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1. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... history and antidotes from the resort era and the fifties and sixties. Many of their guests performed in the Catskill Hotels, including Mickey Barnett, The Allen Brothers, Larry Ravdin, and Freddie Jacobs. ...; Created on 29 January 2020
2. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... archives and hundreds of items related to local history, including the Woodstock festival, the Borscht Belt resorts, North Pole explorer and native Frederick A. Cook, and more. Hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ...; Created on 11 July 2021
3. Battle of Fredricksburg (2019-12-13) ...: (Events Calendar/Battle of Fredricksburg); Battle of Fredricksburg December 13, 1862 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Fredricksburg, Virginia ...; Created on 27 December 2015
4. Research Department: (Category); Sullivan County Historical Society Research Department Department Head: Fred Fries Email Address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Phone: (845) 434 - 8044 Our organization is a small, all volunteer organization ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. County History: (Category); ... here from writers such as Alfred B. Street, Charles Fenno Hoffman, and Frank Forrester, and painters such as Henry Inman, came here to fish and hunt. As the end of the 19th century approached, these small ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Cochecton: (Category); ... on. During the mid-l9th century leather tanning was an active industry in Sullivan County and the site of one of the larger tanneries was in Stevensburgh (Cochecton Center), constructed in 1840 by Alfred ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. 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
8. Frederick A. Cook Exhibit ...: (Pictures); 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
9. Frederick A. Cook ...: (Now Showing); 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
10. Frederick A. Cooke ...: (History Makers); 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
11. 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
12. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... bout three weeks before the festival," Lang said. "I went with Bob Dacey, a friend of Dylan's, and we met in his house for a couple of hours. I told him what we were doing and told him, 'We'd love to h ...; Created on 04 January 2016
13. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); The original white settlers came into the area, which was later named Jeffersonville, in the 1830's. The names DeWitt, Quick, Schermerhorn, Ward, Frederick Scheidell who established a grist mill in 1841 ...; Created on 26 December 2015
14. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... Both Pat and Bill have never shirked from taking on new roles and responsibilities. Here at the Museum, the Society shares space with the Frederick Cook Society, Pat having long-time responsibility ...; Created on 18 October 2014
15. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); The original white settlers came into the area, which was later named Jeffersonville, in the 1830's. The names DeWitt, Quick, Schermerhorn, Ward, Frederick Scheidell who established a grist mill in 1841 ...; Created on 03 November 2011
16. Gas Station Slot Machine: (Liberty); ... of the Peace Fred Schillinger and lost the machine." ...; Created on 07 October 2011
17. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... apparently were satisfied enough in plucking only one charge of buckshot from their hides…. For the past three days, Fred Cottrell, the contractor from Honesdale, along with two assistants, ...; Created on 28 June 2011
18. Directors and Officers: (Historical Society); ... of Directors for Year 2020 Position Name Email President: Arthur Hessinger Vice President: Suzanne Cecil This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Secretary: N. Fred Fries This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ...; Created on 04 November 2010
19. About the Museum: (Sullivan County Museum); ... Society The Frederick A. Cook Society The Dramatic Workshop The Judge Lawrence Cook Room The displays, library, archives and historical rooms are designed, constructed, decorated and maintained by volunteer ...; Created on 01 June 2010
20. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... up residence in the house. Shortly afterwards, the Ferndale Post Office closed and moved to its present location and Maurice was able to buy the building. The building housed Fred Manion’s ...; Created on 11 August 2007
21. The Archives Gang: (History Preserver); ... Koester Judy Magie Grace Bowers Sharon Thorpe Winifred ...; Created on 11 August 2004
22. 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
23. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... their day, but whom time has forgotten. He cites a man named Alfred B. Street who lived in Monticello in the middle decades of the nineteenth century. By 1850, Street was one of America’s most famous poets ...; Created on 11 August 2002
24. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... end, Mr. Frederick J. Lewis became superintendent for the First district, Mr. Charles Hicks for the Second District and Mrs. Emma Chase for the Third District. Superintendent ...; Created on 11 August 2001
25. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... in his town? In reflecting on his lifelong fascination with his Liberty neighbors and their buildings, Del wonders if it was his grandfather that first stimulated his imagination. His grandfather, Alfred ...; Created on 11 August 2000
26. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... well as County Records Management Officer, entailing responsibilities for all County Records. Also, in 1974 Bill began his twenty-four-year association with the Dr. Frederick A. Cook Society and served ...; Created on 11 August 1998
27. James Burbank: (History Preserver); ... of Commerce and helped plan the annual participation in the Sportsman’s Show held in Grand Central Palace in New York City. Along with Fred Starck of Callicoon, he was one of two men from Western Sullivan ...; Created on 11 August 1997

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