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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. Rockland: (Category); ... of roads into the area, the life of pioneers grew easier; business began to boom and many new settlers came to share in the abundance of the area. The Delhi-Esopus Turnpike provided a transportation route ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Neversink: (Category); ... tended to be more active. In the Rondout Valley where the Lackawack Reservoir is, there was a spectacular hotel (for its day) and businesses clustered along the stream. Visitors and local people enjoyed ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Highland: (Category); ... It was not until the Delaware and Hudson canal was opened in 1828 that the region was opened to the outside world. When the Erie Railroad was completed the area began to enjoy a tourist business. T ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Fremont: (Category); ... This was followed by another road to Fremont Center. This I assume passed through Obernburg past the Smith home mentioned early in this article. In 1849 the tannery business started in Fremont when ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Fallsburg: (Category); ... in the early 1800�s. Mr. Hasbrouck lived in the old stone house that is still standing today. The hamlet was a major business area for many years with a variety of shops and stores and had it own post ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Delaware: (Category); ... er put his first small raft of logs into the Delaware just below Callicoon, and floated it to market in Philadelphia. This grew into a business, which took millions of board feet of timber from the fore ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. County History: (Category); ... Hotel owners blamed the county’s budding reputation as a haven for those afflicted with tuberculosis for destroying their business, and by 1915 many of the once magnificent hotels had closed. A number ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Cochecton: (Category); ... hen the business was sold to Selena DeMarco and Rosemarie Tosto, who operate it under the name of Ronnie D's at Heinle's General Store. It is now (2008) operated as a general/convenience store, featuring ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Callicoon: (Category); ... Valentine Hessinger came to the United States in 1849 with his family and established a grocery store in Callicoon Center. It developed into a thriving business. In 1852 a hotel was built by Alois Thuman ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Bethel: (Category); ... farmhouses that turned into boarding houses. In the late 1920's, 30's, & 40's smaller farm owners in Bethel were "Taking In" roomies as the hotel business declined. During the 1 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. The Great Monticello Fire - Rep-Watchman Aug 13th 1909: (Thompson); $1,000,000 FIRE IN MONTICELLO BUSINESS SECTION GUTTED Seventy-Four Places of Business and Residence Go Up in Smoke-—A Sorry Spectacle—But Monticello Will Build Again. The larger part of the business ...; Created on 16 February 2018
15. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... articles chronicled all aspects of the history of her town, from railroads to roadways, from Gilman’s to St. Joseph’s, from schools to churches, from pioneer families to business entrepreneurs and all ...; Created on 17 January 2016
16. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... place. My father, Harold Gold, has never held political office, invented transformative devices, or revolutionized science, but he has made local history through his business and community service in Sullivan ...; Created on 17 January 2016
17. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... " Rosenman said. "Every week they would get into a different business venture in some nutty scheme. And every week they would be rescued in the nick of time from their fate." To get plot ideas for the ...; Created on 04 January 2016
18. Monticello: (Thompson); ... rst postmaster. David Hammond, who became an active businessman in the village, came to Monticello in 1805 or 1806. In 1811, he built the Mansion House. Eli Fairchild came to Monticello in 1815. He b ...; Created on 26 December 2015
19. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... e telegraph in 1887. A large number of businesses were destroyed by the Eagle Hotel fire of 1918. A petition to incorporate the village was filed on September 13, 1924 and the Certificate of Incorporati ...; Created on 26 December 2015
20. The Rich History of one Catskills hotel: (Video); Visit: http://www.classiccatskills.com/ for an updated version of this video plus photos and memories of the Catskills region. Kutsher's is one the last great Catskills resorts still in business. At it ...; Created on 18 December 2015
21. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... new technology. At the end of hostilities, Bill continued on with his education by enrolling at Paul Smith’s College and later at HofstraCollege, majoring in business administration and management. Afterwards, ...; Created on 18 October 2014
22. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... ir honor. The advertising solicited from businesses and individuals for this publication has since been proven to be one of the Society's most important sources of funding. Allan was the Society's treasurer ...; Created on 04 April 2012
23. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... e telegraph in 1887. A large number of businesses were destroyed by the Eagle Hotel fire of 1918. A petition to incorporate the village was filed on September 13, 1924 and the Certificate of Incorporati ...; Created on 03 November 2011
24. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); ... and freight. The railroad brought growth and prosperity to Narrowsburg. Many new stores, shops and other businesses sprang up in the community. Hotels were opened in town and country boarding houses thrived ...; Created on 20 October 2011
25. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... For many years the Tusten community was considered the seat of the town. It became the most important business community in the town that shared its name. Tusten peaked during the mid 1800’s. It boasted ...; Created on 20 October 2011
26. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... Bradley, a well-known and established tanner who also operated a tannery at Parksville. Bradley soon was became embroiled with financial difficulties and was forced to sell the business to a receiver, ...; Created on 07 October 2011
27. Old Mansion House: (Bethel); ... s a rendevous for automobilists and others looking for first-class accomodations. The hotel stock company scheme had died a-boiling, as it were, and the business men might profitably turn their attenti ...; Created on 15 September 2011
28. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... Bradley, a well-known and established tanner who also operated a tannery at Parksville. Bradley soon was became embroiled with financial difficulties and was forced to sell the business to a receiver, ...; Created on 16 August 2011
29. D&H Canal: (General History); ... he Wurts brothers arranged for a demonstration. On January 7, 1825, the business leaders of New York City gathered at the Tontine Coffee House on Wall Street to witness for the first time the glow of anthrac ...; Created on 04 June 2010
30. Alan Gerry: (History Makers); ... By 1995, after nearly four decades in the television business, the company which had begun in Sullivan County had experienced dramatic growth and operated 64 cable systems in 18 states employing more than ...; Created on 11 August 2007
31. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... new business called The Cutting Edge. One of Paul’s special interests was that of railroads. He was a founding member in 1982 of the Catskill Society of Model Train Engineers – an outgrowth ...; Created on 11 August 2007
32. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... contemporary said of him that “he was one of the outstanding figures in the literary and business circles of the county.” We do not know how many copies of the 1873 edition of the History ...; Created on 11 August 2006
33. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... with Oak trees, other hardwoods, pines and in New Jersey, white cedar. A profitable business developed by constructing rafts and floating these logs down the Delaware to Philadelphia and other emerging ...; Created on 11 August 2005
34. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... the construction of new railroads to facilitate business and agriculture. This need for a railroad was particularly keen in the area in New York State between the New York Central which crossed the northern ...; Created on 11 August 2005
35. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... New York University, studying real estate and business, Max returned to the farm and the life he loved. In 1942 Max and Mimi’s son Sam was born and in 1944 they had a daughter Lois. ...; Created on 01 June 2004
36. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... ndchild, and one great, great- grandchild. Rusty had a very successful radio and appliance business in Liberty and the couple first lived in Smallwood and later moved to Liberty. In 1945 they opened Hodge' ...; Created on 11 August 2003
37. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... e were no family obstacles. On May 25, 1912 Jennie and Harry were married. Her father's health continued to decline due to the stress and working conditions. He tried several businesses, but these w ...; Created on 11 August 2002
38. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... his own library. At Monticello High School, John found time to be on the wrestling, soccer and baseball teams and graduated in 1970. Initially, the years working in the family business ...; Created on 11 August 2002
39. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... 1940’s as a happy and eventful place alive with the challenge of developing a new business and the excitement of finally moving into their own home on Park Avenue in Monticello. The children were also ...; Created on 11 August 1999
40. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... his own consulting business, Historic Perspectives. Bill loved history. As Senator Cook wrote to him in 1993, “I know of no county historian who has been more diligent, more creative and more effective ...; Created on 11 August 1998
41. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... sold his business in 1947. He left an estate of $100,000 divided between eleven churches, six Masonic lodges, eighteen relatives and twenty-five friends. Later, the castle was largely destroyed by vandals, ...; Created on 11 August 1996

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