- 1. Rockland
- (Category)
- ... to Buck Eddy were occupied. Most of the settlers were neighbors and relatives of the Stewarts. The location was at the time a part of the town of Rochester in Ulster County. In 1798 it became ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. Lumberland
- (Category)
- ... blue-stone quarries near Pond Eddy, followed in 1870 by the local firm of Decker, Kilgore & Company. Stone from these quarries left the Town via the D & H Canal on the New York side of the river and the ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 3. Fremont
- (Category)
- ... 1800. The land was owned by absentee landlords – one of the chief owners was Lucas Elmendorf. He eventually moved into the Long Eddy section. Isaac Simmons is credited by Quinlan of being the first ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. Cochecton
- (Category)
- ... Eddy, which was located above what is now known as “Old Town” near County Road 114. The inn was used for many years as a chief meeting place for political caucuses, town meetings, elections and was also ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 5. John B. (Jack) Niflot
- (History Preserver)
- ... and preserving the history and heritage of the Upper Delaware Valley is best exemplified by his co-founding of the Basket Historical Society in 1980, establishing its museum in Long Eddy and publishing/editing ...
- Created on 25 November 2013
- 6. The Village of Narrowsburg
- (Tusten)
- The village of Narrowsburg is located within the Town of Tusten. Benjamin Homan, a companion of the noted Indian fighter Tom Quick, settled near the big eddy around 1763. Most of the places along the Delaware ...
- Created on 20 October 2011
- 7. The Oil Pipeline
- (General History)
- ... of the river until it reached Big Eddy, where it began to accumulate on top of the eddy’s placid flow. Eventually, the oil became one-half inch thick over the entire length of the eddy. Sections ...
- Created on 28 June 2011
- 8. D&H Canal
- (General History)
- ... anthracite coal along river valleys from Honesdale in northeastern Pennsylvania to Eddyville on the Rondout Creek near the villages of Kingston and Rondout. From here, it was shipped on barges down the ...
- Created on 04 June 2010
- 9. Daniel Skinner
- (History Makers)
- ... ight, the rafts were tied up along the banks or in a quiet eddy. At some eddies, such as the Big Eddy at Narrowsburg, inns and taverns catered to the raftsmen. During the heyday of rafting, as many as a th ...
- Created on 11 August 2005
- 10. John Conway
- (History Preserver)
- ... years ago with some partners, they purchased Eddy Farm on the Delaware River above Port Jervis. The hotel traced its history back to the days of the rafters and with his strong commitment to historical ...
- Created on 11 August 2002
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