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1. Quarter Page Journal Ad (SCHS-JAQP): (Journal Advertising); Quarter Page Journal Ad; Created on 15 August 2016
2. Half Page Journal Ad (SCHS-JAHP): (Journal Advertising); Half Page Journal Ad; Created on 15 August 2016
3. Full Page Journal Ad (SCHS-JAFP): (Journal Advertising); Full Page Journal Ad; Created on 15 August 2016
4. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... at the Monticello High School, and Bob is a new resident in the County, relocated from ? The concert is free, but we will be asking for donations to help fund our March First Sunday concert, when ...; Created on 29 January 2020
5. Rockland: (Category); ... to the North. Turnwood settlers were connected to this highway by taking the Cross Mountain road with easy access to Kingston, and settlers in the South used the Hunter Road. The stage was now set for ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Neversink: (Category); ... went the mile or two to their nearest one or two room school. There were 20 of these small schools in the Tri-Valley School District. Those people going on to high school had to be bussed to either Ellenville ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Lumberland: (Category); ... some 300,000 acres, as compared to about 32,270 acres today and took in what are now the Townships of Bethel, Callicoon, Cochecton, Delaware, Fremont, Highland, Liberty and Tusten. The population of ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Highland ...: (Category); The Information in the listed Highland Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Highland ...: (Category); On December 17, 1853, by an act of the Sullivan County Supervisors, the towns of Highand and Tusten were taken from the Town of Lumberland and each made an independent town. Both towns are in the southwestern ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Fallsburg: (Category); ... With the invention of the automobile and the continuous improvement of the highways leading to the mountains, the O&W�s prosperity started to falter. After many years of struggling, passenger service ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Delaware: (Category); ... cluding today's Towns of Bethel, Highland, Cochecton, Liberty, and Tusten - was formed in 1798. In 1869, the Town of Delaware was taken from the Town of Tusten. The first supervisors of the Town were ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Cochecton: (Category); ... within the Town of Cochecton, are known as County Road 114 and State Highway 17B. Many of the old traditions that followed the earlier settlers to Cochecton remain today. The Town's western border is graced-b ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Callicoon: (Category); ... came from High Falls in Ulster County and were of English and Scottish decent. Legend says they had to hew their way through the forest for 10 miles in Callicoon before a homestead site could be found. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Along The Neversink in the Seventies: (Category); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. High School Yearbook Request ...: (Announcements); An excellent source of information about people From Sullivan County is a high school year book. This past year, the Sullivan County Historical Society has been fortunate to receive two yearbook collections. ...; Created on 21 February 2017
16. The Great Monticello Fire - Rep-Watchman Aug 13th 1909: (Thompson); ... g in the rear of tile Strong Block, caught on fire and with it went W. C. Oddo’s tailoring and furnishing store, Preston’s bar-J her shop, and Frank Ray’s household goods Court Room Burned. , A hi ...; Created on 16 February 2018
17. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... making easier access to Sullivan County, portions of the county became popular with the more affluent. In the Beaverkill and Willowemoc sections, high-ranking railroad officials from the Ontario and Western ...; Created on 17 January 2016
18. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... I grew up in South Fallsburg, too, but I never saw a muskrat.) Harold graduated from Fallsburgh High School in a class of twenty-six students. He is now one of three surviving members of the class of ...; Created on 17 January 2016
19. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... apartment on 83rd Street in a high-rise," Lang recalls. "They were kind of preppy. Today, I guess they'd be yuppies. They were wearing suits. Artie did most of the talking, because I think they seemed pu ...; Created on 04 January 2016
20. Monticello: (Thompson); ... ists who stayed at nearby hotels and bungalow colonies. The village of Monticello is rich in history. It has been a center of commerce and trade since the days of the Newburgh-Cochecton Highway. Many impo ...; Created on 26 December 2015
21. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... a source of inspiration to this young man, as he eventually followed parallel, though different paths throughout his adult life. Harry Dampman taught math at the Summit High School for thirty-eight years ...; Created on 04 April 2012
22. Fifteen Thousand Dollar Boarding House Sold: (Mamakating); March 7, 1912, Livingston Manor Times “J P Bennett, proprietor of the well known Shawangunk Mountain House at Highview, overlooking the village of Bloomingburgh, has sold the property for $15,000 ...; Created on 06 March 2012
23. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Cochecton); ... its own weight to the shore. As the water was not high, however, it did not float away. The company then put up a new span on the New York side. This bridge with three piers was completed in the winte ...; Created on 03 November 2011
24. Mutton Hill Burying Ground....cont: (Neversink); "...In the southwest section is a monument over 12 feet high on a three-foot base standing like a sentinel guarding his little encampment. On its northwest side, facing the road, is the following inscription; ...; Created on 27 October 2011
25. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); The Town of Tusten was part of the Town of Mamakating from 1743 to 1798. In 1798 the Town of Lumberland was formed from Mamakating which included the Towns of Tusten and Highland. In 1853 Highland and ...; Created on 20 October 2011
26. Along the Neversink...: (Neversink); I saw a picture sometime ago of four old Neversink men who were 80,or 90. or 100, as the case might be. They were, as I remember, James Curry, Highby Everet, Nehemiah Everet and Sam (not Samuel) Barnes. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
