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1. Duets (2016-02-21): (Events Calendar/Duets); Duets A special afternoon of acoustic Folk, Americana and Bluegrass music performed by musicians from Sullivan, Orange and Ulster counties. 3 (845) 434-8044 ...; Created on 10 February 2016
2. Haunted Afternoon (2017-11-01): (Events Calendar/Haunted Afternoon); Haunted Afternoon 3 RSVP on Evenbrite or www.Sullivan-ParanormalSociety.com ...; Created on 25 October 2017
3. Nicky Sweet "Music in Translation." (2018-07-15) ...: (Events Calendar/Nicky Sweet "Music in Translation."); Nicky Sweet "Music in Translation." 3 ...; Created on 29 June 2018
4. SCHS Annual Dinner Meeting (2018-10-21): (Events Calendar/SCHS Annual Dinner Meeting); SCHS Annual Dinner Meeting 7 (845) 434-8044 Ticket Required $35 per person Tickets can be bought in our Webstore; Created on 23 August 2018
5. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... Carol Smith) have been presenting live music at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville. Their first project, the Woodsongs Coffeehouse, was an evening series of concerts that ran for eight years. Notable ...; Created on 29 January 2020
6. Veterans Day (2015-11-11) ...: (Events Calendar/Veterans Day); Veterans Day Visit http://calendarlabs.com/holidays/us/veterans-day.php to know more about Veterans Day. Like us on Facebook: http://fb.com/calendarlabs to get updates. ...; Created on 27 December 2015
7. 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
8. Lee surrenders army to Grant (2020-04-09) ...: (Events Calendar/Lee surrenders army to Grant); Lee surrenders army to Grant April 9, 1865 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Appomattox, Virginia ...; Created on 27 December 2015
9. Germany surrenders, ending the war in Europe (2020-05-07): (Events Calendar/Germany surrenders, ending the war in Europe); Germany surrenders, ending the war in Europe May 7, 1945 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Reims, France ...; Created on 27 December 2015
10. Lindbergh arrives in Paris after first solo nonstop transatlantic flight (2020-05-21) ...: (Events Calendar/Lindbergh arrives in Paris after first solo nonstop transatlantic flight); Lindbergh arrives in Paris after first solo nonstop transatlantic flight Lindbergh departed from Roosevelt Field in New York on May 20, 1927 in his plane, "Spirit of St. Louis", arriving in Paris afte ...; Created on 27 December 2015
11. Kentucky, the fifteenth state (2020-06-01): (Events Calendar/Kentucky, the fifteenth state); Kentucky, the fifteenth state June 1, 1792 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Frankfort, Kentucky ...; Created on 27 December 2015
12. Invasion of Normandy (2020-06-06): (Events Calendar/Invasion of Normandy); Invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Normandy, France ...; Created on 27 December 2015
13. Battle of Baltimore (2020-09-12): (Events Calendar/Battle of Baltimore); Battle of Baltimore September 12, 1814. It was during this battle that Francis Scott Key wrote the words that would become the "Star-Spangled Banner". http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Baltimore, Marylan ...; Created on 27 December 2015
14. Rockland: (Category); ... of the Beaverkill and Willowemoc river basins. This region was the borderland between the Iroquois nations to the North and the Algonquin of the South. The Lenni-Lenapes, a branch of the Delaware tribes, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. Mamakating: (Category); ... were what is now most of Orange and Sullivan Counties. On December17th, 1743 a precinct was formed called Mamakating. Some say it was called Mamacotten. It included what is now all of Sullivan County but ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Lumberland: (Category); ... what is now the Town of Deerpark in Orange County, on the south and west by the Delaware River, on the on the north-west by Delaware County and on the north-east by what is now the Towns of Rockland and ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. Highland: (Category); ... of that war was fought on the headland above Minisink Ford in the town. It was here that the notorious Tory, Joseph Brant, led a bloody massacre on two companies of colonials from the Goshen area. toda ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Fremont: (Category); ... The story of the Smith family that lived on a farm now owned by Anthony Schick of Obernburg fixes the background of the town of Fremont. These Smiths were forbears of Frank S. Bury and Grandmother Smith ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Forestburgh: (Category); ... to Stephen Crane is fittingly nearby. Stephen spent many days in Forestburgh at his brother Edmound's home in Hartwood and wrote much of his prose while there; the climate agreed with his delicate he ...; Created on 30 November -0001
20. Fallsburg: (Category); ... new pioneers came up the Sandburg Trail. Many of these newcomers stayed in the area by the ford. Archibald Denniston arrived there around 1815. He came from a prominent Orange County family and the area ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. Delaware: (Category); ... renamed the smaller upstream village of Callicoon with the new name of Callicoon Center. The coming of the railroad had a huge impact on the area, bringing German immigrant farmers to populate the Be ...; Created on 30 November -0001
22. County History: (Category); ... already made it a very special place to a group of Native Americans who revered such features. Some archaeologists believe the Lenape (their name is pronounced len-ahh’-pay and is most often translated ...; Created on 30 November -0001
