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1. Woodsongs Coffeehouse Presents RhythmFest (2017-11-18) ...: (Events Calendar/Woodsongs Coffeehouse Presents RhythmFest); Woodsongs Coffeehouse Presents RhythmFest 3 845-434-8044 ...; Created on 04 November 2017
2. One-Room Schoolhouse Presentation (2018-08-09) ...: (Events Calendar/One-Room Schoolhouse Presentation); One-Room Schoolhouse Presentation 3 ...; Created on 23 July 2018
3. SCHS Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner (2017-10-01): (Events Calendar/SCHS Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner); SCHS Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner 6 (845) 434-8044; Created on 03 September 2017
4. Theme Tree Open House (2017-01-01) ...: (Events Calendar/Theme Tree Open House); Theme Tree Open House ...; Created on 23 October 2016
5. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... Carol Smith) have been presenting live music at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville. Their first project, the Woodsongs Coffeehouse, was an evening series of concerts that ran for eight years. Notable ...; Created on 29 January 2020
6. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... Main Street in downtown Hurleyville, the Sullivan County Cultural Center (commonly known as the County’s museum) is home to the Sullivan County Historical Society and houses multiple exhibits, genealogical ...; Created on 11 July 2021
7. British troops enter Washington, D.C. (2020-08-24): (Events Calendar/British troops enter Washington, D.C.); British troops enter Washington, D.C. On August 24, 1814, British troops under General Robert Ross enter Washington, D.C. to destroy many government buildings, including the White House, the Treasury building ...; Created on 27 December 2015
8. Thompson: (Category); ... The Village of Monticello was incorporated in 1830. The first town meeting of Thompson was held at the house of Abraham Warring, who kept a tavern in Thompsonville. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Rockland: (Category); ... came from Middletown, Connecticut. They located and remained about a year in Wawarsing and in 1789 set out for Big Beaverkill Flats driving his livestock ahead of an ox-sled loaded with household goods. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Neversink: (Category); ... made along the valley of the Neversink. Neversink had a casino, a brass band and many other attributes of a rural community that attracted guests who came to stay at nearby boarding houses. In 1900, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Highland: (Category); ... e boarding houses and small summer hotels built in the Town of Highland catered mostly to German and Irish guests. Today much of Highland is still undeveloped. The main industry in the town is touri ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Fremont: (Category); ... property and moved there in 1835. They found an abandoned frame house, a saw mill and land that had been tilled many years. From this it may be assumed that the earlier settlers had left the lands for ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Forestburgh: (Category); ... , hunting, trapping and lumbering induced settlers. W. W. Gillman arrived about 1850 and brought trade and population growth, as he set up a lumber mill, 32 houses for his employees, boarding houses, tanne ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Fallsburg: (Category); ... in the Neversink River. One month later, on April 4, the first town meeting was held in the schoolhouse where the hamlet of Fallsburg is today. The settlement was then known as Neversink Falls. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. Delaware: (Category); ... Jersey, to settle at the confluence of Callicoon Creek and the Delaware River. Acting as Griswold's land agent, he built a house near what is now Upper Delaware Campgrounds. When Ross came to what cam ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. County History: (Category); ... resorts replaced logging camps and farmhouses became boarding houses. With the railroads providing easy access to the county for the first time, the tourism industry really began to grow. The western ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. 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
18. Callicoon: (Category); ... There was hardly a path to follow since the former DeWitt road practically was obliterated. When they did build, it is believed they located the house on high land running from the present Lagemann ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. 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
20. 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
21. Erect Historic Marker on Site of first House in Monticello ...: (Thompson); ... built in that community. "Constructed by the Jones brothers, Monticello's first structure was put up in December, 1804. Planking from the original house has been employed to panel the Board of Direct ...; Created on 22 September 2011
