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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. Little Sparrow will host an Evening of Lithuanian and Russian Folk Music (2016-11-05): (Events Calendar/Little Sparrow will host an Evening of Lithuanian and Russian Folk Music); Little Sparrow will host an Evening of Lithuanian and Russian Folk Music 3 Carol Smith 845 671-9548 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Pat Burns 845 434-8044 ...; Created on 29 October 2016
5. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... Carol Smith) have been presenting live music at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville. Their first project, the Woodsongs Coffeehouse, was an evening series of concerts that ran for eight years. Notable ...; Created on 29 January 2020
6. Battle of Fort Sumter (2020-04-12): (Events Calendar/Battle of Fort Sumter); Battle of Fort Sumter The Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 was the first battle of the Civil War. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Charleston, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
7. Johnston surrenders troops to Sherman (2020-04-26): (Events Calendar/Johnston surrenders troops to Sherman); Johnston surrenders troops to Sherman April 26, 1865 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Durham, North Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
8. British capture Charleston, SC (2020-05-12): (Events Calendar/British capture Charleston, SC); British capture Charleston, SC May 12, 1780 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Charleston, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
9. North Carolina secedes from the Union (2020-05-20) ...: (Events Calendar/North Carolina secedes from the Union); North Carolina secedes from the Union On May 20, 1861, North Carolina is the tenth of eleven states to secede from the Union. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com North Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
10. South Carolina, the eighth state (2020-05-23) ...: (Events Calendar/South Carolina, the eighth state); South Carolina, the eighth state May 23, 1788 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Columbia, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
11. Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi (2020-06-21): (Events Calendar/Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi); ... and had gone to investigate the burning of a black church. They were arrested by the police on speeding charges, incarcerated, then released into the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, who then murdered them. ...; Created on 27 December 2015
12. Nevada, the thirty-sixth state (2020-10-31): (Events Calendar/Nevada, the thirty-sixth state); Nevada, the thirty-sixth state October 31, 1864 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Carson City, Nevada ...; Created on 27 December 2015
13. North Carolina, the twelfth state (2020-11-21) ...: (Events Calendar/North Carolina, the twelfth state); North Carolina, the twelfth state November 21, 1789 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Raleigh, North Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
14. British leave Charleston, SC (2019-12-14): (Events Calendar/British leave Charleston, SC); British leave Charleston, SC December 14, 1782 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Charleston, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
15. Wright Brothers fly first airplane (2019-12-17): (Events Calendar/Wright Brothers fly first airplane); Wright Brothers fly first airplane December 17, 1903 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Kitty Hawk, North Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
16. South Carolina secedes from the Union (2019-12-20) ...: (Events Calendar/South Carolina secedes from the Union); South Carolina secedes from the Union On December 20, 1860, South Carolina was the first of eleven states to secede from the Union http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
17. Rockland: (Category); ... NY A decimated group of Tuscaroras from the Carolinas took refuge in the area. A tribe member by the name of Tunis was brought up in the home of John Osterhout, an Indian scout and guide, living ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Neversink: (Category); THE TOWN OF NEVERSINK By: Carol Smyth, Town of Neversink Historian In 1905, the Board of Water Supply was created. This was the beginning of plans to obtain 500,000,000 gallons per day of water from ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Mamakating: (Category); ... was known as the D and H Canal because it traveled between the Delaware and the Hudson Rivers. It carried coal from Pennsylvania to the people in New York City. The first canal boats loaded with coal arrived ...; Created on 30 November -0001
20. Liberty: (Category); ... making it the fourth oldest of Sullivan County’s fifteen townships. The area is credited with providing 303 men who fought in the Revolution. Liberty was originally carved from the then large townships ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. Highland: (Category); ... d depot that was located in Shohola. A short distance from Barryville, at Minisink Ford, is the historic Roebling Bridge. This bridge originally served as an aqueduct for the canal to carry boats acro ...; Created on 30 November -0001
22. Fremont: (Category); ... Charles W. Miles and Carlos P. Holcomb built a tannery on the Hankins creek where Mileses now stands. The place was known as Milesville for some years, but finally became Mileses. The date of 1849 was ...; Created on 30 November -0001
23. Forestburgh: (Category); ... hough its last rural school closed in 1952 in the wake of centralization. Forestburgh's character is enhanced by its people, who with varying cultural interests, insight, vision and caring promote its ...; Created on 30 November -0001
