150 Years Ago - 1873
John Manny has some excellent Arizona diamonds for sale at ten cents a quart and also some excellent cider at the same price.
Sullivan County has plenty of poor. …
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12/26/23
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130 Years Ago - 1893
A meeting of the people of Jeffersonville and vicinity will be held at the Mansion House, Jeffersonville, on Saturday evening, December 16, to take steps toward securing the …
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12/19/23
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It was December 14, 1917, and a Christmas miracle-- and the diligent work of local firemen-- prevented a good portion of the hamlet of Narrowsburg’s business district from being incinerated. …
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John Conway
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12/15/23
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150 Years Ago - 1873
A new post office has been established at Johnson’s Hotel on the Newburgh-Cochecton Turnpike.
The brass band went down the road this morning – full …
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12/12/23
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With another holiday season nearly here, it is time for this column’s annual reminder that books about Sullivan County’s rich and colorful history always make great gifts, but especially …
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John Conway
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12/8/23
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140 Years Ago - 1883
Peter Weismann last week found an Indian tomahawk on his farm a mile north of Callicoon (Callicoon Center). The edge was protruding from the soil in a field that had never …
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12/5/23
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Hurleyville businessman John Harms Knapp and his wife, Mary C. Brophy Knapp founded the Columbia Farms Hotel on the summit overlooking the hamlet in 1891. Locals, not convinced the business would …
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John Conway
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12/1/23
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150 Years Ago - 1873
The store of Martin Weyrauch of Thumansville was broken into last night and a number of articles were stolen.
Ground was broken last week for the second track …
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11/28/23
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In August of 2015, the Liberty Museum and Arts Center’s 14th annual conference on the history of the Catskills was entitled, “Small but Grand Hotels: The Backbone of the Catskills Tourism …
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John Conway
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11/24/23
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130 Years Ago - 1893
George H. Smith, the newly elected county judge and surrogate of Sullivan County, is 29 years of age. For one so young, he must be considered extremely fortunate. In …
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11/21/23
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It was late November in 1959, and Sullivan County officials were lamenting a very slow start to deer hunting season, which had traditionally provided a much needed economic boost to the …
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John Conway
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11/17/23
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140 Years Ago - 1883
James Wilson of Egypt purchased 15 sheep at the sale of Ira Clute. On his way home with them, he lost one and on arriving home, the flock to his great surprise contained 27. …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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11/14/23
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