23. Cochecton: (Category); ... shad that ran in great schools in the Delaware River compounded its importance. The Tylers were among the original settlers and previous writings show that the Tylers purchased land from Daniel Skinner, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
24. Cemeteries: (Category); ... listings on. We may however make exceptions if the documentation of the submission is complete and verified. As an example, several Cemetery listings obtained from Joan Sholl Francis had been posted and ...; Created on 30 November -0001
25. Callicoon: (Category); HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CALLICOON By: Martha A. Scheidell The Town of Callicoon was, until 1798 part of the Town of Mamakating on the Sullivan-Orange county boundary. From 1798 to 1807 it was part ...; Created on 30 November -0001
26. Stephen Crane in Sullivan County ...: (Video); Stephen Crane in Sullivan County stephen_crane ...; Created on 28 May 2014
27. Sullivan County Veterans ...: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2010 Sullivan County Veterans The History Maker Award is given to a person who has had a significant and positive influence ...; Created on 11 August 2010
28. Veterans ...: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2010 Veterans The history preserver award is given each year to a person who has done significant work in preserving Sullivan ...; Created on 11 August 2010
29. St. Francis Catholic Cemetery ...: (Tusten); REF: Partial 1977; Created on 03 June 2010
30. Sullivan County Veterans Cemetery ...: (Liberty); REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
31. North Branch Cemetery ...: (Callicoon); LOCATION: County Road 121, Alien Rd and Buck Brook, North Branch, NY FAMILY: Information on burials at this cemetery can be found at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 03 June 2010
32. Lutheran Church Cemetery ...: (Callicoon); LOCATION: Jeffersonville, NY FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 AKA: None REF: 1930 by GAB NOTE: ...; Created on 03 June 2010
33. Coveranter Church Cemetery ...: (Bethel); LOCATION: County Road 141 FAMILY: Stewart Family - Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12746 AKA: Stewart Family Cemetery ...; Created on 03 June 2010
34. Francis S. Currey ...: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2000 Francis S. Currey Congressional Medal of Honor - WWII Currey was born in Loch Sheldrake, New York, on June 29, 1925. After being orphaned ...; Created on 01 June 2000
35. William "Bill" Burns Memorial: (News); ... n affectionately by his son and our member Matt Burns was 93 years old and was married to the love of his life Pat for 66 years. Bill was a WW II veteran of the Army Air Corps and a member of the Americ ...; Created on 29 March 2020
36. John Conway Book Talk and Signing: (News); ... has announced the publication of “In Further Retrospect,” a collection of columns by Sullivan County Historian (and Delaware Company president) John Conway. The book was published with a grant from Robert ...; Created on 11 March 2020
37. The Great Monticello Fire - Rep-Watchman Aug 13th 1909: (Thompson); ... covered entirely by insurance. From the power house the fire Quickly swept buck to the Palatine Casino, and in less time than it takes to chronicle it. that place of masquerade, frolic and fun was i ...; Created on 16 February 2018
38. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); ... as the Golden Age. “The bungalow colonies came about with the influx of Jewish Immigrants in the early 1900s through the teens and the 20s primarily,” Conway said. “It seemed like everybody from th ...; Created on 06 July 2017
39. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Society News); ... of San Francisco, CA. Visitation will be Monday, October 17, 2016 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Harris Funeral Home, West St. at Buckley Liberty, NY. Funeral services will be Monday, October 17, 2016 at ...; Created on 16 October 2016
40. The Borscht Belt: (Now Showing); Borscht Belt, or Jewish Alps, is a colloquial term for the (now mostly defunct) summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan, Orange and Ulster counties in upstate New York. Borscht, ...; Created on 17 June 2016
41. New Exhibit "Early Sullivan County" to Open June 12th: (Museum News); ... NY. Sullivan County Historian, John Conway, will speak on “Transitions: The Major Changes in Early Sullivan County History .” A musical presentation will follow by “Dirty Stay Out Skifflers” performin ...; Created on 22 May 2016
42. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... for historic preservation throughout the town and county. Elsie’s ancestors were amongst the earliest settlers of the northern portion of Sullivan County; Revolutionary War veterans carving out clearings ...; Created on 17 January 2016
43. 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
44. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... ities and business propositions." They got thousands of replies, including one for biodegradable golf balls. Another seemed strange enough to work as a real business venture; Ski-bobs, bicycles on skis ...; Created on 04 January 2016
45. Monticello: (Thompson); The Village of Monticello On March 20, 1801, an act was passed authorizing the building of a new turnpike road from the Hudson River to the Delaware through what was then Ulster and Orange Counties. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
46. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... During its heyday as a resort Hurleyville was home to many popular summer hotels, bungalow colonies and boarding houses, the biggest and best known was the rather grand Colombia Hotel located atop Colombia ...; Created on 26 December 2015
47. Commemorative journals: (Genealogy Department); ... by using the commemorative journal from the family synagogue. If your school, regligious group, or oranization is having a commemorative journal, consider sending a copy to the museum for our archives. ...; Created on 13 March 2015
48. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... and preservation of habitat and promoting our hunting heritage. The volunteers of the Sullivan County Long Beards are a small group of active, dedicated members that have the youth, women and veterans ...; Created on 18 October 2014
49. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... Bill Burns’ contribution to the Society, one only has to look at his office desk. The top is clear of unnecessary clutter. What few articles that are there are neatly arranged and well organized. The desk ...; Created on 18 October 2014
50. FABULOUS FOOTWEAR: (Past Exhibits); The Sullivan County Historical Society has a new exhibit displaying footwear from great-grandma’s era (pre 1900) to the 1960’s. Many styles of today resemble shoes of the past. ...; Created on 30 July 2014
51. Woodstock: (Now Showing); ... ge was erected was cleared by early Scottish immigrants nearly a century and a half earlier. This exhibit will follow this, and subsequent, families whose own stories preceeded that of Yasgur. Af ...; Created on 12 April 2013
52. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Fallsburg); ... the entrance, a large rock become detached from the tunnel’s ceiling just as a freight train was pulling through. Crashing down onto the front of the locomotive, the stone knocked off the top of the steam ...; Created on 25 November 2012
53. From the Genealogist: (Genealogy Department); ... farmer and worked in a tannery in Great Bend, Pa. Elizabeth is buried in the First Lutheran Church Cemetery in Jeffersonville. Their daughter Josephine, one of five children, was born in 1859 in Jeffersonville ...; Created on 11 May 2012
54. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... training, he was sent overseas to the European theater, joining the crew of the destroyer USS Ludlow late in the fall of 1944. Stationed in the Mediterranean port of Oran, Algeria, the Ludlow had serve ...; Created on 04 April 2012
55. Fifteen Thousand Dollar Boarding House Sold: (Mamakating); ... to William Hultslander of Highview and Benj. Decker of Lake, Orange County. “The house will accommodate 125 and is so situated as to afford a grand view from the balcony, covering a distance of 25 ...; Created on 06 March 2012
56. Grist Mill Burned Saturday: (Callicoon); ... to $8,000 with only $2,500 insurance. “The fire supposed to be from spontaneous combustion or mice, was discovered about midnight in its early stages, but the firemen were seriously impeded in their ...; Created on 06 March 2012
57. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... of the central portion of Sullivan County. The route served the major means of transportation between the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike and the Callicoon Valley, it was important to the development of the ...; Created on 03 November 2011
58. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Cochecton); ... Calkins, Moses Calkins, Joseph Mitchell and William Brown. The company was authorized to issue 600 shares of stock at a $50.00 par value per share. Major Salmon Wheat from Orange County was given the ...; Created on 03 November 2011
59. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... near the site which St. Francis Church now adorns. John B. Spencer was another early settler and when the Youngsville Post office was established in 1851 he became its first Postmaster. Other early ...; Created on 03 November 2011
60. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); ... eddy. The solid rock sides of the narrows form natural abutments for the several bridges that have spanned the river at this point. It was in 1810 that the New York State legislators granted the Narrowsburgh ...; Created on 20 October 2011
61. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... the Delaware Valley from Deposit to Port Jervis. Another area industry was the quarrying of blue stone. Stone harvested in the region was transported from here across the river to the Erie Railroad by ...; Created on 20 October 2011
62. Civilian Conservation Corps: (Tusten); October 6, 1933; Delaware Valley News "It looks very much as it Narrowsburgh would have a Civilian Conservation Corps camp located at the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Foundation. Forest rangers have visite ...; Created on 07 October 2011
63. Casino Burns: (Liberty); ... en insured for $15,000, but there has been no insurance on it for the past two or three years. "The building had a frontage of 100 feet and was 50 feet deep. All the contents were destroyed." ...; Created on 07 October 2011
64. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... in the 19th century. Salmon Steele, like so many other early migrants into the area during this era, began as a tenant on land owned by the aristocratic Livingston family. In 1848, Steele purchased lots ...; Created on 07 October 2011
65. 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
66. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); SCHS Observer - March 8, 1965 "One of the first houses built in what was then called Mongaup Mill, was the dwelling of Squire William Gillespie (my grandmother's father) built in 1800. In June 18 ...; Created on 29 September 2011
67. Erect Historic Marker on Site of first House in Monticello: (Thompson); ... and erect similar signs. The markers are purchased at a cost of $45, less pole. The incentive for the marker in Monticello was supplied by Mrs. W.G. Durland, Museum Curator, who arranged the matter with vi ...; Created on 22 September 2011
68. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); ... the old veteran on a small slope. Some landscaping is planned. It is not known if any other milestones survive in Sullivan County, though this reporter has seen another Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike marke ...; Created on 22 September 2011
69. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); From the SCHS Observer; September 14, 1964 - Vol. 1, No. 3 "The mystery of the missing marker of Kiamesha Lake was solved in July with as much secrecry as the disappearance a year earlier. Some time i ...; Created on 22 September 2011
70. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... in the 19th century. Salmon Steele, like so many other early migrants into the area during this era, began as a tenant on land owned by the aristocratic Livingston family. In 1848, Steele purchased lots ...; Created on 16 August 2011
71. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... With its location being in close proximity to the nearby tracks of the Erie Railroad, the concern of it haphazardly tumbling onto the rails, or worse upon a passing train, has warranted the chimney’s controlled ...; Created on 28 June 2011
72. D&H Canal: (General History); ... le method of transportation had to be found and a market created, for anthracite had not previously been taken seriously and many doubted its ability to burn efficiently. They hired Benjamin Wright, Ch ...; Created on 04 June 2010
73. Hortonville Church Cemetery: (Delaware); LOCATION: North Branch Road, Hortonvillle, NY, behind church. AKA: FAMILY: Information on the burials at this cemetery can be found at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY. ...; Created on 03 June 2010
74. M. E. Church Society Cemetery: (Callicoon); LOCATION: North Branch, NY FAMILY: Information on burials at this cemetery is not yet available. AKA: None REF: None Note: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
75. Transportation, ...: (Tags); Transportation, ...; Created on 26 December 2015
76. D&H Canal: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); The D & H Canal: An Engineering and Entrepreneurial Challenge Excerpted from D&H Canal Historical Society Website. Pictures: Taken from the SCHS Archives The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 108-mile, ...; Created on 04 June 2010
77. D&H Canal - Photo Gallery: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); Pictures related to the D&H Canal. View Gallery; Created on 05 June 2010
78. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); From the SCHS Observer; September 14, 1964 - Vol. 1, No. 3 "The mystery of the missing marker of Kiamesha Lake was solved in July with as much secrecry as the disappearance a year earlier. Some time i ...; Created on 22 September 2011
79. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); ... the old veteran on a small slope. Some landscaping is planned. It is not known if any other milestones survive in Sullivan County, though this reporter has seen another Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike marke ...; Created on 22 September 2011
80. Railroads: (Article Category tagged with: Transportation,); History of the Railroads in Sullivan County Reports and News clippings from the Museum Archives.; Created on 26 December 2015
81. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); ... Calkins, Moses Calkins, Joseph Mitchell and William Brown. The company was authorized to issue 600 shares of stock at a $50.00 par value per share. Major Salmon Wheat from Orange County was given the ...; Created on 03 November 2011
82. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); 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 20 November 2012
83. The Hamlet of Beaver Brook: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); Beaver Brook is another community in Tusten that had a school, but was not named on the 1875 Beer's map. The early people who owned land here prior to the Civil Waar were primarily engaged in lumbering, ...; Created on 20 October 2011
84. The Oil Pipeline: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); 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
85. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); ... of the central portion of Sullivan County. The route served the major means of transportation between the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike and the Callicoon Valley, it was important to the development of the ...; Created on 03 November 2011
86. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); ... eddy. The solid rock sides of the narrows form natural abutments for the several bridges that have spanned the river at this point. It was in 1810 that the New York State legislators granted the Narrowsburgh ...; Created on 20 October 2011
87. Trunk Line 4: (Article tagged with: Transportation,); 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 ...; Created on 23 September 2011

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