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1. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... guests included Thurman Barker and Trinity, the Inner Urge Trio, mandolinist Joe Walsh, guitarist Grant Gordy, the Coal Town Rounders, Eastlande, MiZ (Mike Mizwinski),and Louie Setzer and the Appalachian ...; Created on 29 January 2020
2. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... Main Street in downtown Hurleyville, the Sullivan County Cultural Center (commonly known as the County’s museum) is home to the Sullivan County Historical Society and houses multiple exhibits, genealogical ...; Created on 11 July 2021
3. Victory at Yorktown (2020-10-19) ...: (Events Calendar/Victory at Yorktown); Victory at Yorktown October 19, 1781 - The British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders his 8,000 troops in Yorktown, Virginia, marking an end to the American Revolution. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
4. 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
5. Thompson: (Category); The first settlers to the Town of Thompson in 1749 were farmers David Gray and Z. Hatch, who put down roots in the vicinity of Dutch Pond. The Town of Thompson was named after William A. Thompson, a ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Rockland: (Category); The History of the Town of Rockland By Wilmer Sipple Town of Rockland Historian The Indian & Colonial Period The History of the Town of Rockland is largely a history of the surroundings ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Neversink: (Category); THE TOWN OF NEVERSINK By: Carol Smyth, Town of Neversink Historian In 1905, the Board of Water Supply was created. This was the beginning of plans to obtain 500,000,000 gallons per day of water from ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Mamakating: (Category); The History of the Town of Mamakating The town of Mamakating was organized on March 7th, 1788 and was the first township of Sullivan County. The first county seat was Bloomingburgh; incorporated in 1833. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Lumberland: (Category); A BIT OF LUMBERLAND HISTORY By an act of the State Legislature, Lumberland came into existence as a township on March 16, 1798, taking in an area that was bounded in the east by the Mongaup River and ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. 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
11. Highland: (Category); On December 17, 1853, by an act of the Sullivan County Supervisors, the towns of Highand and Tusten were taken from the Town of Lumberland and each made an independent town. Both towns are in the southwestern ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. General History: (Category); The Following articles fall under general or (County Wide) historical significance. They can include articles that either take place and/or effect "multiple towns" in the county, and/or are somehow significan ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Fremont: (Category); THE TOWN OF FREMONT By: Charles S. Hick, Historian The Town of Fremont came into existence on November 1, 1851 by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Sullivan County. It was created by dividing ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Forestburgh: (Category); Forestburgh is one of the smallest of the fifteen towns of Sullivan County bordered by Thompson, Lumberland and Mamakating. Early inhabitants in the 1780's were of Celtic, German and Sweedish ancestry. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. Fallsburg: (Category); The History of the Town of Fallsburg By Judy Magie The History of the Town of Fallsburg can be divided into two parts, one describing the town and its growth before the railroad and the other relating ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Delaware: (Category); A Brief History of the Town of Delaware By Mary E. Curtis Practically all of the land now within the boundaries of the Town of Delaware was a part of the tract of the Hardenburgh patent purchased ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. County History: (Category); ... with Chester W. Chapin owning more than 20,000 acres covering several towns, and William Howe Crane forming the Hartwood Club in Forestburgh. Economist Henry George founded what became a mecca for artists ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Cochecton: (Category); The History of the Town of Cochecton Sal Indelicato, Supervisor/Historian for the Town of Cochecton, has compiled this information from various publications, writings, articles and news sources. Previous ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Callicoon: (Category); HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CALLICOON By: Martha A. Scheidell The Town of Callicoon was, until 1798 part of the Town of Mamakating on the Sullivan-Orange county boundary. From 1798 to 1807 it was part ...; Created on 30 November -0001
20. Bethel: (Category); The Town of Bethel was founded in 1809, and is located in the heart of Sullivan County. It is comprised of many small hamlets. In this brief history I will try to include a little something about each ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. Along The Neversink in the Seventies: (Category); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
