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... the fishing. The hotel was called either Lackawack Hotel or Shield’s Hotel and Tammany Hall politicians and their families were an important part of the clientele. In the valley along the Neversink ...

... Because much of the area was heavily forested with rocky soil, most of the township made poor farmland. Early farming families were discouraged from settling here limiting early growth of the region ...

... settlers in Fremont wanted to become a new town and opposed its creation. Later the Buckley family became one of the most prominent families in Fremont and the family provided four supervisors for the ...

... Soon other Jewish families had purchased struggling hotels. Still others came to farm, but soon found that they could make more by entertaining friends and relatives in the spare rooms than from the soil. ...

... very first families in Cochecton. The elder Skinner was murdered shortly after arriving in Cochecton. It was never determined whether he was a victim of the Indians or other settlers. The Skinner family ...

... use the search feature. The following data is listed where possible: LOCATION: Location or proximity of the cemetery FAMILY: surnames of the families known to be buried there AKA: (Also known ...

... last sections of the county to be settled. There were but two or three families living in Callicoon by 1830. Apparently Callicoon was not settled earlier because most of its lands were owned by non-residents, ...

... s to do with fires and fire codes," Conway said. "The assimilation of the Jewish families who were vacationing here. Low airfares, air conditioning, the automobile.” “They really didn’t have the money ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... family searches by the volunteers. Some have been donated just because they thought it would be a good place to share their history.They are a wonderful asset when others are searching their families ...

... families of Woodbourne, Peter Mayer-Mayer-Meier famiy of Sullivan County, and the Benton-Hall-Darrow families of Neversink. Some of the searches yielded much information while others not so much. We ...

... ge was erected was cleared by early Scottish immigrants nearly a century and a half earlier. This exhibit will follow this, and subsequent, families whose own stories preceeded that of Yasgur. Af ...

... families in this section were: the DeWitts, Hardenburgs, Morgans, Rushes, Porters, DeBroises, McNally's, Bogarts, Quicks, Sheppards, Inderlieds, Jacobs, Heidts and Fitzgeralds. Due to the abundance o ...

... Finally, the names of two prominent families, Newman and Weiden, were combined to Neweiden. The post office officially changed Swamp Mills to Neweiden on August 18, 1904. However, this post office was ...

... 200 men. They (Kiersted and Swan) also erected dwellings to house them and their families. In 1859 a census was taken and it was found that there were 664 inhabitants living in Mongaup Valley! The tan ...

... water filling the reservoir that supplied water for the Erie’s depot, the Western Hotel and all the families in that section of the village. Private wells were also spoiled as the oil seeped down into ...

LOCATION: Cochecton Township AKA: None FAMILY: Information on families buried in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...

Location: Jeffersonville, NY (below school) Families: Information on the families buried in this cemetary is not yet available. AKA: None REF: None NOTE: Came into ...

REF: Located on Route 149, Youngsvillle, NY, opposite Greenhill Cemetery. FAMILIES: Information on the burials in this cemetary is not yet available. AKA: Roser Family Cemetery ...

LOCATION: County Road 44 FAMILY: Information on families buried at this cemetery is not available at this time. AKA: None REF: None NOTE: None ...

... into an attractive setting for people seeking a brief respite during the summer months from the city pressures. However, as the families who came to the Catskills for their summer vacations became more ...

... reunite many of them with their families. But he looked for the good in them and found it and they knew it. He respected them as individuals and they knew it. He treated them as what they were, the generation ...

... g their families to the new world. Selig mulled over the risks in such a venture and finally in 1897 made the bold decision to go to America, work hard, save every penny he could and eventually bring h ...

... families of the children she taught. Emma was given a place at the table with each family and a bed, usually shared with several of her students. This was a far different lifestyle than that of a doctor’s ...

... Hector, had a farm in White Sulphur Springs and as a boy Del remembers riding into Liberty while his grandfather entertained him (or himself) with stories of the families who lived along the road. Thus ...

... 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 ...

... Sullivan County Museum and Cultural Center, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville. The exhibition and performance will look back at World War I and the Sullivan County families who had relatives that served. The ...

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