- 1. Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi (2020-06-21)
- (Events Calendar/Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi)
- Three civil-rights workers are killed in Mississippi June 21, 1964 Three civil-rights workers, Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman, were working to register black voters in Mississippi, ...
- Created on 27 December 2015
- 2. James Garfield shot (2020-07-02) ...
- (Events Calendar/James Garfield shot)
- James Garfield shot President James Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, just 4 months after taking office. He died on September 19, 1881 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...
- Created on 27 December 2015
- 3. Highland
- (Category)
- ... 75, the postmaster C .P. Eldred renamed the post office in memory of his father, James Eldred. The inhabitants of Yulan originally wanted to name their hamlet "Laurel" or "Mountain Laurel". However, the ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. Fremont
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- ... LaValley, Thomas S. Ward, William C. Ward, Joseph F. Yendes, Burrow Phillips, G. L. M. Hardenbergh, James Borwn, John Beck, Aaron VanBenschoten and a family of Cannons. Not many of these families are ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 5. Fallsburg
- (Category)
- ... bursting with information titled Gazetteer and Business Directory of Sullivan County, N.Y. for 1872-73. James Eldridge Quinlan�s 1873 �History of Sullivan County,� is a wordy edition full of facts and ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 6. Cochecton
- (Category)
- ... first postmaster of Cochecton when President James Madison established a post route through the town. He also ran the first licensed tavern in the town and died in 1821. In about 1800, Charles Irvine, ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 7. James Eldridge Quinlan ...
- (History Preserver)
- Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2006 James Eldridge Quinlan “ ‘Quinlan’s History of Sullivan County’ – the magic words that always create a ripple ...
- Created on 11 August 2006
- 8. James Burbank ...
- (History Preserver)
- Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 1997 James Burbank (1900 – 1975) Like Manville Wakefield, James Burbank combined a strong interest in local history with ...
- Created on 11 August 1997
- 9. Sullivan County Long Beards
- (History Makers)
- ... sport and subsistence to outdoor enthusiasts. Over the years, the exploits of these sportsmen have been well chronicled, from the early writings of James Quinlan to the current essays of Sullivan County ...
- Created on 18 October 2014
- 10. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.
- (Cochecton)
- ... the Pennsylvania and middle spans. After the fall of the bridge in 1846, a charter for a ferry was obtained from the Legislature of New York State, thru the efforts of the Honorable James C. Curtis. ...
- Created on 03 November 2011
- 11. 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
- 12. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson
- (Bethel)
- ... ery burned in 1887. "A post office was established in 1848 and Hiram Post was appointed the first Postmaster by Carl Johnson, Postmaster General under the administration of James Knox Polk. Wynkoop Kie ...
- Created on 29 September 2011
- 13. Mutton Hill Burying Ground; II
- (Neversink)
- ... fe of James Brown. Daughter of Seth Gillett. Born 1783. Died 1836. "Mehelabel Hall. Born 1736. Died 1812 (born over two hundred years ago and died during the second conflict with Great Britain) "Ez ...
- Created on 01 September 2011
- 14. Directors and Officers
- (Historical Society)
- ... Troiani Edward Cooke James Sullivan Patricia Burns Directors Emeritus: Leni Binder Bernard Cohen John Conway George Ardito Harold Gold Last Updated ...
- Created on 04 November 2010
- 15. About the Society
- (Historical Society)
- ... caused primarily by the great depression and WWII, the organization became alive once more through the efforts of James W. Burbank, the Sullivan County Historian. Newspaper articles appeared inviting all ...
- Created on 05 April 2010
- 16. Edward Van Put
- (History Preserver)
- ... John Conway, the Sullivan County historian, writes, “It is my humble opinion that these two books rank only behind James Eldridge Quinlan’s “History of Sullivan County” and Manville Wakefield’s “To the ...
- Created on 11 August 2009
- 17. Charlotte M. Osterhout
- (History Preserver)
- ... which she was held by the Society, for by this decision, the Directors permanently included Charlotte with that outstanding group of county historians such as James Burbank, Manville Wakefield and John ...
- Created on 11 August 2008
- 18. Paul Gerry
- (History Preserver)
- ... Chamber of Commerce. A special blessing entered Paul’s life in 1973 when he married Patricia James who had grown up in California. Because of her background as a dancer, she was able ...
- Created on 11 August 2007
- 19. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge
- (History Makers)
- ... children: Laura Lee, Russell (Rusty) and James. Rusty, who was born in 1939, early in his life showed a strong interest in all kinds of sports, but was hampered by his small size. When he graduated fr ...
- Created on 11 August 2003
- 20. John Conway
- (History Preserver)
- ... of his knowledge, the Board of Supervisors appointed him to be the County Historian. In that position, he joins a number of former Historical Society members – James Burbank, Manville Wakefield and William ...
- Created on 11 August 2002
- 21. John Raleigh Mott
- (History Makers)
- ... located one mile west of Purvis post-office and Thomas Mott, three brothers named Worden and James Overton, one mile south of it.” The Mott family, therefore, were among the early pioneers ...
- Created on 11 August 1997
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