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1. Additional Hours (SCHSIRR1AH): (Request Research); Add Additional Hours to Extend Research time ...; Created on 03 January 2016
2. Research Request (SCHSIRR1): (Request Research); Open a request for Research; Created on 31 December 2015
3. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... The Johnny Jules band performed on Woodstock weekend, and entertained folks with great sixties music, and stories of the festival itself. On February 2nd, at 2:)) PM for the first time, Little Sparrow ...; Created on 29 January 2020
4. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); Museum Reopening Longtime County Attractions Reopen Thursday, July 08, 2021 An extraordinarily detailed scale model of the famed Roebling Aqueduct, which used to carry boats across the Delaware River, ...; Created on 11 July 2021
5. Video: (Category); ... Alignment can be left or right Margin Top 5 with Equal Values checked. If the Video is from YouTube simply Right Click and Save Image on the YouTube Preview Image to save you time! If you are Using ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Rockland: (Category); ... which included deer, elk, moose, wolves, bear, panthers, and other fur bearing animals. Wild geese, ducks, and turkey provided ready food at all times. Presbyterian Church, Roscoe, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Neversink: (Category); ... for the most part, roads were all dirty and dusty. A caption for a photo in “Time and the Valley” reads “Roads were scraped every spring and ditches were opened. Thank-you-ma’ams took care of drainage ...; Created on 30 November -0001
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9. Liberty: (Category); The History of the The Town Of Liberty By Del VanEtten The Town of Liberty, fittingly named, from the sentiment which is so dear to the American people, was officially formed on March 31, 1807, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Forestburgh: (Category); ... d was well liked. When W. W. Gilman died he left three million dollars. George Gilman, brother of W. W. founded and renamed the A&P Company at the time coinciding with the spike driven opening the railro ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Fallsburg: (Category); ... period of time. The Neversink River runs from north to south through the Town of Fallsburg and played an important part in its early development. In the late 1780�s the valley above ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Delaware: (Category); ... 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 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. County History: (Category); ... “original people”) first arrived in this area over 11,000 years ago. While there is no indication exactly what the place was like at that time, oral tradition (the Lenape had no written language) holds ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Callicoon: (Category); ... River. Callicoon continued in relative isolation until it was relatively certain the railroad would be built through in the mid-1800s. John DeWitt, born in Dutches County and later a long time merchant ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. Bethel: (Category); ... Town of Bethel and the Town of Thompson. It is our present 17B. The new bridge cut the time between Monticello and Mongaup Valley by one third. In 1928, a man by the name of A.N. Smallwood ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Awards: (Category); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY MAKER AND HISTORY PRESERVER AWARDS The individual biographies are original script from the Award Ceremony Programs, which were distributed at the time the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. William "Bill" Burns Memorial: (News); It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing that long time board member, Bill Burns has passed away. He has served the Sullivan County Historical Society for over 40 years as a member, board member, ...; Created on 29 March 2020
18. First Sunday Concert April 5 - The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers: (News); ... Stay Out Skifflers. The Skifflers are a Hurleyville, New York based jug band that has been touring for more than twenty years, bringing their unique blend of blues, folk, old timey, Tin Pan Alley pop to ...; Created on 12 March 2020
19. John Conway Book Talk and Signing: (News); ... and Nellie Gipson and family. “In Further Retrospect” is a compilation of more than 60 of Conway’s “Retrospect” newspaper columns from over the years, augmented by 16 photographs. It is the third time ...; Created on 11 March 2020
20. The Great Monticello Fire - Rep-Watchman Aug 13th 1909: (Thompson); ... covered entirely by insurance. From the power house the fire Quickly swept buck to the Palatine Casino, and in less time than it takes to chronicle it. that place of masquerade, frolic and fun was i ...; Created on 16 February 2018
21. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); ... packed with people,” said Allen Frishman, Catskill Mountain preservationist. “It was paradise. Coming out of the city was paradise.” “Sullivan County during that time would have a year-round population ...; Created on 06 July 2017
22. High School Yearbook Request: (Announcements); ... yearbooks. At this time, the SCHS would like to fill in the gaps of our yearbook collections. We are need of the following: Fallsburg High School, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1965, 1968, 1972, ...; Created on 21 February 2017
23. 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
24. Please donate to help us preserve the Republican Watchman!: (Announcements); ... was donated by Susan Schock and her family who were the long time publishers of the Republican Watchman. Many of the newspapers have been bound in books and many are loose. The SCHS is asking for your ...; Created on 14 September 2016
25. New Exhibit "Early Sullivan County" to Open June 12th: (Museum News); ... materials spanning two centuries of life in Sullivan County, bringing vivid descriptions of specific eras. Her intent is to show life in a time before modern conveniences became available. Sharon ...; Created on 22 May 2016
26. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... a labor of love. Her reverence for the past originated early in her life, heavily influenced by the era of rural schools and steam locomotives. Her memory and superb recollection of these earlier times ...; Created on 17 January 2016
27. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... century, when Harold finally retired from the business, it was one of the oldest gas companies in the nation continuously owned by a single family. Notwithstanding the time it took to run a business, Harold involved ...; Created on 17 January 2016
28. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); Reprinted from The Times Herald-Record Woodstock Commemorative Edition Text copyright 1994 The Times Herald-Record The last bedraggled fan sloshed out of Max Yasgur's muddy pasture more than 25 year ...; Created on 04 January 2016
29. Monticello: (Thompson); ... was determined that spring and it was precisely where Samuel Jones wanted it. The brothers then determined where to build their intended city. It was at this time that the name Monticello was given to ...; Created on 26 December 2015
30. Genealogy News: (Genealogy Department); ... newspapers that we would like to cut out relevant articles. If interested, please contact me at my email address. Even an hour of your time would be appreciated. ...; Created on 24 July 2015
31. Where requests are from: (Genealogy Department); ... also have people who are local that stop by the museum for help with their family search requests. I have tried to respond in some form to all requests in a timely manner. ...; Created on 17 April 2015
32. Genealogy Volunteers Wanted: (Genealogy Department); ... hours time filing them. The only genealogy experience needed is a knowledge of the alphabet. If interested, you may contact me at the museum 845-434-8044 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. I am looking forward ...; Created on 11 March 2015
33. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... record several times. Other youth events consist of but not limited to ice fishing, pond fishing, mentored hunt and a youth deer hunt photographed live by the Eddie Adams Photo workshop. The chapter has ...; Created on 18 October 2014
34. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... Pat and Bill’s beginnings were in New York City. Growing up in the Howard Beach section of Brooklyn, Pat spent a great deal of time wandering though rooms and halls of the BrooklynMuseum, visits that would ...; Created on 18 October 2014
35. Interview: John Heizer: (Video); Interview with long time resident John Heizer john_heizer ...; Created on 28 May 2014
36. Interview: David Gerson: (Video); Interview with long time Resident David Gerson dave_gerson ...; Created on 28 May 2014
37. Gladys Olmsted: (History Makers); ... in Sullivan County. “She was the right woman at the right time to build an amazing foundation for Sullivan County Public Health Nursing” ...; Created on 25 November 2013
38. Woodstock: (Now Showing); ... on his meadows to hear the legendary rock and folk music artists of the era. "I'm a farmer. I don't know how to speak to twenty people at one time, let alone a crowd like this..." reveals a different asp ...; Created on 12 April 2013
39. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... xpanded summer population saw the first-time offering of credit-free courses during the summer months. Combining the talents and resources of community organizations the college sponsored the first Sullivan F ...; Created on 04 April 2012
40. Fifteen Thousand Dollar Boarding House Sold: (Mamakating); March 7, 1912, Livingston Manor Times “J P Bennett, proprietor of the well known Shawangunk Mountain House at Highview, overlooking the village of Bloomingburgh, has sold the property for $15,000 ...; Created on 06 March 2012
