According to records, only four men were hanged for treason in the state of Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. Robert Land was very nearly the fifth.
Land, the Justice of the Peace in …
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John Conway
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8/25/23
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140 Years Ago - 1883
W.D. Haley of Mongaup Valley was the successful competitor in the recent contest for the Cornell Scholarship.
Stephen Euker of Callicoon has purchased from Fabian Reel, …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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8/22/23
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Shortly after emigrating from Russia in 1908, Abraham and Molly Brickman fled the overcrowded tenements of New York City and purchased land just outside South Fallsburg in Sullivan County. Like many …
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John Conway
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8/18/23
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130 Years Ago - 1893
Policeman Philip Schmidt of New York is visiting with his family in this vicinity. He came up with a horse and wagon by way of Newburgh.
VonBergen and Yager are kept on …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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8/15/23
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The story of Charles E. Becker, one of the most notorious natives of Sullivan County ever, continues to fascinate people to this day.
Born on July 26, 1870 in Callicoon Center, Becker lived and …
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John Conway
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8/11/23
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140 Years Ago - 1883
A new method of raising money is currently used by some church societies known as break the jug. Just what “break the jug” means we have no way of knowing but …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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8/8/23
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The author Larry Kidder describes his book, “The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man: Jacob Francis: 1754-1836” as “a story of grit and determination combined with kindness and …
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John Conway
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8/4/23
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150 Years Ago - 1873
The Clements House of Liberty, purchased last week by Mr. Crispell, has been sold by him to Elias Champlin of that village. The Clements brothers will conduct the …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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8/1/23
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140 Years Ago - 1883
The 8th annual picnic of Sullivan County Lodge No. 421, I.O.O.F. will be held in Inderlied’s Grove near Youngsville on Monday, August 21, 1883. Music will be furnished …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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7/25/23
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130 Years Ago - 1893
Roscoe was the only place in Sullivan County which had a real celebration on the Fourth this year.
At the Callicoon Center Schuetzen Verein match on July 4, the prizes …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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7/18/23
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On July 15, 1869, Noah Bigelow of North Branch became the third man to be hanged for murder in Sullivan County’s history.
Just three days earlier, New York Governor John T. Hoffman had …
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John Conway
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7/14/23
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150 Years Ago - 1873
William Hardenburgh, well known in this part of the county, died in San Francisco, Calif., last Wednesday and was buried there.
Mr. Arthur Bird has retired from the …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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7/11/23
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