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1. Thompson: (Category); ... native of Litchfield County, Connecticut. He was a miller who arrived in the area in 1794. Thompson bought land and built a settlement near what was then known as Albion. Thompson, who later became a judge, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
2. Rockland: (Category); ... bought from John Livingston, Lot No. 24 where he built the first log cabin in the area. His farm occupied the area of Roscoe extending from Stewart Avenue (named after the founder) to School Street. Jehiel ...; Created on 30 November -0001
3. Neversink: (Category); ... in existence for over 100 years; a delightful playground built by volunteers; a covered bridge built by volunteers; a library that has grown by leaps and bounds and a community newspaper that began in ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Mamakating: (Category); ... were three forts built in Mamakating. Fort Westbrookville was built in 1750 on what is now the Sullivan and Orange county border and until several years ago it was a restaurant. In 1757 a fort was built ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. 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
6. Highland: (Category); ... e boarding houses and small summer hotels built in the Town of Highland catered mostly to German and Irish guests. Today much of Highland is still undeveloped. The main industry in the town is touri ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Fremont: (Category); ... some size it is well to call attention to the old cemeteries at both these places. I had assumed that Benjamin Misner was the earliest settler to come into the Long Pond section where he built a saw ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Forestburgh: (Category); ... lth. In 1895, the first Town Hall was built and the present one in 1980 is on King Road off Route 42 South. In 1963, the first fire house came into being, continuing today with volunteers. The Forest ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Fallsburg: (Category); ... river. A number of sawmills and gristmills were built there in the 1790�s further establishing the area. Hasbrouck was named in honor of Anthony Hasbrouck, a wealthy and prominent man who settled there ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Delaware: (Category); ... Jersey, to settle at the confluence of Callicoon Creek and the Delaware River. Acting as Griswold's land agent, he built a house near what is now Upper Delaware Campgrounds. When Ross came to what cam ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. County History: (Category); ... through the county, and in the erection of the county itself. John P. Jones built the initial homein Monticello, cutting down the first tree himself in September of 1804. When the new county was finally ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Callicoon: (Category); ... River. Callicoon continued in relative isolation until it was relatively certain the railroad would be built through in the mid-1800s. John DeWitt, born in Dutches County and later a long time merchant ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Bethel: (Category); ... of these hamlets. In 1910, the old covered bridge, which had been built in 1830, was replaced with an iron bridge. This bridge is located in Mongaup Valley and you might wonder why this is ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... design a stone cottage, who in turn persuaded his Beaverkill neighbor Willis Butler to be the builder. Leaving the Beaverkill Valley with his family, Willis then built his own residence in 1899, also of ...; Created on 17 January 2016
15. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... of his word. He'd gone to New York University and studied real estate law, but moved back to his family's dairy farm in the '40s. A few years later, Yasgur sold the family farm in Maplewood and moved ...; Created on 04 January 2016
16. Monticello: (Thompson); ... Two brothers, Samuel F. Jones and John Patterson Jones, built Monticello. The turnpike company entrusted Samuel F. Jones to explore the vast forests west of the Mamakating valley to find the best route ...; Created on 26 December 2015
17. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... Abraham Schneider who built a saw mill in 1842 and Victor Hofer were early inhabitants. The Winkelreid Society, a group of Swiss settlers, gave its name to the original village in the early 1840's. Almo ...; Created on 26 December 2015
18. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... the Van Vactor family being amongst the earliest of settlers at Fraser Settlement. Built well before 1850 by Isaac Van Vactor and now being in need of extensive work, Pat and Bill repaired and updated ...; Created on 18 October 2014
19. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); The Stone Arch Bridge, near Kenoza Lake was built in the 1870s by Swiss-German settlers who had brought their skills in stone masonry with them from the old country. It was built to replace a wooden bridge ...; Created on 03 November 2011
20. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Cochecton); ... to Cochecton and began work on another bridge with two piers spanning a distance of about 600 feet. This bridge was completed in 1822. It was constructed upon nearly the same plan of the bridge built ...; Created on 03 November 2011
21. Early History of Youngsville: (Callicoon); ... of Youngs and was named in his honor. This took place about the year 1840. Mr. Young was an enterprising man; he built the first saw mill of the place and established the first store which was lovated ...; Created on 03 November 2011
22. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... Abraham Schneider who built a saw mill in 1842 and Victor Hofer were early inhabitants. The Winkelreid Society, a group of Swiss settlers, gave its name to the original village in the early 1840's. Almo ...; Created on 03 November 2011
23. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); ... History of Sullivan County, states that for some reason this bridge had to be rebuilt in 1832. This fine new bridge was destroyed by a flood in 1846 and replaced by a covered suspension bridge 250 feet ...; Created on 20 October 2011
24. Casino Burns: (Liberty); ... g was ablaze. "The building was owned by Mr. John Clark of New York who built it ten or twelve years ago. His son W H Clark has always been in charge. Mr. W H Clark says that the property had formerly b ...; Created on 07 October 2011
25. 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
26. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); SCHS Observer - March 8, 1965 "One of the first houses built in what was then called Mongaup Mill, was the dwelling of Squire William Gillespie (my grandmother's father) built in 1800. In June 18 ...; Created on 29 September 2011
27. Erect Historic Marker on Site of first House in Monticello: (Thompson); ... built in that community. "Constructed by the Jones brothers, Monticello's first structure was put up in December, 1804. Planking from the original house has been employed to panel the Board of Direct ...; Created on 22 September 2011
28. 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
29. About the Museum: (Sullivan County Museum); ... was built in 1912 and housed the historic Hurleyville Elementary School, which later became its High School. The last class graduated from the Hurleyville High School in 1945 when county schools were centralized, ...; Created on 01 June 2010
30. Alan Gerry: (History Makers); ... was a pioneer in many respects. He realized that television reception was unsatisfactory for many people due to topography or remoteness from towers and in 1956 he built his first “classic” television ...; Created on 11 August 2007
31. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... His first raft was built on Tammany flats opposite present-day Callicoon and consisted of six white pine poles suitable to become ship masts, each seventy feet long and held together by hardwood spindles ...; Created on 11 August 2005
32. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... cities like Syracuse and had been built through areas of small population. Therefore, it was imperative for the O&W to develop new markets. One of these involved increasing the number of trout to attract ...; Created on 11 August 2005
33. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... In 1948 Max bought two small farms in Bethel. He worked both the Maplewood farm and the Bethel farms until 1952 when he sold the Maplewood farm and moved the family to Bethel. Over the years he built up ...; Created on 01 June 2004
34. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... re the famous meals lovingly prepared in the tradition of Malke, delicious and seemingly endless; and if one wished a change of pace there were shops built into the hotel to provide the latest in clothes, ...; Created on 11 August 2002
35. James Burbank: (History Preserver); ... was sold and the fort was built. It was in operation from 1957 to 1970, but never prospered financially. Fortunately, the county stepped in and purchased the fort which remains today an important county ...; Created on 11 August 1997

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