41. 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
42. Grist Mill Burned Saturday: (Callicoon); February 22, 1912; Livingston Manor Times “The grist mill at Jeffersonville owned by Wm. Bollenback was entirely destroyed by fire Saturday morning, entailing the destruction of property amounting ...; Created on 06 March 2012
43. 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
44. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... 80 years of service. For 16 years the Bridge stood as a solitary and deteriorating remembrance of other times. In 1970, after many years of work by the Sullivan county Park and Recreation Commissio ...; Created on 03 November 2011
45. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Cochecton); ... a new span was built at a cost of $15.50 per lineal foot. Travel resumed until the great flood of February 8, 1857. At that time the entire bridge was carried away. The abutments and piers were the ...; Created on 03 November 2011
46. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... and is in a fine state of preservation. At the present time, Youngsville is a thriving, peaceful village of industrious people whose main occupation is agriculture and dairy farming. During the summe ...; Created on 03 November 2011
47. The Hamlet of Swamp Mills: (Tusten); ... However, this community was important in the early days of the Town of Tusten. The first town meeting was held here in 1853 and the small community was an important industrial area. At one time a sawmill, ...; Created on 20 October 2011
48. The Hamlet of Lava: (Tusten); ... area Blumenthal. However the postal authorities thought the name was too similar to the already existing town of Bloomingburg. The eruption of Vesuvius in Italy was taking place at this time and the newspaper ...; Created on 20 October 2011
49. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); ... located on one of the broadest places on the river and also the deepest above the tidewater. The name was changed to Narrowsburg about 1840, this time to identify it with the narrows just above the big ...; Created on 20 October 2011
50. Fallsburgh Cemetery Fire: (Fallsburg); August 26, 1931; Livingston Manor Times "Fire which crept into the Fallsburgh Cemetery while the funeral of Mrs. Edward Edwards was being conducted at her home in Fallsburgh, Saturday afternoon, destroye ...; Created on 07 October 2011
51. Gas Station Slot Machine: (Liberty); 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 ...; Created on 07 October 2011
52. 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
53. Along the Neversink....: (Neversink); .... Kir Raymond, the drover, was a very strong character, and an excellant type of old-time manhood. Raymond and Michael Denman, his son-in-law, were both drovers who could turn wild steers into well-broken ...; Created on 07 October 2011
54. Along the Neversink...: (Neversink); I saw a picture sometime ago of four old Neversink men who were 80,or 90. or 100, as the case might be. They were, as I remember, James Curry, Highby Everet, Nehemiah Everet and Sam (not Samuel) Barnes. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
55. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); ... 7 there were only five residents living in Mongaup Mill. In 1847 it was renamed Mongaup Valley and at that time, boasted four dwellings; one the old "Linden House," built by John C. Tillotson in 1816. ...; Created on 29 September 2011
56. Fulton Settlement: (Bethel); ... h his father and brothers, upon the lands now belonging to the family, about 45 years ago, when the hills and valleys of Sullivan were almost an unbroken wilderness. The neighborhood received at that tim ...; Created on 23 September 2011
57. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); From the SCHS Observer; September 14, 1964 - Vol. 1, No. 3 "The mystery of the missing marker of Kiamesha Lake was solved in July with as much secrecry as the disappearance a year earlier. Some time i ...; Created on 22 September 2011
58. 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
59. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... The Erie Railroad has similar concerns, making a careful check on its train schedule to insure no train would be passing through at the time of the chimney’s fall and, in case of any track damage, all ...; Created on 28 June 2011
60. D&H Canal: (General History); ... he Wurts brothers arranged for a demonstration. On January 7, 1825, the business leaders of New York City gathered at the Tontine Coffee House on Wall Street to witness for the first time the glow of anthrac ...; Created on 04 June 2010
61. Workman’s Circle Brotherhood 281 of Woodridge NY: (Fallsburg); LOCATION: Goodwin Road, Mountaindale, NY AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
62. Workman’s Circle Brotherhood of Centerville: (Fallsburg); LOCATION: Goodwin road, Centerville Station, NY AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010

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