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1. SULLIVAN COUNTY (NY): A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY IN IMAGES (1596296461): Written by County Historian John Conway; Created on 21 December 2015
2. Heritage Club 100 (SCHSHC100): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
3. Heritage Club 50 (SCHSHC50): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
4. Family Membership (SCHSFM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
5. Individual Membership (SCHSIM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 20 December 2015
6. WW I Special Event (2018-06-16) ...: (Events Calendar/WW I Special Event); WW I Special Event ...; Created on 09 June 2018
7. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... at the stations new Live Music series (wjjfradio.com). The Sullivan County Museum is located at 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, New York. The event is free. Donations will be gratefully accepted. ...; Created on 29 January 2020
8. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... this season and re-establish a full schedule in 2022. The first of the 2021 programs will be offered this Saturday, July 10, from 12-3 p.m. “Patriots & Loyalists,” a free event, will feature demonstrations ...; Created on 11 July 2021
9. New Mexico, the forty-seventh state (2020-01-06) ...: (Events Calendar/New Mexico, the forty-seventh state); New Mexico, the forty-seventh state January 6, 1912 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Santa Fe, New Mexico ...; Created on 27 December 2015
10. Texas secedes from the Union (2020-02-01): (Events Calendar/Texas secedes from the Union); Texas secedes from the Union On February 1, 1861, Texas is the seventh of eleven states to secede from the Union. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Texas ...; Created on 27 December 2015
11. Nebraska, the thirty-seventh state (2020-03-01) ...: (Events Calendar/Nebraska, the thirty-seventh state); Nebraska, the thirty-seventh state March 1, 1867 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Lincoln, Nebraska ...; Created on 27 December 2015
12. Ohio, the seventeenth state (2020-03-01) ...: (Events Calendar/Ohio, the seventeenth state); Ohio, the seventeenth state March 1, 1803 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Columbus, Ohio ...; Created on 27 December 2015
13. Florida, the twenty-seventh state (2020-03-03) ...: (Events Calendar/Florida, the twenty-seventh state); Florida, the twenty-seventh state March 3, 1845 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Tallahassee, Florida ...; Created on 27 December 2015
14. Maryland, the seventh state (2020-04-28) ...: (Events Calendar/Maryland, the seventh state); Maryland, the seventh state April 28, 1788 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Annapolis, Maryland ...; Created on 27 December 2015
15. Tennessee secedes from the Union (2020-06-08): (Events Calendar/Tennessee secedes from the Union); Tennessee secedes from the Union On June 8, 1861, Tennessee is the eleventh of eleven states to secede from the Union. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Tennessee ...; Created on 27 December 2015
16. End of Segregation at University of Alabama (2020-06-11): (Events Calendar/End of Segregation at University of Alabama); ... National Guard to allow 2 black students to register at the University of Alabama. This event ends segregation at the school. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Tuscaloosa, Alabama ...; Created on 27 December 2015
17. New York, the eleventh state (2020-07-26) ...: (Events Calendar/New York, the eleventh state); New York, the eleventh state July 26, 1788 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Albany, New York ...; Created on 27 December 2015
18. Rockland: (Category); ... other end by sun-down. The First Settlers & Township Development The renowned Hardenburgh Patent set the stage for the eventual development of the Catskills. Johannes Hardenburgh and associates ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Letters to the Editor: (Category); Immediate local reaction after the Woodstock Festival was swift. Within a week, the local weekly newspaers were filled with correspondences concerning the event. Though opinions varied, the majority of ...; Created on 30 November -0001
20. Fremont: (Category); ... had several admirers among the men who organized the new town and it was named in his honor. It became the eleventh town. The lands of Fremont were the last in the county to be opened up for settlement. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. Fallsburg: (Category); ... the first part of the 1800�s, the region was primarily a farming community. Life at the time must have been a frugal. The long haul over the mountains to Kingston prevented a lot trade and it sometimes ...; Created on 30 November -0001
22. County History: (Category); ... in August of 1969, approximately 500,000 people from all over the country converged on a field in Bethel for a three-day event that was planned for a fraction of that number. Heavy rains and inadequate ...; Created on 30 November -0001
23. Cochecton: (Category); ... nded on Lake Huntington transforming this old resort community into a home for learning and cultural events. Fosterdale lies at the crossroads of Route 17B and Route 52. This historical hamlet features K ...; Created on 30 November -0001
24. Callicoon: (Category); ... Farm to the former Leo Hemmer and John Royce farms. Eventually, as others moved into the area, a church was built near the present curve in the road beyond John Bargfrede’s farm going toward Youngsville. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