27. Along the Neversink in the Seventies: (Neversink); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
28. 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
29. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); ... tle west of the Black Lake Road junction on the north side of Route 17-B, near White Lake. Mr. Robert Schlicting, New York State Department of Highways engineer on the reconstruction of 17-B, has placed ...; Created on 22 September 2011
30. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); ... s Durland and Bert Feldman at the NYS Highway Department offices from Monticello to Binghamton to Albany drew a blank look and no information at the county and township level. Acting State Historian Willi ...; Created on 22 September 2011
31. Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); ... century. "In the southwest section is a monument over 12 feet high on a three-foot base, standing like a sentinel guarding his little encampment. On its northwest side, facing the road, is the followin ...; Created on 31 August 2011
32. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... the highly anticipated event that is to usher out the end of an era. For fifty-six years, the one hundred and twenty-five foot chimney has towered high above the surrounding landscape; a well-known landmark ...; Created on 28 June 2011
33. Fulton Cemetery: (Bethel); LOCATION: Lt. Brender Highway, FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747. AKA: Fraser Cemetery REF: 2004 ...; Created on 03 June 2010
34. About the Museum: (Sullivan County Museum); ... was built in 1912 and housed the historic Hurleyville Elementary School, which later became its High School. The last class graduated from the Hurleyville High School in 1945 when county schools were centralized, ...; Created on 01 June 2010
35. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... of the hotel. For us we were very sports oriented because my father loved sports.” In fact, Milton had played football at Monticello High School and briefly at the University of Pennsylvania. As the hotel ...; Created on 11 August 2008
36. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... she learned that the Board of Directors of the Historical Society had unanimously voted to present her with the 2008 Award as History Preserver. We trust that Charlotte was aware of the high regard in ...; Created on 11 August 2008
37. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... House Hill, along with his brothers, Paul and Alan. A graduate of Liberty High School, Class of 1949, he served in the U.S. Navy before going to California in 1954. He managed to come ...; Created on 11 August 2007
38. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... is described in detail under the Town of Highland. There are also final chapters on new modes of transportation- the Delaware and Hudson Canal, the New York and Erie Railway and the New York and Oswego ...; Created on 11 August 2006
39. Andrew Neiderman: (History Makers); ... the next twenty-three years he taught at Fallsburg High School. He is remembered not only as an outstanding teacher, but as a department chairman, faculty president, county teachers’ association president, ...; Created on 01 June 2006
40. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2005 Daniel Skinner Lord High Admiral of the Delaware When the pioneers first entered the lower Delaware valley, they found a land covered ...; Created on 11 August 2005
41. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... ucted an O Gauge railroad layout which still survives. Graduating from High School in 1942, he attended Norwich University, a military college, where he began an engineering program. By 1943 he was in the r ...; Created on 11 August 2005
42. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... That did it. By Friday, cars were parked, or stalled on every highway, road and lane for miles around. Some left their cars on route 17 and walked the 12 miles to the site. As crowds increased, Max concerned ...; Created on 01 June 2004
43. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... 100 Yard Dash: 9.3 seconds Long Jump: 25' 4 ½" Shot Put: 61' (American Decathlon Record) High Jump: 6' 5" 400-meter Run: 47.8 seconds 110-meter High Hurdles: 14.5 seconds Discus: 175' Pole ...; Created on 11 August 2003
44. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... his own library. At Monticello High School, John found time to be on the wrestling, soccer and baseball teams and graduated in 1970. Initially, the years working in the family business ...; Created on 11 August 2002
45. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... of Schools in New York State and the first Superintendent in the Third District in Sullivan County. Having graduated from high school in 1884 at the young age of fifteen, Miss Cooke was refused admittance ...; Created on 11 August 2001
46. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2000 Delbert Van Etten Delbert Van Etten was born in 1927, attended Liberty schools and graduated from Liberty High School ...; Created on 11 August 2000
47. 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
48. 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
49. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... and graduated from Kingston City High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and during the World War II served in the European Theater of War in England and Scotland with the 710th Bomb Squadron. Bill ...; Created on 11 August 1998
50. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... 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 ...; Created on 01 June 1998
51. 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
52. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... a studio at 84 North Main Street in Liberty. The building, though modified over the years, is still in use and lies within the bounds of the Liberty historic district. Besides being a highly successful ...; Created on 11 August 1996
53. Highland ...: (Tags); Highland ...; Created on 26 December 2015
54. Highland ...: (Article Category tagged with: Highland); The Information in the listed Highland Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 26 December 2015
55. Highland ...: (Article Category tagged with: Highland); On December 17, 1853, by an act of the Sullivan County Supervisors, the towns of Highand and Tusten were taken from the Town of Lumberland and each made an independent town. Both towns are in the southwestern ...; Created on 26 December 2015

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