- 1. Rockland
- (Category)
- ... of roads into the area, the life of pioneers grew easier; business began to boom and many new settlers came to share in the abundance of the area. The Delhi-Esopus Turnpike provided a transportation route ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. Lumberland
- (Category)
- ... of the Old Cochecton Turnpike and the North, or High Road from Pond Eddy. The original Proctor Manor, “Loch Ada”, was built in 1879 on the east shore of Haiggais Pond (now Loch Ada) by William E. Proctor, ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. County History
- (Category)
- ... was born. Brothers Samuel F. and John P. Jones founded the village of Monticello in 1804 and Samuel was instrumental in the construction of the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike, the first improved road ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. Cochecton
- (Category)
- ... merchant of the town. He was active in the promotion of the Cochecton-Newburgh Turnpike, which opened in 1810 and was considered the first major toll road to the western wilderness. Mr. Taylor became the ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 5. Bethel
- (Category)
- ... significant to this history. Well, this covered bridge was part of what was called the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike. Its replacement, which spans the Mongaup River, is now the connection between the ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 6. Monticello
- (Thompson)
- 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
- 7. The Stone Arch Bridge
- (Cochecton)
- ... of the central portion of Sullivan County. The route served the major means of transportation between the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike and the Callicoon Valley, it was important to the development of the ...
- Created on 03 November 2011
- 8. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.
- (Cochecton)
- ... by the Major across the Neversink river at Bridgeville on the line of the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike in the year 1807. It was known as the arch plan. The arches consisted of massive white pine timbers. ...
- Created on 03 November 2011
- 9. The Hamlet of Beaver Brook
- (Tusten)
- ... operating through agents and did not reside on their property. Shortly after 1825 the Mount Hope and Lumberland Turnpike was constructed through the corners and the settlement grew and was named afte ...
- Created on 20 October 2011
- 10. 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
- 11. 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
- 12. East Cochecton Cemetery
- (Cochecton)
- LOCATION: Old Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike at the corner of Cross Road AKA: FAMILY: Began in 1886. Information on burials in this cemetery is available at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
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