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1. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); Museum Reopening Longtime County Attractions Reopen Thursday, July 08, 2021 An extraordinarily detailed scale model of the famed Roebling Aqueduct, which used to carry boats across the Delaware River, ...; Created on 11 July 2021
2. Rockland: (Category); ... It was an arduous journey taking two weeks because they had to hack there way along the narrow trail to get the sled through. The Stewarts followed the well know Sun trail which was used by the savages ...; Created on 30 November -0001
3. Neversink: (Category); ... or Liberty or perhaps they had to go in and board. Our communities were quiet rural communities – the great boom of the 1800’s and the tanneries was over. The communities located along the river beds ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Mamakating: (Category); ... was still a part of Ulster County. During the early and middle 1700`s the construction of forts all along the old mine road (Route 209) was necessary to protect the settlers from hostile Indians. There ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Highland: (Category); ... part of the county along the Delaware River. The Town of Highland was named after the geography of its land. the "highlands" between the Delaware River and the Mongaup river rises to 1,300 feet in som ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Fremont: (Category); ... 1800. The land was owned by absentee landlords – one of the chief owners was Lucas Elmendorf. He eventually moved into the Long Eddy section. Isaac Simmons is credited by Quinlan of being the first ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Forestburgh: (Category); ... lings exist for seasonal and weekend vacationers. There are also designated areas to preserve wildlife, especially for the bald eagle habitat along the Mongaup River on County Road 43 near Lumberland ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Fallsburg: (Category); ... Wawarsing by way of the Chestnut Creek through Grahamsville as well as traveling north by way of Denniston�s Ford. By 1800, the upper flats along the river were pretty well settled. During ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Delaware: (Category); ... finding abundant wild turkey and naming the waterway "Kolikoonkill" (Turkey River). Not long after Ross's first settlement, the lumber rafting industry came into being. It began in 1764, when Daniel Skin ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. 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
11. Cochecton: (Category); ... writings indicate that Cochecton was either the first or the second permanent settlement in Sullivan County. Records show that a group of exploring Swedes, who traveled from Connecticut, settled along ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Callicoon: (Category); ... River. Callicoon continued in relative isolation until it was relatively certain the railroad would be built through in the mid-1800s. John DeWitt, born in Dutches County and later a long time merchant ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Bethel: (Category); ... came to town. He started a community that he called “Mountain Lakes". It was not long before it became known as Smallwood. Mr. Smallwood employed about 100 men during the time of the depression. This was ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Along The Neversink in the Seventies ...: (Category); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. 1938 Hurricane: (Category); ... shore of Long Island in 1938. For Sullivan County, both storms impacted our section in similar fashion. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Sullivan County Long Beards ...: (History Makers); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY MAKER AWARD 2014 Sullivan County Long Beards Since the very earliest days of Sullivan County history, the county’s forests and streams have provided both ...; Created on 18 October 2014
17. Along The Neversink.... ...: (Neversink); "...Stephen Andrus owned the big chestnut woods and every boy, the writer not excepted, early learned the art of thievery by slipping into the chestnut orchard, gathering a pocket full of nuts and then ...; Created on 28 December 2011
18. Along the Neversink..... ...: (Neversink); "...John R Tompkins, father of Ross, was a drover and a great maple sugar maker. So much so that he was known in Monticello and Ellenville as Sugar John. John Low, Phoebe Low, and Vick Chamblin ran the ...; Created on 07 October 2011
19. Along the Neversink.. ...: (Neversink); Alvin Hall, big in every way except stature. And thus a neighborhood yarn. When the wild pigeons went to the Willowemoc swamps to nest in the spring, farmers along the Neversink made beds of buckwheat ...; Created on 07 October 2011
20. 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
21. Along the Neversink... ...: (Neversink); ... more than a few days in any one home. These two characters were a part of the home life along the Neversink in the 70's. But there were many, very many strong characters along the Neversink at thi ...; Created on 07 October 2011
22. Along the Neversink in the Seventies ...: (Neversink); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