24. Fallsburg: (Category); ... around the ford soon carried his family name. The Denniston�s Ford area might have had an early start but the only community to develop in the region was at Glen Wild. In 1805, Johannis ...; Created on 30 November -0001
25. County History: (Category); ... to carry coal from the Moosic Mountains of Pennsylvania to the Hudson River for shipment to New York City, provided the first great population boom in the county. In fact, in the first 20 years of the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
26. Cochecton: (Category); ... a favorite for the many raftsmen who traveled the Delaware. According to an article carried in “Cochecton Papers II,” the building still stands at the junction of Route 97 and the old Cochecton-Fosterdale ...; Created on 30 November -0001
27. Callicoon: (Category); ... a grist mill. The mill proved to be a money-maker as before then settlers had to cart their grain as far away as Liberty of Pike Pond (now Kenoza Lake) to have it ground. In the hamlet of North Branch, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
28. 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
29. 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
30. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Society News); ... for over 21 years before he retired. Survivors include his sister, Margaret Edwards of North Carolina; one niece, Elizabeth Brett and her husband John of Port Chester, NY; and one nephew, Wayne Allen ...; Created on 16 October 2016
31. The Borscht Belt: (Now Showing); ... in the 1980s the growth of air travel made the Catskills less attractive. Most Borscht Belt resorts hosted traveling Jewish comedians and musicians, and many who later became famous began their career ...; Created on 17 June 2016
32. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... for historic preservation throughout the town and county. Elsie’s ancestors were amongst the earliest settlers of the northern portion of Sullivan County; Revolutionary War veterans carving out clearings ...; Created on 17 January 2016
33. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... ware, as discussions with them progressed, they did not really know what they were doing. I was in the Army when divisions were 40,000 or 50,000 men," he said. "Christ almighty, the logistics involved in ...; Created on 04 January 2016
34. Monticello: (Thompson); ... tant people, such as State Supreme Court Judge Lawrence Cooke have made Monticello their home. The people of Monticello still enjoy the Jones' brothers carefully planned village with its wide Broadway and vi ...; Created on 26 December 2015
35. Genalogy September 2015: (News); ... always welcome people to file our obituary cards so that our collection can continue to grow. We appreciate the donation by the Ethelbert Crawford Library in Monticello of a card catalogue to expand ou ...; Created on 03 September 2015
36. Genealogy News: (Genealogy Department); ... has now been corrected. We are always in need of volunteers to help in the genealogy department. Of course there is the never ending chore of filing obituary cards. Another task is we have many duplicate ...; Created on 24 July 2015
37. Genealogy Volunteers Wanted: (Genealogy Department); ... placed on index cards and cross-referenced by spouse and parents so each obituary takes at least four cards. Now I have many, many cards to be filed and would welcome any volunteers willing to give a few ...; Created on 11 March 2015
38. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... Care; Every Thanksgiving we provide turkeys to the needy, working with churches and other charitable organizations for turkey distribution. The number of turkeys distributed is dependent on our finances. ...; Created on 18 October 2014
39. SCNY Landscape Photography: (Video); Landscapes of Sullivan County By Carl Beigle Uy_1JgMMKbA ...; Created on 29 May 2014
40. Gladys Olmsted: (History Makers); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY MAKER AWARD 2013 Gladys Olmsted, RN (10/19/1924 - 8/10/1997) a pioneer in public health nursing in Sullivan County began her career as the county’s first ...; Created on 25 November 2013
41. John B. (Jack) Niflot: (History Preserver); ... heritage” and also served as an officer and board member of the Upper Delaware Council for nearly two decades. Jack’s photographs, research records, postcard collections, poetry and other writings have ...; Created on 25 November 2013
42. Woodstock: (Now Showing); ... ct to the festival, and its later reincarnation into the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, that is now explored by the new exhibit being assembled at the Sullivan County Museum. The land on which the st ...; Created on 12 April 2013
43. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Fallsburg); ... a full train, the crippled engine was able to extract itself from the tunnel’s interior foggy chasm, pulling the cars out into the daylight and onto a side track at the Fallsburgh yard. The crippled engine ...; Created on 25 November 2012
44. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... Allan would eventually choose a career in the field of education, though in a somewhat different phase. His mother, a housewife who devoted herself to raising Allan and his sister Margaret, worked tirelessl ...; Created on 04 April 2012
45. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Cochecton); ... of 1850. In the spring of 1851, the Pennsylvania span to the Benton Bridge fell and was carried away by the rush of the high water. Recourse was had again to the ferry and it was not until 1854 tha ...; Created on 03 November 2011
46. 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
47. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... is fully needed to support the thirty-seven carloads of brick and untold amount of mortar incorporated into the chimney’s construction…. Throughout the summer and fall of 1880, gangs of ...; Created on 28 June 2011
