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1. One-Room Schoolhouse Presentation (2018-08-09) ...: (Events Calendar/One-Room Schoolhouse Presentation); One-Room Schoolhouse Presentation 3 ...; Created on 23 July 2018
2. 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
3. Brown vs. Board of Education (2020-05-17): (Events Calendar/Brown vs. Board of Education); 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 ...; Created on 27 December 2015
4. End of Segregation at University of Alabama (2020-06-11): (Events Calendar/End of Segregation at University of Alabama); ... National Guard to allow 2 black students to register at the University of Alabama. This event ends segregation at the school. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Tuscaloosa, Alabama ...; Created on 27 December 2015
5. Rockland: (Category); ... bought from John Livingston, Lot No. 24 where he built the first log cabin in the area. His farm occupied the area of Roscoe extending from Stewart Avenue (named after the founder) to School Street. Jehiel ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. Neversink: (Category); ... and Lackawack. We closed out the century in Neversink with two reservoirs feeding New York City water; a school district that allows our young people to be taught nearby; a country fair that has been ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Mamakating: (Category); ... Thompson in 1803 and part of Forestburgh in1837. In 1788 the first school in Sullivan County was built in Bloomingburgh. In 1825 two brothers by the name of Wurts decided to build a canal. This canal ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Highland: (Category); ... e Lackawaxen River. Nathaniel Wheeler was hired as the first teacher, schooling in the Beaver Brook area. Phineas Terry started the first store in 1828 and G. Ferguson opened the first tavern in 183 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. 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
10. 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
11. Cochecton: (Category); ... shad that ran in great schools in the Delaware River compounded its importance. The Tylers were among the original settlers and previous writings show that the Tylers purchased land from Daniel Skinner, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Callicoon: (Category); ... Close to the church a schoolhouse was constructed and probably was located on the ridge behind the present school structure. The first child born in the town was John, son of the Edward Woods who arrived ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. 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
14. High School Yearbook Request ...: (Announcements); An excellent source of information about people From Sullivan County is a high school year book. This past year, the Sullivan County Historical Society has been fortunate to receive two yearbook collections. ...; Created on 21 February 2017
15. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... a labor of love. Her reverence for the past originated early in her life, heavily influenced by the era of rural schools and steam locomotives. Her memory and superb recollection of these earlier times ...; Created on 17 January 2016
16. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... classrooms and run outside to witness the passage of an airplane overhead. South Fallsburg had no elementary school building when Harold started school. He attended several grades in the community center. ...; Created on 17 January 2016
17. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... enman, the son of a prominent Long Island orthodontist, had just graduated from Yale Law School. In 1967, the mustachioed Rosenman, 24, was playing guitar for a lounge band in motels from Long Island to Las V ...; Created on 04 January 2016
18. Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... , the gas lines for light were replaced by electricity, a village dump and reservoir were built, water lines were laid, additional streets were developed and all streets paved. Small area schools consolidat ...; Created on 26 December 2015
19. Commemorative journals: (Genealogy Department); Did you know that a good source of family history can be found in commemorative journals created by schools, religioius groups, or other organizations. A recent family search included information obtained ...; Created on 13 March 2015
20. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... a source of inspiration to this young man, as he eventually followed parallel, though different paths throughout his adult life. Harry Dampman taught math at the Summit High School for thirty-eight years ...; Created on 04 April 2012
21. History of Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); ... , the gas lines for light were replaced by electricity, a village dump and reservoir were built, water lines were laid, additional streets were developed and all streets paved. Small area schools consolidat ...; Created on 03 November 2011
22. The Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); ... e onto a shaded dirt road. Then driving one-half mile in a southeasterly direction on this dirt road, we come to a four corners. On our left is the pound schoolhouse, or better known today as District ...; Created on 27 October 2011
23. The Hamlet of Beaver Brook: (Tusten); Beaver Brook is another community in Tusten that had a school, but was not named on the 1875 Beer's map. The early people who owned land here prior to the Civil Waar were primarily engaged in lumbering ...; Created on 20 October 2011
24. The Hamlet of Lava: (Tusten); Another community in the Town of Tusten is Lava. The area was not named on the 1875 Beer's map although a school was shown. When applying for a post office, an early group of residents wanted to call th ...; Created on 20 October 2011
25. The Town of Tusten: (Tusten); ... a sawmill, a gristmill, a brickyard, several stores, a church, a school and a post office. However, with the end of the timber and stone industries, the community steadily declined until it was essentially ...; Created on 20 October 2011
26. 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
27. A Sketch of Mongaup Valley -By Alice Tillotson: (Bethel); ... l to have earned a commission had he been spared. He leaves to his family a rich legacy of affection and suffering in a noble cause." "In 1873 there was a private school on the site where the Cath ...; Created on 29 September 2011
