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1. Research Request (SCHSIRR1): (Request Research); Open a request for Research; Created on 31 December 2015
2. Civil War Exhibit Closes (2016-01-10) ...: (Events Calendar/Civil War Exhibit Closes); Civil War Exhibit Closes 3 ...; Created on 21 December 2015
3. SCHS Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner (2017-10-01) ...: (Events Calendar/SCHS Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner); SCHS Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner 6 (845) 434-8044 ...; Created on 03 September 2017
4. World War I Exhibit Opens (2018-06-16) ...: (Events Calendar/World War I Exhibit Opens); World War I Exhibit Opens ...; Created on 09 June 2018
5. 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
6. Battle of Fort Sumter (2020-04-12): (Events Calendar/Battle of Fort Sumter); Battle of Fort Sumter The Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 was the first battle of the Civil War. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Charleston, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
7. Battles of Lexington and Concord (2020-04-19): (Events Calendar/Battles of Lexington and Concord); Battles of Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775 The first battles of the Revolutionary War http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
8. Germany surrenders, ending the war in Europe (2020-05-07) ...: (Events Calendar/Germany surrenders, ending the war in Europe); Germany surrenders, ending the war in Europe May 7, 1945 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Reims, France ...; Created on 27 December 2015
9. War of 1812 Begins (2020-06-18) ...: (Events Calendar/War of 1812 Begins); War of 1812 Begins On June 18, 1812, America declared war on Britain. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
10. Battle of Gettysburg (2020-07-01): (Events Calendar/Battle of Gettysburg); Battle of Gettysburg July 1 to July 3, 1863, one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ...; Created on 27 December 2015
11. Japanese sign Instrument of Surrender (2020-09-02): (Events Calendar/Japanese sign Instrument of Surrender); Japanese sign Instrument of Surrender Signed September 2, 1945 The signing of this document offically ended the Pacific War of World War II. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Tokyo Bay, Japan ...; Created on 27 December 2015
12. Delaware, the first state (2020-12-07) ...: (Events Calendar/Delaware, the first state); Delaware, the first state December 7, 1787 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Dover, Delaware ...; Created on 27 December 2015
13. The Treaty of Ghent signed (2019-12-24): (Events Calendar/The Treaty of Ghent signed); The Treaty of Ghent signed Treaty was signed on December 24, 1814 to end the War of 1812 between the U.S.A. and the U.K. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...; Created on 27 December 2015
14. Washington Crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton (2019-12-26) ...: (Events Calendar/Washington Crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton); Washington Crosses the Delaware and captures Trenton December 26, 1776 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Trenton, New Jersey ...; Created on 27 December 2015
15. Thompson: (Category); ... The Village of Monticello was incorporated in 1830. The first town meeting of Thompson was held at the house of Abraham Warring, who kept a tavern in Thompsonville. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Rockland: (Category); ... of the Beaverkill and Willowemoc river basins. This region was the borderland between the Iroquois nations to the North and the Algonquin of the South. The Lenni-Lenapes, a branch of the Delaware tribes, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. Research Department: (Category); ... for up to two hours for $40.00 and will report our findings to you in as concise a form as possible. Please be aware that a search of our files and records may reveal nothing of value to ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Neversink: (Category); ... River, Edward R. Hewitt owned over 5,000 acres. He was an avid fly fisherman. Hewett and other fly fishermen and fly tiers honored the Neversink and made it famous. There is a story about movies being ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. Mamakating: (Category); ... was known as the D and H Canal because it traveled between the Delaware and the Hudson Rivers. It carried coal from Pennsylvania to the people in New York City. The first canal boats loaded with coal arrived ...; Created on 30 November -0001
20. Lumberland: (Category); ... what is now the Town of Deerpark in Orange County, on the south and west by the Delaware River, on the on the north-west by Delaware County and on the north-east by what is now the Towns of Rockland and ...; Created on 30 November -0001
21. Liberty: (Category); ... The tanneries were in operation until after the hemlock was used up. It was always said that the Civil War soldiers wore boots made of Sullivan County Leather. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
22. History Preserver: (Category); The History Preserver Award is given to a person who has done significant work in preserving and interpreting Sullivan County history. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
