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1. SULLIVAN COUNTY (NY): A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY IN IMAGES (1596296461) ...: Written by County Historian John Conway; Created on 21 December 2015
2. Heritage Club 100 (SCHSHC100): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
3. Heritage Club 50 (SCHSHC50): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
4. Family Membership (SCHSFM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 21 December 2015
5. Individual Membership (SCHSIM1): (Membership); Become a Member of the Society; Created on 20 December 2015
6. Civil War Exhibit Closes (2016-01-10): (Events Calendar/Civil War Exhibit Closes); Civil War Exhibit Closes 3; Created on 21 December 2015
7. Executive Board Meeting (2016-04-12): (Events Calendar/Executive Board Meeting); Executive Board Meeting 3; Created on 21 December 2015
8. Duets (2016-02-21): (Events Calendar/Duets); Duets A special afternoon of acoustic Folk, Americana and Bluegrass music performed by musicians from Sullivan, Orange and Ulster counties. 3 (845) 434-8044 ...; Created on 10 February 2016
9. Early Sullivan Life Exhibit Opens (2016-06-12) ...: (Events Calendar/Early Sullivan Life Exhibit Opens); Early Sullivan Life Exhibit Opens 3 ...; Created on 22 May 2016
10. Book Signing - Claire Gem (2016-06-26): (Events Calendar/Book Signing - Claire Gem); Book Signing - Claire Gem 3 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (845) 434-8044; Created on 11 June 2016
11. Borscht Belt Exhibit Opens (2016-07-03): (Events Calendar/Borscht Belt Exhibit Opens); Borscht Belt Exhibit Opens 3 (845)434-8044; Created on 17 June 2016
12. Celebration of Rose Barr (2016-08-07): (Events Calendar/Celebration of Rose Barr); Celebration of Rose Barr Please RSVP via Email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 3 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Created on 28 July 2016
13. Book Signing: John Conway - Muskrats, Milkmaids, and Mobsters (2016-10-08): (Events Calendar/Book Signing: John Conway - Muskrats, Milkmaids, and Mobsters); Book Signing: John Conway - Muskrats, Milkmaids, and Mobsters 3 (845) 434-8044; Created on 04 October 2016
14. Tree Decorations Begin (2016-11-25): (Events Calendar/Tree Decorations Begin); Tree Decorations Begin 3 (845) 434-8044; Created on 23 October 2016
15. Little Sparrow will host an Evening of Lithuanian and Russian Folk Music (2016-11-05): (Events Calendar/Little Sparrow will host an Evening of Lithuanian and Russian Folk Music); Little Sparrow will host an Evening of Lithuanian and Russian Folk Music 3 Carol Smith 845 671-9548 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Pat Burns 845 434-8044; Created on 29 October 2016
16. The Military Room Opens (2016-11-19): (Events Calendar/The Military Room Opens); The Military Room Opens 3 845-434-8044 info@scnyhistory,org; Created on 31 October 2016
17. Maura Stone (2016-12-18): (Events Calendar/Maura Stone); Maura Stone 3 845 434-8044; Created on 11 December 2016
18. Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2017-04-23): (Events Calendar/Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks); Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks 3 (845) 434-8044; Created on 31 March 2017
19. Barry Wallenstein A Poetry Music Performance (2017-05-20): (Events Calendar/Barry Wallenstein A Poetry Music Performance ); Barry Wallenstein A Poetry Music Performance 3 (845) 434-8044; Created on 04 May 2017
20. Book Fair and Signing (2017-08-12): (Events Calendar/Book Fair and Signing); Book Fair and Signing 3 (845)434-8044; Created on 02 June 2017
21. Lion of Anacostia (2017-07-02): (Events Calendar/Lion of Anacostia); Lion of Anacostia 3 (845) 434-8044; Created on 09 June 2017
22. Independence Day (2023-07-04): (Events Calendar/Independence Day); Independence Day Museum will be closed Today 3; Created on 01 July 2017
23. Newspaper Exhibit and Reunion (2017-08-05): (Events Calendar/Newspaper Exhibit and Reunion); Newspaper Exhibit and Reunion 3 Myron Gittell; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; 845 866-6349; Created on 20 July 2017
24. Louis “Label” Wichinsky Day (2017-08-12): (Events Calendar/Louis “Label” Wichinsky Day ); Louis “Label” Wichinsky Day 3; Created on 04 August 2017
25. Sale at the Museum (2017-11-11): (Events Calendar/Sale at the Museum); Sale at the Museum 3 845-434-8044; Created on 25 October 2017
26. Haunted Afternoon (2017-11-01): (Events Calendar/Haunted Afternoon); Haunted Afternoon 3 RSVP on Evenbrite or www.Sullivan-ParanormalSociety.com ...; Created on 25 October 2017
27. An Evening of PDS's (2017-11-15): (Events Calendar/An Evening of PDS's ); An Evening of PDS's 3 Pat Burns (434-8044) or Ann Prusinskki (434-6121); Created on 01 November 2017
