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... 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, ...

... lings exist for seasonal and weekend vacationers. There are also designated areas to preserve wildlife, especially for the bald eagle habitat along the Mongaup River on County Road 43 near Lumberland ...

... They were most likely Dutch and migrated from Ulster County. They probably reached the area by using an old Indian trail that crossed the Neversink River at Denniston�s Ford near Glen Wild. Some of these ...

... finding abundant wild turkey and naming the waterway "Kolikoonkill" (Turkey River). Not long after Ross's first settlement, the lumber rafting industry came into being. It began in 1764, when Daniel Skin ...

... burned to the ground. The county had already begun a radical change. A seasonal influx of New York City-based Jewish immigrants began with a boardinghouse built by John Gerson in Glen Wild in 1899. ...

... 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 ...

The Sullivan County Historical Society proudly presents their new Sullivan County Wildlife Exhibit, featuring mounted birds, mammals and fish native to Sullivan County. Opening June 7, 2015 - 2:00 to ...

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... into the upper Beaverkill Valley wilderness. Their survival depended on subsistence farming, lumber rafted down the river to urban markets along the Delaware River and hauling hemlock bark to the large ...

... dreams. Returning home, Samuel related his predictions and vision to his younger brother, John. John joined his brother in his enthusiasm and in the early part of 1803, they bought two tracts of wilderness ...

... Historian, John Conway. Among the numerous sportsmen’s clubs throughout the county that share in this heritage, the Sullivan County Long Beards are true representatives. Chartered with the National Wild ...

Alvin Hall, big in every way except stature. And thus a neighborhood yarn. When the wild pigeons went to the Willowemoc swamps to nest in the spring, farmers along the Neversink made beds of buckwheat ...

.... 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 ...

... 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 ...

LOCATION: Glen Wild NOTE: Jewish REF: None ...

AKA: Glen Wild Cemetery ...

REF: Glen Wild Cemetery Group ...

... Manor son of the pioneers whose favorite recreations throughout his life were fishing and wilderness tramping. ...

... letters sent to the folks at home during the war. Some of the veterans writing home came from Monticello, Fallsburg, Middletown, Glen Wild, Liberty, and Parksville. The program will be held at the ...

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