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1. Book Signing - Claire Gem (2016-06-26): (Events Calendar/Book Signing - Claire Gem); Book Signing - Claire Gem 3 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (845) 434-8044 ...; Created on 11 June 2016
2. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... Call 845 434-8044 for more info, or visit the website at www.scnyhistory.org. Save the date- Saturday March 7 2 PM Catskill Readers Theater will be presenting a Women’s History Program in conjunction ...; Created on 29 January 2020
3. 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
4. Rockland: (Category); ... Beaverkill Trail and the Mary Smith Trail. The Sun Trail ran from Hudson River to the East Branch of the Delaware and was so called because an Indian or scout could start running at sun-up and reach the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Neversink: (Category); ... the fishing. The hotel was called either Lackawack Hotel or Shield’s Hotel and Tammany Hall politicians and their families were an important part of the clientele. In the valley along the Neversink ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Mamakating: (Category); ... were what is now most of Orange and Sullivan Counties. On December17th, 1743 a precinct was formed called Mamakating. Some say it was called Mamacotten. It included what is now all of Sullivan County but ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. 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
8. Liberty: (Category); ... of Lumberland, and was itself at this time, so large that it included the present towns of Callicoon and Freemont. The Town today covers 85 square miles. When the first white settlers came to this area, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. General History: (Category); ... r Journal. We happily accept submissions from our users as well.! Call us to find out how you can contribute! ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. 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
11. Fallsburg: (Category); ... Schoonmaker arrived in Divine Corners as early as 1805. Shortly after, he bought property at Sheldrake and became so well known for his developments there that the area was first called Schoonmaker Settlement. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. Callicoon ...: (Category); The Information in the listed Callicoon Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Callicoon ...: (Category); HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CALLICOON By: Martha A. Scheidell The Town of Callicoon was, until 1798 part of the Town of Mamakating on the Sullivan-Orange county boundary. From 1798 to 1807 it was part ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. Bethel: (Category); ... significant to this history. Well, this covered bridge was part of what was called the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike. Its replacement, which spans the Mongaup River, is now the connection between the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Along The Neversink in the Seventies: (Category); ... He would later become Highway Superintendant for Sullivan County. Recalling his youth at the township of Neversink, Monroe published personal recollections of Neversink, and its memorable folks. The articles ...; Created on 30 November -0001
19. St. George's Roman Catholic Cemetery - Callicoon ...: (Callicoon); LOCATION: Callicoon Township FAMILY: AKA: REF: NOTES: 1843 ...; Created on 13 April 2012
20. Callicoon Cemetery ...: (Delaware); LOCATION: Creamery Road, Callicoon, NY AKA: FAMILY: Information about burials in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
21. Callicoon Center Cemetery ...: (Callicoon); LOCATION: Hessinger Road, Callicoon Center, NY FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery may be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY AKA: REF: 1930 by GAB NOTES: ...; Created on 03 June 2010
22. First Sunday Concert April 5 - The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers: (News); ... about Rick on his website http://www.ricknestler.com. Donna Nestler is classically trained in flute, bassoon and guitar, but she plays the banjolele. The banjolele is a four-stringed instrument with ...; Created on 12 March 2020
23. 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
24. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... and serve in the army, but he was born in South Fallsburg and never called anyplace else home. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Harold entered the world on September 20, 1923, in a second-floor apartment ...; Created on 17 January 2016
25. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... ago. That's when the debate began about Woodstock's historical significance. True believers still call Woodstock the capstone of an era devoted to human advancement. Cynics say it was a fitting, ridicul ...; Created on 04 January 2016
26. Monticello: (Thompson); ... pson called the area around his improved lands Albion Mills. He and his family left the Mills each winter and returned to New York City until 1801 when they moved into a fine frame house and became year- ...; Created on 26 December 2015
27. 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
28. Concord Remembered: (Pictures); ... sino expected to be completed in 2017. The exhibit is open through Columbus Day weekend, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 to 4, Sunday, 1-4 Admission, three dollars for adults 18 and over. Call the M ...; Created on 01 July 2015
