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1. Thompson: (Category); The first settlers to the Town of Thompson in 1749 were farmers David Gray and Z. Hatch, who put down roots in the vicinity of Dutch Pond. The Town of Thompson was named after William A. Thompson, a ...; Created on 30 November -0001
2. Rockland: (Category); ... bought from John Livingston, Lot No. 24 where he built the first log cabin in the area. His farm occupied the area of Roscoe extending from Stewart Avenue (named after the founder) to School Street. Jehiel ...; Created on 30 November -0001
3. Neversink: (Category); ... reservoirs took their homesteads, their businesses, their farms, their cemeteries; their cherished swimming holes. Like all pioneers, folks picked up and moved on. Carl Carlsen remembers as a young boy ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Liberty: (Category); ... As the land was cleared of the dense dark hemlock trees that these early settlers found, the area went through various stages of development. After the small farms were cleared, the tanneries were constructed. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Highland: (Category); ... 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 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Fremont: (Category); ... The story of the Smith family that lived on a farm now owned by Anthony Schick of Obernburg fixes the background of the town of Fremont. These Smiths were forbears of Frank S. Bury and Grandmother Smith ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Forestburgh: (Category); ... d connecting east and west. In 1982, a log cabin was discoverred within an existing home, when the recently purchased farmhouse was being renovated. It's age was traced to 1834, the origin believed ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. 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
9. Delaware: (Category); ... ore than 150 years. It drained the region of its native timber, and in the process changed it from a forested wilderness into a relatively civilized world of dairy farms and small communities. As the for ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. County History: (Category); ... spent the warm weather months in this heavily forested region, particularly along the major rivers, which they used for transportation. Here they hunted, fished, and farmed, growing corn, squash and beans. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Cochecton: (Category); ... Over the years, farming has been a major industry in Cochecton and during the insurgence of the resort industry. The farmhouse became a hotel. Cochecton had its share of hotels, particularly near Lake ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. 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
13. Bethel: (Category); ... farmhouses that turned into boarding houses. In the late 1920's, 30's, & 40's smaller farm owners in Bethel were "Taking In" roomies as the hotel business declined. During the 1 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. History of Farms ...: (Now Showing); A current exhibit at the Sullivan County Historical Society is “A History of Sullivan County Farms” created by SCHS board member and volunteer, Fred Fries. The exhibits contain many farm artifacts ...; Created on 13 October 2016
15. Sullivan County Farm Pauper Cemetery ...: (Thompson); REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
16. Sullivan County Farm Cemetery ...: (Thompson); LOCATION: Next to Hoyt REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
17. Houghtaling Farm Cemetery ...: (Fallsburg); NOTE: No Trace; Created on 03 June 2010
18. Harry Tyler’s Farm Cemetery ...: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Harry Tyler's Farm, Tylertown, NY AKA: FAMILY: Tombstones on farm of Harry Tyler. Further information is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
19. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); ... city wanted to come up and visit these little farms because they had fresh milk and they had eggs and fresh air,” Frishman said. That's what many Jewish immigrants did, purchasing inexpensive land in Sulliv ...; Created on 06 July 2017
20. 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
21. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... shment and underground, and on radio stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Texas and Washington, D.C. A concert ticket also bought a campsite. But even a commune requires some kind of orga ...; Created on 04 January 2016
22. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... of South Fallsburg. Hurleyville was originally settled by William Hurley. The local economy was originally centered on dairy farming, but gradually became part of the Catskills Borscht Belt resort area. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
23. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... the Long Beards provide individuals, local farmers and hunting clubs with conservation seed corn, clover blends and strut and rut mix to help sustain the wildlife over the winter season. Turkey Hunters ...; Created on 18 October 2014
24. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... weekends during the summer selling produce at the Kauneonga Lake Farmer’s Market. They joined the Sullivan County Historical Society within a year of their move from New Jersey. To better understand ...; Created on 18 October 2014
25. 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
26. From the Genealogist: (Genealogy Department); Looking for information on Martin and Elizabeth Duttweiller who owned a farm on Swiss Hill Road in Jeffersonville, NY between 1859 to 1892. They were born in Switzerland in 1827 and 1824. Martin was a ...; Created on 11 May 2012
27. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... and is in a fine state of preservation. At the present time, Youngsville is a thriving, peaceful village of industrious people whose main occupation is agriculture and dairy farming. During the summe ...; Created on 03 November 2011
