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1. Rockland: (Category); ... Turnwood and Rockland. Our first settlers were kept very busy clearing the forests which provided an early source of income because of the ready market for logs and lumber. Logs were lashed together ...; Created on 30 November -0001
2. Mamakating: (Category); ... at the Hudson River in November 1828. On their return trip they brought back many of the things that were needed by the people of Sullivan County. By doing this, the canal made money each way on their ...; Created on 30 November -0001
3. Lumberland: (Category); ... of the Old Cochecton Turnpike and the North, or High Road from Pond Eddy. The original Proctor Manor, “Loch Ada”, was built in 1879 on the east shore of Haiggais Pond (now Loch Ada) by William E. Proctor, ...; Created on 30 November -0001
4. Fallsburg: (Category); ... on one hill and churches, a court house and other important structures on other rises in his town. Unfortunately, the Jones brothers of Monticello beat him to his dream and Mr. Miller returned to Orange ...; Created on 30 November -0001
5. Curious Bits: (Category); ... y later, we are able to return to this era and to the interesting stories that were front page news. ...; Created on 30 November -0001
6. County History: (Category); ... was born. Brothers Samuel F. and John P. Jones founded the village of Monticello in 1804 and Samuel was instrumental in the construction of the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike, the first improved road ...; Created on 30 November -0001
7. Cochecton: (Category); ... merchant of the town. He was active in the promotion of the Cochecton-Newburgh Turnpike, which opened in 1810 and was considered the first major toll road to the western wilderness. Mr. Taylor became the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
8. Bethel: (Category); ... significant to this history. Well, this covered bridge was part of what was called the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike. Its replacement, which spans the Mongaup River, is now the connection between the ...; Created on 30 November -0001
9. Turnwood Cemetery ...: (Rockland); REF: 1999 by JP & IB; Created on 03 June 2010
10. Sullivan County Historical Society 2020 Election: (News); ... household to make their choices for those positions. The ballots are included in the current Observer newsletter along with a return envelope. All ballots must be returned by December 31, 2020. Thank ...; Created on 01 December 2020
11. The Golden Age of The Catskills: (Video); ... n County to reside on during the warmer months. While some used that land to build a hotel, others turned it into a bungalow colony. “Every road, every place had some resort, and it’s interesting, you c ...; Created on 06 July 2017
12. Elsie Winterberger: (History Preserver); ... design a stone cottage, who in turn persuaded his Beaverkill neighbor Willis Butler to be the builder. Leaving the Beaverkill Valley with his family, Willis then built his own residence in 1899, also of ...; Created on 17 January 2016
13. Harold Gold: (History Makers); ... the daughter of the proprietors of Cutler’s Cottages in South Fallsburg. After his discharge from the army, Harold finished college, and he and Pearl returned to South Fallsburg. That’s when Harold began making ...; Created on 17 January 2016
14. How Woodstock Happened...: (General History); ... ry strange things. They raise their voices and say stupid things they would never ordinarily say." To this day, Howard Mills will not discuss how his neighbors turned against him in 1969. "I know that it is ...; Created on 04 January 2016
15. Monticello: (Thompson); The Village of Monticello On March 20, 1801, an act was passed authorizing the building of a new turnpike road from the Hudson River to the Delaware through what was then Ulster and Orange Counties. ...; Created on 26 December 2015
16. Patricia and William Burns: (History Preserver); ... an appreciation for the rural way of life and his ancestral heritage at Fraser Settlement in the Town of Bethel. Upon turning eighteen and with the United States in the midst of World War II, Bill enlisted ...; Created on 18 October 2014
17. Allan Wayne Dampman: (History Preserver); ... surrender of the Japanese war machine, the Ludlow continued on with military operations in and around the Pacific until the ship was decommissioned during the spring of 1946. Upon returning to civilia ...; Created on 04 April 2012
