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1. The 24th Amendment is ratified, abolishes poll tax (2020-01-23): (Events Calendar/The 24th Amendment is ratified, abolishes poll tax); The 24th Amendment is ratified, abolishes poll tax Ratified on January 23, 1964, this amendment abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to ...; Created on 27 December 2015
2. Battle of Fort Sumter (2020-04-12): (Events Calendar/Battle of Fort Sumter); Battle of Fort Sumter The Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 was the first battle of the Civil War. http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Charleston, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
3. British capture Charleston, SC (2020-05-12): (Events Calendar/British capture Charleston, SC); British capture Charleston, SC May 12, 1780 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Charleston, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
4. South Carolina, the eighth state (2020-05-23) ...: (Events Calendar/South Carolina, the eighth state); South Carolina, the eighth state May 23, 1788 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Columbia, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
5. South Dakota, the fortieth state (2020-11-02) ...: (Events Calendar/South Dakota, the fortieth state); South Dakota, the fortieth state Novermber 2, 1889 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Pierre, South Dakota ...; Created on 27 December 2015
6. British leave Charleston, SC (2019-12-14): (Events Calendar/British leave Charleston, SC); British leave Charleston, SC December 14, 1782 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Charleston, South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
7. South Carolina secedes from the Union (2019-12-20) ...: (Events Calendar/South Carolina secedes from the Union); South Carolina secedes from the Union On December 20, 1860, South Carolina was the first of eleven states to secede from the Union http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com South Carolina ...; Created on 27 December 2015
8. Rockland: (Category); ... 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, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Neversink: (Category); ... walking his father’s cattle from the “valley” to their new home on South Hill. Stories like this are part of every relocated family’s memories. New York City got its water and the residents of Neversink ...; Created on 30 November -0001
10. Lumberland: (Category); ... what is now the Town of Deerpark in Orange County, on the south and west by the Delaware River, on the on the north-west by Delaware County and on the north-east by what is now the Towns of Rockland and ...; Created on 30 November -0001
11. Highland: (Category); On December 17, 1853, by an act of the Sullivan County Supervisors, the towns of Highand and Tusten were taken from the Town of Lumberland and each made an independent town. Both towns are in the southwestern ...; Created on 30 November -0001
12. Forestburgh: (Category); ... lth. In 1895, the first Town Hall was built and the present one in 1980 is on King Road off Route 42 South. In 1963, the first fire house came into being, continuing today with volunteers. The Forest ...; Created on 30 November -0001
13. Fallsburg: (Category); ... period of time. The Neversink River runs from north to south through the Town of Fallsburg and played an important part in its early development. In the late 1780�s the valley above ...; Created on 30 November -0001
14. County History: (Category); ... chiseled out of the southwestern corner of Ulster County and chartered in 1809, it was named for General John Sullivan, the Revolutionary War officer who had been directed by George Washington to drive ...; Created on 30 November -0001
15. 1938 Hurricane: (Category); News from the 1938 Hurricane As the tropical storm named Ilene made landform east of New York City, the local media made many comparisons with this recent storm to the hurricane that struck the southern ...; Created on 30 November -0001
16. Congregation B’nai Israel of South Fallsburg ...: (Fallsburg); REF: None; Created on 03 June 2010
17. 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
18. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... County. Harold has lived in South Fallsburg for all of his ninety-two years. That in itself is certainly a historical oddity, maybe even a record. True, he was absent temporarily to attend college ...; Created on 17 January 2016
19. 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
20. Hurleyville: (Fallsburg); ... of South Fallsburg. Hurleyville was originally settled by William Hurley. The local economy was originally centered on dairy farming, but gradually became part of the Catskills Borscht Belt resort area. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
21. Frederick A. Cook Exhibit: (Pictures); ... geographical North Pole in 1908. He was the first American to spend forced winters in both the Antarctic and the Arctic and is credited with saving the "Belgica" expedition to the South Polar regions i ...; Created on 18 December 2015
22. Frederick A. Cook: (Now Showing); ... geographical North Pole in 1908. He was the first American to spend forced winters in both the Antarctic and the Arctic and is credited with saving the "Belgica" expedition to the South Polar regions i ...; Created on 18 December 2015
23. The Fallsburgh Tunnel: (Fallsburg); ... causing serious problems for the railroad company. Throughout the spring of 1930, railroad workers worked at the tunnel below South Fallsburgh, relining the northern portal with a new ceiling of curved ...; Created on 25 November 2012
24. Mutton Hill Burying Ground....cont: (Neversink); "...In the southwest section is a monument over 12 feet high on a three-foot base standing like a sentinel guarding his little encampment. On its northwest side, facing the road, is the following inscription; ...; Created on 27 October 2011
25. Mutton Hill Burying Ground...cont: (Neversink); "....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 ...; Created on 27 October 2011
26. The Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); August 11, 1938, Liberty Register "In the northeastern section of Sullivan County and in the southwestern corner of the township of Neversink on the north bank of the famous trout stream from which i ...; Created on 27 October 2011
27. The Hamlet of Beaver Brook: (Tusten); ... the nearby brook which runs nearly due south into the Delaware River. ...; Created on 20 October 2011
28. Along the Neversink..: (Neversink); ... and chaff, and when the unsuspecting birds alighted to feed after their long trip from the south and were enjoying their first northern meal, an ingenious net was sprung, and they were table fowls. ...; Created on 07 October 2011
29. Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); ... on two sides by dense woods, on the northwest by the Mutton Hill road, and on the southwest by the broad sheep pastures. There are about 35 graves with headstones or markers bearing inscriptions. While ...; Created on 31 August 2011
30. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... of New Jersey, a distance of over three hundred miles, eliminating the extra handling and exuberant rates charged by the railroad company. The proposed pipeline would traverse the Southern Tier portion ...; Created on 28 June 2011
31. Messenger family Cemetery: (Thompson); FAMILY: Messenger LOCATION: South Woods REF: 1993 by K Titus ...; Created on 03 June 2010
32. St. Lucy’s Church Cemetery: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Route 97, South Cochecton AKA: Nobody Station FAMILY: Information on burials in this cemetery can be found at Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 REF: 1984 ...; Created on 03 June 2010
33. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... part of the State and the Erie whose tracks ran across the southern part. This area included a portion of the Catskills, the hills along the Chenango River and the farmland around the Finger Lakes. ...; Created on 11 August 2005
34. 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
35. Frederick A. Cooke: (History Makers); ... ship on which he was sailing, he navigated an open boat across ninety miles of polar sea to obtain rescue. Roald Amundsen, who in 1911 became the first man to reach the South Pole, called Cook, “the most ...; Created on 01 June 1994