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1. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); Museum Reopening Longtime County Attractions Reopen Thursday, July 08, 2021 An extraordinarily detailed scale model of the famed Roebling Aqueduct, which used to carry boats across the Delaware River, ...; Created on 11 July 2021
2. Declaration of Independence adopted (2020-07-04): (Events Calendar/Declaration of Independence adopted); Declaration of Independence adopted The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...; Created on 27 December 2015
3. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (2020-08-28): (Events Calendar/March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ); March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom On August 28, 1963, this political rally took place in Washington, D.C., where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of th ...; Created on 27 December 2015
4. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream Speech" (2020-08-28) ...: (Events Calendar/Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream Speech"); Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream Speech" August 28, 1963 King delivers his famous speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. ...; Created on 27 December 2015
5. Birth of the U.S. Navy (2020-10-13): (Events Calendar/Birth of the U.S. Navy); ... Army in America, effectively establishing the start of the U.S. Navy. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Philadelphia, PA ...; Created on 27 December 2015
6. Gettysburg Address (2020-11-19): (Events Calendar/Gettysburg Address); Gettysburg Address Delivered on November 19, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ...; Created on 27 December 2015
7. Delaware, the first state (2020-12-07) ...: (Events Calendar/Delaware, the first state); Delaware, the first state December 7, 1787 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Dover, Delaware ...; Created on 27 December 2015
8. Washington Crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton (2019-12-26) ...: (Events Calendar/Washington Crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton); Washington Crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton December 26, 1776 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Trenton, New Jersey ...; Created on 27 December 2015
9. Birth of the U.S. Army (2020-06-14): (Events Calendar/Birth of the U.S. Army); Birth of the U.S. Army On June 14, 1775, the Contintental Congress resolved to form a committee â€ Philadelphia, PA ...; Created on 27 December 2015
10. Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps (2020-11-10): (Events Calendar/Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps); ... http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Philadelphia, PA ...; Created on 27 December 2015
11. Bill of Rights Ratified (2019-12-15): (Events Calendar/Bill of Rights Ratified); Bill of Rights Ratified Ratified on December 15, 1791. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ...; Created on 27 December 2015
12. Rockland: (Category); ... of the Beaverkill and Willowemoc river basins. This region was the borderland between the Iroquois nations to the North and the Algonquin of the South. The Lenni-Lenapes, a branch of the Delaware tribes, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Neversink: (Category); ... in existence for over 100 years; a delightful playground built by volunteers; a covered bridge built by volunteers; a library that has grown by leaps and bounds and a community newspaper that began in ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. 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
15. Lumberland: (Category); ... what is now the Town of Deerpark in Orange County, on the south and west by the Delaware River, on the on the north-west by Delaware County and on the north-east by what is now the Towns of Rockland and ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Liberty: (Category); The History of the The Town Of Liberty By Del VanEtten The Town of Liberty, fittingly named, from the sentiment which is so dear to the American people, was officially formed on March 31, 1807, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. Highland: (Category); ... part of the county along the Delaware River. The Town of Highland was named after the geography of its land. the "highlands" between the Delaware River and the Mongaup river rises to 1,300 feet in som ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Fremont: (Category); ... by blazed trees or crossed the Delaware, passed over a road on the Pennsylvania side to Cochecton and then to Liberty by way of Bethel. This gives an indication of this man’s interest in public affairs. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Forestburgh: (Category); ... to Stephen Crane is fittingly nearby. Stephen spent many days in Forestburgh at his brother Edmound's home in Hartwood and wrote much of his prose while there; the climate agreed with his delicate he ...; Created on 30 November -0001
20. Fallsburg: (Category); ... running through the Town, not one of its depots was located in these widely settled area. According to the Child�s 1872 �Gazateer,� Centreville (Woodridge) was the most populated hamlet along the railroad ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. Delaware ...: (Category); A Brief History of the Town of Delaware By Mary E. Curtis Practically all of the land now within the boundaries of the Town of Delaware was a part of the tract of the Hardenburgh patent purchased ...; Created on 30 November -0001
22. Delaware ...: (Category); The Information in the listed Delaware Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
23. County History: (Category); ... that the tribe ultimately controlled a land mass that encompassed from what is today upstate New York to the state of Delaware. They called this land Lenapehoking, or “land of the Lenape.” The tribe ...; Created on 30 November -0001
