- 1. John Wilkes Boothe Killed (2020-04-26)
- (Events Calendar/John Wilkes Boothe Killed)
- John Wilkes Boothe Killed April 26, 1865 - The 12 day manhunt for Lincoln's assassin comes to an end when John Wilkes Booth is shot by Union soldiers while hiding in a barn near Port Royal, Virginia. ...
- Created on 27 December 2015
- 2. Rockland
- (Category)
- ... mine still remains a mystery to this day. Tunis acted as a guide for the Marquis de Lafayette on a hunting trip into the Beaverkill valley. Lafayette presented him with a gun for his services. ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. Mamakating
- (Category)
- ... people traveling the old mine road from Kingston found land that was good for planting crops, plenty of game to hunt, streams filled with fish, and virgin trees to build homes. They decided that it was ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. 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
- 5. Fallsburg
- (Category)
- ... were four sawmills and a large tannery in the area providing considerable employment. Hurleyville was named after an old hunter, William Hurley, who was the first settler of the area. ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 6. Delaware
- (Category)
- ... to be known as Callicoon, there were few settlers in the area, none within a mile of his new home. Many years before, hunters from the Hudson Valley had ventured into the valley of the Callicoon Creek ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 7. County History
- (Category)
- ... spent the warm weather months in this heavily forested region, particularly along the major rivers, which they used for transportation. Here they hunted, fished, and farmed, growing corn, squash and beans. ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 8. Cochecton
- (Category)
- ... Huntington, a natural beauty spot that was inviting to the tourists who journeyed to the mountains. The Town of Cochecton was originally a part of Mamakating. When the Town of Lumberland separated from ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 9. Callicoon
- (Category)
- ... was taught by Mary Hunt in a house owned by Henry Cannon. A Saw mill was built in Callicoon Center in 1848 by a settler named Williams. It was followed by a store that Robert M. Grant set up in 1849 ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 10. Old Lake Huntington Cemetery ...
- (Cochecton)
- LOCATION: Cochecton Township FAMILY: Keesler Family - Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 AKA: 1st Presbyterian Church ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 11. Lake Huntington Presbyterian Church Cemetery ...
- (Cochecton)
- LOCATION: Cochecton, NY 2nd Cemetery AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 REF: None
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 12. Sullivan County Long Beards
- (History Makers)
- ... and preservation of habitat and promoting our hunting heritage. The volunteers of the Sullivan County Long Beards are a small group of active, dedicated members that have the youth, women and veterans ...
- Created on 18 October 2014
- 13. Lawrence H. Cooke
- (History Makers)
- ... the northeast where they received awards. He also raised beagles and a picture of two of his hounds which had won prizes in American Kennel Club championships appeared on the cover of a hunting magazine. ...
- Created on 01 June 1998
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