28. Along the Neversink.....: (Neversink); ... sterling old character. He raised a house full of children, 21 of them, was a good farmer, and drove cattle to Bull's Head, in Dutchess County. "Chester Gillett, a steadfast and solid farmer, ran a ci ...; Created on 07 October 2011
29. Along the Neversink..: (Neversink); Alvin Hall, big in every way except stature. And thus a neighborhood yarn. When the wild pigeons went to the Willowemoc swamps to nest in the spring, farmers along the Neversink made beds of buckwheat ...; Created on 07 October 2011
30. Trunk Line 4: (Rockland); ... of H Parks. "Both roads run through the Ackerly and McGrath farms returning to the present highway near the home of Augustus Mussman. "The change will make a more direct route and will eliminate fro ...; Created on 23 September 2011
31. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... to be buried. Where the pipeline’s route traversed cultivated fields, the pipe needed to be buried deep enough so as not to be disturbed by the farmer’s plow. However, where the pipeline route sliced through ...; Created on 28 June 2011
32. Diehl Family Cemetery: (Delaware); LOCATION: Private Cemetery on Diehl Family Farm, Beechwoods AKA: FAMILY: Private Cemetery - Ten graves REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
33. Dureya Family Cemetery: (Bethel); LOCATION: Old Stage Road, Route 17B FAMILY: Information about burials at this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 AKA: Hoenniger Farm - Private ...; Created on 03 June 2010
34. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... but after a few years they became tired of the bustle and in part for reasons of health decided to return to the rural way of life they were accustomed to. In 1907, drawing on their farming background, ...; Created on 11 August 2008
35. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... on a family farm located on Neversink Road outside of Liberty, which had been in the family since the 1800’s and enjoyed warm associations with family and friends. She early developed the habit of listening ...; Created on 11 August 2008
36. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... s for shipbuilders, stone slabs for Philadelphia sidewalks and charcoal, whisky or butter produced by Delaware and Sullivan county farms. However, in time primitive water driven sawmills were built alon ...; Created on 11 August 2005
37. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... part of the State and the Erie whose tracks ran across the southern part. This area included a portion of the Catskills, the hills along the Chenango River and the farmland around the Finger Lakes. ...; Created on 11 August 2005
38. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... Yasgur was a dairy farmer in Bethel who suddenly found himself in the middle of the controversy about a rock concert. By standing by his convictions and fighting for the youth with whom he did not always ...; Created on 01 June 2004
39. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... Fashions in Furniture in Liberty and because Rusty was such an avid fly fisherman moved to Roscoe where they purchased a dairy farm in a lovely location on the Beaverkill. In time the furniture business ...; Created on 11 August 2003
40. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... re unsuccessful. Finally, the family decided to leave the City and purchase a farm since that was a way of life Selig understood from his upbringing in the old country. Connecticut was their first choi ...; Created on 11 August 2002
41. 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
42. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... teachers to understand the lifestyle and challenges the students from farm families had. Therefore, she brought in farm experts from Cornell University to speak with the teachers. The news of this struck ...; Created on 11 August 2001
43. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... 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 ...; Created on 11 August 2000
44. Francis S. Currey: (History Makers); ... at age 12, he was raised by foster parents on a farm in nearby Hurleyville. He joined the Army in 1943, one week after graduating from high school. Although he completed Officer Candidate School, at only ...; Created on 01 June 2000
45. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... The family did not like New York City and about 1911 decided to move to Woodridge where they lived on the farm of Harry’s sister-in-law, a Mrs. Golub. While attending Monticello High ...; Created on 11 August 1999
46. James Burbank: (History Preserver); ... he observed that the Catskill Game Farm and the North Pole were effective in attracting visitors to their areas. He believed that the colonial history of this area would be of similar interest and decided ...; Created on 11 August 1997
47. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... a small farm in West Bethel. To supplement Harry’s earnings as a highway equipment operator, the family raised chickens for eggs, kept a cow for milk and butter, fed a couple of pigs and in their garden ...; Created on 11 August 1996
48. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... working on a farm near White Sulphur Springs supposedly found a photo magazine and decided to try his hand at photography. He went on to become the most famous photographer in Sullivan County and the owner ...; Created on 11 August 1996
49. Farming ...: (Tags); Farming ...; Created on 26 December 2015
50. History of Farms ...: (Article tagged with: Farming); A current exhibit at the Sullivan County Historical Society is “A History of Sullivan County Farms” created by SCHS board member and volunteer, Fred Fries. The exhibits contain many farm artifacts ...; Created on 13 October 2016
51. Max Yasgur: (Article tagged with: Farming); ... Yasgur was a dairy farmer in Bethel who suddenly found himself in the middle of the controversy about a rock concert. By standing by his convictions and fighting for the youth with whom he did not always ...; Created on 01 June 2004

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