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The monument in Culpeper, Virginia honoring those members of the 28th Regiment, New York Volunteers who fell at the Battle of Cedar Mountain on August 9, 1862. The monument was dedicated in 1902; two Sullivan County men were in attendance.
Retrospect
On Friday, August 8, 1902, the surviving members of the 28th New York Volunteer Regiment held their annual reunion at the National Cemetery in Culpeper, Virginia.  Among those attending that … more
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'Main Street' looking east: The Republican Watchman reported in 1908 that Monticello village trustees had decided to change several street names, including renaming Main Street to Broadway, and discontinuing the use of “East” and “West” along its route. This postcard mailed in 1908 shows The Osborn, a boarding house operated by the Osborn sisters, which was later demolished. The hotel was located on the south side of the street, across from the intersection of Jefferson Street with Broadway. Note the wooden bridge that spans the distance between the curb and the sidewalk, offering pedestrians a place to alight from a carriage without stepping into mud and other debris. Broadway was first paved in 1912.
May 24, 2022 Edition
110 YEARS AGO - 1912 The Isaac Walton Fishing Club of Callicoon started on their annual outing to Stevensville on Tuesday evening, fully equipped with “Bait,” tents and other good things … more
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A photo of the new building at St. Joseph’s Seraphic College in Callicoon while still under construction.
St. Joseph’s Seraphic College
On Sunday, May 29, 1927, Patrick Cardinal Hayes, of the Archdiocese of New York of the Roman Catholic Church, traveled to Sullivan County to dedicate the new chapel at St. Joseph’s Seraphic … more
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General Lyman Lemnitzer to be honored with historical marker May 28
SCRANTON, PA — General Lemnitzer was born in Honesdale, PA on August 29, 1899 and was the first of three generations graduating from West Point. In an Army career which extended over more than … more
May 17, 2022 Edition
140 Years Ago - 1882 If some businessmen should go as long without eating as they do without advertising, their stomachs would no doubt be in as dormant a condition as their business.Martin J. … more
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Former Sullivan County Historian James W. Burbank, founder of Fort Delaware, in 1957.
The Other Fort Delaware Story
While it would be unfair—and inaccurate-- to say that James W. Burbank got the idea to build Fort Delaware in Narrowsburg because of the popularity of the Walt Disney television production of … more
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Hust’s Pleasant Home This postcard by G.V. Millar shows Hust’s Pleasant Home in the background at right. Located on Bayer Road in North Branch, it was built by Preston Goodman, whose wife, Carrie Hust, ran a boarding house there. Goodman and his wife removed to Binghamton in later years, and Harold Hust and his wife Mildred operated a dairy farm on this property. From the Albert VanDyke collection at the Sullivan County Historical Society in Hurleyville.
May 10, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 Born to Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Holiday of Callicoon, a girl, Sunday morning. . . Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hogencamp, a boy, Friday afternoon. — Callicoon Corresp.Billy … more
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The Laurels in Sackett Lake circa 1920.
The Laurels
Of all the 538 hotels of Sullivan County’s Golden Age, none were as innovative as the Laurels Country Club on Sackett Lake. The Laurels, the brainchild of Hyman and Sadie Novick, had started … more
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Leader, strike up the band!: The history of music in the county’s early days is phenomenal, with numerous local marching bands leading the way. Most of us are well-acquainted with the Callicoon Center Band, which has continued its history for many years in that hamlet. Jeffersonville, Liberty and Youngsville bands, too, have been featured on these pages. This group may be a version of the Youngsville band, because Philip Jacobs of Youngsville appears to be the fourth man from the left in the lineup. The photo is by E.L. Graeff, a noted photographer of Liberty, which casts some uncertainty on the band’s affiliation. According to his obituary, Phil Jacobs “was the leader of the first band in Liberty, and was later prominent in musical activities in Youngsville.” Jacobs was married to Clara Inderlied of Youngsville in 1874, and they conducted the Maple Cottage boarding house in that hamlet. Our thanks to Brian LaBarr, a descendant of the Jacobs family, who contributed this photo.
May 3, 2022 Edition
110 years ago - 1912 Adam Metzger, one of the oldest and best known residents of Callicoon, passed away at his home on Sunday evening, the result of old age. He was 82 years of age. Born in … more
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The theater at the Olympic Hotel in Fallsburg.
Shakespeare in the Catskills
It was April 24, 1966, and Sullivan County’s Golden Age of tourism was beginning to perceptibly slip away when the New York Times ran an article with a Fallsburg dateline about an incongruous … more
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Jeff Bantams were a force: The Jeffersonville Bantams basketball team played at the Eagle Hotel’s hall (circa 1916) against such teams as the Youngsville Eagles, Roscoe’s Criterion Five, Liberty’s Emeralds, and the Lyceum Five of Monticello. The team featured Allington and Knell, forwards, Lieb, Lixfield and Brand, guards, and Bollenbach, center. Henry “Heiner” Bollenbach is standing, extreme right. Alan Lieb is seated, lower right. It is likely that when the Eagle Hotel was destroyed in the Jeffersonville fire of 1918, the team lost its hall; little information could be found about the team after that. If you know the names of the others pictured above, please email obits@sc-democrat.com or call (845) 887-5200.
April 26, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 The Jeffersonville Motor Car Co. started Thursday running a car to Liberty to meet the train leaving for New York at 10:14 a.m., and the train arriving at 12:29.May 1, the … more
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During the Revolutionary War, patriot “scouts” from Orange County made frequent visits to the upper Delaware seeking reprisals against the Loyalists who resided there, arresting or killing those they found.
Neighbor Against Neighbor
It was April of 1777, and America’s War of Independence, which had started almost exactly two years before with the fighting at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, had long since reached … more
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