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1. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... sits inside the D&H Canal Interpretive Center in Summitville. Monticello, NY – Marking the end of pandemic-related closures, the Sullivan County Cultural Center in Hurleyville and the Delaware & Hudson ...; Created on 11 July 2021
2. William McKinley shot (2020-09-06): (Events Calendar/William McKinley shot); William McKinley shot President McKinley was shot on September 6, 1901 in Buffalo New York while attending the Pan-American Exposition, and died 8 days later on September 14. Upon McKinley's death, Vic ...; Created on 27 December 2015
3. John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry (2020-10-16): (Events Calendar/John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry); John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry October 16, 1859 Abolitionist John Brown led 22 men on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. He was captured and later hanged. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Harper ...; Created on 27 December 2015
4. 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
5. Rockland: (Category); ... Trail to the Big Beaverkill Flats. Later on they continued to Lower Westfield and then Westfield Flats now known as Roscoe, which was named after Roscoe Conklin, New York State Senator. Stewart ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. 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
7. Highland: (Category); ... places in this town. the town is sparsely populated and made up of woodland, streams and small lakes. Highland was not settled until after the Revolutionary War, although one of the bloodiest battle ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Fremont: (Category); ... and was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace. He became its second supervisor. There was no road from Hankins to Liberty. Quinlan relates that he reached Liberty by following a route marked ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Fallsburg: (Category); ... in the Neversink River. One month later, on April 4, the first town meeting was held in the schoolhouse where the hamlet of Fallsburg is today. The settlement was then known as Neversink Falls. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Delaware: (Category); ... sts were cleared, other communities began to appear. Hortonville was settled by Charles Layton - a friend of Joseph Ross's- in 1790. About 1849, Charles Horton built a tannery there. Still later, Henry Ga ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Curious Bits: (Category); ... y later, we are able to return to this era and to the interesting stories that were front page news. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. County History: (Category); ... already made it a very special place to a group of Native Americans who revered such features. Some archaeologists believe the Lenape (their name is pronounced len-ahh’-pay and is most often translated ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Cochecton: (Category); ... was formed in Cochecton. Mr. Irvine later became a hotelkeeper—”Irvine’s Hotel”— catering to travelers, raftsmen and lumbermen. Mr. Irvine later moved to the west branch of the Susquehanna where he died ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. 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
15. Bethel: (Category); ... farmhouses that turned into boarding houses. In the late 1920's, 30's, & 40's smaller farm owners in Bethel were "Taking In" roomies as the hotel business declined. During the 1 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Announcements: (Category); A place to post announcements not directly related to the Museum or the Society but are important to their functions. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
17. Along The Neversink in the Seventies: (Category); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
18. Church of Immaculate Conception Cemetery ...: (Fallsburg); AKA: St. Mary’s Chapel Cemetery, Hillside Cemetery REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
19. John Conway Book Signing: (News); John Conway's book signing, for Wednesday, March 18 at the museum in Hurleyville has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled at a later date. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. ...; Created on 15 March 2020
20. First Sunday Concert April 5 - The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers: (News); CANCELLED - This concert may be rescheduled at a later date. On Sunday, April 5th at 2:00pm, the Sullivan County Historical Society’s First Sunday Music and History concert will feature the Dirty ...; Created on 12 March 2020
21. New Book Available at the Gift Shop about Judge Cooke: (Announcements); The newest acquisition at the Gift Shop at the Sullivan County Historical Society is David Gold’s latest book, Judge Cooke. David Gold is a South Fallsburg native who has an interest as well as a PhD in ...; Created on 04 August 2017
22. Alan Dampman May 26, 1926 - October 14, 2016: (Society News); ... 14, 2016 at the Middletown Park Manor Rehabilitation. Middletown, NY. He was 90. The son of the late Harry Herbert and Ethel May Thomson Dampman, he was born May 26, 1926 in Summit, NJ. Allan proudly ...; Created on 16 October 2016
23. The Borscht Belt: (Now Showing); ... in the 1980s the growth of air travel made the Catskills less attractive. Most Borscht Belt resorts hosted traveling Jewish comedians and musicians, and many who later became famous began their career ...; Created on 17 June 2016
24. Sullivan Life: (Now Showing); ... In the late 19th century, the Industrial Revolution and the advent of factories driven by water power along the streams and rivers led to an increase in population attracted to the jobs. Hamlets enlarged ...; Created on 11 June 2016
25. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... were the conduit that bridged the experiences from her youth to the historical crusades that made up her later years. “I grew up in an era that is now nearing its end, and my job as historian gives me ...; Created on 17 January 2016
26. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... op Festival, which drew 40,000 people. At 24, Lang was the manager of a rock group called Train, which he wanted to sign to a record deal. He bought his proposal to Kornfeld at Capitol Records in late De ...; Created on 04 January 2016
27. 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
28. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); The original white settlers came into the area, which was later named Jeffersonville, in the 1830's. The names DeWitt, Quick, Schermerhorn, Ward, Frederick Scheidell who established a grist mill in 1841 ...; Created on 26 December 2015
29. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... This name was chosen because the postmaster had a son stationed at Luzon Island in the Philippines.[1] Automobile competition led to abandonment of the O&W in 1957. Pictures related to Hurleyville NY ...; Created on 26 December 2015
30. Frederick A. Cook Exhibit: (Pictures); ... 1897-99. In 1906 his first reported ascent of Alaska's Mt. McKinley (which he was the first to circumnavigate in 1903) was accepted until a bitter controversy arose in late 1908 about Cook's claim to hav ...; Created on 18 December 2015
31. Frederick A. Cook: (Now Showing); ... 1897-99. In 1906 his first reported ascent of Alaska's Mt. McKinley (which he was the first to circumnavigate in 1903) was accepted until a bitter controversy arose in late 1908 about Cook's claim to hav ...; Created on 18 December 2015
32. Vandermark (Beesimer, Hogancamp) Family Cemetery: (Genealogy Department); I have a recent request for information about preserving a family cemetery. Perhaps this will be of interest to those related to the families involved. The request came from Lorraine O'Dell in Prinsto ...; Created on 02 May 2015
33. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... new technology. At the end of hostilities, Bill continued on with his education by enrolling at Paul Smith’s College and later at HofstraCollege, majoring in business administration and management. Afterwards, ...; Created on 18 October 2014
34. Gladys Olmsted: (History Makers); ... Public Health Nurse in 1951, in an “office” with a dirt floor in the basement of the courthouse and retired 34 years later as the Director of the Sullivan County Public Health Nursing Service. She saw ...; Created on 25 November 2013
35. John B. (Jack) Niflot: (History Preserver); ... its newsletter, the ECHO, continuously since then. Jack, a Charter Member and past president of the Upper Delaware Heritage Alliance was recognized for his extraordinary contributions related to local ...; Created on 25 November 2013
36. Woodstock: (Now Showing); ... ct to the festival, and its later reincarnation into the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, that is now explored by the new exhibit being assembled at the Sullivan County Museum. The land on which the st ...; Created on 12 April 2013
37. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Fallsburg); ... steel plates to help keep rock and dirt in place, and to prevent water from dripping onto the tracks below. Earlier, during the winter of ’29 – ’30, pools of water dripping from the leaky ceilings had ...; Created on 25 November 2012
38. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... training, he was sent overseas to the European theater, joining the crew of the destroyer USS Ludlow late in the fall of 1944. Stationed in the Mediterranean port of Oran, Algeria, the Ludlow had serve ...; Created on 04 April 2012
39. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... area, tanneries, lumber and agricultural industry. A saw mill was operated just upstream of the Bridge in the late 1800's. In 1882 one of the few Hex murders on record in the Upper Delaware Valley wa ...; Created on 03 November 2011
40. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); The original white settlers came into the area, which was later named Jeffersonville, in the 1830's. The names DeWitt, Quick, Schermerhorn, Ward, Frederick Scheidell who established a grist mill in 1841 ...; Created on 03 November 2011
41. The Hamlet of Swamp Mills: (Tusten); If you look on the 1875 map of Tusten you would see the hamlet with the largest print was Swamp Mills. Most people are not familiar with the name today and some would not recognize the later name of Neweiden. ...; Created on 20 October 2011
42. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... authority of the State of Connecticut. It was located on the Delaware River at the mouth of Ten Mile River. Little is known about these settlers other than Indians wiped them out in 1763. A later settlement ...; Created on 20 October 2011
43. Civilian Conservation Corps: (Tusten); ... the 12,000 acre tract on several different occasions of late and now decided that a winter camp will be located here. "Perhaps few places in the US are better suited for the establishment of a camp th ...; Created on 07 October 2011
44. Casino Burns: (Liberty); October 19, 1911; Sullivan County Review "Clark's Pavillion at Lake Ophelia, near Liberty, burned to the ground early this morning. When help arrived it was too late, as the whole front of the buildi ...; Created on 07 October 2011
45. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); ... to the 1856 Sullivan County map, it appears to have been situated just to the east of what would later become known as the Morsston House, just a few hundred yards from the tannery site. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