18. Along The Neversink....: (Neversink); ... streaking hot-foot for no-man's-land. "David Brundage was the old-time blacksmith. He also pulled teeth with a turn key apparatus, for which he charged a quarter. If children had no money, he asked non ...; Created on 28 December 2011
19. The Stone Arch Bridge: (Cochecton); ... of the central portion of Sullivan County. The route served the major means of transportation between the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike and the Callicoon Valley, it was important to the development of the ...; Created on 03 November 2011
20. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.: (Cochecton); ... by the Major across the Neversink river at Bridgeville on the line of the Newburgh and Cochecton Turnpike in the year 1807. It was known as the arch plan. The arches consisted of massive white pine timbers. ...; Created on 03 November 2011
21. The Mutton Hill Burying Ground: (Neversink); ... as "Naewersink," and in Sauthier's map as "Never Sink." "Leaving Neversink on Route 55, in a northeasterly direction toward Grahamsville and travelling about two and a half miles, we turn at a right ang ...; Created on 27 October 2011
22. The Hamlet of Swamp Mills: (Tusten); ... a brickyard, a blasting powder factory and an excelsior mill manufactured wood shavings that was used primarily for the packing of fragile items and turned out four or five tons of shaved poplar a day. ...; Created on 20 October 2011
23. The Hamlet of Beaver Brook: (Tusten); ... operating through agents and did not reside on their property. Shortly after 1825 the Mount Hope and Lumberland Turnpike was constructed through the corners and the settlement grew and was named afte ...; Created on 20 October 2011
24. Gas Station Slot Machine: (Liberty); September 3, 1931; Livingston Manor Times "After visiting more than a dozen hotels in their search for slot machines without results, Constable Howard Denton and Deputy Sheriff Ben Gerow decided to retur ...; Created on 07 October 2011
25. Along the Neversink....: (Neversink); .... Kir Raymond, the drover, was a very strong character, and an excellant type of old-time manhood. Raymond and Michael Denman, his son-in-law, were both drovers who could turn wild steers into well-broken ...; Created on 07 October 2011
26. Trunk Line 4: (Rockland); ... of H Parks. "Both roads run through the Ackerly and McGrath farms returning to the present highway near the home of Augustus Mussman. "The change will make a more direct route and will eliminate fro ...; Created on 23 September 2011
27. Pike Milestone Back on the Job: (Bethel); SCHS Observer; January 25, 1965 - Vol. 1 No. 5 "One of Sullivan County's oldest relics is back on "duty." Milestone "47" of the old Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike has been placed in a stone shelter and re-erec ...; Created on 22 September 2011
28. Old Mansion House: (Bethel); ... s a rendevous for automobilists and others looking for first-class accomodations. The hotel stock company scheme had died a-boiling, as it were, and the business men might profitably turn their attenti ...; Created on 15 September 2011
29. The Oil Pipeline: (General History); ... lesson when William returned, now brandishing a shotgun. The men, seeing their predicament, quickly turned tail to make their escape but not soon enough as William let loose with a single blast, pelting ...; Created on 28 June 2011
30. Old Town Cochecton Cemetery: (Cochecton); LOCATION: rOUTE 97, Cochecton, across from Old Cochecton-Newburgh Turnpike on banks of the Delaware River across tracks FAMILY: Heirsville: Porr Family: Calkins Family Information on burials in this ...; Created on 03 June 2010
31. East Cochecton Cemetery: (Cochecton); LOCATION: Old Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike at the corner of Cross Road AKA: FAMILY: Began in 1886. Information on burials in this cemetery is available at the Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, ...; Created on 03 June 2010
32. Edward Van Put: (History Preserver); ... these papers contained stories about trout fishing in the Catskills. The newspapers, many of which had become defunct, whetted his appetite for more knowledge and he turned to public and private archives. ...; Created on 11 August 2009
33. The Kutsher Family: (History Makers); ... in the county. Max and Louis Kutsher had come to America near the turn of the century as emigrants from a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They worked hard in New York City and saved their money, ...; Created on 11 August 2008
