- 1. Kansas, the thirty-fourth state (2020-01-29)
- (Events Calendar/Kansas, the thirty-fourth state)
- Kansas, the thirty-fourth state January 29, 1861 http://AmericanHistoryCalendar.com Topeka, Kansas ...
- Created on 27 December 2015
- 2. Lindbergh arrives in Paris after first solo nonstop transatlantic flight (2020-05-21) ...
- (Events Calendar/Lindbergh arrives in Paris after first solo nonstop transatlantic flight)
- Lindbergh arrives in Paris after first solo nonstop transatlantic flight Lindbergh departed from Roosevelt Field in New York on May 20, 1927 in his plane, "Spirit of St. Louis", arriving in Paris afte ...
- Created on 27 December 2015
- 3. Video
- (Category)
- ... Alignment can be left or right Margin Top 5 with Equal Values checked. If the Video is from YouTube simply Right Click and Save Image on the YouTube Preview Image to save you time! If you are Using ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 4. News
- (Category)
- Select a news topic from the list below, then select a news article to read. ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 5. Neversink
- (Category)
- ... on hill roads and made a stopping place for a tired team with a load.” Radio was the way folks learned about the world. TV’s and satellite dishes were the stuff that make-believe was made of. Movies ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 6. Fallsburg
- (Category)
- ... Loch Sheldrake and Divine Corners were forth and fifth with a population of 40 each. Notice that none of these top five communities were located along the railroad line so that when the railroad began ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 7. The Golden Age of The Catskills
- (Video)
- This Content is reposted from and is Property of Spectrum News During the 1940s and 1950s, the Catskills was one of the top tourist destinations in the world. In the summer months, it was home to more ...
- Created on 06 July 2017
- 8. Elsie Winterberger
- (History Preserver)
- ... the town’s name situated on top of the building was minus the letter “H.” Organized as a separate town in 1837, the final letter “H” had always been prominently placed at the end of the town’s name, depicting ...
- Created on 17 January 2016
- 9. How Woodstock Happened...
- (General History)
- ... e the characters in our own show," Rosenman said. Artie Kornfield, 25, wore a suit, but the lapels were a little wide and his hair brushed the top of his ears. He was a vice president at Capitol Rec ...
- Created on 04 January 2016
- 10. 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
- 11. Where requests are from
- (Genealogy Department)
- ... also have people who are local that stop by the museum for help with their family search requests. I have tried to respond in some form to all requests in a timely manner. ...
- Created on 17 April 2015
- 12. Genealogy Department
- (Genealogy Department)
- ... Department. If on the homepage you click on "Departments" at the top of the page and select "Genealogy." you will in the near future see my postings. Also at the top of the homepage is a heading label ...
- Created on 11 March 2015
- 13. Patricia and William Burns
- (History Preserver)
- ... Bill Burns’ contribution to the Society, one only has to look at his office desk. The top is clear of unnecessary clutter. What few articles that are there are neatly arranged and well organized. The desk ...
- Created on 18 October 2014
- 14. The Fallsburgh Tunnel
- (Fallsburg)
- ... the entrance, a large rock become detached from the tunnel’s ceiling just as a freight train was pulling through. Crashing down onto the front of the locomotive, the stone knocked off the top of the steam ...
- Created on 25 November 2012
- 15. Gas Station Slot Machine
- (Liberty)
- ... home and stopped for gas at the filling station conducted by Rose Berkowitz at Parksville. They got the gas and also a slot machine. Mrs. Berkowitz collected for the gas, but paid a $10 fine to Justic ...
- Created on 07 October 2011
- 16. The Oil Pipeline
- (General History)
- ... the forests, the pipe was laid on top of the ground. The preparatory work progressed rapidly, the workers often clearing the route as far as two miles a day. Railroad towns along the Erie’s Delaware ...
- Created on 28 June 2011
- 17. 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
- 18. Alan Gerry
- (History Makers)
- ... was a pioneer in many respects. He realized that television reception was unsatisfactory for many people due to topography or remoteness from towers and in 1956 he built his first “classic” television ...
- Created on 11 August 2007
- 19. Daniel Skinner
- (History Makers)
- ... ngth and contained from 30,000 to 100,000 board feet of logs. Long heavy oars both front and back were used to steer the rafts. In addition, some rafts carried "top loads" of carefully selected oak timbe ...
- Created on 11 August 2005
- 20. Wilmer Sipple
- (History Preserver)
- ... ury to come to Obernburg in Sullivan County because the county's topography was described as similar to his home in Germany. Wilmer's father left the farm, became a pharmacist and moved his family to ...
- Created on 11 August 2005
- 21. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge
- (History Makers)
- ... es. At that time she was also one of the top female broad jumpers in the country and attracting a lot of attention. Sullivan County Historian John Conway notes, "It didn't hurt that she was a tall slender, good-l ...
- Created on 11 August 2003
- 22. Jennie Grossinger
- (History Makers)
- ... e topside exits from steerage were closed. Despite the difficulties of the trip, the family at last arrived in New York City and was soon reunited with Selig. At first, they lived in the East si ...
- Created on 11 August 2002
- 23. Emma Cooke Chase
- (History Makers)
- ... Agriculture on June 5, 1912. Mrs. Chase made a further indelible mark when she scored the top mark of 96.5 on the New York State superintendent examination. This grade was the second ...
- Created on 11 August 2001
- 24. Lawrence H. Cooke
- (History Makers)
- ... Historian John Conway spent a day driving the Judge around the county. At one point in the trip the car came to a group of highway workers and the Judge told John to stop the car while he rolled down the ...
- Created on 01 June 1998
- 25. Otto Hillig
- (History Preserver)
- ... young Danish pilot, Holger Hoiriis, and commissioned the construction of a Wright-powered Bellanca monoplane at a cost of $22,000. The plane had a 300 horsepower engine and attained a top speed of 132 ...
- Created on 11 August 1996
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