23. History Makers: (Category); The History Maker Award is given to a person who has had a significant and positive influence on the life of Sullivan County or, more broadly, on the life of the nation or the world. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
24. Highland: (Category); ... part of the county along the Delaware River. The Town of Highland was named after the geography of its land. the "highlands" between the Delaware River and the Mongaup river rises to 1,300 feet in som ...; Created on 30 November -0001
25. Genealogy Department: (Category); ... for up to two hours for $40.00 and will report our findings to you in as concise a form as possible. Please be aware that a search of our files and records may reveal nothing of value to ...; Created on 30 November -0001
26. Fremont: (Category); ... by blazed trees or crossed the Delaware, passed over a road on the Pennsylvania side to Cochecton and then to Liberty by way of Bethel. This gives an indication of this man’s interest in public affairs. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
27. Fallsburg: (Category); ... Little is known about the earliest white settlers of the town. Their names and the exact dates they located there have not been documented, but it is thought they arrived before the Revolutionary War. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
28. 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
29. Delaware ...: (Category); The Information in the listed Delaware Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
30. County History: (Category); ... that the tribe ultimately controlled a land mass that encompassed from what is today upstate New York to the state of Delaware. They called this land Lenapehoking, or “land of the Lenape.” The tribe ...; Created on 30 November -0001
31. Cochecton: (Category); ... the Delaware River in either 1638 or 1639 where the hamlet of Cochecton presently exists. Cochecton’s fertile flats (“Cushetunk” as it was called by the Indians meaning “low lands”) were abounding in ...; Created on 30 November -0001
32. Civil War ...: (Category); Sullivan County during the Civil War Articles and News clippings that appeared in local Newspapers during the Civil War. These newspapers and Microfilm Archives are available at the Sullivan County ...; Created on 30 November -0001
33. Callicoon: (Category); ... none of whom were willing to construct roads. According to one old account, there was but a solid wall of forest trees and laurel and rhododendron shrubs from what is now White Sulphur Springs to the Delaware ...; Created on 30 November -0001
34. Bethel: (Category); ... e being built. People are now looking forward to a great future in our beautiful little town. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
35. 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
36. Civil War Exhibit ...: (Pictures); This has been a very popular exhibit. There were artifacts, books, pictures , and even a Civil War encampment complete with a tent, fire pit and checker board. NOTE: This exhibit will close ...; Created on 18 December 2015
37. Civil War ...: (Past Exhibits); This has been a very popular exhibit. There were artifacts, books, pictures , and even a Civil War encampment complete with a tent, fire pit and checker board. NOTE: This exhibit will close on January ...; Created on 18 December 2015
38. Edward Van Put ...: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2009 Edward Van Put Author Some of us are fortunate enough to discover at an early age those chief interests that will form ...; Created on 11 August 2009
39. John Conway Book Talk and Signing: (News); John Conway Book Talk and Book Signing March 18 6 PM COUNTY HISTORIAN HAS NEW BOOK “In Further Retrospect” Available Now BARRYVILLE—The non-profit history education group, The Delaware Company ...; Created on 11 March 2020
40. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); ... n County to reside on during the warmer months. While some used that land to build a hotel, others turned it into a bungalow colony. “Every road, every place had some resort, and it’s interesting, you c ...; Created on 06 July 2017
41. 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
42. The Military Room: (Past Exhibits); A new permanent exhibit “The Military Room” is opening at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville on Saturday, November 19th from 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. Uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm ...; Created on 31 October 2016
43. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Society News); ... served Our Country in the US Navy during World War II; he was a member of the Youngsville Reformed Church; and enjoyed his work with the Sullivan County Historical Society. He had worked at the college ...; Created on 16 October 2016
44. Please donate to help us preserve the Republican Watchman!: (Announcements); ... large flatbed scanner so the entire newspaper can be digitized. Would you consider donating $21 for an archival box? Would you like to contribute towards the various scanners that would meet our needs ...; Created on 14 September 2016
45. New Exhibit "Early Sullivan County" to Open June 12th: (Museum News); ... has volunteered at the Sullivan County Historical Society for many years creating exhibits in different areas of interest. The current work is a loving effort to put forward vignettes of times of long ...; Created on 22 May 2016