48. Mission Statement: (Historical Society); ... historical questions, the careful preservation of records and artifacts, the maintenance of museum exhibits, the scheduling of educational tours, the encouragement of research, and the assisting of individual ...; Created on 01 June 2010
49. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he met his future wife, Carla. They were married in 1971 and together they have carried on the family’s traditions. As leaders in the community, involved ...; Created on 11 August 2008
50. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... Osterhout, who worked with the county highway department and they had three children: Glen, Marla and Carol Jean who died in childhood. Charlotte was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Evangelical Church ...; Created on 11 August 2008
51. Alan Gerry: (History Makers); ... Guthrie Health Care System in Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1997 he established the Paul Gerry Dialysis Center at the Robert Packer Hospital in honor of his late brother and created the Alan Gerry Chair of Orthopedic ...; Created on 11 August 2007
52. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... from service, Paul began his career as a photographer. He soon acquired an outstanding reputation and took photographs of the many famous comedians and entertainers who performed at the major Catskill ...; Created on 11 August 2007
53. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... so many original documents have been lost. Fires, floods and perhaps a general carelessness as regards historical preservation were some of the factors at work. Given the limited number of original sources, ...; Created on 11 August 2006
54. 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
55. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... ngth and contained from 30,000 to 100,000 board feet of logs. Long heavy oars both front and back were used to steer the rafts. In addition, some rafts carried "top loads" of carefully selected oak timbe ...; Created on 11 August 2005
56. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... a caboose, a museum building and a trout car expected to arrive in 2006. The story of how this all came about is lengthy and complex, but it is best to begin in the years following the Civil ...; Created on 11 August 2005
57. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... That did it. By Friday, cars were parked, or stalled on every highway, road and lane for miles around. Some left their cars on route 17 and walked the 12 miles to the site. As crowds increased, Max concerned ...; Created on 01 June 2004
58. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... ed back over his own career, he realized that he had relied too much on his natural size, strength and speed and had not given proper attention to training, nutrition, proper mental attitudes and even ...; Created on 11 August 2003
59. Beatrice Schoch: (History Preserver); ... Town of Bethel. She was born in 1923 in Mongaup Valley. Her father was a carpenter and there were scores of friends and relatives to pass on the stories, handed down from generation to generation, to an ...; Created on 11 August 2003
60. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... e burden he had been carrying for years, Jennie at age fourteen insisted on dropping out of school to take a job to help with the family finances. She had become an adult at an early age. Today when we re ...; Created on 11 August 2002
61. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... suggested a career related to automobiles and he, therefore, enrolled in Georgia Tech to study mechanical engineering. However, once in college, other interests emerged. He had two great teachers: one ...; Created on 11 August 2002
62. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... worked with her friend, Mother Polycarpi, at St. Joseph’s to help the school meet the NYS Education Department’s rules and regulations. She worked very hard with “Grandma Grossinger” (Grossinger’s Hotel ...; Created on 11 August 2001
63. 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
64. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... the most emotionally devastating change in Bill’s long career in community service. The County Historian position, an avocation that he loved second only to his own family, was to be his no longer. Quite ...; Created on 11 August 1998
65. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... appointed Chief Judge by Governor Carey. The situation which he faced in the State was that complacency and indifference had undermined the effectiveness and fairness of the state judicial ...; Created on 01 June 1998
66. John Raleigh Mott: (History Makers); ... to prepare for a successful career, but on January 14, 1886 he arrived late for a lecture given by a famous English cricket player, Kynaston Studd. The athlete/evangelist was concluding ...; Created on 11 August 1997
67. 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
68. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... walk to a neighboring farm to carry back water for his fellow “scholars.” Mrs. Calkin early spotted his ability and moved him along lest he become bored. As a result, he was able to skip both the third ...; Created on 11 August 1996
69. 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
70. Marjorie Durland Smith: (History Preserver); ... be hinted at in this brief sketch. Early in her career as a local historian she realized the importance of serious study and training in providing a foundation for any work in the field and the need ...; Created on 11 August 1994
71. Postcards, ...: (Tags); Postcards, ...; Created on 26 December 2015
72. Postcards from Bethel ...: (Article tagged with: Postcards,); 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
73. Postcards from Bethel ...: (Article tagged with: Postcards,); 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

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