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1. Patrick Henry gives his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech (2020-03-23) ...: (Events Calendar/Patrick Henry gives his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech); Patrick Henry gives his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech March 23, 1775 Speech was given at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Richmond, Virginia ...; Created on 27 December 2015
2. British troops enter Washington, D.C. (2020-08-24): (Events Calendar/British troops enter Washington, D.C.); British troops enter Washington, D.C. On August 24, 1814, British troops under General Robert Ross enter Washington, D.C. to destroy many government buildings, including the White House, the Treasury building ...; Created on 27 December 2015
3. Rockland: (Category); ... chief of the Lenni-Lenapes. In a very short time, a new owner, Robert Livingston, appeared on the scene and in less than forty years he acquired title to almost half of the entire patent leaving Johannes ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Neversink: (Category); ... or Liberty or perhaps they had to go in and board. Our communities were quiet rural communities – the great boom of the 1800’s and the tanneries was over. The communities located along the river beds ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Lumberland: (Category); ... some 300,000 acres, as compared to about 32,270 acres today and took in what are now the Townships of Bethel, Callicoon, Cochecton, Delaware, Fremont, Highland, Liberty and Tusten. The population of ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. 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
7. Liberty ...: (Category); The Information in the listed Liberty Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Letters to the Editor: (Category); ... on display brief excerpts from some letters published in the Sullivan County Democrat, Republican Watchman and Liberty Register. More complete versions of these letters will be placed here. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Fremont: (Category); ... the town of Callicoon – the west half becoming Fremont. Previous to the creation of the town of Callicoon in 1842 it had been a part of the town of Liberty. Records show that John Hankins, a resident ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Delaware: (Category); ... z about 1820, and Captain Nathan Moulthrop, a War of 1812 veteran, in 1828. In 1833, Eli Beach, William Bonestel, John Bied, and Robert Burger built a tannery, which was later operated by Gideon Wales ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. County History: (Category); ... 200 hotels such as the Wawonda and Ye Lancashire Inn in Liberty, the White Sulphur Springs House, the Columbia Farms and Brophy’s Mountain House in Hurleyville, and the Mansion House and the Kenmore in ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Cochecton: (Category); ... ly caters to local residents from both sides of the river, and an ultra-modern feed mill--Cochecton Mills, which is operated by Robert and Dennis Nearing, who are descendants of some of the earliest settl ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Callicoon: (Category); ... of the Town of Lumberland and from 1807 to 1842 was part of the Town of Liberty. By an act of the State Legislature, the Town of Callicoon was formed in 1842. Once established, Callicoon was one of the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Along The Neversink in the Seventies: (Category); ... were first published within the Liberty Register, and later reprinted into a booklet by the same publisher. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. Liberty Street Synagogue Cemetery ...: (Thompson); REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
16. Soldier’s Square - Liberty Cemetery ...: (Liberty); REF: 1994 by CMO; Created on 03 June 2010
17. Old Liberty Cemetery (town) ...: (Liberty); REF: 1992 by CMO; Created on 03 June 2010
18. Liberty Cemetery (New) ...: (Liberty); REF: 1990 by JR & CMO; Created on 03 June 2010
19. Congregation Amavatm Israel Cemetery: (Liberty); LOCATION: Between Liberty & Loch Sheldrake NY NOTE: Jewish Cemetery ...; Created on 03 June 2010
20. Delbert Van Etten ...: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2000 Delbert Van Etten Delbert Van Etten was born in 1927, attended Liberty schools and graduated from Liberty High School ...; Created on 11 August 2000
21. Judge Robert C. Williams ...: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 1996 Judge Robert C. Williams Judge Robert Williams shared the simple upbringing of many young people who grew up in western ...; Created on 11 August 1996
22. John Conway Book Talk and Signing: (News); ... has announced the publication of “In Further Retrospect,” a collection of columns by Sullivan County Historian (and Delaware Company president) John Conway. The book was published with a grant from Robert ...; Created on 11 March 2020
23. High School Yearbook Request: (Announcements); ... 1973, 1980, 1983, and any after 1987 or before 1947. Liberty High School 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970,1971,1972,1973,1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and any after 1980 ...; Created on 21 February 2017
24. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Society News); May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016 Liberty, NY Allan W. Dampman of Liberty, NY, a retired Associate Dean of Community Services at Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, NY died Friday October ...; Created on 16 October 2016
25. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... Railway purchased farms and large tracts of land. Among these railroad dignitaries was Bradford Gilbert, the noted architect, who designed many of the stone and rustic railroad station houses along the ...; Created on 17 January 2016
26. 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
27. Monticello: (Thompson); ... part of Liberty in 1842. The town was named in honor of William A. Thompson, who is thought to be its first permanent settler and founder of the first settlement in the town. There were other earlier pio ...; Created on 26 December 2015
28. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... e called his hotel The Jefferson House. From this the village received its new name. The first commercial hotel was opened in 1882 and was called the Beck House. The village was linked to Liberty by t ...; Created on 26 December 2015
29. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... the Villages of Liberty and Monticello, New York. The zip code for Hurleyville is 12747. Hurleyville is bordered by the Town of Thompson, the Town of Liberty, the hamlet of Loch Sheldrake and the hamlet ...; Created on 26 December 2015
30. Genalogy September 2015: (News); ... always welcome people to file our obituary cards so that our collection can continue to grow. We appreciate the donation by the Ethelbert Crawford Library in Monticello of a card catalogue to expand ou ...; Created on 03 September 2015
31. 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
32. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... e called his hotel The Jefferson House. From this the village received its new name. The first commercial hotel was opened in 1882 and was called the Beck House. The village was linked to Liberty by t ...; Created on 03 November 2011
33. Mutton Hill Burying Ground...cont: (Neversink); ... us as to whose earthly remains lie buried there for more than a century..." Reuben Cross August 11, 1938, Liberty Resgister ...; Created on 27 October 2011
34. 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
35. The Methodist Cemetery; Livingston Manor: (Rockland); November 6, 1930; Liberty Register "A task for which there has long been a need has been undertaken by those interested in the old cemetery on the Methodist Church grounds in Livingston Manor. "Mr ...; Created on 07 October 2011
36. Casino Burns: (Liberty); October 19, 1911; Sullivan County Review "Clark's Pavillion at Lake Ophelia, near Liberty, burned to the ground early this morning. When help arrived it was too late, as the whole front of the buildi ...; Created on 07 October 2011
37. Along the Neversink in the Seventies: (Neversink); ... were first published within the Liberty Register, and later reprinted into a booklet by the same publisher. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
38. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); ... . "Mongaup Valley had two physicians, Drs. Isaac Purdy and James W. Wells and one lawyer, Robert Livingston Tillotson, who was elected Special County Judge in 1854. Finding very little to do in th ...; Created on 29 September 2011
39. Trunk Line 4: (Rockland); September 29, 1911; Liberty Register "The surveyors of trunk line No. 4 are rushing the work along very rapidly. At present they are at work between Livingston Manor and Roscoe. "An effort is being ma ...; Created on 23 September 2011
40. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); ... tle west of the Black Lake Road junction on the north side of Route 17-B, near White Lake. Mr. Robert Schlicting, New York State Department of Highways engineer on the reconstruction of 17-B, has placed ...; Created on 22 September 2011
41. 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
42. Old Mansion House: (Bethel); September 15, 1911 Liberty Register "There is much discussion of a plan to rehabiliate the Old Mansion House at Monticello, and again make it the center of life in that village. "The upper floo ...; Created on 15 September 2011
43. Mutton Hill Burying Ground; II: (Neversink); Reuben Cross' article written for the Liberty Register [August 11, 1938] concerning the history of the Mutton Hill Cemetery continues with the following; "...The Reynolds children numbered 15. One hundred ...; Created on 01 September 2011
44. Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); Reuben Cross, writing for the Liberty Register in the August 11th, 1938 edition, described the Mutton Hill cemetery as follows; "....But let us get back to our little burying ground which is bordered ...; Created on 31 August 2011
45. Sullivan County Veterans: (History Makers); ... seeking freedom and liberty. They have created a safe community by their unselfish dedication to duty and through their courage and sacrifice, have enabled us to realize our historical destiny. ...; Created on 11 August 2010
46. Smith Family Cemetery: (Thompson); AKA: North Settlement Cemetery LOCATION: between Harris and Old Liberty Rd FAMILY: Smith REF: by CMO ...; Created on 03 June 2010
47. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... were limited, but finally in 1965 he moved up to Livingston Manor. In order to support himself he worked for several years in Sullivan’s Department Store in Liberty but, unfortunately, learned that a busy ...; Created on 11 August 2009
48. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... on a family farm located on Neversink Road outside of Liberty, which had been in the family since the 1800’s and enjoyed warm associations with family and friends. She early developed the habit of listening ...; Created on 11 August 2008