46. 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
47. Harold Gold: (History Makers); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY MAKER AWARD 2015 Harold Gold (09/20/1923 - ) There are many ways to make history. A person can hold political office and decide vital matters of war ...; Created on 17 January 2016
48. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... the countryside for land to rent for just a few months. Feelers went out in Rockland County, then in Orange. For $10,000, Woodstock Ventures had leased a tract of land in the Town of Wallkill owned b ...; Created on 04 January 2016
49. 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
50. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); 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
51. Genalogy September 2015: (News); ... looking forward to hearing from you. You can email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Thanks for your help. ...; Created on 03 September 2015
52. 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
53. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY MAKER AWARD 2014 Sullivan County Long Beards Since the very earliest days of Sullivan County history, the county’s forests and streams have provided both ...; Created on 18 October 2014
54. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY PRESERVER AWARD 2014 Patricia and William Burns The stated mission of the Sullivan County Historical Society has been no better exemplified than through ...; Created on 18 October 2014
55. Vintage Catskills Bungalow Colony: (Video); A video by Gary Swartzberg lZ4bzu5Qi2U ...; Created on 03 August 2014
56. Gladys Olmsted: (History Makers); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY MAKER AWARD 2013 Gladys Olmsted, RN (10/19/1924 - 8/10/1997) a pioneer in public health nursing in Sullivan County began her career as the county’s first ...; Created on 25 November 2013
57. 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
58. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2011 Allan Wayne Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016 Allan Dampman, a modest and gentle man, is a person of ideas with an imaginative, ...; Created on 04 April 2012
59. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... area, tanneries, lumber and agricultural industry. A saw mill was operated just upstream of the Bridge in the late 1800's. In 1882 one of the few Hex murders on record in the Upper Delaware Valley wa ...; Created on 03 November 2011
60. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); 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 03 November 2011
61. The Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); ... as "Naewersink," and in Sauthier's map as "Never Sink." "Leaving Neversink on Route 55, in a northeasterly direction toward Grahamsville and travelling about two and a half miles, we turn at a right ang ...; Created on 27 October 2011
62. The Hamlet of Beaver Brook: (Tusten); ... the nearby brook which runs nearly due south into the Delaware River. ...; Created on 20 October 2011
63. 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
64. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... Tusten broke away and each became a town of its own. Tusten was one of the first areas in the county to be settled. The first settlement originated around 1757, founded by the Delaware Company under the ...; Created on 20 October 2011
65. 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
66. 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
67. Civilian Conservation Corps: (Tusten); October 6, 1933; Delaware Valley News "It looks very much as it Narrowsburgh would have a Civilian Conservation Corps camp located at the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Foundation. Forest rangers have visite ...; Created on 07 October 2011
68. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... from Dr. Edward Livingston, one of which would become the site of the tannery that would be built that same year along the shores of the Little Beaverkill Stream. Early records show that the tannery was ...; Created on 07 October 2011
69. Along the Neversink.....: (Neversink); ... hotel, afterwards owned and managed for many years by Henry Dean. This afterwards became a very important boarding hotel, and was lately burned. "Adam Cross, grandfather of Guernsey and Eugene, was ...; Created on 07 October 2011
70. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); ... latter capacity Tillotson joined the Federal Army during the Great Rebellion, contracted yellow fever and died. In a letter written to his brother, Howard Tillotson, by his commanding officer, tellin ...; Created on 29 September 2011
71. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); ... on their way to seven wars; too many never re-passed. Wagons drawn by oxen, mules and horses, have passed at various rates of speed, it has witnessed Model-T's and latest Super-8. Hemlock bark on the ...; Created on 22 September 2011
72. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); ... July, 1963, the familiar NYS blue and gold sign, which indicated the site of Camp Holly, encampment of the 143rd NYVI during the Civil War vanished from its usual place. "Repeated inquiries by Mrs. Glad ...; Created on 22 September 2011
