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140 Years Ago - 1886
Mongaup Valley – A few small flocks of wild pigeons have put in their appearance. They are the first seen here in several years.
The canal opened for navigation April …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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4/7/26
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Episode four of the Ken Burns documentary, “The American Revolution” is entitled “Conquer by a Drawn Game.” It covers a lot of territory, but quite a bit of the action transpires in upstate …
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John Conway
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4/3/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
March 27 will be a red letter night for Gustav Adolph Lodge No. 274. I.O.O.F., at Hortonville when a banquet for members, their families and guests will commemorate the 25th …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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3/31/26
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She has been the subject of more books and articles than perhaps any other woman with ties to Sullivan County, and yet she never amassed a fortune, held political office or traveled to far off lands. …
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John Conway
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3/27/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
Miss Bertha Wilson held a rag bee on Wednesday of last week and in the evening she gave a grand social hop which was well attended in spite of snow and wind. There were 12 …
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3/24/26
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She was born in Wurtsboro in 1865, and although she was a prominent figure in the women’s suffrage movement in New York State, it took weeks of research to find her given name, and years more to …
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John Conway
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3/20/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
It is reported, says the Callicoon Depot Democrat, that George Schmidt has sold his house and lot in the village to Chris Weiss, and that Mr. Schmidt will move to the Town …
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3/17/26
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She was born in Liberty on September 19, 1865, grew up on the family farm and attended the Chestnut Ridge School and the Liberty Normal Institute. After receiving her teaching degree from Oswego, she …
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John Conway
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3/13/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
Andrew Abplanalp will treat his patrons to another social hop at his hall in Youngsville on Saturday evening, March 14. You and your friends are invited.
Kenoza Lake, …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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3/10/26
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James Eldridge Quinlan, who wrote the definitive history of Sullivan County in 1873, mentions very few women in his lengthy chronicle, and provides insight into the lives of none. Perhaps, given the …
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John Conway
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3/6/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
Fred Hubbert, son of Adam, has purchased the Patrick Fox farm in the Beechwoods.
George H. Neumann has purchased the bowling alley of Charles Thorwelle of Callicoon …
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3/3/26
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On February 21, 1922, noted attorney Hamilton Odell died after having suffered a stroke. He was 88 years old.
Coincidentally, just a week before, his portrait had been placed in …
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John Conway
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2/27/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
Major W.M. Combs of Middletown, Deputy Grand Master of the 10th Masonic District, paid his official visit to Callicoon Lodge #521 in Jeffersonville on Saturday. Rev. E.E. …
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2/24/26
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On February 21, 1816, Jedediah Grant was born in Windsor, NY, and although the man who would eventually serve as the first mayor of Salt Lake City, UT spent but a short time in Sullivan County, his …
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John Conway
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2/20/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
School was closed on Lincoln’s birthday, which was recently made a legal holiday in this state by the legislature.
Today is St. Valentine’s Day – the day when …
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2/17/26
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It doesn’t take long for anyone perusing the history of Hurleyville to discover that February has not always been a particularly good month for the hamlet.
For one thing, the most tragic hotel …
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John Conway
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2/13/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
While the Kinney Brothers of Long Eddy were thawing out dynamite in their shop, an explosion occurred in which the building was blown to pieces. Fortunately no one was hurt.
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2/10/26
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On February 2, 1840, just a few days after returning to the town of Mamakating from an exhausting trip to Washington, DC, Elnathan Sears died at his home.
He had made the grueling trip to the …
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2/6/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
George Untsch, who bought the Obernburg brewery of Mrs. Schwalb last November, has sold it to two New York gentlemen, and it is said that he made $1000 by the transaction.
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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2/3/26
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What the National Weather Service has called the worst winter storm in five years not only left Sullivan County digging out from a considerable snowfall this week, but battling an Arctic blast of …
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John Conway
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1/30/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
T.F. Houlihan opened his new Liberty House at Liberty to the public on Monday, January 20. It is one of the grandest hotel structures – and perhaps the most complete in …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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1/27/26
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Tracys folder 1/23
RETROSPECT
Neither the Charm nor the Luck
On January 23, 1795, John Sullivan, Revolutionary War general, two term governor, and this county’s namesake, died at his …
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John Conway
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1/23/26
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140 Years Ago - 1886
The Jeffersonville House will be sold at mortgage sale next Monday at two o’clock at the front door of Caspar Abbeal’s.
Mr. Steeler from Brooklyn purchased a small …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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1/20/26
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It was windy and bitterly cold in Monticello on January 13, 1844, and Giles M. Benedict, a farmer and merchant in the village, was lighting a fire in the kitchen of his home on the north side of Main …
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1/16/26
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130 Years Ago - 1896
Thomas Pendell, recently publisher of the Sullivan County Democrat in Callicoon, has purchased an interest in the Fishkill Standard.
The Livingston Manor post office …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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1/13/26
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