29. Concord Remembered: (Past Exhibits); ... sino expected to be completed in 2017. The exhibit is open through Columbus Day weekend, Tuesday through Saturday, 10 to 4, Sunday, 1-4 Admission, three dollars for adults 18 and over. Call the M ...; Created on 01 July 2015
30. Sullivan County: (Genealogy Department); ... When researching your family be sure to choose the correct state. We have received calls from people looking for Tennessee and are surprised to find out they reached the SCHS in New York. ...; Created on 12 March 2015
31. VOLUNTEERS WANTED: (Announcements); ... genealogy. No specific skills are required but enthusiasm is a must! Two to four hours a week (or more) would be desirable. Call the Museum or drop by for more information, Tuesday through Saturday, ...; Created on 28 September 2014
32. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... s installed as the minister for the two churches in October of 1964, occupying the charge when, three years later, he answered a somewhat different calling and new challenge. The next change in the cour ...; Created on 04 April 2012
33. Darling Tales: (Callicoon); Johnny Darling tales, compiled by Charlie Hick, past Town of Callicoon Historian "One day Johnny Darling came to Thumansville to call on "Squire Harding," who is in addition to being justice of t ...; Created on 28 December 2011
34. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... of the central portion of Sullivan County. The route served the major means of transportation between the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike and the Callicoon Valley, it was important to the development of the ...; Created on 03 November 2011
35. 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
36. 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
37. The Hamlet of Lava: (Tusten); Another community in the Town of Tusten is Lava. The area was not named on the 1875 Beer's map although a school was shown. When applying for a post office, an early group of residents wanted to call th ...; Created on 20 October 2011
38. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... The Erie Railroad erected a station about a mile above the village where its tracks crossed the Delaware from Pennsylvania to New York. This station was first called Delaware Bridge then Tusten Station. ...; Created on 20 October 2011
39. Along the Neversink...: (Neversink); ... time, and I can easily recall many of them. Those whom I fail to recall, having long ago passed on, will pardon my lapse of memory.... Monroe Wright ...; Created on 07 October 2011
40. Along the Neversink in the Seventies: (Neversink); ... He would later become Highway Superintendant for Sullivan County. Recalling his youth at the township of Neversink, Monroe published personal recollections of Neversink, and its memorable folks. The articles ...; Created on 07 October 2011
41. 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
42. Mystery of Missing Marker: (Thompson); ... was startled to see the sign back on its customary perch. A rush phone call to the NYS Highway Department on Wednesday morning brought forth the information that the sign had quietly been re-erected that M ...; Created on 22 September 2011
43. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... Division quickly prospered with the activity. In early September, sixty men hired-on by the oil company arrived at Callicoon Depot taking up quarters at the Minard House. A like number of workers filled ...; Created on 28 June 2011
44. Holy Cross Cemetery: (Delaware); LOCATION: Creamery Road, Callicoon, NY AKA: FAMILY: At the present time, there is no information avilable on burials in this cemetery. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
45. About the Museum: (Sullivan County Museum); ... members of the Sullivan County Historical Society. Museum Hours are: Tues.- Sat. - 10 AM to 4:30 PM Sunday - 1PM to 4:30PM Monday - Closed For info call (845) 434 - 8044 ...; Created on 01 June 2010
46. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... on his fishing skills, he still found time for reading. He recalls the sense of discovery he had when he came across authors like Alf Evers and Manville Wakefield who had a knack for making Catskill history ...; Created on 11 August 2009
47. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... Helen Wasser. She was only ten years old, but she quickly became part of the hotel scene. The summer visits became permanent when in 1946 she and Milton were married. She recalls that initially she was ...; Created on 11 August 2008
48. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... to recall family relationships. Over the years Charlotte was able to trace her own lineage back 400 years. In her younger adult years she was busy with family and work. She married Richard ...; Created on 11 August 2008
49. Alan Gerry: (History Makers); ... as Granite’s Chairman and C.E.O. Alan never forgot his origins and now devotes a large part of his time helping Sullivan County to enhance its natural beauty and grow economically. In ...; Created on 11 August 2007
50. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2007 Maurice Gerry A native of Ferndale, NY, Maurice attended the two room school house on what was called School ...; Created on 11 August 2007
51. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... new business called The Cutting Edge. One of Paul’s special interests was that of railroads. He was a founding member in 1982 of the Catskill Society of Model Train Engineers – an outgrowth ...; Created on 11 August 2007
52. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... copies from a surviving copy of the original edition. These copies in turn were sold out in a few years to interested readers both locally and across the country. At present, arrangements are being made ...; Created on 11 August 2006
