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... with March Women’s History month. More news to follow. You are receiving this email because you provided the Sullivan County Historical Society with your email address. If you would like to be removed ...

... reservoirs took their homesteads, their businesses, their farms, their cemeteries; their cherished swimming holes. Like all pioneers, folks picked up and moved on. Carl Carlsen remembers as a young boy ...

... often related that within a period of ten years they had lived in three different towns though they hadn’t moved away from their home. Before 1842 they lived in the town of Liberty. When the town of ...

... was given its name by Gabriel Ludlam. In 1830, Mr. Ludlum had the foresight to see the advantage of Woodbourne�s location and moved himself and his law practice there from Hasbrouck. He was an ambitious ...

... was formed in Cochecton. Mr. Irvine later became a hotelkeeper—”Irvine’s Hotel”— catering to travelers, raftsmen and lumbermen. Mr. Irvine later moved to the west branch of the Susquehanna where he died ...

... Farm to the former Leo Hemmer and John Royce farms. Eventually, as others moved into the area, a church was built near the present curve in the road beyond John Bargfrede’s farm going toward Youngsville. ...

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. ...

... off immediately. Not long after they met, Lang moved in with Kornfeld and his wife, Linda. The three had rambling, all-night conversations, fueled by a few joints, in their New York City apartment. ...

... owns of Thompson, Neversink, and Bethel. On May 5, 1795, he and his family moved from their New York City residence to his small log cabin in the wilderness. When Mr. Thompson arrived he brought with him se ...

... use. This year (1984) the village has moved into its first permanent home, next to the library, on Center Street in the "Old Firehouse". Reprinted from Village Tribute, Sunday, May 6, 1984, Menges' L ...

... work, they moved to northern New Jersey. In addition to raising a family of two sons and a daughter, Pat pursued her interest in fashion by working and volunteering at many of the historic houses and landmarks ...

... was used to support the stones used in the arches during construction; once all the stones were set, the forms were removed. The Bridge is located on a route which was instrumental in the settlement ...

... contract for building the bridge. It was completed in 1819, but was so unsubstantial that it was never used and fell of its own weight. It had only one pier. in the spring of 1820, Major Wheat moved ...

... use. This year (1984) the village has moved into its first permanent home, next to the library, on Center Street in the "Old Firehouse". Reprinted from Village Tribute, Sunday, May 6, 1984, Menges' L ...

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. ...

... sted became Postmaster in 1849 and the position remained in the Kiersted family until the term of Grover Cleveland. At that time John Gillespie assumed the duties and moved the post office from Kierste ...

... Next, sections of bricks were carefully removed from the structure, the holes refilled with blocks of wood. All the wood blocking and cribbing was then soaked in kerosene and oil. Three sticks of dynamite ...

... eliminating the need for small community schools. After a series of owners, the building was acquired by the county. The Society moved into the building in November of 1972 and except for the addition ...

... were limited, but finally in 1965 he moved up to Livingston Manor. In order to support himself he worked for several years in Sullivan’s Department Store in Liberty but, unfortunately, learned that a busy ...

... was the Ryan House on Ferndale-Loomis Road. It had been empty for 42 years. It took four years of trips back and forth across the country, but in the summer of 1985, he moved back for good and took ...

... of the Bulge. The Gorowitz family, which also included two younger brothers, Alan and Maurice, moved to Sullivan County and purchased an old homestead in Ferndale. After being discharged ...

Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2006 Andrew Neiderman Novelist and Screen Writer Andrew Neiderman was born in Brooklyn, but at an early age his family moved ...

... ury to come to Obernburg in Sullivan County because the county's topography was described as similar to his home in Germany. Wilmer's father left the farm, became a pharmacist and moved his family to ...

... In 1948 Max bought two small farms in Bethel. He worked both the Maplewood farm and the Bethel farms until 1952 when he sold the Maplewood farm and moved the family to Bethel. Over the years he built up ...

... ndchild, and one great, great- grandchild. Rusty had a very successful radio and appliance business in Liberty and the couple first lived in Smallwood and later moved to Liberty. In 1945 they opened Hodge' ...

... er 9, 1927. Eventually, the number of guests outgrew the farm and the family had to find a larger place. They were fortunate in being able to purchase a portion of the Nichols Estate and in 1919 moved i ...

Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 1998 William Galbraith Smith (1920-1998) William Galbraith Smith was born in 1920 in Kings Park, New York. The family moved ...

... Supervisor of the Town of Rockland 1859-1860. On May 25, 1865 his wife Elmira (Dodge) Mott gave birth to John Raleigh Mott in Livingston Manor. Two years later the family moved to Iowa, ...

... grew potatoes and vegetables. During the summer the family of four (Bob had an older brother) moved into a chicken coop, about 15’ x 15’ and rented the house to guests escaping New York City’s summer heat. ...

... car conductor in Brooklyn, later as a bartender and still later as a laborer in a brewery in Ellenville. When about twenty-one years of age and virtually penniless, he moved into the Liberty area and while ...

... which moved the Museum to its new Hurleyville home in 1971 and over the years has worked with many teachers and fourth grade students to provide a background in local history. This involved student visits ...

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