- 1. Thompson
- (Category)
- ... native of Litchfield County, Connecticut. He was a miller who arrived in the area in 1794. Thompson bought land and built a settlement near what was then known as Albion. Thompson, who later became a judge, ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. Rockland
- (Category)
- ... into a road soon after acquiring title to his 29,700 acres. He employed Able Sprague to cut and grade the road. When finished in 1815, it opened up settlements in Shin Creek, Beaverkill, Craig-E-Claire, ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. Fremont
- (Category)
- ... had several admirers among the men who organized the new town and it was named in his honor. It became the eleventh town. The lands of Fremont were the last in the county to be opened up for settlement. ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. Fallsburg
- (Category)
- ... to the evolution in the town after the trains began running through its territory. This is part one of this story, the early settlement of the town. On March 9, 1826, the New York State ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 5. Delaware
- (Category)
- ... finding abundant wild turkey and naming the waterway "Kolikoonkill" (Turkey River). Not long after Ross's first settlement, the lumber rafting industry came into being. It began in 1764, when Daniel Skin ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 6. County History
- (Category)
- ... the Mohawks and Tories who had been raiding the settlements along the frontier out of the region. The construction of the Delaware & Hudson Canal, which opened in 1828 and was initially conceived ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 7. Cochecton
- (Category)
- ... writings indicate that Cochecton was either the first or the second permanent settlement in Sullivan County. Records show that a group of exploring Swedes, who traveled from Connecticut, settled along ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 8. Callicoon
- (Category)
- ... and Adam Sanders erected a grist mill in 1854. One of the interesting features of the history of the Town of Callicoon is the account of the German settlements in it and adjoining township. These settlements ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 9. Fulton Settlement ...
- (Bethel)
- ... , and has ever since borne the name of "Fulton Settlement." ...
- Created on 23 September 2011
- 10. Brown Settlement Cemetery ...
- (Rockland)
- AKA: Union Church Cemetery REF: by J&E Masten
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 11. Blue Mountain Settlement Cemetery ...
- (Liberty)
- REF: None
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 12. Monticello
- (Thompson)
- ... part of Liberty in 1842. The town was named in honor of William A. Thompson, who is thought to be its first permanent settler and founder of the first settlement in the town. There were other earlier pio ...
- Created on 26 December 2015
- 13. Patricia and William Burns
- (History Preserver)
- ... an appreciation for the rural way of life and his ancestral heritage at Fraser Settlement in the Town of Bethel. Upon turning eighteen and with the United States in the midst of World War II, Bill enlisted ...
- Created on 18 October 2014
- 14. The Stone Arch Bridge
- (Cochecton)
- ... 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 ...
- Created on 03 November 2011
- 15. The Mutton Hill Burying Ground
- (Neversink)
- ... derives its name, lies the little village of Neversink. The first settlers pronounced this word "Narwasing." In the session laws of 1798, it is spelled "Nevisink." In the settlement deed, it is given ...
- Created on 27 October 2011
- 16. The Hamlet of Beaver Brook
- (Tusten)
- ... operating through agents and did not reside on their property. Shortly after 1825 the Mount Hope and Lumberland Turnpike was constructed through the corners and the settlement grew and was named afte ...
- Created on 20 October 2011
- 17. The Town of Tusten
- (Tusten)
- ... Tusten broke away and each became a town of its own. Tusten was one of the first areas in the county to be settled. The first settlement originated around 1757, founded by the Delaware Company under the ...
- Created on 20 October 2011
- 18. Searching For Gillette
- (Neversink)
- ... arly Settlements of the Town of Neversink". The publications "Old Neversink and Surroundings" by Agnes Kortright and "Time and the Valley" published by the Time and the Valleys museum also provided im ...
- Created on 07 October 2011
- 19. Searching For Gillette
- (Research Department)
- ... arly Settlements of the Town of Neversink". The publications "Old Neversink and Surroundings" by Agnes Kortright and "Time and the Valley" published by the Time and the Valleys museum also provided im ...
- Created on 20 August 2011
- 20. Smith Family Cemetery
- (Thompson)
- AKA: North Settlement Cemetery LOCATION: between Harris and Old Liberty Rd FAMILY: Smith REF: by CMO ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 21. Briscoe-Hurd Rd Cemetery
- (Bethel)
- ... Settlement - Fayerweather Cemetery REF: NOTES: File 4G ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 22. Daniel Skinner
- (History Makers)
- ... settlements on the lower river. Not only were the timbers used to construct buildings, but they provided raw materials for a thriving shipbuilding industry. In time, however, the easily accessible stands ...
- Created on 11 August 2005
- 23. Beatrice Schoch
- (History Preserver)
- ... her historical interest by putting in chronological order the membership of the three Methodist churches – White Lake, Mongaup Valley and the Hurd Settlement – in the White Lake Methodist Charge. An ...
- Created on 11 August 2003
- 24. John Conway
- (History Preserver)
- ... He recalls that when the State legislature in 1809 formed the county large parts were quite literally unexplored and even at the end of the century when the nation had been largely opened up for settlement, ...
- Created on 11 August 2002
- 25. Frederick A. Cooke
- (History Makers)
- ... Devon Island. Finally, he reached a human settlement and on September 1, 1901 was able to send a wire that he had reached the North Pole. Peary’s announcement followed five days later—thus beginning a ...
- Created on 01 June 1994
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