34. Charlotte M. Osterhout: (History Preserver); ... former member of the Town of Liberty Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Secretary/Treasurer of the Hurleyville Cemetery Association. When her husband of forty years died, her mind turned to genealogical matters ...; Created on 11 August 2008
35. James Eldridge Quinlan: (History Preserver); ... copies from a surviving copy of the original edition. These copies in turn were sold out in a few years to interested readers both locally and across the country. At present, arrangements are being made ...; Created on 11 August 2006
36. Daniel Skinner: (History Makers); ... of timber were used up and by the mid-1750's lumbermen had to turn their attention to more distant areas. In 1760 Daniel Skinner, a Connecticut Yankee, came to settle in the vicinity of Cochecto ...; Created on 11 August 2005
37. Wilmer Sipple: (History Preserver); ... Panic of 1873 and the sounds of celebration were still reverberating when the railroad went into bankruptcy later that year. However, in a few years prosperity returned and on November 14, 1879 a new group ...; Created on 11 August 2005
38. Max Yasgur: (History Makers); ... New York University, studying real estate and business, Max returned to the farm and the life he loved. In 1942 Max and Mimi’s son Sam was born and in 1944 they had a daughter Lois. ...; Created on 01 June 2004
39. Alice and Russell (Rusty) Hodge: (History Makers); ... the Olympics when the gold medal seemed within reach. However, what is even more impressive about Russ' life than his decathlon scores was his decision not to give into mental depression, but to turn his d ...; Created on 11 August 2003
40. Beatrice Schoch: (History Preserver); ... at the Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn and eventually returned to the county and worked at the Monticello Hospital. After the Second World War she met and married Fred Schoch who had lost a leg in Italy. ...; Created on 11 August 2003
41. Jennie Grossinger: (History Makers); ... Eastern Europe, but her success in turn helped to transform the resort traditions of the very country which had welcomed her. Jennie was born on June 16, 1892 in the area known as Galatia in th ...; Created on 11 August 2002
42. John Conway: (History Preserver); ... all of them, but he always returns to an early love: Sullivan County history. In reflecting on the direction his life has taken, he senses the important role that his father played in developing his mind. ...; Created on 11 August 2002
43. Emma Cooke Chase: (History Makers); ... first job after college in the Union School in Amsterdam, New York as Preceptress (Vice-Principal) in 1890. In 1893, she returned to the Oneonta area to marry Burdelle Chase, who according to the couple’s ...; Created on 11 August 2001
44. Mary Edith Curtis: (History Preserver); ... She worked at advertising in New York City, returned to Syracuse to study for a Master’s degree in Sociology and then left for San Diego to work with some newspapers in California. But the Valley called ...; Created on 11 August 2001
45. Delbert Van Etten: (History Preserver); ... was brief, that training had a long-term effect on his life. After returning to civilian life he worked for almost fifty years as a draftsman with several local engineers such as Olney Borden and Dolph ...; Created on 11 August 2000
46. Walter A. Rhulen: (History Makers); ... They married, but the Depression eventually persuaded them to return with their two children, Joan and Walter, to Sullivan County where both of their families still lived. In 1932 Max borrowed $500 and ...; Created on 11 August 1999
47. Judge Robert C. Williams: (History Makers); ... reserves while he returned to Bates; but by 1950 he was back in Korea with a platoon of combat engineers whose chief responsibility was clearing minefields. Though he was not injured in this hazardous ...; Created on 11 August 1996
48. Marjorie Durland Smith: (History Preserver); ... to her daughter, Gladys Chase Durland, who in turn passed on her sense of dedication to the Society to her daughter, Marjorie Durland Smith. This History Preserver Award thus really honors three generations ...; Created on 11 August 1994
49. Frederick A. Cooke: (History Makers); ... world of ice,” he wrote in his diary. The return journey south from the Pole was equally demanding and Cook spent the polar night of 1908-1909 in an ancient Eskimo cave located on ...; Created on 01 June 1994

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