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Brush fires have been much in the news of late, and those familiar with Sullivan County history have been moved to recall massively destructive wildfires from years gone by, including the May, 1884 …
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John Conway
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11/29/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
Mrs. John Naylor died at her home in Bethel, Monday, aged about 55 years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Steiner died of pneumonia at her home below Jeffersonville, November 18. Her …
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11/26/24
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Nina Vilona was a 50-year old unmarried piano teacher from Mount Vernon, NY who was vacationing at William Gorman’s boardinghouse in Bittersweet when she disappeared on Friday morning, July 9, …
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John Conway
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11/22/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
The house of John D. Lewis, a short distance west of White Sulphur Springs, was burned to the ground last Friday morning and Mrs. Lewis lost her life in the fire.
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11/19/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
Those elected in Sullivan County are: Assembly, Henry Krenrich, Rep.; Sheriff John M. Watson, Dem.; and Supt. of Poor, Ezra F. Calkins, Rep.
Married: Elmer …
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11/12/24
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On November 11, 1919, one year after fighting had officially ended in what at the time was known as the Great War, President Woodrow Wilson initiated the first Armistice Day by proclaiming that, …
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John Conway
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11/8/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
Allen’s New York Theatre Company, which played two engagements in Jeffersonville last winter, played three nights at Mt. Upton recently concluding on Saturday night. …
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11/5/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
Walter Woehner died at Callicoon, October 6, aged 1 year.
Roy, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Embler, former residents, died recently.
Mary, wife of James …
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10/29/24
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In late October of 1931, Republican leaders from throughout New York State gathered in Albany to discuss ways to counteract a new strategy the Democrats in the state were employing that year.
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John Conway
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10/24/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
The political strife in Sullivan County, as in the state, is going to be a bad one till election day. The result promises to be a mite “close” if we balance up …
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10/22/24
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110 Years Ago - 1914
ADV. — “Will be in Callicoon – Charles Van Sickle, Optician of Port Jervis will be at the Globe Hotel, Thursday, November 19 for the purpose of fitting …
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10/15/24
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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 …
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John Conway
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10/11/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
Tennanah is the name of a new post office in Sullivan County. It is located at Long Pond, in the Town of Fremont. Mail will be received Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays …
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10/8/24
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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, …
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John Conway
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10/4/24
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110 Years Ago - 1914
ADV. – Reichman Bros. Orchestra will hold a dance at Harmonie Hall, Callicoon, every Thursday night and the public is cordially invited to attend.
Noted under a …
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10/1/24
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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 …
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John Conway
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9/27/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
The water works fever has struck Jeffersonville for fair, and the prospects now are that we will have such a system soon though on a small scale.
School teachers are …
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9/24/24
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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 …
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John Conway
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9/20/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
Charles Scheidell’s plum trees look tempting, but the look is better than the taste.
Another very severe freeze was experienced here Sunday night, which finished …
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9/17/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
Prof. I.D. Barnes, a former principal of the Damascus Union Academy, was recently married to Miss Hattie Armstrong of Cochecton, one of his pupils.
The first postal …
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9/10/24
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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 …
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John Conway
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9/6/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
B.P. Davis, formerly of Jeffersonville and now of Canesto where he is employed by Baker and Vandelinder, manufacturers of farm and spring wagons, came to the village last …
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9/3/24
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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 …
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John Conway
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8/30/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
The exact distance between the villages of Jeffersonville and that of Youngsville, given by L. Hannar, Mr. Roboms and Adam Homer, is just four miles from the Eagle Hotel in …
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8/27/24
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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 …
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John Conway
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8/23/24
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