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Timber rafting on the Delaware, the region's first great industry, will be part of the presentation, "From Timber Rafts to Turnpikes" at the Cochecton Preservation Society on Sunday, September 26 at 1 p.m.
It Began With Failure 
Timber rafting was once the linchpin of the area’s economy. It was the first industry to develop in the wild, desolate region that is today known as Sullivan County, predating both the tanning … more
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Irving Berlin fishing near his home in Lew Beach.
Bought for a Song
It was Christmas, 1938, just a few weeks after Kate Smith had debuted his revised “God Bless America” on her radio show, that songwriter Irving Berlin presented his wife with a house and … more
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Many of the Lenape healers were women, who carefully gathered, prepared, and administered herbal remedies.
Splendid and Miraculous
Many archeologists believe that the Munsee, a branch of the Lenape, a Native American tribe of Algonquin culture, may have lived along the banks of the Upper Delaware as early as 12,000 years ago, … more
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The story of "Brophy’s Mad House" in Hurleyville is just one of many to be covered on the Movement Mondays walk-and-talk on the Milk Train Trail on Monday, August 30.
A Historical Movement Monday 
There wasn’t much to the community known as Hurleyville when the New York & Oswego Midland Railroad decided to locate a station there in the 1870s. Around 1805 or so, an enterprising hunter … more
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Telephone operators at the Monticello Telephone Company long before the introduction of dial telephones in 1965.
“Number, Please” No More  
It was August of 1961, and what was called “the most complex project of its kind ever undertaken by New York Telephone” was just getting underway in Sullivan County. By March 21, 1965, … more
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The aftermath of the great Monticello fire showing the corner of present day Broadway and Landfield Avenue. Peter C. Murray’s Palatine Hotel stood at the far left of the photo.
The Great Monticello Fire
The main business districts of many Sullivan County communities have been reshaped over the years by major fires. In Liberty, it was the June 13, 1913 conflagration that wiped out a large part of … more
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Isidor “Jack” Niflot
Sullivan County’s Gold Medal Winner
Now that wrestling is underway at the Tokyo Olympics after having been spared the intended axe as a contested sport, it seems an appropriate time to discuss its Sullivan County connection—a … more
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Charles E. Becker circa 1912
Against the Evidence
On July 30, 1915, Charles E. Becker was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison, the first police officer ever executed for murder in this country. Becker was born on July 26, 1870 in … more
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Joseph Brant as painted by William Berczy circa 1807.
Death and Destruction on the Frontier 
On October 14, 1778, Dr. Benjamin Tusten, a Goshen physician who served as a Lt. Colonel in the Orange County militia’s 3rd Regiment, wrote letters to George Washington and Governor George … more
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Dr. Benjamin Tusten was killed while attending to the wounded at what has become known as Hospital Rock.
The Battle of Minisink  
On July 20, 1779, Joseph Brant, a Mohawk chief fighting for the British, led a raiding party of Native Americans and Tories against the settlement at Pienpack, near present-day Port … more
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The John Land House. His story is one of many that will be told at “Patriots and Loyalists” at Fort Delaware tomorrow.
Patriots and Loyalists
During the Revolutionary War, the region between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers was home to two of the most notorious Tories of the era, Claudius Smith of Orange County and Robert Land of Cushetunk. … more
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The Declaration of Independence and a Tory response will be read aloud at Fort Delaware on Saturday, July 10.
Tories at Fort Delaware
It used to be a well-kept secret that Cushetunk, the first European settlement in the Upper Delaware River Valley, was populated mostly by Tories in the years immediately preceding and during the … more
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