28. Woodsongs Coffeehouse Presents RhythmFest (2017-11-18): (Events Calendar/Woodsongs Coffeehouse Presents RhythmFest); Woodsongs Coffeehouse Presents RhythmFest 3 845-434-8044; Created on 04 November 2017
29. Holiday in Hurleyville (2017-12-02): (Events Calendar/Holiday in Hurleyville); Holiday in Hurleyville 3 845-434-8044; Created on 12 November 2017
30. Songs and Stories of the Sixties (2018-04-08): (Events Calendar/Songs and Stories of the Sixties); Songs and Stories of the Sixties 3; Created on 31 March 2018
31. Sax and Stories (2018-05-06): (Events Calendar/Sax and Stories); Sax and Stories 3; Created on 22 April 2018
32. Museum Closed (2018-05-25): (Events Calendar/Museum Closed); Museum Closed 3 845 434-8044; Created on 25 May 2018
33. Mickey Barnett Concert (2018-06-03): (Events Calendar/Mickey Barnett Concert); Mickey Barnett Concert 3; Created on 25 May 2018
34. WJFF Fundraiser Concert (2018-06-09): (Events Calendar/WJFF Fundraiser Concert); WJFF Fundraiser Concert 3; Created on 25 May 2018
35. Book Signing - Chris Gibson (2018-07-14): (Events Calendar/Book Signing - Chris Gibson); Book Signing - Chris Gibson 3; Created on 09 June 2018
36. Songs and Stories with Rick Nestler (2018-07-01): (Events Calendar/Songs and Stories with Rick Nestler); Songs and Stories with Rick Nestler 3; Created on 14 June 2018
37. Nicky Sweet "Music in Translation." (2018-07-15): (Events Calendar/Nicky Sweet "Music in Translation."); Nicky Sweet "Music in Translation." 3; Created on 29 June 2018
38. One-Room Schoolhouse Presentation (2018-08-09): (Events Calendar/One-Room Schoolhouse Presentation); One-Room Schoolhouse Presentation 3; Created on 23 July 2018
39. Legendary soul and blues performer Slam Allen (2018-08-05): (Events Calendar/Legendary soul and blues performer Slam Allen); Legendary soul and blues performer Slam Allen 3 845 434-8044; Created on 23 July 2018
40. Van Manakas (2018-10-07): (Events Calendar/Van Manakas); Van Manakas 3 845 434-8044; Created on 29 September 2018
41. Oxford Depot Bluegrass Band (2019-01-06): (Events Calendar/Oxford Depot Bluegrass Band); Oxford Depot Bluegrass Band 3 (845) 484-8044; Created on 30 December 2018
42. Sullivan County History Course (2019-04-10) ...: (Events Calendar/Sullivan County History Course); Sullivan County History Course 3 ...; Created on 07 February 2019
43. General Meeting Sullivan County Historical Society (2016-11-01) ...: (Events Calendar/General Meeting Sullivan County Historical Society); General Meeting Sullivan County Historical Society ...; Created on 23 October 2016
44. SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 (2020-01-29): (Events Calendar/SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020); SCHS First Sunday Concert 2.2.2020 Sullivan County Historical Society’s First Sunday Concert will feature Little Sparrow! For nearly ten years, the Americana band Little Sparrow (Aldo Troiani and ...; Created on 29 January 2020
45. 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
46. Tusten: (Category); The Information in the listed Tusten Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
47. Thompson: (Category); The Information in the listed Thompson Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
48. Sullivan County Museum ...: (Category); Info about the Sullivan County Museum ...; Created on 30 November -0001
49. Society News: (Category); News Items and announcements from the Sullivan County Historical Society ...; Created on 30 November -0001
50. Rockland: (Category); ... to the Indian landlords by buying their interest in the land. The entire tract of land comprised parts of Delaware, Greene, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties. Hardenburgh made his purchase from Nanismos, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
51. Rockland: (Category); The Information in the listed Rockland Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
52. Research Department: (Category); Sullivan County Historical Society Research Department Department Head: Fred Fries Email Address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Phone: (845) 434 - 8044 Our organization is a small, all volunteer organization ...; Created on 30 November -0001
53. Railroads: (Category); History of the Railroads in Sullivan County Reports and News clippings from the Museum Archives. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
54. Neversink: (Category); The Information in the listed Neversink Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
55. Museum News: (Category); News and Annoucements from the Sullivan County Museum. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
56. Mamakating: (Category); The History of the Town of Mamakating The town of Mamakating was organized on March 7th, 1788 and was the first township of Sullivan County. The first county seat was Bloomingburgh; incorporated in 1833. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
