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... Carol Smith) have been presenting live music at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville. Their first project, the Woodsongs Coffeehouse, was an evening series of concerts that ran for eight years. Notable ...

... archives and hundreds of items related to local history, including the Woodstock festival, the Borscht Belt resorts, North Pole explorer and native Frederick A. Cook, and more. Hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ...

... who massacred Lieutenant Graham and his men at Grahamsville in the battle of Chestnut Woods. The trail followed the Lackawack up the hills of Neversink, then across the town of Liberty, and down the Beaverkill ...

Immediate local reaction after the Woodstock Festival was swift. Within a week, the local weekly newspaers were filled with correspondences concerning the event. Though opinions varied, the majority of ...

... renamed the smaller upstream village of Callicoon with the new name of Callicoon Center. The coming of the railroad had a huge impact on the area, bringing German immigrant farmers to populate the Be ...

... facilities did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd, which enjoyed "three days of peace and music." This event, the Woodstock Music Festival, helped define a generation but, despite a number o ...

... Close to the church a schoolhouse was constructed and probably was located on the ridge behind the present school structure. The first child born in the town was John, son of the Edward Woods who arrived ...

... ake, then, one of the most amazing events in history occurred right here in our little town. "Woodstock." Whether you liked it or you didn't, there was no getting around the fact that it was a significan ...

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 ...

The words of Max Yasgur, on whose farm the Woodstock Festival took place during three steamy August days during the summer of 1969, delighted the hundreds of thousands of young people who had gathered ...

LOCATION: Baurenfiend Road, Beechwoods AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery may be found at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 REF: None ...

... O&W. His purchases along the Beaverkill included portions of the Butler place. Perhaps even more popular, were the wild piney woods of Forestburgh. Here, wealthy bankers, lawyers and playwrights from New York ...

"...Stephen Andrus owned the big chestnut woods and every boy, the writer not excepted, early learned the art of thievery by slipping into the chestnut orchard, gathering a pocket full of nuts and then ...

"....But let us get back to our little burying ground which is bordered on two sides by dense woods, on the northwest by the Mutton Hill road, and on the southwest by broad sheep pastures. There are about ...

... 1,800 feet elevation. As we break through the heavy woods, there before us and to the left lies the Mutton Hill burying ground...." By Reuben R Cross ...

... on two sides by dense woods, on the northwest by the Mutton Hill road, and on the southwest by the broad sheep pastures. There are about 35 graves with headstones or markers bearing inscriptions. While ...

FAMILY: Messenger LOCATION: South Woods REF: 1993 by K Titus ...

LOCATION: Tower Road, Beechwoods. Beside the road on the edge of the lawn of a private residence. AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery is available at the Sullivan County Museum, ...

LOCATION: Private Cemetery on Diehl Family Farm, Beechwoods AKA: FAMILY: Private Cemetery - Ten graves REF: None ...

LOCATION: Tower Road, Beechwoods, NY AKA: Poley Cemetery? FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery may be found at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747. REF: ...

LOCATION: Beechwoods AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...

... 1996, Granite bought the property where the original Woodstock concert was held in 1969, along with several hundred surrounding acres; and Alan began the lengthy process of building an exceptionally attractive ...

... of the 1969 Woodstock Festival also received worldwide distribution. For thirty years Paul served as the official photographer for the New York State Police and his photographs of accidents and fires were ...

... with Oak trees, other hardwoods, pines and in New Jersey, white cedar. A profitable business developed by constructing rafts and floating these logs down the Delaware to Philadelphia and other emerging ...

... them for the winter. It was on that farm that the Woodstock festival was held. By 1969 Yasgur farms housed over 550 head of cattle. The Woodstock festival was created and organized ...

Bethel Woods ...

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Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2007 Alan Gerry Alan Gerry was the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cablevision Industries Corporation (“CVI”). ...

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