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1. Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch (2020-01-28): (Events Calendar/Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch); Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch January 28, 1986 Seven crew members died on what would have been Challenger's 10th mission into space. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Cap ...; Created on 27 December 2015
2. Abraham Lincoln shot at Ford's Theatre (2020-04-14): (Events Calendar/Abraham Lincoln shot at Ford's Theatre); Abraham Lincoln shot at Ford's Theatre Abraham Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865 and died the following day. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Washington, D.C. ...; Created on 27 December 2015
3. James Garfield shot (2020-07-02): (Events Calendar/James Garfield shot); James Garfield shot President James Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, just 4 months after taking office. He died on September 19, 1881 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
4. William McKinley shot (2020-09-06): (Events Calendar/William McKinley shot); William McKinley shot President McKinley was shot on September 6, 1901 in Buffalo New York while attending the Pan-American Exposition, and died 8 days later on September 14. Upon McKinley's death, Vic ...; Created on 27 December 2015
5. Forestburgh: (Category); ... David handy and wife were the first known white settlers. His occupation was shiolglemaker due to virgin hemlocks and unusual springs. He died about 1814, a historical marker in Oakland Valley indicate ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Cochecton: (Category); ... first postmaster of Cochecton when President James Madison established a post route through the town. He also ran the first licensed tavern in the town and died in 1821. In about 1800, Charles Irvine, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. First Sunday Concert April 5 - The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers: (News); ... studied with Joe Filisko, Phil Wiggins and countless others. The Skifflers have been fortunate to play with some very fine musicians, among them Pete Seeger, Tom Chapin, Jay Unger & Molly Mason, Bill ...; Created on 12 March 2020
8. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Society News); May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016 Liberty, NY Allan W. Dampman of Liberty, NY, a retired Associate Dean of Community Services at Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, NY died Friday October ...; Created on 16 October 2016
9. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... the Celtic heritage of the first settlers who pioneered the area. Somehow, through the years, carelessness led to the “H” being dropped from the town’s name. Having studied early town records, Elsie discovered ...; Created on 17 January 2016
10. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... 1940. After high school, Harold went to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied economics, participated in the student ruckuses known as “Rowbottoms,” and made lifelong friends. ...; Created on 17 January 2016
11. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... at's the first time I noticed that he had only three fingers on his right hand. But his grip was like iron. He's cleared that land himself." Yasgur was known across Sullivan County as a strong-willed ma ...; Created on 04 January 2016
12. Monticello: (Thompson); ... site of his future home. The house was located on the turnpike (Broadway) across from the park and was completed by December. John lived there until he died. Samuel was still involved with the turnpik ...; Created on 26 December 2015
13. Frederick A. Cook Exhibit: (Pictures); ... was born in Hortonville, NY in 1865 and died in New Rochelle, NY in 1940. State historical markers are at his birthplace and near his remains in Forest Lawn, Buffalo, NY. The Sullivan County Museum has ...; Created on 18 December 2015
14. Frederick A. Cook: (Now Showing); ... was born in Hortonville, NY in 1865 and died in New Rochelle, NY in 1940. State historical markers are at his birthplace and near his remains in Forest Lawn, Buffalo, NY. The Sullivan County Museum has ...; Created on 18 December 2015
15. 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
16. Mutton Hill Burying Ground....cont: (Neversink); ... "Henry Reynolds. Born at Peekskill, N.Y. 1742. Died at Neversink, N.Y. 1827. Mary Fowler, his wife. Born 1743. Died 1825." On the northeast side of this same monument are inscribed the words: "For loyal ...; Created on 27 October 2011
17. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... for small pox and he died in the infamous Battle of Minisink in 1779. Col. Tusten was tending 17 wounded soldiers under a ledge of rock when overtaken by Captain Brant, a Mohawk chief fighting for the ...; Created on 20 October 2011
18. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); ... latter capacity Tillotson joined the Federal Army during the Great Rebellion, contracted yellow fever and died. In a letter written to his brother, Howard Tillotson, by his commanding officer, tellin ...; Created on 29 September 2011
19. 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
20. Mutton Hill Burying Ground; II: (Neversink); ... and in 1805 he was a member of the Assembly. "As we look around at the smaller markers we see such inscriptions as the following; "Mary, wife of Benjamin Gillett. Died 1808. Born 1765. "Betsy, w ...; Created on 01 September 2011
21. Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); ... inscription; "Henry Reynolds. Born at Peeksville, N.Y. 1742. Died at Neversink, N.Y. 1827. Mary Fowler, his wife. Born 1743. died 1825." On the northeast side of this same monument are inscribed the word ...; Created on 31 August 2011
22. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2008 Charlotte M. Osterhout (1928 – 2008) Charlotte Main Osterhout passed away on May 18 of this year. Before she died, ...; Created on 11 August 2008
23. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... records. We can only share a few biographical facts which do poor justice to such an active and valuable life. James Quinlan was born in 1818 and died in 1874; the year after his work ...; Created on 11 August 2006
24. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... 17 and his brother Isadore was 13, his father died. Later that same year Miriam Miller came to the hotel to vacation and met Max. In February 1940, Max and Mimi were married. After a stint in college at ...; Created on 01 June 2004
25. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... y an immigrant family, but the relations of Selig and his family with the community were so honorable that these negative feelings soon died out. Now that the Grossinger family had acquired a reputatio ...; Created on 11 August 2002
26. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... of the Wanaksink Lake Corporation. She died on January 14, 1944. Her daughter and son-in-law Gladys and Wesley Durland and her three grandchildren, Marjorie, Alberta and Robert Durland ...; Created on 11 August 2001
27. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... She feels their history in her bones and her ancestors do not seem that far away. She speaks affectionately of her great-grandfather, Charles T. Curtis (1834-1922), who died decades before she was born. ...; Created on 11 August 2001
28. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... to Ossining, New York where Bill’s father was a dietitian at Sing Sing Prison. When Bill was twelve, his father died. His Irish immigrant mother moved with her two sons to Stone Ridge, New York. Bill attended ...; Created on 11 August 1998
29. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... He caddied at the golf course (35 cents for nine holes) which was located on the present site of Monticello High School and learned about growing vegetables and flowers. “Working in the garden was my country ...; Created on 01 June 1998
30. James Burbank: (History Preserver); ... He was born April 22, 1900 in New York City, but when his mother died he and his brother were sent to Sullivan County to live with their grandparents in Fosterdale. From these early years developed his ...; Created on 11 August 1997
31. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... In 1936, riding on the crest of the Roosevelt landslide, he was elected to a one-year term in the State Assembly, but in fact he had little interest in politics. Hillig died September 12, 1954, having ...; Created on 11 August 1996
32. Marjorie Durland Smith: (History Preserver); ... to the Museum but also presentations in the students’ classrooms. She had studied Design and Clothing Construction at Traphagen School of Design and this background proved to be valuable when later she ...; Created on 11 August 1994
33. Frederick A. Cooke: (History Makers); ... son of Theodore Cook, a German immigrant physician and Magdalene Long Cook. His father died when he was five and later Frederick became the breadwinner for his four brothers and sisters after the family ...; Created on 01 June 1994

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