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1. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); ... at the Monticello High School, and Bob is a new resident in the County, relocated from ? The concert is free, but we will be asking for donations to help fund our March First Sunday concert, when ...; Created on 29 January 2020
2. Museum Reopening (2021-07-11): (Events Calendar/Museum Reopening); ... Scardefield, who oversees their operation. “They contain some of the most significant collections of County history you can find, and they make perfect day trips for the entire family!” Located at 265 ...; Created on 11 July 2021
3. Rockland: (Category); ... caught spying for the Hudson Bay Company. He also discovered a lead mine and supplied the white men with the lead they sorely needed for bullets. Although located near Tunis Lake, the whereabouts of this ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Neversink: (Category); ... 1947 and is still being published today. When we began this century – there were those five communities where the two reservoirs are and Grahamsville was located in the middle. School age students ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Mamakating: (Category); ... state. Other historic places are the Phillipsport Church built in 1819 and the Bloomingburgh Reformed Church built in 1820 and now a county historic landmark. There is also an old cemetery located north ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Highland: (Category); ... d depot that was located in Shohola. A short distance from Barryville, at Minisink Ford, is the historic Roebling Bridge. This bridge originally served as an aqueduct for the canal to carry boats acro ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Fremont: (Category); ... mill at the outlet of the pond in 1831. Quinlan states, however, that Zachariah Ferdon located at Round Pond in 1824. If Ferdon preceded Misner, it was Misner and his brother Jacobus Misner who first ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Forestburgh: (Category); ... in 1700's when it was a pioneer schoolhouse. Title search indicated Abe Cuddeback as owner, before the town was even established. It is now relocated at the Town Hall site. A marker plaque dedicate ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Fallsburg: (Category); ... Legislature passed an act establishing the Town of Fallsburg. The town was created from portions of the already existing towns of Thompson and Neversink and derived its name from the falls located there ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. 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
11. Cemeteries: (Category); There are over 200 cemeteries located in the county. Some of the cemeteries are known by other names. These other names are noted (when possible) inside the article. If you do not see the name listed please ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Callicoon: (Category); ... There was hardly a path to follow since the former DeWitt road practically was obliterated. When they did build, it is believed they located the house on high land running from the present Lagemann ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Bethel: (Category); The Town of Bethel was founded in 1809, and is located in the heart of Sullivan County. It is comprised of many small hamlets. In this brief history I will try to include a little something about each ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. First Sunday Concert April 5 - The Dirty Stay Out Skifflers: (News); ... Vanaver, Hope Machine, Mike & Ruthy and Abbie Gardner. The concert is free, but we will be asking for donations to help fund the program. The Sullivan County Museum is located at 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, ...; Created on 12 March 2020
15. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... expanded their houses to accommodate seasonal guests. The farms of Abram Butler and Elsie Winterberger Willis Butler, Elsie’s grandfather and father, located along the banks of the Beaverkill, became destinations ...; Created on 17 January 2016
16. Monticello: (Thompson); ... new county would ultimately be formed out of the southwestern part of the county. He predicted the county seat for this new county would be located along the new turnpike and envisioned a village of his ...; Created on 26 December 2015
17. 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
18. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... of archival material that had accumulated over the years, into a workable, searchable library. Archival items can now be easily located and shared with those who visit the Museum to do research. He has ...; Created on 18 October 2014
19. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... life, Allan continued his education, eventually pursuing his interest in the ministry. He attended Meadville Theological School, located in Chicago and graduated with the class of 1959. Allan was servin ...; Created on 04 April 2012
20. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... was used to support the stones used in the arches during construction; once all the stones were set, the forms were removed. The Bridge is located on a route which was instrumental in the settlement ...; Created on 03 November 2011
21. 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
22. 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
23. Civilian Conservation Corps: (Tusten); October 6, 1933; Delaware Valley News "It looks very much as it Narrowsburgh would have a Civilian Conservation Corps camp located at the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Foundation. Forest rangers have visite ...; Created on 07 October 2011
24. Salmon Steele: (Rockland); Family researchers from Tennesee visited the archival room at the Museum on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011, in search of Steele ancestry, a family who located in the northern portion of Sullivan County early ...; Created on 07 October 2011
25. Salmon Steele and the Morsston Tannery: (Rockland); Family researchers from Tennesee visited the archival room at the Museum on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011, in search of Steele ancestry, a family who located in the northern portion of Sullivan County early ...; Created on 16 August 2011
26. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... John Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company, during the year of 1879, envisioned establishing a pipe line that would transport crude oil from the operating wells to oil refineries located along the tidewaters ...; Created on 28 June 2011
27. Woodbourne Reh. Center Cemetery: (Fallsburg); LOCATION: Located on Woodbourne Prison Grounds, Riverside Drive, Woodbourne, NY. Permission from prison officials is needed in order to visit. AKA: FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery ...; Created on 03 June 2010
28. Single Grave: (Fallsburg); ... at the rear of the field. Follow this roadd, reaching a clearing; ther on the right is a pile of dirt that was left behind. A tiny cemetery is located on top of the pile. AKA: FAMILY: Information ...; Created on 03 June 2010
29. 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
30. One Single Grave: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Located along brook below Tylertown Cemetery AKA: None FAMILY: Information on the burial at this location is not available at this time. REF: None ...; Created on 03 June 2010
31. Roser Cemetery: (Callicoon); REF: Located on Route 149, Youngsvillle, NY, opposite Greenhill Cemetery. FAMILIES: Information on the burials in this cemetary is not yet available. AKA: Roser Family Cemetery ...; Created on 03 June 2010
32. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... on a family farm located on Neversink Road outside of Liberty, which had been in the family since the 1800’s and enjoyed warm associations with family and friends. She early developed the habit of listening ...; Created on 11 August 2008
33. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... used both by the local and metropolitan newspapers. In 1968 he opened Revonah Records, a Bluegrass label, from a studio located in his home. Artists came from as far away as Virginia ...; Created on 11 August 2007
34. 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
35. Francis S. Currey: (History Makers); ... s located near the strong point, German tanks advanced to the 3d Platoon's position, and, after prolonged fighting, forced the withdrawal of this group to a nearby factory. Sgt. Currey found a bazooka ...; Created on 01 June 2000
36. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... School, Max met Eve Margolin, the daughter of Lewis and Anna Margolin, who owned the Kiamesha Lodge and Country Club which had evolved from a small farm and was located at the present site of the Hebrew ...; Created on 11 August 1999
37. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... He caddied at the golf course (35 cents for nine holes) which was located on the present site of Monticello High School and learned about growing vegetables and flowers. “Working in the garden was my country ...; Created on 01 June 1998
38. John Raleigh Mott: (History Makers); ... located one mile west of Purvis post-office and Thomas Mott, three brothers named Worden and James Overton, one mile south of it.” The Mott family, therefore, were among the early pioneers ...; Created on 11 August 1997
39. Otto Hillig: (History Preserver); ... but there still remain as memorials, a beautiful stained glass window in the Lutheran Church in Liberty and a large boulder located on the Liberty Golf Course with a plaque which recalls the start of his ...; Created on 11 August 1996
40. Frederick A. Cooke: (History Makers); ... world of ice,” he wrote in his diary. The return journey south from the Pole was equally demanding and Cook spent the polar night of 1908-1909 in an ancient Eskimo cave located on ...; Created on 01 June 1994

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