46. Along the Neversink.....: (Neversink); ... hotel, afterwards owned and managed for many years by Henry Dean. This afterwards became a very important boarding hotel, and was lately burned. "Adam Cross, grandfather of Guernsey and Eugene, was ...; Created on 07 October 2011
47. Along the Neversink in the Seventies: (Neversink); Monroe Wright moved to Livingston Manor from the Town of Neversink late in the nineteenth century, teaching in area one-room schools. He later would become principal for the Livingston Manor high school. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
48. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); ... "In 1817, Tillotson built a grist-mill and also erected a sawmill and a year later sold a large tract of land to Kiersted and Swan, who erected one of the best tanneries in the county, employing over ...; Created on 29 September 2011
49. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); ... on their way to seven wars; too many never re-passed. Wagons drawn by oxen, mules and horses, have passed at various rates of speed, it has witnessed Model-T's and latest Super-8. Hemlock bark on the ...; Created on 22 September 2011
50. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); ... to the 1856 Sullivan County map, it appears to have been situated just to the east of what would later become known as the Morsston House, just a few hundred yards from the tannery site. ...; Created on 16 August 2011
51. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... from the plant. Ninety feet in diameter, the tank was made of sheet iron plates, riveted together and had a holding capacity of up to 3,500 gallons. Work was pushed forward at the pump station site despite ...; Created on 28 June 2011
52. Hurleyville NY - Gallery: (Pictures); Pictures related to Hurleyville NY. View Gallery ...; Created on 05 June 2010
53. D&H Canal - Photo Gallery: (Pictures); Pictures related to the D&H Canal. View Gallery ...; Created on 05 June 2010
54. 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
55. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... place like Sullivan’s did not leave much time for fishing. The result was that he decided to follow his inner feelings and seek a job more closely related to the world of trout fishing. Despite stiff competition ...; Created on 11 August 2009
56. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... were an outdoor and later an indoor swimming pool, a nine hole golf course which eventually became eighteen holes, twelve tennis courts, four indoor racquetball courts, an indoor ice-skating rink, a hair ...; Created on 11 August 2008
57. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... background. For many people genealogy is the stepping-stone to a broader interest in history and Charlotte also had the ability to relate some of the family details with larger events taking place in the ...; Created on 11 August 2008
58. Alan Gerry: (History Makers); ... Guthrie Health Care System in Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1997 he established the Paul Gerry Dialysis Center at the Robert Packer Hospital in honor of his late brother and created the Alan Gerry Chair of Orthopedic ...; Created on 11 August 2007
59. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2007 Paul Gerry Paul Gerry was born April 1, 1926 in New York City, the son of the late William and Naomi Gorowitz. He attended ...; Created on 11 August 2007
60. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... Midland Railroad (later the New York, Ontario and Western Railway) which were transforming county life. In an Appendix, Quinlan wrote that he had completed 250 pages of manuscript which ...; Created on 11 August 2006
61. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... bitter arguments about the exact route, but construction began in Norwich that year. On July 9, 1873, some five years later, Elisha Wheeler, a former vice-president of the new railroad, drove in the last ...; Created on 11 August 2005
62. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... 17 and his brother Isadore was 13, his father died. Later that same year Miriam Miller came to the hotel to vacation and met Max. In February 1940, Max and Mimi were married. After a stint in college at ...; Created on 01 June 2004
63. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... ndchild, and one great, great- grandchild. Rusty had a very successful radio and appliance business in Liberty and the couple first lived in Smallwood and later moved to Liberty. In 1945 they opened Hodge' ...; Created on 11 August 2003
64. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... of her new country. At first her energy was consumed in learning to survive and assimilate American ways, but later in life her imagination and strength of character enabled her to take the raw materials ...; Created on 11 August 2002
65. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... suggested a career related to automobiles and he, therefore, enrolled in Georgia Tech to study mechanical engineering. However, once in college, other interests emerged. He had two great teachers: one ...; Created on 11 August 2002
66. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... years later. At that time a schoolteacher, in addition to a salary of $2.50 per week, was provided room and board at the homes of her students. It was expected that the local teacher would live with the ...; Created on 11 August 2001
67. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... life and to stimulate those of us who lack her roots to learn more about this fascinating county in which we live. She will soon retire from the Park Service and have time to write about great-great-great-grandmother ...; Created on 11 August 2001

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