- 1. Maura Stone (2016-12-18) ...
- (Events Calendar/Maura Stone)
- Maura Stone 3 845 434-8044 ...
- Created on 11 December 2016
- 2. Tusten
- (Category)
- The town was previously part of the Towns of Mamakating and Lumberland in 1853. Benjamin Homans was the first settler, setting himself up by Narrowsburg. The Ten Mile River Baptist Church and Tusten Stone ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. Mamakating
- (Category)
- ... historic places in Mamakating one of the most important is the grave of Manual Gonsalus, the first non-Indian settler. His tombstone is dated April 18,1752 and is one of the oldest tombstones in the ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. Lumberland
- (Category)
- ... blue-stone quarries near Pond Eddy, followed in 1870 by the local firm of Decker, Kilgore & Company. Stone from these quarries left the Town via the D & H Canal on the New York side of the river and the ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 5. Liberty
- (Category)
- ... and some of the oldest remains left in the Town are some laid up stones in the outlet of Revonah Lake, which were probably placed there in 1797 for the purpose of building the first saw mill in the area. ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 6. Fallsburg
- (Category)
- ... in the early 1800�s. Mr. Hasbrouck lived in the old stone house that is still standing today. The hamlet was a major business area for many years with a variety of shops and stores and had it own post ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 7. Delaware
- (Category)
- ... ranciscans based in Patterson, New Jersey, bought a large boarding house property overlooking Callicoon Depot. There they built an imposing seminary, the largest native bluestone building in the area. Fro ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 8. County History
- (Category)
- ... burgeoning bluestone industry in the river valley, which had until then been utilizing the canal to ship stone to New York City for curbs, sidewalks and foundations. When the center of the county ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 9. Hebrews To Lay Corner Stone ...
- (Liberty)
- February 29, 1912, Livingston Manor Times “The congregation Tiffereth Israel of Parksville are busily occupied in forming plans for the ceremonies at the laying of the cornerstone of the Synagogue ...
- Created on 06 March 2012
- 10. The Stone Arch Bridge ...
- (Cochecton)
- The Stone Arch Bridge, near Kenoza Lake was built in the 1870s by Swiss-German settlers who had brought their skills in stone masonry with them from the old country. It was built to replace a wooden bridge ...
- Created on 03 November 2011
- 11. Stone Arch Bridge Saved For Posterity ...
- (General History)
- From the Observer; May 1969 "The Sullivan County Historical Society, long a champion for the rights of the handlaid bridge to live on in the history of the county, has succeeded in preserving the bridge. ...
- Created on 22 September 2011
- 12. Pike Milestone Back on the Job ...
- (Bethel)
- SCHS Observer; January 25, 1965 - Vol. 1 No. 5 "One of Sullivan County's oldest relics is back on "duty." Milestone "47" of the old Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike has been placed in a stone shelter and re-erec ...
- Created on 22 September 2011
- 13. Pudding Stone Cemetery ...
- (Mamakating)
- GRAVES: 10
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 14. Single Tombstone ...
- (Forestburg)
- REF: None
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 15. Elsie Winterberger
- (History Preserver)
- ... for visiting outdoorsmen. Willis also worked as a sawyer and carpenter, but was perhaps best known as being a stone mason. With the coming of the railroad during the latter part of the nineteenth century, ...
- Created on 17 January 2016
- 16. How Woodstock Happened...
- (General History)
- ... ago. That's when the debate began about Woodstock's historical significance. True believers still call Woodstock the capstone of an era devoted to human advancement. Cynics say it was a fitting, ridicul ...
- Created on 04 January 2016
- 17. Cemetery Interrment Records
- (Genealogy Department)
- ... recording the information from the gravestones, then compiling them into binders. Many of the volumes have been indexed to make them more user-friendly. I am attempting to update them with the help of ...
- Created on 12 March 2015
- 18. Patricia and William Burns
- (History Preserver)
- ... of northern New Jersey. Pat’s first employment was that of docent at the Von Steuben House, a Revolutionary period landmark and cornerstone of the historic district of Hackensack, New Jersey. After the ...
- Created on 18 October 2014
- 19. 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
- 20. Mutton Hill Burying Ground...cont
- (Neversink)
- ... 35 graves with head-stones or markers bearing inscriptions. While there are about 50 marked with plain rough stones or flags from the nearby woods and fields which have no intelligible markings to enlighten ...
- Created on 27 October 2011
- 21. 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
- 22. Mutton Hill Burying Ground
- (Neversink)
- ... on two sides by dense woods, on the northwest by the Mutton Hill road, and on the southwest by the broad sheep pastures. There are about 35 graves with headstones or markers bearing inscriptions. While ...
- Created on 31 August 2011
- 23. The Oil Pipeline
- (General History)
- ... the roof, the brickwork presented a decorative design. Arches graced the appearance of all the windows and entryways, while the windowsills were made of massive pieces of bluestone. A short distance away, ...
- Created on 28 June 2011
- 24. Single Grave
- (Cochecton)
- ... her beside the road. A tombstone marks the grave. REF: None ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 25. Harry Tyler’s Farm Cemetery
- (Cochecton)
- LOCATION: Harry Tyler's Farm, Tylertown, NY AKA: FAMILY: Tombstones on farm of Harry Tyler. Further information is not available at this time. REF: None ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 26. Charlotte M. Osterhout
- (History Preserver)
- ... background. For many people genealogy is the stepping-stone to a broader interest in history and Charlotte also had the ability to relate some of the family details with larger events taking place in the ...
- Created on 11 August 2008
- 27. Maurice Gerry
- (History Preserver)
- ... stone walls and on the corner, beautiful evergreens grown on his brother, Alan’s, property and re-planted in Ferndale. The last piece of the puzzle was the School House. Maurice was able ...
- Created on 11 August 2007
- 28. Daniel Skinner
- (History Makers)
- ... s for shipbuilders, stone slabs for Philadelphia sidewalks and charcoal, whisky or butter produced by Delaware and Sullivan county farms. However, in time primitive water driven sawmills were built alon ...
- Created on 11 August 2005
- 29. 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
- 30. Delbert Van Etten
- (History Preserver)
- ... been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to the Keller House, the District includes the Hillig Building, the Palm Garden, the stone bank building, the Liberty Methodist Church, ...
- Created on 11 August 2000
- 31. William Galbraith Smith
- (History Preserver)
- ... to Ossining, New York where Bill’s father was a dietitian at Sing Sing Prison. When Bill was twelve, his father died. His Irish immigrant mother moved with her two sons to Stone Ridge, New York. Bill attended ...
- Created on 11 August 1998