- 1. Fallsburg
- (Category)
- ... winter to cut and store the ice for the railroad�s use during the warm months to keep the milk cool. The Intercounty Feed and Grain was formed in Woodridge and provided an economic boost to the area for ...
- Created on 30 November -0001
- 2. Elsie Winterberger ...
- (History Preserver)
- SULLIVAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY PRESERVER AWARD 2015 Elsie Winterberger (1910 - 1992) For Elsie Winterberger, the preservation of the history for her beloved town of Forestburgh was ...
- Created on 17 January 2016
- 3. How Woodstock Happened...
- (General History)
- ... gas. Roberts and Rosenman met on a golf course in the fall of 1966. By winter 1967, they shared an apartment and were trying to figure out what they ought to do with the rest of their lives. They had one ...
- Created on 04 January 2016
- 4. Monticello
- (Thompson)
- ... home for the winter but resumed the following spring. John returned to his work on their lands in early April 1804, while Samuel continued working for the turnpike company. After John put the sawmill ...
- Created on 26 December 2015
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. Sullivan County Long Beards
- (History Makers)
- ... the Long Beards provide individuals, local farmers and hunting clubs with conservation seed corn, clover blends and strut and rut mix to help sustain the wildlife over the winter season. Turkey Hunters ...
- Created on 18 October 2014
- 8. The Fallsburgh Tunnel
- (Fallsburg)
- ... steel plates to help keep rock and dirt in place, and to prevent water from dripping onto the tracks below. Earlier, during the winter of ’29 – ’30, pools of water dripping from the leaky ceilings had ...
- Created on 25 November 2012
- 9. The Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.
- (Cochecton)
- ... In 1847, a new bridge known as the "Benton Bridge" was erected on a contract of $10,000.00 and opened for travel in the winter of 1848, but unfortunately in the coming spring, the New York span fell o ...
- Created on 03 November 2011
- 10. Civilian Conservation Corps
- (Tusten)
- ... the 12,000 acre tract on several different occasions of late and now decided that a winter camp will be located here. "Perhaps few places in the US are better suited for the establishment of a camp th ...
- Created on 07 October 2011
- 11. Along the Neversink....
- (Neversink)
- ... oxen in a short span of winter months, and thus $100 steers became $200 oxen. There was Dave Teller, the fighter - and could he fight! He was a great horse and stock raiser and owned the horse known ...
- Created on 07 October 2011
- 12. The Oil Pipeline
- (General History)
- ... the harsh winter weather until its completion during the spring of 1881. By now, work on the pipeline also was completed along the lower section of Sullivan County to Orange County, setting the stage for ...
- Created on 28 June 2011
- 13. Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery
- (Mamakating)
- AKA: Winter’s Burial cemetery, Ben Morris Family Cemetery, Norris-Horton Cemetery ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 14. Single Grave
- (Cochecton)
- LOCATION: Wm Keesler's property (1979) Along old road to Cochecton Center: discontinued about 1970. AKa: FAMILY: Single grave of woman to be buried in winter; unable to make it uphill so burie ...
- Created on 03 June 2010
- 15. Daniel Skinner
- (History Makers)
- ... lding rafts on the river bank was winter work. When all these preparations were complete, the rafts would be floated down river during high water, generally at the time of the early spring freshet. At ...
- Created on 11 August 2005
- 16. Max Yasgur
- (History Makers)
- ... them for the winter. It was on that farm that the Woodstock festival was held. By 1969 Yasgur farms housed over 550 head of cattle. The Woodstock festival was created and organized ...
- Created on 01 June 2004
- 17. Jennie Grossinger
- (History Makers)
- ... ourts, impromptu ball games of all sorts and professionals to provide instruction; and as the hotel evolved from a summer to a year-round resort, winter sports such as indoor swimming, skiing and ice ...
- Created on 11 August 2002
- 18. Emma Cooke Chase
- (History Makers)
- ... completed the “…twelve weeks’ winter-course of study and practice in General Agriculture…” and “…subsequently had one year of successful practice…” and was granted a Certificate of Proficiency in General ...
- Created on 11 August 2001