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... was a great need for tools and the necessities of life. William Sprague and Heziah opened up the first store at Westfield in 1820. About this time, John Hunter had an idea of making the Sun trail ...

... 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 ...

... y and store. The railroad was commissioned to serve the area and a post office was necessary. Resorts and summer camps soon emerged. Charles Gilman, nephew, served as Town supervisor from 1891 -93 a ...

... 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 ...

... busy and prosperous community, with the railroad station as the center of the community. At one time, it boasted five hotels, as well as a harness maker, livery stables, a dry goods store, two grocery ...

... outskirts of the hamlet along State Route 97. While the old country store and Riley's Ice Cream Parlor are mere memories of the recent past, still Cochecton is the home for "Cheers," a tavern that primar ...

... and store. John B. Spencer settled early in Youngsville and was its first postmaster when a post office was set up in 1851. In that same year, Daniel Drumick Quick built a hotel and F. Beiling established ...

The General Store was the commercial center of town and the primary place you would sell/purchase goods and collect your mail. Much like a Walmart of the 1800's, just about anything you needed was availabl ...

... across the street to Strong's Block, destroying Strong & Co’s, book store, S. L. Strong’s grocery store, T.H. Dougherty’s harness store, and John .D. Lyon’s law office. The telephone central office, standi ...

... ohn Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang. The oldest of the four was 26. John Roberts supplied the money. He was heir to a drugstore and toothpaste manufacturing fortune. He had a multim ...

... ted from a large burned out smokestack belonging to the Hurray power plant. The fire broke out on a Tuesday evening about 8:30 when the evening mail was arriving. The streets, stores and hotel porches ...

... o continued working to meet the community's needs. They met at such places as Bill Lieb's office, the Mansion House, the Dolly Madison Shoppe, Ed Weber's Office, back of Segar's store and upstairs in the Fireh ...

... e peace was post master and druggist, too, for he needed some medicine for his wife who had been ailing. A crowd soon gathered around the stove in the Harding store and post office to listen to the yar ...

... Finally, in 1980 and 1981, the Sullivan County Department of Public Works, with the assistance of a Federal Historic Preservation grant restored the Bridge to its original late 1800's appearance and condition ...

... of Youngs and was named in his honor. This took place about the year 1840. Mr. Young was an enterprising man; he built the first saw mill of the place and established the first store which was lovated ...

... o continued working to meet the community's needs. They met at such places as Bill Lieb's office, the Mansion House, the Dolly Madison Shoppe, Ed Weber's Office, back of Segar's store and upstairs in the Fireh ...

... and freight. The railroad brought growth and prosperity to Narrowsburg. Many new stores, shops and other businesses sprang up in the community. Hotels were opened in town and country boarding houses thrived ...

... a sawmill, a gristmill, a brickyard, several stores, a church, a school and a post office. However, with the end of the timber and stone industries, the community steadily declined until it was essentially ...

... 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 ...

... were limited, but finally in 1965 he moved up to Livingston Manor. In order to support himself he worked for several years in Sullivan’s Department Store in Liberty but, unfortunately, learned that a busy ...

... salon and stores able to satisfy many of the needs of vacationers to the Catskills. At night there was entertainment and guests had the opportunity to see a variety of talent including Alan King, Jackie ...

... General Store. His first summer, he operated a marketplace selling fruits, vegetables, plants and flowers. He did a lot of restoring to the building and eventually it became the Ferndale Marketplace and ...

... a prized purebred Holstein herd, built a pasteurization plant and began selling milk directly to residents, stores, hotels and schools. He also kept expanding the farm, acquiring six additional farms in ...

... probably look ahead to the day when a new or restored hotel would rise on the site of the old Terrace Hill House in which the traditions which she carefully nourished of concern for guests and staff, ...

... property which a rich historical background and to restore buildings that were badly in need of repair. Part of John’s fascination with the county is that so much of it is unexplored. ...

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