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... One of the original inhabitants, Steve Porter, built a house there in 1807 and was followed by many of his friends. However, the population did not grow significantly until after 1835. By the 1850�s there ...

... 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. ...

... Other kids went to school above the movie theater or in the basement of a local hotel. After school, Harold and his friends trapped muskrats to sell to fur dealers from New York City. (Talk about change! ...

... ," recorded by Jan and Dean. He also wrote songs and produced the music for the Cowsills. Michael Lang didn't wear shoes very often. Friends described him as a cosmic pixie, with a head full of curly ...

... a friendship with Liberty historian Del Van Etten who helped him to find his way amidst local archives. The invention of the electronic copier enabled Ed to begin accumulating lots of material ...

... income they began taking in friends for the summer months. Even with the summer visitors, the farm continued in operation with horses, dairy cows and of course chickens and the family grew with the addition ...

... 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 ...

... chapters which take up almost the first one hundred pages. Another source of knowledge was provided by friends and neighbors who had actually lived through events he described. He was greatly concerned ...

... Rockland area. At the same time that the museum building was being acquired, Wilmer and his friends who shared his enthusiasm for the O&W also began thinking of acquiring a trout car: one of the reg ...

... Town of Bethel. She was born in 1923 in Mongaup Valley. Her father was a carpenter and there were scores of friends and relatives to pass on the stories, handed down from generation to generation, to an ...

... d about that world we primarily see harshness, poverty, and exhaustion, but at the same time there was much joy because of the closeness of family and friends. Jennie never forgot those people with wh ...

... with Mother Polycarpi and Mrs. Grossinger. Both personal friendships led to improved conditions for students. Mrs. Chase went back to her early teaching days and her understanding of ...

... 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. ...

... Marge became active in the Presbyterian Church in Monticello. Bill served on the Session, the Budget Committee and with the Boy Scouts. He quietly helped countless friends, family members, neighbors and ...

... in the State, who could have gone on to achieve even higher honors in Washington, but was one who never lost his sense of roots: that Sullivan County was home and that all its citizens were his friends ...

... to the administration of justice.” When Judge Williams retired in the summer of 1995, he was honored with a dinner attended by over 700 of his neighbors and friends around the State. ...

... construction of a castle similar to one near his boyhood home in Germany. He spent much of his time there, entertaining his many friends at picnics and never tiring of telling of his trip across the ocean. ...

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