57. Mamakating: (Category); The Information in the listed Mamakating Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
58. Lumberland: (Category); The Information in the listed Lumberland Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
59. Liberty: (Category); ... making it the fourth oldest of Sullivan County’s fifteen townships. The area is credited with providing 303 men who fought in the Revolution. Liberty was originally carved from the then large townships ...; Created on 30 November -0001
60. Liberty: (Category); The Information in the listed Liberty Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
61. Letters to the Editor: (Category); ... on display brief excerpts from some letters published in the Sullivan County Democrat, Republican Watchman and Liberty Register. More complete versions of these letters will be placed here. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
62. History Preserver: (Category); The History Preserver Award is given to a person who has done significant work in preserving and interpreting Sullivan County history. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
63. History Makers: (Category); The History Maker Award is given to a person who has had a significant and positive influence on the life of Sullivan County or, more broadly, on the life of the nation or the world. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
64. Historical Society: (Category); Information about the Sullivan County Historical Society ...; Created on 30 November -0001
65. Highland: (Category); The Information in the listed Highland Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
66. 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
67. General History: (Category); ... to the county history despite not actually taking place in Sullivan County. Many Excepts will be taken from Copyrighted books (With full permission and credit) or from the Historical Society's own Observ ...; Created on 30 November -0001
68. Genealogy Department: (Category); Sullivan County Historical Society Genealogy Department Department Head: Suzanne Cecil Email Address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Phone: (845) 434 - 8044 Our organization is a small, all volunteer organization ...; Created on 30 November -0001
69. Fremont: (Category); The Information in the listed Fremont Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
70. Fremont: (Category); THE TOWN OF FREMONT By: Charles S. Hick, Historian The Town of Fremont came into existence on November 1, 1851 by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of Sullivan County. It was created by dividing ...; Created on 30 November -0001
71. Forestburgh: (Category); 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. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
72. Forestburg: (Category); The Information in the listed Forestburg Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
73. Fallsburg: (Category); ... man who had great ideas for the area. Although he fulfilled few of his goals, others later achieved them. Soon after the tanning industry was started in Sullivan County in 1831, a tannery was built at ...; Created on 30 November -0001
74. Fallsburg: (Category); The Information in the listed Fallsburg Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
75. Departments: (Category); Sullivan County Historical Society List of Departments Our organization is a small, all volunteer organization that has a limited amount of resources and funds. To greatly help us attend to your requests ...; Created on 30 November -0001
76. Delaware: (Category); ... or many years. As the area developed, the government also changed. Prior to the Revolutionary War, much of the territory that is now Sullivan County was the Town of Mamakating. The Town of Lumberland - i ...; Created on 30 November -0001
77. Delaware: (Category); The Information in the listed Delaware Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
78. Curious Bits: (Category); Curious Bits in Sullivan County History News from Century Old Archival Newspapers Amongst the Sullivan County Historical Society's archival collection are historical local newspapers, both origina ...; Created on 30 November -0001
79. County History: (Category); Copyrighted excerpt from Sullivan County: A Bicentennial History in Images by John Conway (The History Press 2009). TIMBER, TANNING AND TOURISM When Sullivan County was officially formed ...; Created on 30 November -0001
80. Cochecton: (Category); ... writings indicate that Cochecton was either the first or the second permanent settlement in Sullivan County. Records show that a group of exploring Swedes, who traveled from Connecticut, settled along ...; Created on 30 November -0001