53. 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
54. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... was present and he was appointed to draw up the articles of incorporation for this new line which was to be called the New York & Oswego Midland Railroad. Littlejohn also used his political position to ...; Created on 11 August 2005
55. The Archives Gang: (History Preserver); ... have chosen this year to recognize the current group of volunteers who call themselves The Archives Gang: John Masten Charlotte ...; Created on 11 August 2004
56. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... agree, Max brought the most famous concert event in American history to Sullivan County and thereby dramatically influenced the County’s self-perception and future. The son of ...; Created on 01 June 2004
57. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... nway uses the phrase Silver Age to describe the hotels which existed before the First World War. Some of these buildings were physically impressive, but the activities available to the guests were limite ...; Created on 11 August 2002
58. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... 200 calls per airing. Later in that year, he began writing a column about the county for the Times Herald Record entitled “Retrospect.” He wrote this weekly column for eleven years while he was also writing ...; Created on 11 August 2002
59. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... She worked at advertising in New York City, returned to Syracuse to study for a Master’s degree in Sociology and then left for San Diego to work with some newspapers in California. But the Valley called ...; Created on 11 August 2001
60. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... in 1945. He joined the army almost on the day that Japan surrendered and was sent overseas to serve in the Army of Occupation in Germany. Though Del recalls that at the time he did not know one drink from ...; Created on 11 August 2000
61. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... purchased a small insurance agency which he called the Rhulen Insurance Agency. They also had a third child, Peter, who was born in Monticello. Walter’s sister Joan remembers their home in the 1930’s and ...; Created on 11 August 1999
62. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... the essence of rectitude and my mother the essence of refinement,” he recalls. His father’s advice continues to guide him. When he faces difficult decisions, he remembers his father’s words, “If in doubt, ...; Created on 01 June 1998
63. James Burbank: (History Preserver); ... to build a colonial fort just north of Narrowsburg to be called Fort Delaware in honor of a similar fort on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River whose location has been lost. Stock in the venture ...; Created on 11 August 1997
64. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... army at age seventeen and served in the Korean Occupation Army 1946-1947. Upon discharge, he made what he recalls as a fateful decision. He was proud of his staff sergeant’s stripes and signed up in the ...; Created on 11 August 1996
65. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... automobile, at a time when such a trip was practically unheard of. In the early 1920’s he was one of the pioneers in aerial photography and as an outgrowth of his interest in aviation he purchased in ...; Created on 11 August 1996
66. Frederick A. Cooke: (History Makers); ... ship on which he was sailing, he navigated an open boat across ninety miles of polar sea to obtain rescue. Roald Amundsen, who in 1911 became the first man to reach the South Pole, called Cook, “the most ...; Created on 01 June 1994
67. World War I Comes to the Museum June 16th: (Past Exhibits); ... and Sunday 1-4:30 p.m. Admission is free; however, donations are accepted. For more information, visit www.scnyhistory.org or call 845-434-8044. The exhibit of WWI memorabilia, pictures and articles ...; Created on 09 June 2018
68. Callicoon ...: (Tags); Callicoon ...; Created on 26 December 2015
69. Callicoon ...: (Article Category tagged with: Callicoon); The Information in the listed Callicoon Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 26 December 2015
70. Callicoon ...: (Article Category tagged with: Callicoon); HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CALLICOON By: Martha A. Scheidell The Town of Callicoon was, until 1798 part of the Town of Mamakating on the Sullivan-Orange county boundary. From 1798 to 1807 it was part ...; Created on 30 November -0001
71. Darling Tales: (Article tagged with: Callicoon); Johnny Darling tales, compiled by Charlie Hick, past Town of Callicoon Historian "One day Johnny Darling came to Thumansville to call on "Squire Harding," who is in addition to being justice of t ...; Created on 26 December 2011
72. Early History of Youngsville: (Article tagged with: 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
73. Grist Mill Burned Saturday: (Article tagged with: Callicoon); February 22, 1912; Livingston Manor Times “The grist mill at Jeffersonville owned by Wm. Bollenback was entirely destroyed by fire Saturday morning, entailing the destruction of property amounting ...; Created on 06 March 2012
74. History of Jeffersonville: (Article tagged with: 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
75. Jeffersonville: (Article tagged with: 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

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