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In October of 1805, Robert Land, who was then 66 years old, penned his last will and testament, dividing up his considerable holdings in Ontario, Canada among a number of his children and providing a … more
On October 8, 1887, Abel Allen, a laborer who worked clearing land around Jeffersonville for Solomon Royce, borrowed a shotgun from a co-worker, claiming he was going to hunt birds. Instead, … more
Tourism in Sullivan County dates back to at least 1840, and has consistently ranked at or near the top of the list of the county’s top industries since 1890, but the concept of fall foliage as … more
During the Revolutionary War, it was common for each company of men to include two boys between the ages of 10 and 18 who wore colors in the reverse of the soldiers, and whose duties were to play the … more
Cushetunk, the first permanent European settlement in the Upper Delaware region, part of which would later become Sullivan County, was established in the 1750s by a group of farmers from eastern … more
As it has for each of the past several years, Bagel Fest recently brought throngs of people to   Broadway in Monticello, recreating some of the energy of days gone by, when such throngs were … more
It was early in 1782, and the Revolutionary War had been raging for seven long years when 21-year-old Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtleff and enlisted in the Fourth … more
When the Cushetunk settlement was established along the upper Delaware River in the mid-1750s by a group of farmers from eastern Connecticut, two brothers, Simon and John Calkin, were among the … more
In his 1945 essay about the village of Monticello, Adelbert M. Scriber, Sullivan County’s first official County Historian, wrote about the many changes that had taken place in the village since … more
Dan Myers says the Battle of Minisink is very personal to him. His fourth great-grandfather, also named Daniel Myers, fought in the battle on the desolate Barryville hilltop on July 22, 1779 and … more
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
In June of 1896, the face of Sullivan County was changed forever, as the Loomis Memorial Sanitarium for Consumptives just outside Liberty admitted its first 12 patients. The original five … more
Decoration Day, Tuesday, May 30, 1939, turned out to be a day Melvin Holt and George Dubner, two boys from Brooklyn vacationing with their families in Loch Sheldrake, would never forget. Holt … more
By most accounts, Memorial Day as it is presently celebrated has its roots in the tradition begun on May 30, 1868 of decorating with freshly bloomed flowers the graves of those soldiers who gave … more
He was born in Southold, Long Island on December 11, 1743, and moved with his family to the banks of the Otterkill near Goshen just three years later. His father, a Colonel in the New York State … more
Those familiar with the history of the Sullivan County resort industry are well aware of the process. After a long, dormant winter, the resorts awakened in the spring to prepare for the summer … more
Neversink, Minisink, Mamakating, Shawangunk-- most people who have lived in Sullivan County for any length of time, or have visited here regularly, are aware of these rather strange sounding place … more
In his ‘History of Sullivan County,” published in 1873, James Eldridge Quinlan labeled Cushetunk resident Nathaniel Evans a “mischief making fellow and a nuisance” to his … more
The summer of 1929 was a significant one in the history of Sullivan County’s resort industry. In Fallsburg, the Flagler Hotel, perhaps the most prominent of the County’s hotels at … more
On April 26, 1849, the first boat crossed over the newly built wire rope suspension aqueduct on the Delaware River designed by John A. Roebling for the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. … more
Catherine Staigele was born in Brooklyn in 1870, but spent nearly all of her professional life in Sullivan County. She was as accomplished during her lifetime as perhaps any woman in the area, and … more
Back in 2005, author Yvonne David set her first children’s book, “Out of the Apple Orchard” in the hamlet of Mountaindale in 1910. The book told the story of a young boy named Adam … more
On March 8, 1908, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa, one of New York City’s most prominent doctors and a native of Sullivan County, suffered a major heart attack and died. Few men from the … more
The fact that since 1987 the month of March has been celebrated as Women’s History Month in this country provides an interesting perspective on the recent announcement by Assemblywoman Aileen … more
In many ways, Sunset Acres in Parksville was typical of a small 1960s Sullivan County resort, offering guests “beautiful lobbies, filtered swimming pool, a comfortable large dining room, tennis … more
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