25. Bethel: (Category); ... ake, then, one of the most amazing events in history occurred right here in our little town. "Woodstock." Whether you liked it or you didn't, there was no getting around the fact that it was a significan ...; Created on 30 November -0001
26. Along The Neversink in the Seventies ...: (Category); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
27. Along the Neversink in the Seventies ...: (Neversink); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
28. Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum Closed: (News); The Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum will be closed until further notice as per regulations to help prevent the spread of the corona virus. All research requests will be placed on hold until ...; Created on 18 March 2020
29. First Sunday Concert April 5 - The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers: (News); ... New York. The event is free. Donations will be gratefully accepted. Call 845 434-8044 for more info, or visit the website at www.scnyhistory.org. ...; Created on 12 March 2020
30. 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
31. The Borscht Belt: (Now Showing); ... nce. Thanks to Patti and John for being part of the opening event at the Museum. And thank you to "Arts for Sullivan", administered by DVAA, for a grant to help with this program. Light refreshmen ...; Created on 17 June 2016
32. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... deep admiration for her teachers. Those years at the one-room school were a happy experience for Elsie and the impression made upon her by her teachers eventually led her to seek a career in primary education herself. ...; Created on 17 January 2016
33. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... eventually took over different aspects of the operation, with Harold running the enterprise called Fallsburg Gas. Sullivan County boasted many gas companies in the 1950s and ’60s, and the competition was ...; Created on 17 January 2016
34. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... like it would ever happen again. Woodstock, like only a handful of historical events, has become part of the cultural lexicon. As Watergate is the codeword for a national crisis of confidence and Wat ...; Created on 04 January 2016
35. Concord Remembered: (Pictures); ... 4th of July week end. More than seventy visitors, many of them former employees of the hotel, attended at the Sullivan County Museum, Main St., Hurleyville. The Concord, at its peak, was the world's la ...; Created on 01 July 2015
36. Concord Remembered: (Past Exhibits); ... 4th of July week end. More than seventy visitors, many of them former employees of the hotel, attended at the Sullivan County Museum, Main St., Hurleyville. The Concord, at its peak, was the world's la ...; Created on 01 July 2015
37. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... Ethic and Sportsmanship] event consists of many shooting and archery activities. The chapter has been recognized for several years for signing up the most JAKES at an event, breaking their own New YorkState ...; Created on 18 October 2014
38. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Fallsburg); ... steel plates to help keep rock and dirt in place, and to prevent water from dripping onto the tracks below. Earlier, during the winter of ’29 – ’30, pools of water dripping from the leaky ceilings had ...; Created on 25 November 2012
39. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... a source of inspiration to this young man, as he eventually followed parallel, though different paths throughout his adult life. Harry Dampman taught math at the Summit High School for thirty-eight years ...; Created on 04 April 2012
40. 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
41. Along the Neversink..: (Neversink); ... l Hall is better than no Hall." Along the Neversink in the Seventies Monroe Wright ...; Created on 07 October 2011
42. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... the highly anticipated event that is to usher out the end of an era. For fifty-six years, the one hundred and twenty-five foot chimney has towered high above the surrounding landscape; a well-known landmark ...; Created on 28 June 2011
43. Bethel Main Street Slideshow: (Video); Slideshow used to promote town of Bethel at the Main Street Event. Bethel-Slideshow-1 ...; Created on 04 June 2010
44. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... our lives. Edward Van Put remembers the influence that a commonplace event had on his life when he was twelve years old. His uncle took him fly fishing and Ed found the experience so fascinating that he ...; Created on 11 August 2009
45. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... were an outdoor and later an indoor swimming pool, a nine hole golf course which eventually became eighteen holes, twelve tennis courts, four indoor racquetball courts, an indoor ice-skating rink, a hair ...; Created on 11 August 2008
46. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... background. For many people genealogy is the stepping-stone to a broader interest in history and Charlotte also had the ability to relate some of the family details with larger events taking place in the ...; Created on 11 August 2008
47. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... General Store. His first summer, he operated a marketplace selling fruits, vegetables, plants and flowers. He did a lot of restoring to the building and eventually it became the Ferndale Marketplace and ...; Created on 11 August 2007
48. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... were printed, but the printing was eventually sold out. However, interest in the book with its unique record of early county life was so strong that in the 1960’s FPC Advertising reprinted a total of 2,500 ...; Created on 11 August 2006
49. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... His first raft was built on Tammany flats opposite present-day Callicoon and consisted of six white pine poles suitable to become ship masts, each seventy feet long and held together by hardwood spindles ...; Created on 11 August 2005
50. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... earn the distinction based on a single courageous act. The man we honor this year is best remembered for one event, but he also earned a reputation for excellence and dedication throughout his life. Max ...; Created on 01 June 2004
51. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... and endurance. If we had tried our hand at Track and Field events, how closely would we have measured up to the following? 40 Yard Dash: 4.2 seconds 100-meter Dash: 10.2 seconds (world decathlon record) ...; Created on 11 August 2003
52. Beatrice Schoch: (History Preserver); ... at the Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn and eventually returned to the county and worked at the Monticello Hospital. After the Second World War she met and married Fred Schoch who had lost a leg in Italy. ...; Created on 11 August 2003
53. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... d in Galatia. Like many young men of his time, he began thinking about America, for in every village one heard stories of men who had gone to America and if all went well, eventually sent money home to bri ...; Created on 11 August 2002
54. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... and to enter the world of libraries where with the help of his own imagination documents and letters could come alive and reveal the rich human emotions of some historical event. These two teachers thus ...; Created on 11 August 2002
55. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... York State. Miss Cooke, in 1888, gained admittance to Albany Normal. She graduated in 1890 in a class of seventy-three and was one of eleven speakers at the graduation ceremony. It should ...; Created on 11 August 2001
56. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... They, of course, had children in their new home. Two of them, Oliver Calkin and Hannah Thomas, eventually married and started a family which not only survived, but flourished in this new world and is represented ...; Created on 11 August 2001
57. 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
58. 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
59. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... They married, but the Depression eventually persuaded them to return with their two children, Joan and Walter, to Sullivan County where both of their families still lived. In 1932 Max borrowed $500 and ...; Created on 11 August 1999
60. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... go to hell if you have to.” In addition to advice, his father set an example of hard work. The son of a cobbler, George Cooke became a school teacher, then eventually a lawyer and finally the Sullivan ...; Created on 01 June 1998
61. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... army at age seventeen and served in the Korean Occupation Army 1946-1947. Upon discharge, he made what he recalls as a fateful decision. He was proud of his staff sergeant’s stripes and signed up in the ...; Created on 11 August 1996
62. World War I Comes to the Museum June 16th: (Past Exhibits); ... event will include a video of images relating to the war. The performances on June 16 and 17 are part of the New York “Path Through History” weekend. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday–Saturday, ...; Created on 09 June 2018
63. Historic Event ...: (Tags); Historic Event ...; Created on 23 December 2015
64. 1938 Hurricane: (Article Category tagged with: Historic Event); News from the 1938 Hurricane As the tropical storm named Ilene made landform east of New York City, the local media made many comparisons with this recent storm to the hurricane that struck the southern ...; Created on 26 December 2015
65. Frederick A. Cook: (Article tagged with: Historic Event); A pioneer American Polar explorer, Dr. Cook spent two decades in expeditions to both Polar regions and subarctic Alaska between 1891 and 1909. Many authorities acknowledge him as the discoverer of the ...; Created on 18 December 2015
66. Frederick A. Cook Exhibit: (Article tagged with: Historic Event); A pioneer American Polar explorer, Dr. Cook spent two decades in expeditions to both Polar regions and subarctic Alaska between 1891 and 1909. Many authorities acknowledge him as the discoverer of the ...; Created on 18 December 2015
67. Frederick A. Cooke: (Article tagged with: Historic Event); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 1994 Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) Artic Explorer Frederick Albert Cook was born in Hortonville, Sullivan County on June 10, 1865, the ...; Created on 01 June 1994
68. How Woodstock Happened...: (Article tagged with: Historic Event); Reprinted from The Times Herald-Record Woodstock Commemorative Edition Text copyright 1994 The Times Herald-Record The last bedraggled fan sloshed out of Max Yasgur's muddy pasture more than 25 ...; Created on 04 January 2016

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