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1. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... Scardefield, who oversees their operation. “They contain some of the most significant collections of County history you can find, and they make perfect day trips for the entire family!” Located at 265 ...; Created on 11 July 2021
2. Lindbergh arrives in Paris after first solo nonstop transatlantic flight (2020-05-21): (Events Calendar/Lindbergh arrives in Paris after first solo nonstop transatlantic flight); Lindbergh arrives in Paris after first solo nonstop transatlantic flight Lindbergh departed from Roosevelt Field in New York on May 20, 1927 in his plane, "Spirit of St. Louis", arriving in Paris afte ...; 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. British burn Fairfield, Connecticut (2020-07-08) ...: (Events Calendar/British burn Fairfield, Connecticut); British burn Fairfield, Connecticut July 8, 1779 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Fairfield, Connecticut ...; Created on 27 December 2015
5. Illinois, the twenty-first state (2020-12-03): (Events Calendar/Illinois, the twenty-first state); Illinois, the twenty-first state December 3, 1818 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Springfield, Illinois ...; Created on 27 December 2015
6. Thompson: (Category); ... native of Litchfield County, Connecticut. He was a miller who arrived in the area in 1794. Thompson bought land and built a settlement near what was then known as Albion. Thompson, who later became a judge, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Rockland: (Category); ... Trail to the Big Beaverkill Flats. Later on they continued to Lower Westfield and then Westfield Flats now known as Roscoe, which was named after Roscoe Conklin, New York State Senator. Stewart ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Highland: (Category); ... were recovered from the battlefield and laid to rest in Orange County. John Barnes was the Town of Highland's first inhabitant, settling at Narrow Falls, which is about one mile above the mouth of t ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. 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
10. Callicoon: (Category); ... Jacob Quick, who chose a site on a small stream which empties onto the East Branch of the Delaware River at Jeffersonville. Quick cleared many fields and built a saw mill and sold grain, hay and lumber. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Landfield Avenue Synagogue Cemetery ...: (Thompson); REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
12. Westfield Flats Cemetery ...: (Rockland); AKA: Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery REF: 1930 by GAB; Created on 03 June 2010
13. Sullivan County Potter’s Field ...: (Fallsburg); LOCATION: Tunnel Hill Road, behind Gray Cemetery AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF:; Created on 03 June 2010
14. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... e the characters in our own show," Rosenman said. Artie Kornfield, 25, wore a suit, but the lapels were a little wide and his hair brushed the top of his ears. He was a vice president at Capitol Rec ...; Created on 04 January 2016
15. Monticello: (Thompson); ... There were two important reasons for this undertaking. One was to facilitate travel between Newburgh and the rich coalfields of Pennsylvania and the other was to provide a suitable passage for large droves ...; Created on 26 December 2015
16. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... Allan would eventually choose a career in the field of education, though in a somewhat different phase. His mother, a housewife who devoted herself to raising Allan and his sister Margaret, worked tirelessl ...; Created on 04 April 2012
17. Darling Tales: (Callicoon); ... ohn told the crowd of a yoke of oxen he once had and how he took them to plow in a stumpy field. During the plowing the plow caught a hardwood stump squarely in the center, split it open, took the plow ...; Created on 28 December 2011
18. Mutton Hill Burying Ground...cont: (Neversink); ... 35 graves with head-stones or markers bearing inscriptions. While there are about 50 marked with plain rough stones or flags from the nearby woods and fields which have no intelligible markings to enlighten ...; Created on 27 October 2011
19. Fallsburgh Cemetery Fire: (Fallsburg); ... d several helpers. The fire was said to have been a neglected grass fire which spread into the cemetery from adjoining fields." ...; Created on 07 October 2011
20. Mutton Hill Burying Ground; II: (Neversink); ... kiel Gillett. Born 1767. Died 1837. "Alvan Hall. Born on Mutton Hill 1809. Died 1872. Son of John Hall who migrated from Litchfield, Conn., 1789. "Phebe Drake, widow of Jeremiah Drake. Died Nov. 21 ...; Created on 01 September 2011
21. Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); ... there are about 50 marked with plain rough stones or flags from the nearby woods and fields which have no intelligible markings to enlighten us to whose earthly remains lie buried there for more than a ...; Created on 31 August 2011
22. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... fields to the refineries at Bayonne, New Jersey. Since the closing of this operation eleven years earlier, the pumping station at Cochecton has stood idle, the chimney deteriorating into a state of disrepair. ...; Created on 28 June 2011
23. Livingston Manor Methodist Episcopal Cemetery: (Rockland); AKA: Upper Westfield M.E. Society, Purvis M.E. Ch. Cemetery, Smith hill Cemetery REF: 1930 by GAB ...; Created on 03 June 2010
24. Single Grave: (Fallsburg); ... at the rear of the field. Follow this roadd, reaching a clearing; ther on the right is a pile of dirt that was left behind. A tiny cemetery is located on top of the pile. AKA: FAMILY: Information ...; Created on 03 June 2010
25. Mongaup Cemetery: (Fallsburg); LOCATION: Cemetery Road, Hurleyville, NY AKA: Fallsburg Township, Potters Field FAMILY: Information on burials at this cemetery is not available at this time. ...; Created on 03 June 2010
26. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... on his fishing skills, he still found time for reading. He recalls the sense of discovery he had when he came across authors like Alf Evers and Manville Wakefield who had a knack for making Catskill history ...; Created on 11 August 2009
27. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... which she was held by the Society, for by this decision, the Directors permanently included Charlotte with that outstanding group of county historians such as James Burbank, Manville Wakefield and John ...; Created on 11 August 2008
28. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... of that early fascination with the “iron horse.” He contributed photographs for Manville Wakefield’s book, “To the Mountains by Rail,” and filmed the departure of the last Ontario & Western Railway train ...; Created on 11 August 2007
29. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... the sources of which have almost all vanished with the passage of time.” Thus did Manville Wakefield, an outstanding county historian of the twentieth century, salute James Quinlan, his ...; Created on 11 August 2006
30. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... spike near Westfield Flats (present day Roscoe) to signal the completion of the line. The day was festive. There were five locomotives with their whistles, booming cannon, and hundreds of cheering spectators ...; Created on 11 August 2005
31. 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
32. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... of his knowledge, the Board of Supervisors appointed him to be the County Historian. In that position, he joins a number of former Historical Society members – James Burbank, Manville Wakefield and William ...; Created on 11 August 2002
33. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... good health habits. His memorial service was held in the Field House of the Sullivan County Community College to accommodate the many people who gathered to hear tributes from Walter’s friends and colleagues. ...; Created on 11 August 1999
34. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... house in Hurleyville for the Sullivan County Museum, Art and Cultural Center. In 1974 he was named Sullivan County Historian after the death of the then County Historian, Manville B. Wakefield. Bill held ...; Created on 11 August 1998
35. James Burbank: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 1997 James Burbank (1900 – 1975) Like Manville Wakefield, James Burbank combined a strong interest in local history with ...; Created on 11 August 1997
36. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... reserves while he returned to Bates; but by 1950 he was back in Korea with a platoon of combat engineers whose chief responsibility was clearing minefields. Though he was not injured in this hazardous ...; Created on 11 August 1996
37. Marjorie Durland Smith: (History Preserver); ... of remarkable women. Marjorie has been a member of the Society and active in the field of local history for over forty years. Her list of accomplishments during this period is lengthy and can only ...; Created on 11 August 1994
38. Frederick A. Cooke: (History Makers); ... controversy that has still not been resolved. Since Cook spent the later years of his life surrounded by arguments as to the validity of his claims, the real significance of his field ...; Created on 01 June 1994

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