- 1. Thompson
- (Category)
- The first settlers to the Town of Thompson in 1749 were farmers David Gray and Z. Hatch, who put down roots in the vicinity of Dutch Pond. The Town of Thompson was named after William A. Thompson, a ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. Delaware
- (Category)
- ... er put his first small raft of logs into the Delaware just below Callicoon, and floated it to market in Philadelphia. This grew into a business, which took millions of board feet of timber from the fore ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. County History
- (Category)
- ... Hotel owners blamed the county’s budding reputation as a haven for those afflicted with tuberculosis for destroying their business, and by 1915 many of the once magnificent hotels had closed. A number ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. Cochecton
- (Category)
- ... fish, fur and game. Its proximity to the Delaware River, which led to Philadelphia, made it a natural for a permanent settlement. While land disputes occurred among New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. Elsie Winterberger
- (History Preserver)
- ... And I kept talking about it and talking about it. It got to be kind of a joke, you know. But between all my nagging and the support from all the Irish in the town, we got it officially put back.” During ...
- Created on 17 January 2016
- 8. Harold Gold
- (History Makers)
- ... of what was once the Hotel Ryan on Main Street. It was a world very different from the one we now inhabit, a world without computers, televisions, or even refrigerators. Children would bolt from their ...
- Created on 17 January 2016
- 9. How Woodstock Happened...
- (General History)
- ... r sitcom, Roberts and Rosenman put a classified ad in the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times in March 1968: "Young Men With Unlimited Capital looking for interesting, legitimate investment opportu ...
- Created on 04 January 2016
- 10. Monticello
- (Thompson)
- ... later that year with eleven men, and after putting up a temporary shelter east of Monticello, they commenced working on a sawmill. The work halted when the brothers returned to their New Lebanon, Connecticut, ...
- Created on 26 December 2015
- 11. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.
- (Cochecton)
- ... its own weight to the shore. As the water was not high, however, it did not float away. The company then put up a new span on the New York side. This bridge with three piers was completed in the winte ...
- Created on 03 November 2011
- 12. The Town of Tusten
- (Tusten)
- ... also named Tusten. Samuel Hankins, Sr. became a most prominent man of the area. He operated a sawmill, conducted a tavern for the accommodation of rivermen, as well as being a steersman of wide repute. ...
- Created on 20 October 2011
- 13. Gas Station Slot Machine
- (Liberty)
- September 3, 1931; Livingston Manor Times "After visiting more than a dozen hotels in their search for slot machines without results, Constable Howard Denton and Deputy Sheriff Ben Gerow decided to retur ...
- Created on 07 October 2011
- 14. Erect Historic Marker on Site of first House in Monticello
- (Thompson)
- ... built in that community. "Constructed by the Jones brothers, Monticello's first structure was put up in December, 1804. Planking from the original house has been employed to panel the Board of Direct ...
- Created on 22 September 2011
- 15. Stone Arch Bridge Saved For Posterity
- (General History)
- ... ed that it the plaque is put on the bridge and nothing else done to it, the weight of the plaque may be the downfall of the bridge." ...
- Created on 22 September 2011
- 16. Edward Van Put ...
- (History Preserver)
- Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2009 Edward Van Put Author Some of us are fortunate enough to discover at an early age those chief interests that will form ...
- Created on 11 August 2009
- 17. Charlotte M. Osterhout
- (History Preserver)
- ... books were completed, a copy was often sent to Charlotte by their authors in appreciation of her assistance. She acquired such a reputation for useful family knowledge that she received requests for information ...
- Created on 11 August 2008
- 18. Paul Gerry
- (History Preserver)
- ... from service, Paul began his career as a photographer. He soon acquired an outstanding reputation and took photographs of the many famous comedians and entertainers who performed at the major Catskill ...
- Created on 11 August 2007
- 19. Wilmer Sipple
- (History Preserver)
- ... more fishermen to the area. The Beaverkill and Willowemoc already had a reputation among trout fishermen and the railroad began stocking the rivers with additional trout to make the rivers even more attractive. ...
- Created on 11 August 2005
- 20. Max Yasgur
- (History Makers)
- Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2004 Max Yasgur (12/15/19~02/09/73) A history maker is hard to define. Some earn that reputation after a lifetime of dedicated service. Others ...
- Created on 01 June 2004
- 21. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge
- (History Makers)
- ... 100 Yard Dash: 9.3 seconds Long Jump: 25' 4 ½" Shot Put: 61' (American Decathlon Record) High Jump: 6' 5" 400-meter Run: 47.8 seconds 110-meter High Hurdles: 14.5 seconds Discus: 175' Pole ...
- Created on 11 August 2003
- 22. Beatrice Schoch
- (History Preserver)
- ... buildings and historic sites such as mills, tanneries, Hurd Cave, Pintler Cemetery, etc. Bee was also responsible for putting up several historical markers and developing a very interesting ...
- Created on 11 August 2003
- 23. Jennie Grossinger
- (History Makers)
- ... y an immigrant family, but the relations of Selig and his family with the community were so honorable that these negative feelings soon died out. Now that the Grossinger family had acquired a reputatio ...
- Created on 11 August 2002
- 24. Emma Cooke Chase
- (History Makers)
- ... in the early 1900’s. Her professor at Cornell refused to acknowledge her presence in his classroom or put her name on the roster, evidently hoping she would simply go home. This was not to be. When Mrs. ...
- Created on 11 August 2001
- 25. Delbert Van Etten
- (History Preserver)
- ... another, the army, for some bizarre reason, put him in charge of a bar, but Del’s real talents were eventually discovered and he was sent to a school to be trained to be a draftsman. Though his army career ...
- Created on 11 August 2000
- 26. Lawrence H. Cooke
- (History Makers)
- ... staffing of the judicial system. A Court Facilities Task Force created a 500-page report detailing the terrible conditions in many courthouses and the use of computers was encouraged throughout the state ...
- Created on 01 June 1998
- 27. John Raleigh Mott
- (History Makers)
- ... probably never heard of John R. Mott who was born in Livingston Manor in 1865, but in his day he had an international reputation, was asked by President Wilson to be our ambassador to China, received seven ...
- Created on 11 August 1997
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