22. The Town of Tusten ...: (Tusten); The Town of Tusten was part of the Town of Mamakating from 1743 to 1798. In 1798 the Town of Lumberland was formed from Mamakating which included the Towns of Tusten and Highland. In 1853 Highland and ...; Created on 20 October 2011
23. Strongtown Cemetery ...: (Thompson); AKA: Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
24. Old Liberty Cemetery (town) ...: (Liberty); REF: 1992 by CMO; Created on 03 June 2010
25. Tylertown Cemetery ...: (Cochecton); REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
26. Old Town Cochecton Cemetery ...: (Cochecton); LOCATION: rOUTE 97, Cochecton, across from Old Cochecton-Newburgh Turnpike on banks of the Delaware River across tracks FAMILY: Heirsville: Porr Family: Calkins Family Information on burials in this ...; Created on 03 June 2010
27. Luna Cemetery: (Thompson); LOCATION: Rock Hill, Town fo Thompson FAMILY: AKA: REF: Notes: Grave Finder can be found at https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2290708 ...; Created on 05 August 2017
28. High School Yearbook Request: (Announcements); ... Allan Wolkoff, historian for the Town of Thompson, donated his collection of Monticello high School yearbooks and the Callicoon Library donated their duplicate copies of the Delaware Valley High School ...; Created on 21 February 2017
29. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Society News); ... 14, 2016 at the Middletown Park Manor Rehabilitation. Middletown, NY. He was 90. The son of the late Harry Herbert and Ethel May Thomson Dampman, he was born May 26, 1926 in Summit, NJ. Allan proudly ...; Created on 16 October 2016
30. Sullivan Life: (Now Showing); ... into towns. Lifestyle and Household furniture and neccesaties have changed a lot since the days the county was formed. This Exhibit will show what the typical home life was like with displays of Furniture, ...; Created on 11 June 2016
31. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY PRESERVER AWARD 2015 Elsie Winterberger (1910 - 1992) For Elsie Winterberger, the preservation of the history for her beloved town of Forestburgh was ...; Created on 17 January 2016
32. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... rloo stands for ignominious defeat, Woodstock has become an instant adjective denoting youthful hedonism and 60's excess. "What we had here was a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence," said Bethel town histori ...; Created on 04 January 2016
33. Monticello: (Thompson); ... the lines. Consequently, Monticello became a grand town with wide streets, magnificent shade trees, and a beautiful "public square." In addition, as Samuel Jones planned, the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpik ...; Created on 26 December 2015
34. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); Hurleyville, New York is a hamlet in the Town of Fallsburg, New York in Sullivan County, New York. The town lies along County Road 104 and was originally developed because it was on the main route between ...; Created on 26 December 2015
35. Postcards from Bethel: (Bethel); The Museum has an extensive collection of Postcards from the Golden and Silver Hotel ages that you can browse and buy. Here is a small sample from the Town of Bethel Collection. View Gallery ...; Created on 19 December 2015
36. Postcards from Bethel: (Pictures); The Museum has an extensive collection of Postcards from the Golden and Silver Hotel ages that you can browse and buy. Here is a small sample from the Town of Bethel Collection. View Gallery ...; Created on 19 December 2015
37. General Store: (Now Showing); 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 ...; Created on 18 December 2014
38. 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
39. John B. (Jack) Niflot: (History Preserver); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY PRESERVER AWARD 2013 JOHN B. (Jack) NIFLOT (2/10/35 - 6/22/13) Town of Fremont Board Member and Historian, whose dedication and advocacy for understanding ...; Created on 25 November 2013
40. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Fallsburg); ... was quickly hauled back to the round house at the Middletown yards for repairs, continuously blowing steam out of its broken vent along the route. ...; Created on 25 November 2012
41. St. George's Roman Catholic Cemetery - Callicoon: (Callicoon); LOCATION: Callicoon Township FAMILY: AKA: REF: NOTES: 1843 ...; Created on 13 April 2012
42. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... the congregation at the Webb Horton Church in Middletown when the Hudson Presbytery offered him the chance to serve struggling Presbyterian churches in two small western Sullivan County communities. Th ...; Created on 04 April 2012
43. Darling Tales: (Callicoon); Johnny Darling tales, compiled by Charlie Hick, past Town of Callicoon Historian "One day Johnny Darling came to Thumansville to call on "Squire Harding," who is in addition to being justice of t ...; Created on 28 December 2011
44. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); 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 ...; Created on 03 November 2011
45. The Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); August 11, 1938, Liberty Register "In the northeastern section of Sullivan County and in the southwestern corner of the township of Neversink on the north bank of the famous trout stream from which i ...; Created on 27 October 2011