22. Old Mansion House ...: (Bethel); September 15, 1911 Liberty Register "There is much discussion of a plan to rehabiliate the Old Mansion House at Monticello, and again make it the center of life in that village. "The upper floo ...; Created on 15 September 2011
23. Sullivan County Historical Society 2020 Election: (News); ... household to make their choices for those positions. The ballots are included in the current Observer newsletter along with a return envelope. All ballots must be returned by December 31, 2020. Thank ...; Created on 01 December 2020
24. The Great Monticello Fire - Rep-Watchman Aug 13th 1909: (Thompson); ... section of Monticello is In ashes. It's glory has departed. At S:30 o’clock on Tuesday night, the power house of the Murray Electric Light & Power Co., was discovered to be on fire and was in a mass o ...; Created on 16 February 2018
25. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); ... n drive around and you can see reminents of that,” Frishman said. “According to the New York Times, in 1953 we had 538 hotels and 1,000 rooming houses and 50,000 bungalows in Sullivan County,” Conway sai ...; Created on 06 July 2017
26. The Borscht Belt: (Now Showing); ... , Sullivan County Historian John Conway and Song Stylist Patti Greco. Patti was born and raised in Sullivan County. Her performances have consistently brought rave reviews: "powerhouse performer" , "G ...; Created on 17 June 2016
27. Sullivan Life: (Now Showing); ... into towns. Lifestyle and Household furniture and neccesaties have changed a lot since the days the county was formed. This Exhibit will show what the typical home life was like with displays of Furniture, ...; Created on 11 June 2016
28. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... expanded their houses to accommodate seasonal guests. The farms of Abram Butler and Elsie Winterberger Willis Butler, Elsie’s grandfather and father, located along the banks of the Beaverkill, became destinations ...; Created on 17 January 2016
29. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... anyway. Goldstein went alone to his first town board meeting in Wallkill. "This was before we knew we had problems," he said. "It was probably in June. We had a full house. No more than 150 people ...; Created on 04 January 2016
30. Monticello: (Thompson); ... Before the log house was built in Monticello or the first tree cut, the farseeing brothers first surveyed their planned village, laying out broad streets and a central park. Trees were marked to indicate ...; Created on 26 December 2015
31. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... e called his hotel The Jefferson House. From this the village received its new name. The first commercial hotel was opened in 1882 and was called the Beck House. The village was linked to Liberty by t ...; Created on 26 December 2015
32. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... During its heyday as a resort Hurleyville was home to many popular summer hotels, bungalow colonies and boarding houses, the biggest and best known was the rather grand Colombia Hotel located atop Colombia ...; Created on 26 December 2015
33. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... be the spark for a life-long interest in fashion. Visiting other historic houses, she learned about early fashion and furniture through knowledge of docents, museum guides who are trained to educate visitors ...; Created on 18 October 2014
34. Gladys Olmsted: (History Makers); ... Public Health Nurse in 1951, in an “office” with a dirt floor in the basement of the courthouse and retired 34 years later as the Director of the Sullivan County Public Health Nursing Service. She saw ...; Created on 25 November 2013
35. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Fallsburg); ... was quickly hauled back to the round house at the Middletown yards for repairs, continuously blowing steam out of its broken vent along the route. ...; Created on 25 November 2012
36. 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
37. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... season many of the residents also conduct boarding-houses for the numerous City people who come to the healthful and scenic environment of Youngsville to seek rest, invigorating air and recreation. ...; Created on 03 November 2011
38. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... e called his hotel The Jefferson House. From this the village received its new name. The first commercial hotel was opened in 1882 and was called the Beck House. The village was linked to Liberty by t ...; Created on 03 November 2011
39. The Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); ... e onto a shaded dirt road. Then driving one-half mile in a southeasterly direction on this dirt road, we come to a four corners. On our left is the pound schoolhouse, or better known today as District ...; Created on 27 October 2011
40. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); ... and freight. The railroad brought growth and prosperity to Narrowsburg. Many new stores, shops and other businesses sprang up in the community. Hotels were opened in town and country boarding houses thrived ...; Created on 20 October 2011
41. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... to the 1856 Sullivan County map, it appears to have been situated just to the east of what would later become known as the Morsston House, just a few hundred yards from the tannery site. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
42. 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
43. Along the Neversink....: (Neversink); ... boarding house keeper along the Neversink. Jake Sharp, the millwright who was famous because he installed a ram that forced water from the river level up a 100-foot grade to supply his house with water ...; Created on 07 October 2011
44. Along the Neversink...: (Neversink); ... his tormentors - as fate would have it, one of the least offensive. Julia Quick was the neighborhood woman tramp. She went from house to house, washed, scrubbed, spun and wove, but she would never stay ...; Created on 07 October 2011
45. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); SCHS Observer - March 8, 1965 "One of the first houses built in what was then called Mongaup Mill, was the dwelling of Squire William Gillespie (my grandmother's father) built in 1800. In June 18 ...; Created on 29 September 2011
46. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); ... rected in front of the Intercounty Trust Company in Monticello is still being made. It will mark the site of the Jones house, first buildeing in the village. The village will bear the expense." ...; Created on 22 September 2011
47. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... to the 1856 Sullivan County map, it appears to have been situated just to the east of what would later become known as the Morsston House, just a few hundred yards from the tannery site. ...; Created on 16 August 2011
48. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... height, the walls of the pump house were totally constructed by brick, the girders and beams made of iron, and the roof of sheet metal, making the structure fully fireproof. Where the exterior walls met ...; Created on 28 June 2011
49. D&H Canal: (General History); ... he Wurts brothers arranged for a demonstration. On January 7, 1825, the business leaders of New York City gathered at the Tontine Coffee House on Wall Street to witness for the first time the glow of anthrac ...; Created on 04 June 2010
50. 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
51. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2007 Maurice Gerry A native of Ferndale, NY, Maurice attended the two room school house on what was called School ...; Created on 11 August 2007
52. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... Bethel. The last of these, the former Mel Stevenson farm, was acquired after a devastating fire destroyed Max’s main barn in 1963. The 127 head of cattle were saved, but Max now needed a barn to house ...; Created on 01 June 2004
53. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... ow known as Longbrook House. However, the life was exhausting for Jennie, because in addition to her hotel responsibilities she and Harry had two children: Paul born September 17, 1915 and Elaine born Decem ...; Created on 11 August 2002
54. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... C. Chase would become a household name in Sullivan County, New York a world away from her hometown. A woman of vision, tremendous focus and tenacity, she became the first female Superintendent ...; Created on 11 August 2001
55. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... finest buildings, the Keller House, would be torn down and he accepted the Mayor’s challenge. Two years of work were required but, eventually, by 1978 he was notified that Liberty Village District had ...; Created on 11 August 2000
56. Francis S. Currey: (History Makers); ... in the building and crossed the street to secure rockets meanwhile enduring intense fire from enemy tanks and hostile infantrymen who had taken up a position at a house a short distance away. In the f ...; Created on 01 June 2000
57. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... to the county and following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather he was concerned about the county medical facilities. As Dr. Gavis remembers, it was a wintry night in 1964 when a house call ...; Created on 11 August 1999
58. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... Marjorie Chase Durland, a local girl with deep family roots in Monticello and the Town of Thompson. After many house moves in their first few years together, Bill and Sam (Marge) raised their four children ...; Created on 11 August 1998
59. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... staffing of the judicial system. A Court Facilities Task Force created a 500-page report detailing the terrible conditions in many courthouses and the use of computers was encouraged throughout the state ...; Created on 01 June 1998
60. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... grew potatoes and vegetables. During the summer the family of four (Bob had an older brother) moved into a chicken coop, about 15’ x 15’ and rented the house to guests escaping New York City’s summer heat. ...; Created on 11 August 1996

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