24. Cochecton: (Category); The History of the Town of Cochecton Sal Indelicato, Supervisor/Historian for the Town of Cochecton, has compiled this information from various publications, writings, articles and news sources. Previous ...; Created on 30 November -0001
25. Callicoon: (Category); HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CALLICOON By: Martha A. Scheidell The Town of Callicoon was, until 1798 part of the Town of Mamakating on the Sullivan-Orange county boundary. From 1798 to 1807 it was part ...; Created on 30 November -0001
26. Delbert Van Etten ...: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2000 Delbert Van Etten Delbert Van Etten was born in 1927, attended Liberty schools and graduated from Liberty High School ...; Created on 11 August 2000
27. 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
28. High School Yearbook Request: (Announcements); ... Allan Wolkoff, historian for the Town of Thompson, donated his collection of Monticello high School yearbooks and the Callicoon Library donated their duplicate copies of the Delaware Valley High School ...; Created on 21 February 2017
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... Sullivan County history. Harold’s father Izzy was a successful plumbing contractor who helped build many of Sullivan County’s resorts. His business included propane gas as a sideline. Izzy’s three sons ...; Created on 17 January 2016
33. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... hing was fishy. "More than anything else, I really feel they were deliberately misleading the town," Schlosser said. "The point is, they were less than truthful about the numbers. I became more and more ...; Created on 04 January 2016
34. 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
35. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); The original white settlers came into the area, which was later named Jeffersonville, in the 1830's. The names DeWitt, Quick, Schermerhorn, Ward, Frederick Scheidell who established a grist mill in 1841 ...; Created on 26 December 2015
36. Concord Remembered: (Pictures); ... ibit tells the story of the hotel from its beginnings in the mid 1930s through its demise in 1998. A major foot note to this story is the rebirth of the Concord property into the Montreign at Adelaar C ...; Created on 01 July 2015
37. Concord Remembered: (Past Exhibits); ... ibit tells the story of the hotel from its beginnings in the mid 1930s through its demise in 1998. A major foot note to this story is the rebirth of the Concord property into the Montreign at Adelaar C ...; Created on 01 July 2015
38. Beismer Family History: (Genealogy Department); The family history for the Beismer Family has recently been donated to the genealogy department by Lorraine O'Dell. It, as well as other family histories, will be available to be used at the museum. W ...; Created on 02 May 2015
39. Beismer Family History: (Genealogy Department); A recent acquisition in the Geneaolgy Department is a family history of the Beismer Family donated by Lorraine O'Dell. We appleciate her generosity. It, as well as other family histories that have bee ...; Created on 02 May 2015
40. Vandermark (Beesimer, Hogancamp) Family Cemetery: (Genealogy Department); I have a recent request for information about preserving a family cemetery. Perhaps this will be of interest to those related to the families involved. The request came from Lorraine O'Dell in Prinsto ...; Created on 02 May 2015
41. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... the WhiteLake area in conjunction with Sullivan County Renaissance program. Both Bill and Pat have also volunteered at FortDelawareMuseum, the Mongaup Valley Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary and on ...; Created on 18 October 2014
42. John B. (Jack) Niflot: (History Preserver); ... and preserving the history and heritage of the Upper Delaware Valley is best exemplified by his co-founding of the Basket Historical Society in 1980, establishing its museum in Long Eddy and publishing/editing ...; Created on 25 November 2013
43. Woodstock: (Now Showing); The words of Max Yasgur, on whose farm the Woodstock Festival took place during three steamy August days during the summer of 1969, delighted the hundreds of thousands of young people who had gathered ...; Created on 12 April 2013
44. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... o Revolutionary War battles were fought on its soil. Honoring the brave patriots that fought and died on the hillside overlooking the Delaware River at Minisink Ford has been an annual observance. The cerem ...; Created on 04 April 2012
45. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... area, tanneries, lumber and agricultural industry. A saw mill was operated just upstream of the Bridge in the late 1800's. In 1882 one of the few Hex murders on record in the Upper Delaware Valley wa ...; Created on 03 November 2011
46. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); The original white settlers came into the area, which was later named Jeffersonville, in the 1830's. The names DeWitt, Quick, Schermerhorn, Ward, Frederick Scheidell who established a grist mill in 1841 ...; Created on 03 November 2011
47. The Hamlet of Beaver Brook: (Tusten); ... the nearby brook which runs nearly due south into the Delaware River. ...; Created on 20 October 2011
48. 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
49. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... Tusten broke away and each became a town of its own. Tusten was one of the first areas in the county to be settled. The first settlement originated around 1757, founded by the Delaware Company under the ...; Created on 20 October 2011
50. 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
51. Civilian Conservation Corps: (Tusten); October 6, 1933; Delaware Valley News "It looks very much as it Narrowsburgh would have a Civilian Conservation Corps camp located at the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Foundation. Forest rangers have visite ...; Created on 07 October 2011
52. Stone Arch Bridge Saved For Posterity: (General History); ... s on three parcels of land at the site of the bridge as a parks and recreation site. "The Historical Society is working also on saving the Roebling Bridge, which was the experimental model for the Brook ...; Created on 22 September 2011