46. 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
47. The Hamlet of Lava: (Tusten); Another community in the Town of Tusten is Lava. The area was not named on the 1875 Beer's map although a school was shown. When applying for a post office, an early group of residents wanted to call th ...; Created on 20 October 2011
48. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); The village of Narrowsburg is located within the Town of Tusten. Benjamin Homan, a companion of the noted Indian fighter Tom Quick, settled near the big eddy around 1763. Most of the places along the Delaware ...; Created on 20 October 2011
49. Searching For Gillette: (Neversink); ... in 1804, in the Town of Neversink, and dying at Kansas in 1854, but the researcher wanted to find information concerning his ancestor's life; place of residence, what was the reason for the move out wes ...; Created on 07 October 2011
50. Along the Neversink in the Seventies: (Neversink); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
51. Fulton Settlement: (Bethel); September 11, 1861; Republican Watchman "August 20 - In the Town of Bethel, John D Fulton, in the 87th year of his age. "The deceased was one of the early pioneers to this county, having settled, wi ...; Created on 23 September 2011
52. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); ... s Durland and Bert Feldman at the NYS Highway Department offices from Monticello to Binghamton to Albany drew a blank look and no information at the county and township level. Acting State Historian Willi ...; Created on 22 September 2011
53. Mutton Hill Burying Ground; II: (Neversink); ... years after the marriage of Henry Reynolds, it was estimated that his descendants numbered upwards of one thousand. When the town of Neversink was organized in 1798, Reynolds was elected its first supervisor; ...; Created on 01 September 2011
54. Searching For Gillette: (Research Department); ... in 1804, in the Town of Neversink, and dying at Kansas in 1854, but the researcher wanted to find information concerning his ancestor's life; place of residence, what was the reason for the move out wes ...; Created on 20 August 2011
55. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... the forests, the pipe was laid on top of the ground. The preparatory work progressed rapidly, the workers often clearing the route as far as two miles a day. Railroad towns along the Erie’s Delaware ...; Created on 28 June 2011
56. Bethel Main Street Slideshow: (Video); Slideshow used to promote town of Bethel at the Main Street Event. Bethel-Slideshow-1 ...; Created on 04 June 2010
57. Mongaup Cemetery: (Fallsburg); LOCATION: Cemetery Road, Hurleyville, NY AKA: Fallsburg Township, Potters Field FAMILY: Information on burials at this cemetery is not available at this time. ...; Created on 03 June 2010
58. St. Tammany Flat Cemetery: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Cochecton Township AKA: None FAMILY: Information on families buried in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
59. One Single Grave: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Located along brook below Tylertown Cemetery AKA: None FAMILY: Information on the burial at this location is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
60. Old Lake Huntington Cemetery: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Cochecton Township FAMILY: Keesler Family - Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 AKA: 1st Presbyterian Church ...; Created on 03 June 2010
61. Methodist Church of Cochecton Cemetery: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Cochecton Township - Began in 1845 AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
62. 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
63. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... former member of the Town of Liberty Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Secretary/Treasurer of the Hurleyville Cemetery Association. When her husband of forty years died, her mind turned to genealogical matters ...; Created on 11 August 2008
64. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... calls home. Maurice has also been active in other community matters. At present, he is serving his fourteenth year on the Liberty Town Board. He is a charter member of the Liberty Museum ...; Created on 11 August 2007
65. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... in Sullivan County as it made its way from Roscoe to Mi8ddletown in 1957. Paul was active in many community activities. He was a member of the Liberty Chamber of Commerce, President for ...; Created on 11 August 2007
66. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... towns, beginning with Bethel and ending with Tusten. (Cochecton and Delaware were combined into one chapter.) He writes in detail and with affection for the men and women who lived in a particular town ...; Created on 11 August 2006
67. Andrew Neiderman: (History Makers); ... director of dramatics and wrestling coach. He was appointed historian for the Town of Fallsburg and wrote the Sesquicentennial History of Fallsburg Township. Also, during this time, he married the former ...; Created on 01 June 2006
68. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2005 Wilmer Sipple The History Preserver Award for 2005 is presented to Wilmer Sipple who is both the Town of Rockland Historian and Director ...; Created on 11 August 2005
69. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... in their right to express their views and their ideas. “Look beyond the labels, see the person” he told the Town fathers and others. Later, when confronted with the widespread use of drugs, something then ...; Created on 01 June 2004
70. Town ...: (Tags); Town ...; Created on 26 December 2015
71. Bethel: (Article Category tagged with: Town); The Town of Bethel was founded in 1809, and is located in the heart of Sullivan County. It is comprised of many small hamlets. In this brief history I will try to include a little something about each ...; Created on 30 November -0001
72. Callicoon: (Article Category tagged with: Town); HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CALLICOON By: Martha A. Scheidell The Town of Callicoon was, until 1798 part of the Town of Mamakating on the Sullivan-Orange county boundary. From 1798 to 1807 it was part ...; Created on 30 November -0001
73. Cochecton: (Article Category tagged with: Town); The History of the Town of Cochecton Sal Indelicato, Supervisor/Historian for the Town of Cochecton, has compiled this information from various publications, writings, articles and news sources. Previous ...; Created on 30 November -0001
74. County History: (Article Category tagged with: Town); ... with Chester W. Chapin owning more than 20,000 acres covering several towns, and William Howe Crane forming the Hartwood Club in Forestburgh. Economist Henry George founded what became a mecca for artists ...; Created on 26 December 2015
75. Delaware: (Article Category tagged with: Town); A Brief History of the Town of Delaware By Mary E. Curtis Practically all of the land now within the boundaries of the Town of Delaware was a part of the tract of the Hardenburgh patent purchased ...; Created on 30 November -0001
76. Fallsburg: (Article Category tagged with: Town); The History of the Town of Fallsburg By Judy Magie The History of the Town of Fallsburg can be divided into two parts, one describing the town and its growth before the railroad and the other relating ...; Created on 26 December 2015
77. Forestburgh: (Article Category tagged with: Town); Forestburgh is one of the smallest of the fifteen towns of Sullivan County bordered by Thompson, Lumberland and Mamakating. Early inhabitants in the 1780's were of Celtic, German and Sweedish ancestry. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
78. Fremont: (Article Category tagged with: Town); THE TOWN OF FREMONT By: Charles S. Hick, Historian The Town of Fremont came into existence on November 1, 1851 by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Sullivan County. It was created by dividing ...; Created on 26 December 2015
79. Highland: (Article Category tagged with: Town); On December 17, 1853, by an act of the Sullivan County Supervisors, the towns of Highand and Tusten were taken from the Town of Lumberland and each made an independent town. Both towns are in the southwestern ...; Created on 26 December 2015
80. How Woodstock Happened...: (Article tagged with: Town); 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 ...; Created on 04 January 2016
81. Jeffersonville: (Article tagged with: Town); The original white settlers came into the area, which was later named Jeffersonville, in the 1830's. The names DeWitt, Quick, Schermerhorn, Ward, Frederick Scheidell who established a grist mill in 1841, ...; Created on 26 December 2015
82. Liberty: (Article Category tagged with: Town); 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 26 December 2015
83. Lumberland: (Article Category tagged with: Town); A BIT OF LUMBERLAND HISTORY By an act of the State Legislature, Lumberland came into existence as a township on March 16, 1798, taking in an area that was bounded in the east by the Mongaup River and ...; Created on 26 December 2015
84. Mamakating: (Article Category tagged with: Town); The History of the Town of Mamakating The town of Mamakating was organized on March 7th, 1788 and was the first township of Sullivan County. The first county seat was Bloomingburgh; incorporated in 1833. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
85. Monticello: (Article tagged with: Town); The Village of Monticello On March 20, 1801, an act was passed authorizing the building of a new turnpike road from the Hudson River to the Delaware through what was then Ulster and Orange Counties. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
86. Neversink: (Article Category tagged with: Town); THE TOWN OF NEVERSINK By: Carol Smyth, Town of Neversink Historian In 1905, the Board of Water Supply was created. This was the beginning of plans to obtain 500,000,000 gallons per day of water from ...; Created on 26 December 2015
87. Rockland: (Article Category tagged with: Town); The History of the Town of Rockland By Wilmer Sipple Town of Rockland Historian The Indian & Colonial Period The History of the Town of Rockland is largely a history of the surroundings ...; Created on 26 December 2015
88. Thompson: (Article Category tagged with: Town); The first settlers to the Town of Thompson in 1749 were farmers David Gray and Z. Hatch, who put down roots in the vicinity of Dutch Pond. The Town of Thompson was named after William A. Thompson, a ...; Created on 26 December 2015
89. Tusten: (Article Category tagged with: Town); 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

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