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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. SULLIVAN COUNTY (NY): A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY IN IMAGES (1596296461): Written by County Historian John Conway; Created on 21 December 2015
4. Heritage Club 100 (SCHSHC100): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
5. Heritage Club 50 (SCHSHC50): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
6. Family Membership (SCHSFM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
7. Individual Membership (SCHSIM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 20 December 2015
8. M L King Day (2016-01-18): (Events Calendar/M L King Day); M L King Day The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
9. Valentine's Day (2016-02-14): (Events Calendar/Valentine's Day); Valentine's Day The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
10. Presidents' Day (2016-02-15): (Events Calendar/Presidents' Day); Presidents' Day The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
11. Good Friday (2016-03-25): (Events Calendar/Good Friday); Good Friday The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
12. Easter Sunday (2016-03-27): (Events Calendar/Easter Sunday); Easter Sunday The Museum will be closed On Easter Sunday.; Created on 27 December 2015
13. Mother's Day (2016-05-08): (Events Calendar/Mother's Day); Mother's Day The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
14. Father's Day (2016-06-19): (Events Calendar/Father's Day); Father's Day The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
15. Labor Day (2016-09-05): (Events Calendar/Labor Day); Labor Day The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
16. Columbus Day (2016-10-10): (Events Calendar/Columbus Day); Columbus Day The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
17. Halloween (2016-10-31): (Events Calendar/Halloween); Halloween The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
18. Veterans Day (2016-11-11): (Events Calendar/Veterans Day); Veterans Day The Museum will operate on it's normal schedule; Created on 27 December 2015
19. Birth of the U.S. Coast Guard (2020-08-04): (Events Calendar/Birth of the U.S. Coast Guard); Birth of the U.S. Coast Guard On August 4, 1790, Congress authorized Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton to build a fleet of 10 cutters to protect the U.S. coastline. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
20. Rockland: (Category); ... Harrington in 1790. Before the establishment of Livingston Manor in 1882 there was Morsston to the East and Purvis to the West. Morsston was located near the South line of the Little Beaverkill stream. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. Mamakating: (Category); ... been a effort by interested citizens of Sullivan County to save what is left of the D and H canal. There are many places where you can see what the D and H looked like. One is on the line between Summitville ...; Created on 30 November -0001
22. Fallsburg: (Category); ... the area around the falls but also worked hard toward the establishment of the town. In fact, it was considered naming the town after him, but he declined the honor. In 1832, Rufus Palen opened the first ...; Created on 30 November -0001
23. Departments: (Category); ... efficiently, please try to address your questions to the appropriate departments. we answer all requests in the order they are recieved. When available please make use of the online forms and provide all ...; Created on 30 November -0001
24. Delaware: (Category); ... dner established a paper mill. Callicoon Depot, as it was first known, did not exist until the building of the Erie, America's first long line railroad. During construction of the Erie's Delaware Di ...; Created on 30 November -0001
25. County History: (Category); ... about 1965. Many factors played a role in the decline of the Catskill resorts. The growth of suburbia and the proliferation of air conditioning made summers in the city more bearable. Inexpensive air travel ...; Created on 30 November -0001
26. Callicoon: (Category); ... of German lineage living in those three towns. In addition to the Germans, Callicoon attracted many Swiss and the name Swill hill is a clue to where many of them settled. The Town of Callicoon has ...; Created on 30 November -0001
27. 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
28. Trunk Line 4 ...: (Rockland); September 29, 1911; Liberty Register "The surveyors of trunk line No. 4 are rushing the work along very rapidly. At present they are at work between Livingston Manor and Roscoe. "An effort is being ma ...; Created on 23 September 2011
29. The Oil Pipeline ...: (General History); ... from the eight coal-burning boilers that powered the pumps to push crude oil through four six-inch pipes, part of the Standard Oil Company’s pipeline that fed crude oil from the western Pennsylvania oil ...; Created on 28 June 2011
30. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); ... to put back into these places so slowly, they declined,” Frishman said. Today, some of the old bungalows are owned by orthodox groups, who occupy the buildings during the summer months. “There are st ...; Created on 06 July 2017
31. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... along the old railroad line between Hartwood and Oakland Valley. But perhaps most of all, Elsie may be best known for her weekly columns published in the Sullivan County Democrat. Her “Forestburgh Lore” ...; Created on 17 January 2016
32. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... Sullivan County history. Harold’s father Izzy was a successful plumbing contractor who helped build many of Sullivan County’s resorts. His business included propane gas as a sideline. Izzy’s three sons ...; Created on 17 January 2016
33. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... nto the New York State Thruway, and it was right off Route 211, a major local thoroughfare. It has the essentials, electricity and water lines. The land was zoned for industry; among the permitted uses were ...; Created on 04 January 2016
34. Monticello: (Thompson); ... the lines. Consequently, Monticello became a grand town with wide streets, magnificent shade trees, and a beautiful "public square." In addition, as Samuel Jones planned, the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpik ...; Created on 26 December 2015
35. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... , the gas lines for light were replaced by electricity, a village dump and reservoir were built, water lines were laid, additional streets were developed and all streets paved. Small area schools consolidat ...; Created on 26 December 2015
36. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Cochecton); ... by the Major across the Neversink river at Bridgeville on the line of the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike in the year 1807. It was known as the arch plan. The arches consisted of massive white pine timbers. ...; Created on 03 November 2011
37. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... , the gas lines for light were replaced by electricity, a village dump and reservoir were built, water lines were laid, additional streets were developed and all streets paved. Small area schools consolidat ...; Created on 03 November 2011
38. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... a sawmill, a gristmill, a brickyard, several stores, a church, a school and a post office. However, with the end of the timber and stone industries, the community steadily declined until it was essentially ...; Created on 20 October 2011
39. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... much work would be required, Ed gradually became a writer and over the years assisted by his wife, Judy O’Brien Van Put, he learned the disciplines of research and the ability to weave that research into ...; Created on 11 August 2009
40. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... to recall family relationships. Over the years Charlotte was able to trace her own lineage back 400 years. In her younger adult years she was busy with family and work. She married Richard ...; Created on 11 August 2008
41. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... when that spring more than 3,000 raftsmen came down the river, but declined rapidly afterwards because the virgin forests of the upper Delaware were depleted. The lumber industry faded along with the settl ...; Created on 11 August 2005
42. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... In 1865 delegates from the counties in this area met in Delhi to discuss building a railroad line from Oswego on Lake Ontario to Jersey City on the Hudson. D. C. Littlejohn, a speaker of the Assembly, ...; Created on 11 August 2005
43. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... e ghetto of the City. Despite the friendliness and helpfulness of their new neighbors, the adjustment to America was difficult. Their first apartment probably did not live up to their dreams of a new wor ...; Created on 11 August 2002
44. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... and finally operations manager. Unfortunately, radio work had an uncertain future in a county where the main industry, tourism, was in decline and John took a job as Purchasing Agent ...; Created on 11 August 2002
45. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... from the decline of the tourist industry, there were increasing expressions of dissatisfaction with the traditional arrangement in the county which designated the fifteen town Supervisors as the County ...; Created on 11 August 1999
46. John Raleigh Mott: (History Makers); ... he wrote sixteen volumes on missionary and evangelistic matters. President Wilson was so impressed with him that he offered him the ambassadorship to China, which Mott declined. Eliohu Root, Secretary ...; Created on 11 August 1997

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