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... Carol Smith) have been presenting live music at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville. Their first project, the Woodsongs Coffeehouse, was an evening series of concerts that ran for eight years. Notable ...

... and visitors can also freely wander the Canal’s towpath, marked with informative signage and suitable for dog-walking and bicycling. While the towpath is open year-round from dawn to dusk, the Center’s ...

... nces of playwrights, stage and screen notables as well as Sho Fu den, the Japenese palace brought here from the 1939 N.Y. World's Fair by Dr. Takamine, chemist and inventor. Currently many second home dwe ...

... 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 ...

... fresh vegetables and milk, and plenty of shade, by 1895 lawn tennis had become an attraction, and by 1897 golf was offered. The county’s first golf course was opened that year at the Trout Valley Farm ...

... are representative of some of those who served proudly from Sullivan County. Memorabilia is also on display with items from the Civil War through post WW II. A round table is available for those who wish ...

... a helicopter pad," Vassmer said. Vassmer had heard the nervous talk among his regular customers, especially when they heard the radio ads. "'I don't know about this,' they'd say," Vassmer recalled. "They'd ...

... There were two important reasons for this undertaking. One was to facilitate travel between Newburgh and the rich coalfields of Pennsylvania and the other was to provide a suitable passage for large droves ...

... , round tables, music, etc. View Gallery "Fabulous" was the word most repeated in the Sullivan County Historical Society Guest Book at the opening of "The Concord Remembered" exhibit on the ...

... Care; Every Thanksgiving we provide turkeys to the needy, working with churches and other charitable organizations for turkey distribution. The number of turkeys distributed is dependent on our finances. ...

According to historians of Sullivan County, the present village of Youngsville, situated in the Township of Callicoon, was formally settled by Samuel M. Young, a member of the respectable Liberty family ...

... The post office of Swamp Mills was established in 1873, but the community decided to find a more suitable name. Several names, such as Laurel Glen, were suggested, but were rejected by the Postal Department. ...

September 3, 1931; Livingston Manor Times "After visiting more than a dozen hotels in their search for slot machines without results, Constable Howard Denton and Deputy Sheriff Ben Gerow decided to retur ...

... n the location here. Buildings are already located at different points on the reservation, which would be suitable for such groups of men..." ...

... and chaff, and when the unsuspecting birds alighted to feed after their long trip from the south and were enjoying their first northern meal, an ingenious net was sprung, and they were table fowls. ...

... s are gutted by fire, but it would not take many thousands to make it a most presentable hotel, and under proper management, with a less conspicuous place for the bar, it would quickly take its place ...

... has been to make both guests and staff feel comfortable and welcome in the hotel. This was no easy task when the hotel could have as many as a thousand guests. I use a book I’ve had for fifty years,” she ...

... Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Alan Gerry Endowed Scholar Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Because of his business achievements and the wide range of his charitable ...

... 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 ...

... with Oak trees, other hardwoods, pines and in New Jersey, white cedar. A profitable business developed by constructing rafts and floating these logs down the Delaware to Philadelphia and other emerging ...

... coal to the New York City market. Finally, the railroad had a line which could make a profit. Nothing seems permanent in this world and after decades in which it seemed to be finding a comfortable niche ...

... kating were added. The evenings were fun-filled with dance orchestras, popular singers and comedians, who would eventually acquire national reputations, to provide entertainment. Sitting at a nearby tabl ...

... families of the children she taught. Emma was given a place at the table with each family and a bed, usually shared with several of her students. This was a far different lifestyle than that of a doctor’s ...

... was quite comfortable talking with employees on a peer-level and as partners in helping to attain the goals of the company. Walter was more than a businessman; he felt a strong commitment ...

... He caddied at the golf course (35 cents for nine holes) which was located on the present site of Monticello High School and learned about growing vegetables and flowers. “Working in the garden was my country ...

... grew potatoes and vegetables. During the summer the family of four (Bob had an older brother) moved into a chicken coop, about 15’ x 15’ and rented the house to guests escaping New York City’s summer heat. ...

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