- 1. Fallsburg
- (Category)
- ... burned in 1866. The hamlet of Woodbourne had the largest population in the town when the railroad commenced. The first tannery in the Town of Fallsburg was located at the falls. This ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. County History
- (Category)
- ... burned to the ground. The county had already begun a radical change. A seasonal influx of New York City-based Jewish immigrants began with a boardinghouse built by John Gerson in Glen Wild in 1899. ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. Grist Mill Burned Saturday ...
- (Callicoon)
- February 22, 1912; Livingston Manor Times “The grist mill at Jeffersonville owned by Wm. Bollenback was entirely destroyed by fire Saturday morning, entailing the destruction of property amounting ...
- Created on 06 March 2012
- 4. 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
- 5. Elsie Winterberger
- (History Preserver)
- ... enough to be at one of the local stations as the circus train passed! One such train suffered a disaster between Gillman’s Station and Barnum’s Crossing. A car containing elephants caught fire and burned. ...
- Created on 17 January 2016
- 6. Monticello
- (Thompson)
- ... ted from a large burned out smokestack belonging to the Hurray power plant. The fire broke out on a Tuesday evening about 8:30 when the evening mail was arriving. The streets, stores and hotel porches ...
- Created on 26 December 2015
- 7. Fallsburgh Cemetery Fire
- (Fallsburg)
- ... after the damage was discovered, prevented delay of the same. "The entire cemetery was burned over and monuments blackened before the flames were extinquished by John Eidle, Woodbourne fire warden a ...
- Created on 07 October 2011
- 8. Casino Burns
- (Liberty)
- October 19, 1911; Sullivan County Review "Clark's Pavillion at Lake Ophelia, near Liberty, burned to the ground early this morning. When help arrived it was too late, as the whole front of the buildi ...
- Created on 07 October 2011
- 9. Along the Neversink.....
- (Neversink)
- ... hotel, afterwards owned and managed for many years by Henry Dean. This afterwards became a very important boarding hotel, and was lately burned. "Adam Cross, grandfather of Guernsey and Eugene, was ...
- Created on 07 October 2011
- 10. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson
- (Bethel)
- ... ery burned in 1887. "A post office was established in 1848 and Hiram Post was appointed the first Postmaster by Carl Johnson, Postmaster General under the administration of James Knox Polk. Wynkoop Kie ...
- Created on 29 September 2011
- 11. The Oil Pipeline
- (General History)
- ... was set afire. Eventually, twenty oil cars burned in the resulting spectacular conflagration. Railroad mishaps, not unusual during normal railroading operations, potentially yielded more serious ...
- Created on 28 June 2011
- 12. John Conway
- (History Preserver)
- ... burned down, there were loud voices from different communities in the county who wished to move the county seat from Monticello to their town. These geographical rivalries seemed to anticipate the great ...
- Created on 11 August 2002
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