909. Many authorities acknowledge him as the discoverer of the ...; Created on 18 December 2015
24. Frederick A. Cook: (Now Showing); A pioneer American Polar explorer, Dr. Cook spent two decades in expeditions to both Polar regions and subarctic Alaska between 1891 and 1909. Many authorities acknowledge him as the discoverer of the ...; Created on 18 December 2015
25. 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
26. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... fine hemlock trees in this section, the bark of which was used in the tanning process, many tanneries were set up along the creek. Then, with the building of the Erie Railroad in the Callicoon section ...; Created on 03 November 2011
27. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... keside - Compiled by: Jane and Barry Bodenstein. ...; Created on 03 November 2011
28. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... built by Henry Schoonmaker, but according to deed research, it was located on the Steele property. In 1851, Steele sold the tannery property and rights to the hemlock bark on his other lots to William ...; Created on 07 October 2011
29. Along the Neversink...: (Neversink); I saw a picture sometime ago of four old Neversink men who were 80,or 90. or 100, as the case might be. They were, as I remember, James Curry, Highby Everet, Nehemiah Everet and Sam (not Samuel) Barnes. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
30. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); ... on their way to seven wars; too many never re-passed. Wagons drawn by oxen, mules and horses, have passed at various rates of speed, it has witnessed Model-T's and latest Super-8. Hemlock bark on the ...; Created on 22 September 2011
31. Old Mansion House: (Bethel); ... s are gutted by fire, but it would not take many thousands to make it a most presentable hotel, and under proper management, with a less conspicuous place for the bar, it would quickly take its place ...; Created on 15 September 2011
32. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... built by Henry Schoonmaker, but according to deed research, it was located on the Steele property. In 1851, Steele sold the tannery property and rights to the hemlock bark on his other lots to William ...; Created on 16 August 2011
33. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... separate gangs of pipeline workers held a “reception” resulting in the hotel’s barroom being in need of repairs. At Cochecton Center, two pipeline workers were helping themselves to the apples in Peter ...; Created on 28 June 2011
34. D&H Canal: (General History); ... man-made waterway, an engineering feat of pre-industrial America that brought a new form of energy from the hills of Pennsylvania out to the Hudson River. From 1828 to 1898, mules pulled barges laden with ...; Created on 04 June 2010
35. White Lake Presbyterian Society Cemetery: (Bethel); ... - 1934 Barber listings - File 4M NOTE: Old Bethel Burying Grounds REF: 1930 by GAB ...; Created on 03 June 2010
36. Van Keuren Cemetery: (Bethel); ... NOTES; Listed 1960 & 1930 Barber ...; Created on 03 June 2010
37. Fulton Cemetery: (Bethel); ... by CMO NOTES: Gertrude Barber listings - File 5G ...; Created on 03 June 2010
38. Andrew Neiderman: (History Makers); ... that his true vocation was that of a writer and embarked on what became an extraordinarily prolific career. He is the author of eighty-six published novels, two produced screenplays and one collection ...; Created on 01 June 2006
39. The Archives Gang: (History Preserver); ... Osterhout William Burns Barbara Viele Bernice Masten June ...; Created on 11 August 2004
40. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... Bethel. The last of these, the former Mel Stevenson farm, was acquired after a devastating fire destroyed Max’s main barn in 1963. The 127 head of cattle were saved, but Max now needed a barn to house ...; Created on 01 June 2004
41. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... lso moved to the Roscoe farm to displace the cows in the old dairy barn. Later when the furniture business closed down, they operated the Cat Hollow Sand and Gravel Company. During this time, they had three ...; Created on 11 August 2003
42. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... for providing exceptional service to summer visitors and had land on which to expand, they embarked on the great adventure of developing their own brand of Catskill hospitality. County Historian John C ...; Created on 11 August 2002
43. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... tradition records that at age six she was stationed on the barricades of the stockade located on the Delaware River and was instructed to fire the muskets handed up to her by the women below who loaded ...; Created on 11 August 2001
44. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... another, the army, for some bizarre reason, put him in charge of a bar, but Del’s real talents were eventually discovered and he was sent to a school to be trained to be a draftsman. Though his army career ...; Created on 11 August 2000
45. James Burbank: (History Preserver); ... lifelong love of county history. His education concluded with eighth grade and in 1917 he enlisted in the Navy and embarked on a career which spanned three decades. He served on a number of different ships; ...; Created on 11 August 1997
46. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... car conductor in Brooklyn, later as a bartender and still later as a laborer in a brewery in Ellenville. When about twenty-one years of age and virtually penniless, he moved into the Liberty area and while ...; Created on 11 August 1996

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