120 Years Ago - 1906 Charles E. Hughes won the governorship over William R. Hearst by the narrow plurality of 36,000. The New York World, commenting editorially, said, “that this narrow …

A significant anniversary went by largely unnoticed this spring, completely overshadowed by the celebrations surrounding America’s 250th birthday. The Town of Fallsburg turned 200 years old in …

130 Years Ago - 1896 Fosterdale, Nov. 2 – A handsome family monument was placed on Stephen Wormuth’s plot in the cemetery last week by the Liberty gravestone men. Liberty, Oct. 28 – …

As this Historian told the crowd assembled for last Friday’s HO&WL Walk on the Liberty Rail Trail organized by the Sullivan County O&W Rail Trail Alliance, there are any number of spooky tales and ghost stories written about Sullivan County that make for suitable Halloween reading—Stephen Crane’s “The Black Dog” and Washington Irving’s “A Marvelous Tale of Mamakating Hollow” among them-- but the region’s most famous and enduring ghost story is not a work of fiction at all.

130 Years Ago - 1896 Apples seem to be a “step-child” this year with many being left in the orchards to rot. Krenrich is packing some for the farmers with the understanding that they are to …

Michael Francis Conway, my cousin who grew up next door to me in Rock Hill, passed away earlier this month. He was 69.

130 Years Ago - 1896 Sarah Winslow of Callicoon Depot has been granted an original widow’s pension. Benjamin S. Ward of Hortonville has been appointed truant officer by the Town Board of …

It was October 14, 1862, and a massive rally to protest the Civil War was taking place in the town of Lumberland that would have an impact well beyond Sullivan County.

130 Years Ago - 1896 The 32nd Sunday School convention of Sullivan County was held at the Presbyterian Church, Roscoe, on October 6th. The association elected the following officers for the …

One of the highlights of the 2026 season at Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg, NY was the return of the exhibit featuring the original handmade buckskin jacket worn by founder …

130 Years Ago - 1896 Conrad Maus of Tennanah Lake purchased ten pounds of Western oats last spring and sowed them. He harvested from that amount of seed fifteen bushels of oats. The stalks grew …

It was October 11, 1890, and Mary Smith Lockwood, suffragist and writer, hosted the first meeting of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution at her home in Washington, DC.

130 Years Ago - 1896 W.O. Sturdevant of Livingston Manor has purchased of the W.D. Gallup estate 1,500 cords of hardwood, which he has contracted to deliver at the Emmonsville acid factory next …

It has been a rewarding couple of years for Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History in Narrowsburg, NY. For three days in the summer of 2024, the Fort played host to possibly the most renowned …

130 Years Ago - 1896 John G. Schindler, a former well-known resident of Callicoon township, died at his home in Rockland on September 15. He was born in Wurtenburg, Germany, and was 73 years …

On September 27, 1947, opening arguments were heard in the proceeding that many historians have described as “the largest murder trial in history.”

130 Years Ago - 1896 The Democratic senatorial convention for this district will be held at Walton today. Charles T. Curtis of Callicoon Depot is looming up for the Republican nomination …

One year after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a survey was conducted in New York City in an attempt to determine the level of fear among city residents of possible future attacks.

130 Years Ago - 1896 William Bollenbach, the Jeffersonville miller, has completed the repairs to his mill and is now prepared to grind all grists brought to him. Edwin A. Brand, our …

Alexander Hamilton was indisputably one of the most influential Founding Fathers in the creation of the U.S. Constitution, and his contributions to the series of essays that have become known as the Federalist Papers helped immeasurably to secure the document’s ratification, so it is fitting that the Sullivan County Semiquincentennial Commission will be commemorating Constitution Day this year by screening the movie version of the hit Broadway musical that bears his name.

140 Years Ago - 1886 Casper Abbeal has taken the milk mule, formerly run by Rudolph VonArx. Lahm’s Saloon has been beautified by the addition of green shutters. Casper Abbeal sold …

LIBERTY – It was Friday afternoon, August 21, 1931 when 34-year-old Liberty native Edwin Vincent Churchill, a New York City motorcycle cop, was killed in one of the most notorious shootouts in NYPD history. Another policeman, a four-year old girl, and three perpetrators were also killed in the incident, and 12 others—mainly innocent bystanders-- were wounded.

140 Years Ago 1886 The picnic of the St. George’s R.C. Church, which was held on the 24th, was a grand success. Dr. P.M. Gedney, dentist, will remain at the Mansion House in …

It was August of 1968, and the people of Sullivan County were all abuzz about the latest development in a long list of attempts to save the sagging economy here. The county’s Golden Age of …

130 Years Ago - 1896 Mrs. Martha Benton, widow of Martin Benton of White Sulphur Springs, has been granted a pension of $8 per month, and $2 per month for each of three children under sixteen …