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1. Quarter Page Journal Ad (SCHS-JAQP) ...: (Journal Advertising); Quarter Page Journal Ad ...; Created on 15 August 2016
2. Heritage Club 100 (SCHSHC100): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
3. Heritage Club 50 (SCHSHC50): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
4. Family Membership (SCHSFM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
5. Individual Membership (SCHSIM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 20 December 2015
6. Vermont, the fourteenth state (2020-05-04) ...: (Events Calendar/Vermont, the fourteenth state); Vermont, the fourteenth state May 4, 1791 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Montpelier, Vermont ...; Created on 27 December 2015
7. 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
8. Rhode Island, the thirteenth state (2020-05-29) ...: (Events Calendar/Rhode Island, the thirteenth state); Rhode Island, the thirteenth state May 29, 1790 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Providence, Rhode Island ...; Created on 27 December 2015
9. Thirteenth Amendment ratified (2020-12-06) ...: (Events Calendar/Thirteenth Amendment ratified); Thirteenth Amendment ratified On December 6, 1865, the Thirteenth Admendment to the Constitution was ratified, officially abolishing slavery. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
10. Rockland: (Category); ... Massachusetts and Connecticut visited the Big Beaverkill Flats and reported the existence of 10,000 acres of rich level land covered with pine, hemlock and laurel. For a number of years, only trappers ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Neversink: (Category); ... Tri-Valley School began. That’s how fire companies were started, first aid squads began. That’s why the Tri-Valley area is known for its volunteer accomplishments. Drive over and visit us someday if ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Lumberland: (Category); ... and appropriate appurtenances, were built by and occupied by members of the family. From the September 1986 issue of the Observer ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Highland: (Category); ... e Lackawaxen River. Nathaniel Wheeler was hired as the first teacher, schooling in the Beaver Brook area. Phineas Terry started the first store in 1828 and G. Ferguson opened the first tavern in 183 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Fremont: (Category); ... This was followed by another road to Fremont Center. This I assume passed through Obernburg past the Smith home mentioned early in this article. In 1849 the tannery business started in Fremont when ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. Fallsburg: (Category); ... man who had great ideas for the area. Although he fulfilled few of his goals, others later achieved them. Soon after the tanning industry was started in Sullivan County in 1831, a tannery was built at ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. County History: (Category); ... chiseled out of the southwestern corner of Ulster County and chartered in 1809, it was named for General John Sullivan, the Revolutionary War officer who had been directed by George Washington to drive ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. 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
18. Bethel: (Category); ... came to town. He started a community that he called “Mountain Lakes". It was not long before it became known as Smallwood. Mr. Smallwood employed about 100 men during the time of the depression. This was ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Porter Cemetery ...: (Neversink); NOTE: see SC Hist Soc for Removal Records REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
20. The Great Monticello Fire - Rep-Watchman Aug 13th 1909: (Thompson); ... section of Monticello is In ashes. It's glory has departed. At S:30 o’clock on Tuesday night, the power house of the Murray Electric Light & Power Co., was discovered to be on fire and was in a mass o ...; Created on 16 February 2018
21. History of Farms: (Now Showing); ... addition to the farm display is a display of assorted creamery pictures from the various places in the county. “Early Horsepower” shows the role horses played back in the day. Please take time to see ...; Created on 13 October 2016
22. The Borscht Belt: (Now Showing); ... eco is incredible", (River Reporter, May 2015), "Enchanting stage presence and incredible vocal range delighted the audience" (SC Democrat, May 2015). Patti will be performing music from the “Golden ...; Created on 17 June 2016
23. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... classrooms and run outside to witness the passage of an airplane overhead. South Fallsburg had no elementary school building when Harold started school. He attended several grades in the community center. ...; Created on 17 January 2016
24. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... nd attendance of 100,000. Lang said he had started looking at festival sites in the fall of 1968, which would have been well before he'd hooked up with Kornfeld or Roberts and Rosenman. But Rosenman and ...; Created on 04 January 2016
25. Monticello: (Thompson); ... in operation, he started clearing and seeding the land west of Monticello. He also built a gristmill that was used mostly for grinding their grain. The final route for the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike ...; Created on 26 December 2015
26. Frederick A. Cook Exhibit: (Pictures); ... 1897-99. In 1906 his first reported ascent of Alaska's Mt. McKinley (which he was the first to circumnavigate in 1903) was accepted until a bitter controversy arose in late 1908 about Cook's claim to hav ...; Created on 18 December 2015
27. Frederick A. Cook: (Now Showing); ... 1897-99. In 1906 his first reported ascent of Alaska's Mt. McKinley (which he was the first to circumnavigate in 1903) was accepted until a bitter controversy arose in late 1908 about Cook's claim to hav ...; Created on 18 December 2015
28. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... Historian, John Conway. Among the numerous sportsmen’s clubs throughout the county that share in this heritage, the Sullivan County Long Beards are true representatives. Chartered with the National Wild ...; Created on 18 October 2014
29. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... For almost the last quarter of a century, Pat and Bill Burns have been the lifeblood of the Sullivan County Historical Society. Their reverence for history, both within or beyond the boarders of ...; Created on 18 October 2014
30. John B. (Jack) Niflot: (History Preserver); ... its newsletter, the ECHO, continuously since then. Jack, a Charter Member and past president of the Upper Delaware Heritage Alliance was recognized for his extraordinary contributions related to local ...; Created on 25 November 2013
31. Beth-El Cemetery: (Bethel); LOCATION: Route 17B Bethel, NY - Across Rte. 17B from Evergreen Cemetery FAMILY: AKA: REF: NOTES: ...; Created on 13 April 2012