23. Long Family Cemetery Beechwoods ...: (Delaware); LOCATION: Baurenfiend Road, Beechwoods AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery may be found at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
24. 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
25. William "Bill" Burns Memorial: (News); It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing that long time board member, Bill Burns has passed away. He has served the Sullivan County Historical Society for over 40 years as a member, board member, ...; Created on 29 March 2020
26. New Book Available at the Gift Shop about Judge Cooke: (Announcements); ... History. Judge Lawrence Cooke was the former Chief Judge of New York State and a lifelong resident of Monticello, NY. The book takes a look at Judge Cooke as a person as well as a respected jurist. The ...; Created on 04 August 2017
27. Please donate to help us preserve the Republican Watchman!: (Announcements); ... was donated by Susan Schock and her family who were the long time publishers of the Republican Watchman. Many of the newspapers have been bound in books and many are loose. The SCHS is asking for your ...; Created on 14 September 2016
28. Sullivan Life: (Now Showing); ... In the late 19th century, the Industrial Revolution and the advent of factories driven by water power along the streams and rivers led to an increase in population attracted to the jobs. Hamlets enlarged ...; Created on 11 June 2016
29. New Exhibit "Early Sullivan County" to Open June 12th: (Museum News); ... has volunteered at the Sullivan County Historical Society for many years creating exhibits in different areas of interest. The current work is a loving effort to put forward vignettes of times of long ...; Created on 22 May 2016
30. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... into the upper Beaverkill Valley wilderness. Their survival depended on subsistence farming, lumber rafted down the river to urban markets along the Delaware River and hauling hemlock bark to the large ...; Created on 17 January 2016
31. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... 1940. After high school, Harold went to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied economics, participated in the student ruckuses known as “Rowbottoms,” and made lifelong friends. ...; Created on 17 January 2016
32. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... enman, the son of a prominent Long Island orthodontist, had just graduated from Yale Law School. In 1967, the mustachioed Rosenman, 24, was playing guitar for a lounge band in motels from Long Island to Las V ...; Created on 04 January 2016
33. Monticello: (Thompson); ... new county would ultimately be formed out of the southwestern part of the county. He predicted the county seat for this new county would be located along the new turnpike and envisioned a village of his ...; Created on 26 December 2015
34. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); Hurleyville, New York is a hamlet in the Town of Fallsburg, New York in Sullivan County, New York. The town lies along County Road 104 and was originally developed because it was on the main route between ...; Created on 26 December 2015
35. Vinyl Record: (Past Exhibits); Long before the iPod and CDs people used to listen to records pressed on Vinyl. View Gallery ...; Created on 18 December 2014
36. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... along with a deep sense of volunteerism, has benefited not only the Society, but our entire community. Though Bill’s ancestors were amongst the earliest settlers who migrated to SullivanCounty, both ...; Created on 18 October 2014
37. Interview: John Heizer: (Video); Interview with long time resident John Heizer john_heizer ...; Created on 28 May 2014
38. Interview: David Gerson: (Video); Interview with long time Resident David Gerson dave_gerson ...; Created on 28 May 2014
39. John B. (Jack) Niflot: (History Preserver); ... and preserving the history and heritage of the Upper Delaware Valley is best exemplified by his co-founding of the Basket Historical Society in 1980, establishing its museum in Long Eddy and publishing/editing ...; Created on 25 November 2013
40. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Fallsburg); Trouble at the Fallsburgh Tunnel Sixty years after their construction, the tunnels along the route of the New York, Ontario & Western Railway began showing their age, the resulting deterioration ...; Created on 25 November 2012
41. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... the important work that he has performed for the Society and his involvement in commemorating the Revolutionary War battle above Minisink Ford, but also his long tenure of involvement within the whol ...; Created on 04 April 2012
42. Darling Tales: (Callicoon); ... s that they were sure Darling would spin. "They had not to wait long. John was soon entertaining the crowd and all but forgot Harding's bottles. Talk got around to oxen and strong oxen in particular. ...; Created on 28 December 2011
43. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... fine hemlock trees in this section, the bark of which was used in the tanning process, many tanneries were set up along the creek. Then, with the building of the Erie Railroad in the Callicoon section ...; Created on 03 November 2011
44. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); The village of Narrowsburg is located within the Town of Tusten. Benjamin Homan, a companion of the noted Indian fighter Tom Quick, settled near the big eddy around 1763. Most of the places along the Delaware ...; Created on 20 October 2011
45. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... British and his band of Indians and Tories. Although Col. Tusten’s disabled men pleaded for mercy, they were killed along with Col. Tusten. In 1853, when the new town separated from Lumberland, it was ...; Created on 20 October 2011
46. The Methodist Cemetery; Livingston Manor: (Rockland); November 6, 1930; Liberty Register "A task for which there has long been a need has been undertaken by those interested in the old cemetery on the Methodist Church grounds in Livingston Manor. "Mr ...; Created on 07 October 2011
47. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... from Dr. Edward Livingston, one of which would become the site of the tannery that would be built that same year along the shores of the Little Beaverkill Stream. Early records show that the tannery was ...; Created on 07 October 2011
48. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); ... Tillotson who, along with his family, did everything in their power to encourage the growth of Mongaup Valley. "Mongaup Valley over the years has experienced many rises and falls in its populatio ...; Created on 29 September 2011
49. 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
50. Fulton Settlement: (Bethel); ... h his father and brothers, upon the lands now belonging to the family, about 45 years ago, when the hills and valleys of Sullivan were almost an unbroken wilderness. The neighborhood received at that tim ...; Created on 23 September 2011
51. Stone Arch Bridge Saved For Posterity: (General History); From the Observer; May 1969 "The Sullivan County Historical Society, long a champion for the rights of the handlaid bridge to live on in the history of the county, has succeeded in preserving the bridge ...; Created on 22 September 2011
52. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); ... ed alongside Route 17-B, although at the spot where it originally stood. "Placed on the old turnpike about 1810, the stone indicated the distance to the Newburgh terminus. Its present location is a li ...; Created on 22 September 2011
53. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... from Dr. Edward Livingston, one of which would become the site of the tannery that would be built that same year along the shores of the Little Beaverkill Stream. Early records show that the tannery was ...; Created on 16 August 2011
54. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); The morning of February 17th, 1936, has dawned along the Delaware Valley with relatively mild temperatures as several hundred people make their way along State Route Three-A below Cochecton to witness ...; Created on 28 June 2011
55. D&H Canal: (General History); ... anthracite coal along river valleys from Honesdale in northeastern Pennsylvania to Eddyville on the Rondout Creek near the villages of Kingston and Rondout. From here, it was shipped on barges down the ...; Created on 04 June 2010
56. Parks Baby Cemetery: (Liberty); LOCATION: along Dahlia Road NOTE: no longer exists, have partial listing REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
57. Single Grave: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Wm Keesler's property (1979) Along old road to Cochecton Center: discontinued about 1970. AKa: FAMILY: Single grave of woman to be buried in winter; unable to make it uphill so burie ...; Created on 03 June 2010
58. One Single Grave: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Located along brook below Tylertown Cemetery AKA: None FAMILY: Information on the burial at this location is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
59. Calvary Cemetery: (Callicoon); ... AKA: REF: 1999 by MC NOTES: Belongs to St. Francis of Assisi - File 7E ...; Created on 03 June 2010
60. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... Rail” which included a story about a dispute involving fishing rights along the Neversink River. His curiosity to learn more details about the incident led him to old copies of the Liberty Register and ...; Created on 11 August 2009
61. 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
62. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... from as far away as California. Even lawyers seeking information about some unknown person mentioned in a will would contact her. Although her rich memory is no longer available to us, ...; Created on 11 August 2008
63. Alan Gerry: (History Makers); ... 1996, Granite bought the property where the original Woodstock concert was held in 1969, along with several hundred surrounding acres; and Alan began the lengthy process of building an exceptionally attractive ...; Created on 11 August 2007
64. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... House Hill, along with his brothers, Paul and Alan. A graduate of Liberty High School, Class of 1949, he served in the U.S. Navy before going to California in 1954. He managed to come ...; Created on 11 August 2007
65. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... for another reprinting. In a Preface to his history, Quinlan speaks of “long years of patient research” made more difficult by recurrent illness. As a news editor for many years, he would ...; Created on 11 August 2006

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