- 1. SULLIVAN COUNTY (NY): A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY IN IMAGES (1596296461)
- Written by County Historian John Conway
- Created on 21 December 2015
- 2. 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
- 3. Highland
- (Category)
- ... Because much of the area was heavily forested with rocky soil, most of the township made poor farmland. Early farming families were discouraged from settling here limiting early growth of the region ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. Fallsburg
- (Category)
- ... the first part of the 1800�s, the region was primarily a farming community. Life at the time must have been a frugal. The long haul over the mountains to Kingston prevented a lot trade and it sometimes ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 5. Delaware
- (Category)
- ... ore than 150 years. It drained the region of its native timber, and in the process changed it from a forested wilderness into a relatively civilized world of dairy farms and small communities. As the for ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 6. County History
- (Category)
- ... from Ulster County on March 27, 1809, it was a heavily forested, rocky and rugged region largely inaccessible to the rest of the world. But the natural beauty of its many lakes and streams and rivers had ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 7. Cochecton
- (Category)
- ... claimed control of some 30,000 acres in the region. The Six Nation Indian Confederation also claimed ownership, as did the Lenape and the Delawares, who asserted their rights over the Six Nations. It is ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 8. Elsie Winterberger
- (History Preserver)
- ... tanneries that developed in the region. When, during the middle to latter part of the nineteenth century, the Beaverkill section became a popular destination for visiting sportsmen, many of the farmers ...
- Created on 17 January 2016
- 9. The Rich History of one Catskills hotel
- (Video)
- Visit: http://www.classiccatskills.com/ for an updated version of this video plus photos and memories of the Catskills region. Kutsher's is one the last great Catskills resorts still in business. At it ...
- Created on 18 December 2015
- 10. Frederick A. Cook Exhibit
- (Pictures)
- A pioneer American Polar explorer, Dr. Cook spent two decades in expeditions to both Polar regions and subarctic Alaska between 1891 and 1909. Many authorities acknowledge him as the discoverer of the ...
- Created on 18 December 2015
- 11. Frederick A. Cook
- (Now Showing)
- A pioneer American Polar explorer, Dr. Cook spent two decades in expeditions to both Polar regions and subarctic Alaska between 1891 and 1909. Many authorities acknowledge him as the discoverer of the ...
- Created on 18 December 2015
- 12. Allan Wayne Dampman
- (History Preserver)
- ... Foundation's "Community Service Award" and he was the recipient of the Sullivan Performing Arts "Art Advocate of the Year" award. Sullivan County has the distinction that few other regions can claim; t ...
- Created on 04 April 2012
- 13. 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
- 14. The Kutsher Family
- (History Makers)
- Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2008 The Kutsher Family It has become commonplace to read in a newspaper that a Sullivan County resident has ...
- Created on 11 August 2008
- 15. Alan Gerry
- (History Makers)
- ... Regional Medical Center in Sullivan County and to the Sullivan County Community College. He is a member of the Board of Trustees for Syracuse University and has served for many years as a Trustee of the ...
- Created on 11 August 2007
- 16. Mary Edith Curtis
- (History Preserver)
- ... Town of Delaware historian. About the same time Tom and Elaine DeGaetani with their great vision of the region’s potential were bringing together various organizations to form the Delaware Valley Arts ...
- Created on 11 August 2001
- 17. William Galbraith Smith
- (History Preserver)
- ... the County Historians Association of New York State and served as a 1st Vice-President. He was also a member and past President of Region 111, Municipal Historians of New York State. ...
- Created on 11 August 1998