32. Along The Neversink....: (Neversink); ... streaking hot-foot for no-man's-land. "David Brundage was the old-time blacksmith. He also pulled teeth with a turn key apparatus, for which he charged a quarter. If children had no money, he asked non ...; Created on 28 December 2011
33. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Cochecton); ... the Pennsylvania and middle spans. After the fall of the bridge in 1846, a charter for a ferry was obtained from the Legislature of New York State, thru the efforts of the Honorable James C. Curtis. ...; Created on 03 November 2011
34. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... families in this section were: the DeWitts, Hardenburgs, Morgans, Rushes, Porters, DeBroises, McNally's, Bogarts, Quicks, Sheppards, Inderlieds, Jacobs, Heidts and Fitzgeralds. Due to the abundance o ...; Created on 03 November 2011
35. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); ... of Tusten for more settlers and workmen. The station was built in 1850 and destroyed by fire in February 1918. The freight office, which was built about 1960, was converted to accommodate both passengers ...; Created on 20 October 2011
36. 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
37. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); ... and Swan's company store to Charles Lang's store. Following the Democratic administration of President Cleveland, the position again reverted to the Kiersted family until the death of John W. Kierste ...; Created on 29 September 2011
38. 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
39. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... Division quickly prospered with the activity. In early September, sixty men hired-on by the oil company arrived at Callicoon Depot taking up quarters at the Minard House. A like number of workers filled ...; Created on 28 June 2011
40. About the Society: (Historical Society); ... On February 18, 1892, the Society received a provisional charter and a permanent charter and certificate of incorporation were issued on March 19, 1929. In early 1949, after a period of inactivity ...; Created on 05 April 2010
41. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... He estimates that over a quarter of a century he and Judy were able to take advantage of the historical resources of some seventeen archives including the Library of Congress, the New York City and New ...; Created on 11 August 2009
42. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... home every fall for 32 years and as his parents Bill and Naomi grew older, he started to spend longer periods of time in his beloved Ferndale. He purchased his first house in 1981. It ...; Created on 11 August 2007
43. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... reader. After discussing in detail the geology of the county, the climate and the Leni Lenape Indians, he divided the History into fourteen chapters, each one dealing with the story of one of Sullivan’s ...; Created on 11 August 2006
44. Andrew Neiderman: (History Makers); ... Diane Wilson of Fallsburg. They have two children: Melissa, a teacher in the Palm Valley School in Rancho Mirage, California and Erik, a co-captain of a Lear jet who flies for a charter company out of ...; Created on 01 June 2006
45. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... ments which lumbering had supported. In 1907 only four rafts came down. In 1922 the last raft came down the river from Hancock to Callicoon, but never left the upper river. Though today the Valley is ...; Created on 11 August 2005
46. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... eight decades the railroad was an important part of county life. There was lumber to be transported, dairy products from the farms along its passage to be taken to market and blue stone from quarries and ...; Created on 11 August 2005
47. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... just a farmer to an entire generation, he had become a hero. He had supported them, defended them and made the Festival possible. No, he didn’t always like their dress and their appearance. No, he didn’t ...; Created on 01 June 2004
48. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... working as a bartender at night to support myself. People used to ask me how I managed it, but it wasn't that tough. I grew up on a dairy farm. Everything was easy after that." Alas, despite the est ...; Created on 11 August 2003
49. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... e burden he had been carrying for years, Jennie at age fourteen insisted on dropping out of school to take a job to help with the family finances. She had become an adult at an early age. Today when we re ...; Created on 11 August 2002
50. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... he was considered for the position as official radio announcer for the Atlanta Braves. By the 1970’s he was back in Sullivan County and working with radio station WSUL as news reporter, then news director ...; Created on 11 August 2002
51. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... in 1936. She continued to further her agenda even after her retirement. As a charter member of the Sullivan County Historical Society, the county’s history is alive and available for ...; Created on 11 August 2001
52. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... They, of course, had children in their new home. Two of them, Oliver Calkin and Hannah Thomas, eventually married and started a family which not only survived, but flourished in this new world and is represented ...; Created on 11 August 2001
53. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... the late 1960’s he and Rita joined the Sullivan County Historical Society. It was a busy time as the Society had the opportunity to move from its limited quarters in Monticello to a portion of the former ...; Created on 11 August 2000
54. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... was shrinking, Frontier Insurance was a bright light in the county and the decision of Walter and the family to keep the headquarters of Frontier in the county was certainly a major contribution both to ...; Created on 11 August 1999
55. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... and Marge were Co-Chairpersons for Sullivan County’s participation in the New York State bicentennial Commission. Although outside the realm of history, in 1981 Bill became a charter ...; Created on 11 August 1998
56. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... Cooke led the effort to have one set of rules used statewide. He defended the Shield Law which protected news reporters from having to divulge the names of their sources. In rape trials women were not ...; Created on 01 June 1998
57. John Raleigh Mott: (History Makers); ... times, the Pacific fourteen times and on several world tours. It is estimated that by 1945 his travels exceeded two million miles. Perhaps the ocean voyages gave him time to write, because ...; Created on 11 August 1997
58. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... 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 ...; Created on 11 August 1996

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