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... Park (a portion of the canal’s original route) at the end of Bova Road in Summitville, easily accessed via Route 209. Dioramas of canal equipment and photos/illustrations of canal life fill the Center, ...

... of roads into the area, the life of pioneers grew easier; business began to boom and many new settlers came to share in the abundance of the area. The Delhi-Esopus Turnpike provided a transportation route ...

... 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 ...

... and was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace. He became its second supervisor. There was no road from Hankins to Liberty. Quinlan relates that he reached Liberty by following a route marked ...

... lth. In 1895, the first Town Hall was built and the present one in 1980 is on King Road off Route 42 South. In 1963, the first fire house came into being, continuing today with volunteers. The Forest ...

... He believed the location of his property would one day be on an important route of travel in the county. However, he was mistaken and the major county roadways bypassed his holdings. His house was the ...

... omies badly damaged as railroad travel gave way to the automobile. Building of New York State Route 97 in the 1930s as a scenic highway did not immediately lead to an influx of new visitors. By the 1950s, ...

... first postmaster of Cochecton when President James Madison established a post route through the town. He also ran the first licensed tavern in the town and died in 1821. In about 1800, Charles Irvine, ...

... through Forestburgh, New York State Route 42, Elsie battled with the state highway officials over the threatened destruction of stone walls along the new roadway. “Everybody went to the public hearing. ...

... was an industrial park," Roberts interjected. "I just said, 'We gotta have a site now.'" The 300-acre Mills Industrial Park offered perfect access. It was less than a mile from Route 17, which hooked ...

... Two brothers, Samuel F. Jones and John Patterson Jones, built Monticello. The turnpike company entrusted Samuel F. Jones to explore the vast forests west of the Mamakating valley to find the best route ...

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 ...

the bungalows of sullivan county - pt. 1 - concord rd and lanahan rd east and west of route 42 respectively in monticello, ny. gdYYtq5DQ2c ...

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 ...

LOCATION: Route 17B Bethel, NY - Across Rte. 17B from Evergreen Cemetery FAMILY: AKA: REF: NOTES: ...

... 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 ...

... as "Naewersink," and in Sauthier's map as "Never Sink." "Leaving Neversink on Route 55, in a northeasterly direction toward Grahamsville and travelling about two and a half miles, we turn at a right ang ...

... of H Parks. "Both roads run through the Ackerly and McGrath farms returning to the present highway near the home of Augustus Mussman. "The change will make a more direct route and will eliminate fro ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

LOCATION: Rosenshien Estate, Route 42, Between Woodbourne and Grahamsville. AKA: VanBenschoten Family Cemetery FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery is not available at this time. NOTE: ...

LOCATION: Route 97, South Cochecton AKA: Nobody Station FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 REF: 1984 ...

LOCATION: rOUTE 97, Cochecton, across from Old Cochecton-Newburgh Turnpike on banks of the Delaware River across tracks FAMILY: Heirsville: Porr Family: Calkins Family Information on burials in this ...

LOCATION: Route 52 AKA: FAMILY: First Cemetery. Information on burials in this cemetery may be found at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY REF: None ...

REF: Located on Route 149, Youngsvillle, NY, opposite Greenhill Cemetery. FAMILIES: Information on the burials in this cemetary is not yet available. AKA: Roser Family Cemetery ...

LOCATION: Route 52, Youngsville, NY - Between Youngsville and Jeffersonville. FAMILY: Information on burials at this cemetery may be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY ...

LOCATION: Route 17B FAMILY: Information on burials at this cemetery can be found at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 AKA: Old Bethel Burial Grounds REF: 1929 ...

LOCATION: Route 17B, Bethel, NY - on blocked lane off 17B FAMILY: Information on burials at this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main St., Hurleyville, NY 12747 AKA: None ...

LOCATION: Old Stage Road, Route 17B FAMILY: Information about burials at this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 AKA: Hoenniger Farm - Private ...

... p the Hudson River to Newburgh and then make their way back home through the Catskill hills. There are records that some took the direct route and simply walked home. Timbering reached its peak in 187 ...

... bitter arguments about the exact route, but construction began in Norwich that year. On July 9, 1873, some five years later, Elisha Wheeler, a former vice-president of the new railroad, drove in the last ...

... That did it. By Friday, cars were parked, or stalled on every highway, road and lane for miles around. Some left their cars on route 17 and walked the 12 miles to the site. As crowds increased, Max concerned ...

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