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1. SULLIVAN COUNTY (NY): A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY IN IMAGES (1596296461): Written by County Historian John Conway; Created on 21 December 2015
2. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... archives and hundreds of items related to local history, including the Woodstock festival, the Borscht Belt resorts, North Pole explorer and native Frederick A. Cook, and more. Hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ...; Created on 11 July 2021
3. Video: (Category); ... a local file you need to upload it to the server and create your own Preview image. replace with whatever appears after the v= on the facebook page use the filename of the file you uploaded ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Rockland: (Category); ... Dodge was its first Supervisor. In the early days the Roscoe-Rockland locality was known as lower Westfield, as distinguished from upper Westfield, now known as Livingston Manor. It was settled by Mr. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Neversink: (Category); ... tended to be more active. In the Rondout Valley where the Lackawack Reservoir is, there was a spectacular hotel (for its day) and businesses clustered along the stream. Visitors and local people enjoyed ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Lumberland: (Category); ... blue-stone quarries near Pond Eddy, followed in 1870 by the local firm of Decker, Kilgore & Company. Stone from these quarries left the Town via the D & H Canal on the New York side of the river and the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Letters to the Editor: (Category); Immediate local reaction after the Woodstock Festival was swift. Within a week, the local weekly newspaers were filled with correspondences concerning the event. Though opinions varied, the majority of ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Fallsburg: (Category); ... trade began. Sportsmen had been visiting the area for many years to hunt and fish. They would hire the local farmers as guides and many would board in the farmers� homes or stay at the local hotels that ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Delaware: (Category); ... chwoods and vacationers from the New York metropolitan area to summer at local boarding houses and hotels. Although it too became a favorite spot for vacationers, Kenoza Lake (Pike Pond) had begun to ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Curious Bits: (Category); Curious Bits in Sullivan County History News from Century Old Archival Newspapers Amongst the Sullivan County Historical Society's archival collection are historical local newspapers, both origina ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. County History: (Category); ... t the decade of the 1960s, and the changes its events brought to the country. Local billionaire Alan Gerry has spared no expense in painstakingly creating these complimentary venues. A new conce ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Cochecton: (Category); ... ly caters to local residents from both sides of the river, and an ultra-modern feed mill--Cochecton Mills, which is operated by Robert and Dennis Nearing, who are descendants of some of the earliest settl ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Civil War: (Category); Sullivan County during the Civil War Articles and News clippings that appeared in local Newspapers during the Civil War. These newspapers and Microfilm Archives are available at the Sullivan County ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Callicoon: (Category); ... years, the only residents. Ward was the first to build a wood farm house in the locality. Three years after the Schermerhorns, Frederick Scheidell located in what was to become a village. He established ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. 1938 Hurricane: (Category); News from the 1938 Hurricane As the tropical storm named Ilene made landform east of New York City, the local media made many comparisons with this recent storm to the hurricane that struck the southern ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. The Borscht Belt: (Now Showing); ... Age” of the resort era. John Conway was born and grew up in Monticello, NY. He has been the Sullivan County Historian since 1993. John has written 4 books on local history, as well as many newspaper col ...; Created on 17 June 2016
17. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... for the O&W at Hartwood Station, young Elsie assisted in the station’s daily chores. Elsie’s personal recollection of, and reverence for, local Forestburgh history seemed to have begun while being witness ...; Created on 17 January 2016
18. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... place. My father, Harold Gold, has never held political office, invented transformative devices, or revolutionized science, but he has made local history through his business and community service in Sullivan ...; Created on 17 January 2016
19. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... til mid-morning Monday August 18. The festival closed the New York State Thruway and created one of the nation's worst traffic jams. It also inspired a slew of local and state laws to ensure that nothing ...; Created on 04 January 2016
20. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... of South Fallsburg. Hurleyville was originally settled by William Hurley. The local economy was originally centered on dairy farming, but gradually became part of the Catskills Borscht Belt resort area. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
21. Where requests are from: (Genealogy Department); ... also have people who are local that stop by the museum for help with their family search requests. I have tried to respond in some form to all requests in a timely manner. ...; Created on 17 April 2015
22. Cemetery Interrment Records: (Genealogy Department); ... also keep a listing of all the local cemeteries in Sullivan County on our Website! Go to Cemeteries ...; Created on 12 March 2015
23. General Store: (Now Showing); ... at the local general store. The Museum has an extensive collection of items you might find at one of these general stores on display. View Gallery ...; Created on 18 December 2014
24. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... Turkey Federation, the local chapter has promoted, over the years, the involvement of outdoor activity through education and conservation. The sponsors of numerous programs, the Sullivan County Long ...; Created on 18 October 2014
25. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... in managing that society’s local operational business. Though world-wide interest of the famed Arctic explorer remains at a steady level, interest in the Frederick Cook Society has decreased. With the ...; Created on 18 October 2014
26. John B. (Jack) Niflot: (History Preserver); ... its newsletter, the ECHO, continuously since then. Jack, a Charter Member and past president of the Upper Delaware Heritage Alliance was recognized for his extraordinary contributions related to local ...; Created on 25 November 2013
27. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... volunteering for organizations within the local community. This too, would be the course Allan would choose to follow upon his arrival in Sullivan County in 1964. When Allan graduated from Summit Hig ...; Created on 04 April 2012
28. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... interesting item that we might mention here concerns the Callicoon Local Record, now poopularly known as the Sullivan County Record. It was first published in Youngsville by William T. Morgan; the dat ...; Created on 03 November 2011
29. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... abandoned. The Town of Tusten did not fare well in the twentiety century. The trees by then were gone and the local supply of bluestone used up. Automobiles and trucks took business away from the railroad ...; Created on 20 October 2011
30. Erect Historic Marker on Site of first House in Monticello: (Thompson); ... the State Department of History being at the bottom, it bears the name of the Sullivan County Historical Society. "It is hoped that other communities will evince a like interest in their local histor ...; Created on 22 September 2011
31. Stone Arch Bridge Saved For Posterity: (General History); ... yn Bridge. The bridge has been declared a national monument and a plaque is to be placed on it. However, nothing else is to be done to save the bridge. Some members of the local historical group have mumb ...; Created on 22 September 2011
32. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... Local farmers with their teams went to work for the oil company, drawing the material all along the line, earning as much as four dollars a day. Contracts were signed with farmers and lumbermen for furnishing ...; Created on 28 June 2011
33. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... a friendship with Liberty historian Del Van Etten who helped him to find his way amidst local archives. The invention of the electronic copier enabled Ed to begin accumulating lots of material ...; Created on 11 August 2009
34. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... recently observed his or her 100th birthday. However, such longevity is not common among the local hotels. In fact, when in 2007 the Kutsher’s Country Club celebrated its 100th birthday, it was the only ...; Created on 11 August 2008
35. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... and Art Center. He served as Vice-President of the Greater Liberty Chamber of Commerce and has worked on various beautification projects in the village of Liberty as well as having an active role in local ...; Created on 11 August 2007
36. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... used both by the local and metropolitan newspapers. In 1968 he opened Revonah Records, a Bluegrass label, from a studio located in his home. Artists came from as far away as Virginia ...; Created on 11 August 2007
37. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... copies from a surviving copy of the original edition. These copies in turn were sold out in a few years to interested readers both locally and across the country. At present, arrangements are being made ...; Created on 11 August 2006
38. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... oscoe where Wilmer attended the local schools. As a boy he was fascinated with railroads and his interest in building models was encouraged by adults and he was given a portion of the basement where he const ...; Created on 11 August 2005
39. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... ps took them to the Laurels Country Club by Sackett Lake to play a top Sullivan County semipro team, the Emeralds of Monticello. As center, she had to play against a tall, husky local fellow named Russel ...; Created on 11 August 2003
40. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... years later. At that time a schoolteacher, in addition to a salary of $2.50 per week, was provided room and board at the homes of her students. It was expected that the local teacher would live with the ...; Created on 11 August 2001
41. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... was brief, that training had a long-term effect on his life. After returning to civilian life he worked for almost fifty years as a draftsman with several local engineers such as Olney Borden and Dolph ...; Created on 11 August 2000
42. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... Board of Supervisors. Many believed that the arrangement which went back to the earliest years of the county was no longer adequate and that a person elected town Supervisor on the basis of local issues ...; Created on 11 August 1999
43. 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
44. 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
45. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... denied the Borough’s application. He was responsible for the decision that required New York State to move promptly and transfer prisoners from local jails to the State prison system within ten days after ...; Created on 11 August 1996
46. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... photographer, Mr. Hillig had a venturesome spirit. He owned one of the first automobiles in the county and in 1916 he and another local individual made a transcontinental trip across the country in an ...; Created on 11 August 1996
47. Marjorie Durland Smith: (History Preserver); ... of remarkable women. Marjorie has been a member of the Society and active in the field of local history for over forty years. Her list of accomplishments during this period is lengthy and can only ...; Created on 11 August 1994

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