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1. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... Main Street in downtown Hurleyville, the Sullivan County Cultural Center (commonly known as the County’s museum) is home to the Sullivan County Historical Society and houses multiple exhibits, genealogical ...; Created on 11 July 2021
2. Rockland: (Category); ... NY A decimated group of Tuscaroras from the Carolinas took refuge in the area. A tribe member by the name of Tunis was brought up in the home of John Osterhout, an Indian scout and guide, living ...; Created on 30 November -0001
3. Neversink: (Category); ... reservoirs took their homesteads, their businesses, their farms, their cemeteries; their cherished swimming holes. Like all pioneers, folks picked up and moved on. Carl Carlsen remembers as a young boy ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Mamakating: (Category); ... north of the village of Wurtsboro and it was called Fort Devans. A building was later added to make it larger and it is now the home of the Barone family, the owners and operators of the Wurtsboro airport. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Lumberland: (Category); ... the Singer Company and was named the “Homestead”. As the McKensie family grew and their wealth multiplied, so did their summer residence, Glen Spey. At least eight estates, all with magnificent homes ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Fremont: (Category); ... of Fremont, had been active in the town affairs of Liberty. When Callicoon had its first town meeting at the home of George G. DeWitt, Hankins was present and took a leading part in the organization meeting ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Forestburgh: (Category); ... d connecting east and west. In 1982, a log cabin was discoverred within an existing home, when the recently purchased farmhouse was being renovated. It's age was traced to 1834, the origin believed ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Fallsburg: (Category); ... Homes,� there were 162 places listed to stay at in the Town of Fallsburg, most of them being farm/boarding houses. Some Sullivan County farmers had already been boarding guests before the summer tourist ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Delaware: (Category); ... to be known as Callicoon, there were few settlers in the area, none within a mile of his new home. Many years before, hunters from the Hudson Valley had ventured into the valley of the Callicoon Creek ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. 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
11. Cochecton: (Category); ... outskirts of the hamlet along State Route 97. While the old country store and Riley's Ice Cream Parlor are mere memories of the recent past, still Cochecton is the home for "Cheers," a tavern that primar ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Callicoon: (Category); ... came from High Falls in Ulster County and were of English and Scottish decent. Legend says they had to hew their way through the forest for 10 miles in Callicoon before a homestead site could be found. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Bethel: (Category); ... 60's in Kauneonga Lake, an entire new Community of second homes appeared. This community became known as the White Lake Homes. The residents from this community have become a very important part of the s ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); This Content is reposted from and is Property of Spectrum News During the 1940s and 1950s, the Catskills was one of the top tourist destinations in the world. In the summer months, it was home to more ...; Created on 06 July 2017
15. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Society News); ... of San Francisco, CA. Visitation will be Monday, October 17, 2016 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Harris Funeral Home, West St. at Buckley Liberty, NY. Funeral services will be Monday, October 17, 2016 at ...; Created on 16 October 2016
16. Sullivan Life: (Now Showing); ... into towns. Lifestyle and Household furniture and neccesaties have changed a lot since the days the county was formed. This Exhibit will show what the typical home life was like with displays of Furniture, ...; Created on 11 June 2016
17. 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
18. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... le, tops. All along they knew that Woodstock would draw far, far more. "I was pretty manipulative," Lang said. "The figure at Wallkill was 50,000, and we just stuck with it. I was planning on a quarter- ...; Created on 04 January 2016
19. Monticello: (Thompson); ... dreams. Returning home, Samuel related his predictions and vision to his younger brother, John. John joined his brother in his enthusiasm and in the early part of 1803, they bought two tracts of wilderness ...; Created on 26 December 2015
20. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... use. This year (1984) the village has moved into its first permanent home, next to the library, on Center Street in the "Old Firehouse". Reprinted from Village Tribute, Sunday, May 6, 1984, Menges' L ...; Created on 26 December 2015
21. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... During its heyday as a resort Hurleyville was home to many popular summer hotels, bungalow colonies and boarding houses, the biggest and best known was the rather grand Colombia Hotel located atop Colombia ...; Created on 26 December 2015
22. Genealogy Department: (Genealogy Department); ... Department. If on the homepage you click on "Departments" at the top of the page and select "Genealogy." you will in the near future see my postings. Also at the top of the homepage is a heading label ...; Created on 11 March 2015
23. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... family activities and work obligations in New Jersey, they continued to find time to regularly visit Bill’s ancestral home at Fraser Settlement. In 1959, they acquired the old house on the Van Vactor homestead, ...; Created on 18 October 2014
24. Along The Neversink....: (Neversink); ... . Sam Benson kept the Tavern, and Jim Knight lived up the river where we went trout fishing. His home was open to all comers. Peg Lawrence also kept a tavern and in her declining years always claimed th ...; Created on 28 December 2011
25. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... use. This year (1984) the village has moved into its first permanent home, next to the library, on Center Street in the "Old Firehouse". Reprinted from Village Tribute, Sunday, May 6, 1984, Menges' L ...; Created on 03 November 2011
26. Mutton Hill Burying Ground....cont: (Neversink); ... y to Freedom he was attacked by a Tory bank in 1782 and left for dead in his own home." On the southeast side is inscribed: "Erected by the descendants of Henry Reynolds 1902." Reuben Cross August ...; Created on 27 October 2011
27. 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