73. 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
74. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... from Dr. Edward Livingston, one of which would become the site of the tannery that would be built that same year along the shores of the Little Beaverkill Stream. Early records show that the tannery was ...; Created on 16 August 2011
75. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); The morning of February 17th, 1936, has dawned along the Delaware Valley with relatively mild temperatures as several hundred people make their way along State Route Three-A below Cochecton to witness ...; Created on 28 June 2011
76. Directors and Officers: (Historical Society); ... Troiani Edward Cooke James Sullivan Patricia Burns Directors Emeritus: Leni Binder Bernard Cohen John Conway George Ardito Harold Gold Last Updated ...; Created on 04 November 2010
77. Sullivan County Veterans: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2010 Sullivan County Veterans The History Maker Award is given to a person who has had a significant and positive influence ...; Created on 11 August 2010
78. Veterans: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2010 Veterans The history preserver award is given each year to a person who has done significant work in preserving Sullivan ...; Created on 11 August 2010
79. D&H Canal: (General History); The D & H Canal: An Engineering and Entrepreneurial Challenge Excerpted from D&H Canal Historical Society Website. Pictures: Taken from the SCHS Archives The Delaware and Hudson Canal was a 108-mile, ...; Created on 04 June 2010
80. Single Grave: (Fallsburg); LOCATION: Behind Fallsburg Central School. Standing on the left side of the school parking lot, look towards the Pines Ski Hill. You will see markings of construction road used ddurisng school landscaping ...; Created on 03 June 2010
81. 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
82. Coveranter Church Cemetery: (Bethel); LOCATION: County Road 141 FAMILY: Stewart Family - Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12746 AKA: Stewart Family Cemetery ...; Created on 03 June 2010
83. About the Museum: (Sullivan County Museum); ... of an elevator and some modest changes to the interior, the building still retains the charm and warmth of its historical past. The Sullivan County Museum is home to: The Sullivan County Historical ...; Created on 01 June 2010
84. About the Society: (Historical Society); ... P. Lloyd Secretary Mrs. Edward (Lillian) Krauss Treasurer Arthur N. Meyers Twelve ...; Created on 05 April 2010
85. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2008 The Kutsher Family It has become commonplace to read in a newspaper that a Sullivan County resident has ...; Created on 11 August 2008
86. Revolutionary War ...: (Tags); Revolutionary War ...; Created on 27 December 2015
87. World War I ...: (Tags); World War I ...; Created on 26 December 2015
88. World War II ...: (Tags); World War II ...; Created on 26 December 2015
89. Awards ...: (Tags); Awards ...; Created on 26 December 2015
90. Civil War ...: (Tags); Civil War ...; Created on 26 December 2015
91. Delaware ...: (Tags); Delaware ...; Created on 26 December 2015
92. The Military Room: (Article tagged with: Revolutionary War); A new permanent exhibit “The Military Room” is opening at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville on Saturday, November 19th from 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. Uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm ...; Created on 31 October 2016
93. The Military Room: (Article tagged with: World War I); A new permanent exhibit “The Military Room” is opening at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville on Saturday, November 19th from 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. Uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm ...; Created on 31 October 2016
94. The Military Room: (Article tagged with: World War II); A new permanent exhibit “The Military Room” is opening at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville on Saturday, November 19th from 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. Uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm ...; Created on 31 October 2016
95. The Military Room: (Article tagged with: Awards); A new permanent exhibit “The Military Room” is opening at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville on Saturday, November 19th from 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. Uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm ...; Created on 31 October 2016
96. The Military Room: (Article tagged with: Civil War); A new permanent exhibit “The Military Room” is opening at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville on Saturday, November 19th from 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. Uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm ...; Created on 31 October 2016
97. The Military Room: (Article tagged with: Delaware); A new permanent exhibit “The Military Room” is opening at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville on Saturday, November 19th from 2:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m. Uniforms from the Civil War through Desert Storm ...; Created on 31 October 2016

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