81. Cochecton: (Category); The Information in the listed Cochecton Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
82. Civil War: (Category); Sullivan County during the Civil War Articles and News clippings that appeared in local Newspapers during the Civil War. These newspapers and Microfilm Archives are available at the Sullivan County ...; Created on 30 November -0001
83. Callicoon: (Category); The Information in the listed Callicoon Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
84. Callicoon: (Category); HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CALLICOON By: Martha A. Scheidell The Town of Callicoon was, until 1798 part of the Town of Mamakating on the Sullivan-Orange county boundary. From 1798 to 1807 it was part ...; Created on 30 November -0001
85. 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
86. Bethel: (Category); The Information in the listed Bethel Cemeteries is available at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum, 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747 ...; Created on 30 November -0001
87. Awards: (Category); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY MAKER AND HISTORY PRESERVER AWARDS The individual biographies are original script from the Award Ceremony Programs, which were distributed at the time the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
88. Along The Neversink in the Seventies: (Category); ... He would later become Highway Superintendant for Sullivan County. Recalling his youth at the township of Neversink, Monroe published personal recollections of Neversink, and its memorable folks. The articles ...; Created on 30 November -0001
89. 1938 Hurricane: (Category); ... shore of Long Island in 1938. For Sullivan County, both storms impacted our section in similar fashion. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
90. Sullivan County Historical Society 2020 Election ...: (News); As you know the Sullivan County Historical Society museum building in Hurleyville has been closed to the public since last March because of the pandemic. Our programs have been impacted by the closure ...; Created on 01 December 2020
91. Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum Closed ...: (News); The Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum will be closed until further notice as per regulations to help prevent the spread of the corona virus. All research requests will be placed on hold until ...; Created on 18 March 2020
92. Sullivan Life ...: (Now Showing); When the colony that is now New York State established its first twelve counties in 1683, the present Sullivan County was part of Ulster County. In 1809, Sullivan County was split from Ulster County. ...; Created on 11 June 2016
93. New Exhibit "Early Sullivan County" to Open June 12th ...: (Museum News); Sharon Thorpe, associate curator of the Sullivan County Historical Society, is installing the finishing touches on a new exhibit at the Sullivan County Museum, in Hurleyville, NY. She gathered authentic ...; Created on 22 May 2016
94. The Bungalows of Sullivan County ...: (Video); the bungalows of sullivan county - pt. 1 - concord rd and lanahan rd east and west of route 42 respectively in monticello, ny. gdYYtq5DQ2c ...; Created on 18 December 2015
95. White Lake, Sullivan County, New York Hotel History ...: (Video); Published on Aug 21, 2015 Narrated by Cy Plotkin whose parents bought the original Woodlawn Villa in 1920. A brief history of hotels around White Lake and Kauneonga Lake, Sullivan County, New York. ...; Created on 18 December 2015
96. Sullivan County ...: (Genealogy Department); Did you know that besides the Sullivan County Historical Society in Hurleyville, New York there are also societies in Tennessee and Indiana. They both have webpages. There is also a Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. ...; Created on 12 March 2015
97. Sullivan County Long Beards ...: (History Makers); SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY MAKER AWARD 2014 Sullivan County Long Beards Since the very earliest days of Sullivan County history, the county’s forests and streams have provided both ...; Created on 18 October 2014
98. Stephen Crane in Sullivan County ...: (Video); Stephen Crane in Sullivan County stephen_crane ...; Created on 28 May 2014
99. Sullivan County 1904-1912 ...: (Video); Photos of Sulivan County 1904-1912 1904-1912; Created on 28 May 2014
100. Sullivan County Veterans ...: (History Makers); Sullivan County Historical Society History Maker Award 2010 Sullivan County Veterans The History Maker Award is given to a person who has had a significant and positive influence ...; Created on 11 August 2010

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