28. New Vernon Cemetery: (Mamakating); AKA: Old BaptistSchool Cemetery REF: 1930 by GAB ...; Created on 03 June 2010
29. Single Grave: (Fallsburg); LOCATION: Behind Fallsburg Central School. Standing on the left side of the school parking lot, look towards the Pines Ski Hill. You will see markings of construction road used ddurisng school landscaping ...; Created on 03 June 2010
30. St. George’s Roman Catholic Cemetery -Jeffersonville: (Callicoon); Location: Jeffersonville, NY (below school) Families: Information on the families buried in this cemetary is not yet available. AKA: None REF: None NOTE: Came into ...; Created on 03 June 2010
31. 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
32. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... of the hotel. For us we were very sports oriented because my father loved sports.” In fact, Milton had played football at Monticello High School and briefly at the University of Pennsylvania. As the hotel ...; Created on 11 August 2008
33. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... to family discussions and noting births, weddings and deaths. In 1954 the family sold the farm’s cattle, although her son Glenn raised 18 beef cattle in high school and today teaches agriculture in Madison ...; Created on 11 August 2008
34. Alan Gerry: (History Makers); ... successful season. Alan is a major benefactor of schools, colleges and medical institutions both in Sullivan County and beyond. For example, he is a leading contributor to the Catskill ...; Created on 11 August 2007
35. Maurice Gerry: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2007 Maurice Gerry A native of Ferndale, NY, Maurice attended the two room school house on what was called School ...; Created on 11 August 2007
36. Paul Gerry: (History Preserver); ... the Industrial School of the Arts in the City where he learned the many aspects of photography. During WWII he enlisted in the army and was awarded the Purple Heart for a wound received during the Battle ...; Created on 11 August 2007
37. Andrew Neiderman: (History Makers); ... to Sullivan County in the Catskills area of New York. After attending public schools in Fallsburg, he graduated from the State University of Albany where he received his Master’s degree in English. For ...; Created on 01 June 2006
38. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... oscoe where Wilmer attended the local schools. As a boy he was fascinated with railroads and his interest in building models was encouraged by adults and he was given a portion of the basement where he const ...; Created on 11 August 2005
39. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... Sam and Bella Yasgur, Max was raised in Maplewood. He initially went to a one room school on 17-B and then to the Monticello school. His parents ran a small hotel and farm. In January, 1937, when Max was ...; Created on 01 June 2004
40. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... y age. She won ten athletic letters in high school and in 1933 broke Babe Didrikson's high jump record with a high jump of 5' 3 ½" at the Chicago World's Fair – a mark which would stand for over two deca ...; Created on 11 August 2003
41. Beatrice Schoch: (History Preserver); ... School, the Harris Hospital and to various senior citizen groups. At the same time she became Secretary for the Van Keuren Family Cemetery and became an informal resource for people in the area seeking ...; Created on 11 August 2003
42. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... d and though Jennie was able to attend public school, she could not speak any English and was soon demoted from the third to the first grade with much younger children. As she grew up, she began to ma ...; Created on 11 August 2002
43. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... his own library. At Monticello High School, John found time to be on the wrestling, soccer and baseball teams and graduated in 1970. Initially, the years working in the family business ...; Created on 11 August 2002
44. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... of Schools in New York State and the first Superintendent in the Third District in Sullivan County. Having graduated from high school in 1884 at the young age of fifteen, Miss Cooke was refused admittance ...; Created on 11 August 2001
45. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... her: a history to be entitled, Generations of Strong Women. After graduating from Delaware Valley Central School and Syracuse University, Mary experimented with a number of jobs. ...; Created on 11 August 2001
46. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); Sullivan County Historical Society History Preserver Award 2000 Delbert Van Etten Delbert Van Etten was born in 1927, attended Liberty schools and graduated from Liberty High School ...; Created on 11 August 2000
47. Francis S. Currey: (History Makers); ... at age 12, he was raised by foster parents on a farm in nearby Hurleyville. He joined the Army in 1943, one week after graduating from high school. Although he completed Officer Candidate School, at only ...; Created on 01 June 2000
48. 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
49. William Galbraith Smith: (History Preserver); ... and graduated from Kingston City High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and during the World War II served in the European Theater of War in England and Scotland with the 710th Bomb Squadron. Bill ...; Created on 11 August 1998
50. Lawrence H. Cooke: (History Makers); ... go to hell if you have to.” In addition to advice, his father set an example of hard work. The son of a cobbler, George Cooke became a school teacher, then eventually a lawyer and finally the Sullivan ...; Created on 01 June 1998
51. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... The guests may have enjoyed Sullivan’s cool air, but Bob has never forgotten how hot a chicken coop can be in July. He attended a one-room schoolhouse, the West Bethel School and ...; Created on 11 August 1996
52. Marjorie Durland Smith: (History Preserver); ... of its directors, Emma C. Chase, an outstanding educator of the day, who as a District Superintendent of Schools was in charge of forty-nine schools and who was subsequently honored by having the elementary ...; Created on 11 August 1994

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