53. 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
54. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); The morning of February 17th, 1936, has dawned along the Delaware Valley with relatively mild temperatures as several hundred people make their way along State Route Three-A below Cochecton to witness ...; Created on 28 June 2011
55. D&H Canal: (General History); The D & H Canal: An Engineering and Entrepreneurial Challenge Excerpted from D&H Canal Historical Society Website. Pictures: Taken from the SCHS Archives The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 108-mile, ...; Created on 04 June 2010
56. Laurel Hill Cemetery: (Liberty); LOCATION: Brisco Rd REF: WSS by Del V ...; Created on 03 June 2010
57. Old Town Cochecton Cemetery: (Cochecton); LOCATION: rOUTE 97, Cochecton, across from Old Cochecton-Newburgh Turnpike on banks of the Delaware River across tracks FAMILY: Heirsville: Porr Family: Calkins Family Information on burials in this ...; Created on 03 June 2010
58. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... a friendship with Liberty historian Del Van Etten who helped him to find his way amidst local archives. The invention of the electronic copier enabled Ed to begin accumulating lots of material ...; Created on 11 August 2009
59. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... of Directors of the Monticello Raceway. Helen is an active alumna of S.U.N.Y. Delhi and was awarded an honorary degree from that institution and she and Mark received honorary Doctor of Humane Letters ...; Created on 11 August 2008
60. 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
61. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... towns, beginning with Bethel and ending with Tusten. (Cochecton and Delaware were combined into one chapter.) He writes in detail and with affection for the men and women who lived in a particular town ...; Created on 11 August 2006
62. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2005 Daniel Skinner Lord High Admiral of the Delaware When the pioneers first entered the lower Delaware valley, they found a land covered ...; Created on 11 August 2005
63. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... In 1865 delegates from the counties in this area met in Delhi to discuss building a railroad line from Oswego on Lake Ontario to Jersey City on the Hudson. D. C. Littlejohn, a speaker of the Assembly, ...; Created on 11 August 2005
64. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... e, the delicious food produced by Malke and the warm hospitality of the Grossinger family. Each summer there were a few more visitors as word of mouth advertising enticed people to the farm which was ...; Created on 11 August 2002
65. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... years ago with some partners, they purchased Eddy Farm on the Delaware River above Port Jervis. The hotel traced its history back to the days of the rafters and with his strong commitment to historical ...; Created on 11 August 2002
66. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... first job after college in the Union School in Amsterdam, New York as Preceptress (Vice-Principal) in 1890. In 1893, she returned to the Oneonta area to marry Burdelle Chase, who according to the couple’s ...; Created on 11 August 2001
67. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2001 Mary Edith Curtis In the 1750’s, land hungry residents of Connecticut formed the Delaware Company to move westward ...; Created on 11 August 2001
68. Francis S. Currey: (History Makers); ... of 1944. Due to a recently signed executive order which prevented soldiers under age 19 from entering combat areas, Currey was delayed in England until his birthday at the end of June. He then landed a ...; Created on 01 June 2000
69. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... Frontier has some 1,500 employees: about 650 in Rock Hill and the remainder in various offices across the country. Walter’s ability was widely appreciated. He was a director of the American Insurance Association, ...; Created on 11 August 1999
70. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... system. An obvious measure of this failure was seen in the huge backlog of cases and to quote a familiar adage: “Justice delayed is justice denied.” The first task then was to reform the system so that ...; Created on 01 June 1998
71. John Raleigh Mott: (History Makers); ... presiding officer of the World Missionary Conference attended by twelve hundred delegates in Edinburgh, Scotland. When World War I began, he was active in leading the WMCA to undertake a vast program of ...; Created on 11 August 1997
72. James Burbank: (History Preserver); ... impressive artistic talents. He left behind a diverse legacy which includes Fort Delaware, the official seal of the Sullivan County Community College and a reinvigorated Historical Society. ...; Created on 11 August 1997
73. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... of pungent wit and earnestness has delighted many a dinner and made him a popular speaker throughout the county. He has been honored by the Salvation Army, the American Legion and served one term as Elder ...; Created on 11 August 1996
74. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 1996 Otto Hillig (1874 ~ 1954) The following biographical sketch is taken from an article written by Mr. Delbert Van Etten, the Town ...; Created on 11 August 1996
75. Delaware ...: (Tags); Delaware ...; Created on 26 December 2015
76. Delaware ...: (Article Category tagged with: Delaware); A Brief History of the Town of Delaware By Mary E. Curtis Practically all of the land now within the boundaries of the Town of Delaware was a part of the tract of the Hardenburgh patent purchased ...; Created on 30 November -0001
77. Delaware ...: (Article Category tagged with: Delaware); The Information in the listed Delaware Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 26 December 2015

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