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1. Three astronauts killed from flash fire while onboard command module (2020-01-27) ...: (Events Calendar/Three astronauts killed from flash fire while onboard command module); Three astronauts killed from flash fire while onboard command module January 27, 1967 Three NASA astronauts were killed from a flash fire while onboard the command module during a launch pad test. The ...; Created on 27 December 2015
2. Rockland: (Category); ... center of Livingston Manor. The Village was named after Dr. Edward Livingston who lived in his manor house on upper Main Street where the present firehouse is located. With the influx of new settlers there ...; Created on 30 November -0001
3. Neversink: (Category); ... Tri-Valley School began. That’s how fire companies were started, first aid squads began. That’s why the Tri-Valley area is known for its volunteer accomplishments. Drive over and visit us someday if ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. 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
5. County History: (Category); ... They held great council fires in the Mamakating valley and annual corn harvest festivals along the Delaware River at what is today Cochecton. With the arrival of the Europeans—Swedish, Dutch and then ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. The Great Monticello Fire - Rep-Watchman Aug 13th 1909 ...: (Thompson); $1,000,000 FIRE IN MONTICELLO BUSINESS SECTION GUTTED Seventy-Four Places of Business and Residence Go Up in Smoke-—A Sorry Spectacle—But Monticello Will Build Again. The larger part of the business ...; Created on 16 February 2018
7. The Monticello Fire ...: (Video); The Monticello Fire monticello_fire ...; Created on 28 May 2014
8. Fallsburgh Cemetery Fire ...: (Fallsburg); August 26, 1931; Livingston Manor Times "Fire which crept into the Fallsburgh Cemetery while the funeral of Mrs. Edward Edwards was being conducted at her home in Fallsburgh, Saturday afternoon, destroye ...; Created on 07 October 2011
9. William "Bill" Burns Memorial: (News); ... archivist, officer, and a person to go to when a historical question comes upon. He will be greatly missed. The following is taken from a Smallwood-White Lake Fire Company posting on Facebook. ...; Created on 29 March 2020
10. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); ... s to do with fires and fire codes," Conway said. "The assimilation of the Jewish families who were vacationing here. Low airfares, air conditioning, the automobile.” “They really didn’t have the money ...; Created on 06 July 2017
11. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... witnessed Elsie’s persistence first hand with her crusade in correcting decades of misspelling the town’s name. When the Forestburgh firehouse was erected in 1964, the huge, red plastic letters representing ...; Created on 17 January 2016
12. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... himself fully in community affairs. He was an active member of the fire department, serving as president of the fire company and as a fire commissioner. He was an officer of the South Fallsburg Hebrew ...; Created on 17 January 2016
13. Monticello: (Thompson); ... til it was suspended in 1935. On August 10, 1909, Monticello suffered its worse calamity in history when a fire wiped out most of the business section of the village. It was thought that the fire sta ...; Created on 26 December 2015
14. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... e telegraph in 1887. A large number of businesses were destroyed by the Eagle Hotel fire of 1918. A petition to incorporate the village was filed on September 13, 1924 and the Certificate of Incorporati ...; Created on 26 December 2015
15. Civil War Exhibit: (Pictures); This has been a very popular exhibit. There were artifacts, books, pictures , and even a Civil War encampment complete with a tent, fire pit and checker board. NOTE: This exhibit will close ...; Created on 18 December 2015
16. Civil War: (Past Exhibits); This has been a very popular exhibit. There were artifacts, books, pictures , and even a Civil War encampment complete with a tent, fire pit and checker board. NOTE: This exhibit will close on January ...; Created on 18 December 2015
17. Sullivan County Long Beards: (History Makers); ... The prizes awarded are generally firearms and taxidermy mounts of their trophies donated by local taxidermists. Scholarship program; Since 2010, the chapter has provided annual NWTF Conservation ...; Created on 18 October 2014
18. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... the WhiteLake area in conjunction with Sullivan County Renaissance program. Both Bill and Pat have also volunteered at FortDelawareMuseum, the Mongaup Valley Fire Department and Ladies Auxiliary and on ...; Created on 18 October 2014
19. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... on convoy missions, anti-submarine patrol, fire support and patrol duty until reassigned to the war effort in the Pacific theater in April 1945. Even though the war came to an end that summer with th ...; Created on 04 April 2012
20. Grist Mill Burned Saturday: (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
21. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... e telegraph in 1887. A large number of businesses were destroyed by the Eagle Hotel fire of 1918. A petition to incorporate the village was filed on September 13, 1924 and the Certificate of Incorporati ...; Created on 03 November 2011
22. The Village of Narrowsburg: (Tusten); ... of Tusten for more settlers and workmen. The station was built in 1850 and destroyed by fire in February 1918. The freight office, which was built about 1960, was converted to accommodate both passengers ...; Created on 20 October 2011
23. Searching For Gillette: (Neversink); ... . An article was found in the Republican Watchman concerning the death of Horace Gillette, in 1854. The newspaper had been damaged by fire at the publisher's office, destroying half of the printed informati ...; Created on 07 October 2011
24. Along the Neversink...: (Neversink); ... by saying that he chose to be the administrator of his own estate. The village boys used to tease Sam when he was intoxicated. One day he secured an old gun and fired a shot among them, killing one of ...; Created on 07 October 2011
25. Old Mansion House: (Bethel); ... s are gutted by fire, but it would not take many thousands to make it a most presentable hotel, and under proper management, with a less conspicuous place for the bar, it would quickly take its place ...; Created on 15 September 2011
26. Searching For Gillette: (Research Department); ... . An article was found in the Republican Watchman concerning the death of Horace Gillette, in 1854. The newspaper had been damaged by fire at the publisher's office, destroying half of the printed informati ...; Created on 20 August 2011
27. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... height, the walls of the pump house were totally constructed by brick, the girders and beams made of iron, and the roof of sheet metal, making the structure fully fireproof. Where the exterior walls met ...; Created on 28 June 2011
28. D&H Canal: (General History); ... te fire that was to shape the industrial and domestic development of the city. The stock offered for sale that day was oversubscribed within a few hours, and the newly-formed Delaware & Hudson Canal Comp ...; Created on 04 June 2010
29. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... 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 ...; Created on 11 August 2007
30. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... so many original documents have been lost. Fires, floods and perhaps a general carelessness as regards historical preservation were some of the factors at work. Given the limited number of original sources, ...; Created on 11 August 2006
31. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... Bethel. The last of these, the former Mel Stevenson farm, was acquired after a devastating fire destroyed Max’s main barn in 1963. The 127 head of cattle were saved, but Max now needed a barn to house ...; Created on 01 June 2004
32. Beatrice Schoch: (History Preserver); ... The Anniversary celebration included a boat regatta on White Lake, dancing, a parade, and fireworks and was considered a great success. She also kept up with changing times and new technology and contributed ...; Created on 11 August 2003
33. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... tradition records that at age six she was stationed on the barricades of the stockade located on the Delaware River and was instructed to fire the muskets handed up to her by the women below who loaded ...; Created on 11 August 2001
34. Francis S. Currey: (History Makers); ... Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. On that day, in Malmedy, Belgium, Currey repeatedly exposed himself to hostile fire to attack the German forces and rescue five comrades who had been pinned down by enem ...; Created on 01 June 2000

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