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Brown vs. Board of Education May 17, 1954 The Supreme Court rules the segregation in public schools is unconstitutional, and orders segregation to be phased out. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com ...

... of the Beaverkill and Willowemoc river basins. This region was the borderland between the Iroquois nations to the North and the Algonquin of the South. The Lenni-Lenapes, a branch of the Delaware tribes, ...

... were three forts built in Mamakating. Fort Westbrookville was built in 1750 on what is now the Sullivan and Orange county border and until several years ago it was a restaurant. In 1757 a fort was built ...

... Neversink (these boundries were not described in this fashion in the act and were given so ambiguously as to make it nearly impossible to define the borders of the Town.) This original Lumberland contained ...

... & H Canal, which ran along the southern border of Highland. In 1856, a bridge was completed at Barryville, connecting it to Shohola, PA. This provided Barryville easy access to the New York and Erie Railro ...

Forestburgh is one of the smallest of the fifteen towns of Sullivan County bordered by Thompson, Lumberland and Mamakating. Early inhabitants in the 1780's were of Celtic, German and Sweedish ancestry. ...

... efficiently, please try to address your questions to the appropriate departments. we answer all requests in the order they are recieved. When available please make use of the online forms and provide all ...

... allicoon. Catholic priests, who came to the area ministering to the 19th century German and Irish immigrants, paved the way for establishment of St. Joseph's Seminary. In 1901, the Order of Friars Minor, ...

... within the Town of Cochecton, are known as County Road 114 and State Highway 17B. Many of the old traditions that followed the earlier settlers to Cochecton remain today. The Town's western border is graced-b ...

... moters figured "peace" would link the anti-war sentiment to the rock concert. They also wanted to avoid any violence and figured that a slogan with "peace" in it would help keep order. The Woodstock d ...

... the Villages of Liberty and Monticello, New York. The zip code for Hurleyville is 12747. Hurleyville is bordered by the Town of Thompson, the Town of Liberty, the hamlet of Loch Sheldrake and the hamlet ...

... drawers also lack clutter, bearing only what essentials are needed for the tasks to be performed at the desk. This commitment to order and neatness has become evident throughout the SullivanCountyMuseum ...

"....But let us get back to our little burying ground which is bordered on two sides by dense woods, on the northwest by the Mutton Hill road, and on the southwest by broad sheep pastures. There are about ...

... 64, reconciled to the fact that the sign was most likely in some junkyard cast-iron pile, the Society ordered a new one from the foundry. "Driving thru Kiamesha Lake one Tuesday evening, Bert Feldma ...

Reuben Cross, writing for the Liberty Register in the August 11th, 1938 edition, described the Mutton Hill cemetery as follows; "....But let us get back to our little burying ground which is bordered ...

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 ...

STATEMENT OF MISSION OF THE SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. The Sullivan County Historical Society, Inc, was established on September 18, 1886 in order to preserve the history of Sullivan County ...

... were limited, but finally in 1965 he moved up to Livingston Manor. In order to support himself he worked for several years in Sullivan’s Department Store in Liberty but, unfortunately, learned that a busy ...

... shown great perseverance in the face of many disappointments, but as a result of his efforts and of those who shared his dream, Roscoe today can boast a museum complex composed of a Train Order Signal, ...

... perimeter fence. The promoters, fearing injuries if they attempted to control access with the fence, ordered it torn down. A New York City D.J. then announced to the world that Woodstock was a free concert. ...

... her historical interest by putting in chronological order the membership of the three Methodist churches – White Lake, Mongaup Valley and the Hurd Settlement – in the White Lake Methodist Charge. An ...

... In order to be considered for the superintendent position, Mrs. Chase would need to meet two criteria. She had to become a resident of Sullivan County and complete an agricultural course in college. So ...

... of 1944. Due to a recently signed executive order which prevented soldiers under age 19 from entering combat areas, Currey was delayed in England until his birthday at the end of June. He then landed a ...

... became the occasion for a discussion between Dr. Gavis, Bernard Levine, a trustee of Maimonides Hospital in Monticello and Walter. From that conversation the conviction grew that in order to provide the ...

... acquaintances get their financial houses in order, invest for the future, find jobs and/or just work through some of life’s problems. Through the years Gladys Durland, Bill’s mother-in-law, ...

... Medal for his work with the YMCA during WWI, seven honorary degrees from colleges and universities; the Imperial Order of Meiji from Japan, the Order of Polonia Restituta from Poland, the Order of the ...

... have used the same word to describe him: meticulous. He made precise maps, wrote pamphlets on the county’s history and began imposing some order on the Society’s archives. He was active in the Chamber ...

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