49. Alan Gerry: (History Makers); ... system in Liberty, New York, where he still maintains his corporate offices. Over the years he developed innovative capital structures that made possible the financing of CVI’s remarkable growth without ...; Created on 11 August 2007
50. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... House Hill, along with his brothers, Paul and Alan. A graduate of Liberty High School, Class of 1949, he served in the U.S. Navy before going to California in 1954. He managed to come ...; Created on 11 August 2007
51. 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
52. Andrew Neiderman: (History Makers); ... producer of the film version of V.C. Andrews, “Rain,” for which he wrote the screenplay. The film stars Faye Dunaway, Robert Loggia, Khandi Alexander (CSI Miami) and features Brooklyn Sudano (daughter ...; Created on 01 June 2006
53. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... ver in which a raft could be taken to market and no one was free to engage in the business until he had the Admiral's consent. This was gained by presenting Skinner with a bottle of wine, when liberty was gr ...; Created on 11 August 2005
54. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... ience teacher in Roscoe from 1957 until 1964 and then continued as a science teacher in Liberty from 1964 to 1982 when he retired. Wilmer's interest in the O&W Railway began to take shape in 1983, a yea ...; Created on 11 August 2005
55. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... by Michael Land, Artie Kornfeld, John Roberts and Joel Rosenman. Originally it was to have been held in Woodstock, New York. When that did not work out they attempted to move to Wallkill, but the Wallkill ...; Created on 01 June 2004
56. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... ndchild, and one great, great- grandchild. Rusty had a very successful radio and appliance business in Liberty and the couple first lived in Smallwood and later moved to Liberty. In 1945 they opened Hodge' ...; Created on 11 August 2003
57. Beatrice Schoch: (History Preserver); ... (Mimi) and Robert, six grand-children and six great grand-children. Because Bethel was Bee’s home, she began her historical career with a ten year stint as Historian for the Town ...; Created on 11 August 2003
58. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... in Liberty, NY) to help address the many issues faced by the families of the Jewish immigrants moving into Sullivan County. According to her grandson, Robert Durland, she was especially proud of her relationships ...; Created on 11 August 2001
59. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... today by our History Preserver honoree, Mary Curtis and her two brothers, Edward and Robert, the eighth generation of that union. Hannah had a no-nonsense introduction to life on the frontier. A family ...; Created on 11 August 2001
60. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... 1990 was a year Bill never forgot. In September of that year, the University of the State of New York awarded him the Albert Corey Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contributions to State and ...; Created on 11 August 1998
61. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 1996 Otto Hillig (1874 ~ 1954) The following biographical sketch is taken from an article written by Mr. Delbert Van Etten, the Town ...; Created on 11 August 1996
62. Frederick A. Cooke: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 1994 Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) Artic Explorer Frederick Albert Cook was born in Hortonville, Sullivan County on June 10, 1865, the ...; Created on 01 June 1994
63. World War I Comes to the Museum June 16th: (Past Exhibits); ... 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 ...; Created on 09 June 2018
64. Liberty ...: (Tags); Liberty ...; Created on 26 December 2015
65. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Article tagged with: Liberty); May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016 Liberty, NY Allan W. Dampman of Liberty, NY, a retired Associate Dean of Community Services at Sullivan County Community College, Loch Sheldrake, NY died Friday October ...; Created on 16 October 2016
66. Casino Burns: (Article tagged with: Liberty); October 19, 1911; Sullivan County Review "Clark's Pavillion at Lake Ophelia, near Liberty, burned to the ground early this morning. When help arrived it was too late, as the whole front of the buildi ...; Created on 07 October 2011
67. Delbert Van Etten ...: (Article tagged with: Liberty); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2000 Delbert Van Etten Delbert Van Etten was born in 1927, attended Liberty schools and graduated from Liberty High School ...; Created on 11 August 2000
68. Gas Station Slot Machine: (Article tagged with: 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 return ...; Created on 07 October 2011
69. Hebrews To Lay Corner Stone: (Article tagged with: Liberty); February 29, 1912, Livingston Manor Times “The congregation Tiffereth Israel of Parksville are busily occupied in forming plans for the ceremonies at the laying of the cornerstone of the Synagogue ...; Created on 06 March 2012
70. Jennie Grossinger: (Article tagged with: Liberty); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2002 Jennie Grossinger 1892-1972 Jennie Grossinger, like so many immigrants, had a great love of America and worked very hard to be worthy ...; Created on 11 September 2011
71. Liberty ...: (Article Category tagged with: Liberty); 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
72. Liberty ...: (Article Category tagged with: Liberty); The Information in the listed Liberty Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 26 December 2015

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