28. Gas Station Slot Machine: (Liberty); ... home and stopped for gas at the filling station conducted by Rose Berkowitz at Parksville. They got the gas and also a slot machine. Mrs. Berkowitz collected for the gas, but paid a $10 fine to Justic ...; Created on 07 October 2011
29. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... which was then transferred to Woodbourne tanners, Henry Osborn and Medad Morss [hence the name Morsston] in 1852. The precise location of the Salmon Steele homestead has not been determined, but according ...; Created on 07 October 2011
30. Along the Neversink...: (Neversink); ... more than a few days in any one home. These two characters were a part of the home life along the Neversink in the 70's. But there were many, very many strong characters along the Neversink at thi ...; Created on 07 October 2011
31. Trunk Line 4: (Rockland); ... e to eliminate the section of road at Old Morsston from the trunk line. "Two surveys have been made one beginning at the Ross place now occupied by E O Van Wagner and the other starting near the home ...; Created on 23 September 2011
32. Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); ... ; "For loyalty to Freedom he was attacked by a Tory band in 1782 and left for dead in his own home." On the southeast side in inscribed; "Erected by the descendants of Henry Reynolds 1902." ...; Created on 31 August 2011
33. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... which was then transferred to Woodbourne tanners, Henry Osborn and Medad Morss [hence the name Morsston] in 1852. The precise location of the Salmon Steele homestead has not been determined, but according ...; Created on 16 August 2011
34. Skinner Family Cemetery: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Skinner Falls, Located on David Skinner's homestead. AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
35. About the Museum: (Sullivan County Museum); The Sullivan County Museum Home of the Sullivan County Historical Society The Museum is l.ocated at 265 Main Street in Hurleyville, NY. in an attractive county owned building. The original structure ...; Created on 01 June 2010
36. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... and whenever a weekend was available, he would leave his home in northern New Jersey to come up to the Catskills to be close to streams such as the Beaverkill and Willowemoc. At first his fishing days ...; Created on 11 August 2009
37. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... Academy handled over 500 young aspiring athletes preparing for sports programs back home. There was also Camp Anawana, which; provided recreation and the camping experience for some 300 young people. Milton’s ...; Created on 11 August 2008
38. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); ... home every fall for 32 years and as his parents Bill and Naomi grew older, he started to spend longer periods of time in his beloved Ferndale. He purchased his first house in 1981. It ...; Created on 11 August 2007
39. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... of the Bulge. The Gorowitz family, which also included two younger brothers, Alan and Maurice, moved to Sullivan County and purchased an old homestead in Ferndale. After being discharged ...; Created on 11 August 2007
40. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... iver. For those men who made the entire run, it was a long trip back to Narrowsburg and their homes further upstream. After the railroads came, the raftsmen could take the train to Jersey City and then ...; Created on 11 August 2005
41. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... In fact, special trout cars were built to make this distribution of young trout easier. Next the railroad increased its business by printing an annual book entitled Summer Homes which listed all the hotels ...; Created on 11 August 2005
42. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... the last day, when Max went from the home farm to the site to meet with Roberts and Lang about some security issues, the kids saw him and carried him to the stage. They will forever remember what he said ...; Created on 01 June 2004
43. 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
44. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... d in Galatia. Like many young men of his time, he began thinking about America, for in every village one heard stories of men who had gone to America and if all went well, eventually sent money home to bri ...; Created on 11 August 2002
45. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... C. Chase would become a household name in Sullivan County, New York a world away from her hometown. A woman of vision, tremendous focus and tenacity, she became the first female Superintendent ...; Created on 11 August 2001
46. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... They, of course, had children in their new home. Two of them, Oliver Calkin and Hannah Thomas, eventually married and started a family which not only survived, but flourished in this new world and is represented ...; Created on 11 August 2001
47. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... the Dr. Tomkins’ home, as well as several smaller buildings. Owners of these structures are free to modify the interior of these structures, but to maintain historic continuity, they are not permitted ...; Created on 11 August 2000
48. 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
49. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... was honorably discharged as Technical Sergeant in September 1945. He served in the Air Force Reserves from 1945 until 1953. After his discharge from the military, Bill went home to ...; Created on 11 August 1998
50. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... in the State, who could have gone on to achieve even higher honors in Washington, but was one who never lost his sense of roots: that Sullivan County was home and that all its citizens were his friends ...; Created on 01 June 1998
51. John Raleigh Mott: (History Makers); ... wrote: “(John Mott) is regarded as one of the most constructive religious geniuses since John Wesley. As a leading force in aggressive Christianity he has probably influenced more young men at home and ...; Created on 11 August 1997
52. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... miles per hour. Painted red and silver, it was named “Liberty” in honor of his adopted home town. The flight began from the Liberty Golf Course, touched down in Newfoundland and began the cross-Atlantic ...; Created on 11 August 1996
53. Marjorie Durland Smith: (History Preserver); ... which moved the Museum to its new Hurleyville home in 1971 and over the years has worked with many teachers and fourth grade students to provide a background in local history. This involved student visits ...; Created on 11 August 1994
54. 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
55. Home Life ...: (Tags); Home Life ...; Created on 27 December 2015

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