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On March 27, 1912, the first two of thousands of Japanese cherry trees were planted along the banks of the Potomac River in Washington, DC by First Lady Helen Taft, the wife of President William …
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John Conway
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3/31/23
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150 Years Ago - 1873
Sullivan County has one solid Republican on its Board of Supervisors. Think how lonely that poor fellow must be.
The Hammonds are about to close their tannery at …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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3/28/23
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Judith Smith Kaye was born to immigrant parents in Monticello in 1938, attended a one-room schoolhouse in Maplewood, and graduated early from Monticello High School, where she participated on the …
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John Conway
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3/24/23
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150 Years Ago - 1873
The following is the result of the recent elections which we did not publish last week and are borrowed from the Watchman: Mamakating, Lewis Rhodes, Dem., elected …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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3/21/23
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Chauncey Thomas was one of the most prominent residents of the upper Delaware River valley in the 19th century, a successful entrepreneur who, among other accomplishments, built the first suspension …
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John Conway
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3/17/23
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110 Years Ago - 1913
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Raum of Kenoza Lake on February 28.
John Brustman cut a tree measuring fifty-five feet in length and as straight as a string on the …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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3/14/23
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Women’s inexorable march toward equality in politics and government in this country has been one of small steps, and there have been many obstacles to overcome. Sometimes in looking back, it is …
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John Conway
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3/10/23
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110 Years Ago - 1913
In a message delivered by Past District Deputy grand master Charles T. Curtis at the last annual public installation of Delaware Lodge No. 561, Callicoon, he gave evidence …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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3/7/23
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There were probably not many Sullivan County women less likely to be the first to win a county wide election than Susanna Potsch.
She was born Susanna Schwatz in Germany in 1887, and came …
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John Conway
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3/3/23
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110 Years Ago - 1913
In this issue of the Democrat we publish an article from the pen of Charles T. Curtis and it is not only interesting but is of great historical value, probably being the best …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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2/28/23
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Regular readers of this Retrospect column over the years should by now be well aware of the fact that one of Sullivan County’s first historians and most noted newspaper publishers, James …
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John Conway
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2/24/23
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150 Years Ago - 1873
The Rev. F.A. Crane will supply the Presbyterian Church at Youngsville and Jeffersonville next Sabbath. Service at Youngsville 10:30 a.m. and at Jeffersonville 3 p.m.
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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2/21/23
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