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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 …
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John Conway
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4/19/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
The famous Fillwever-Knack lawsuit that has been pending before Squire Harding for a couple of months is expected to be heard next Friday. The time the trial came on in the …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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4/16/24
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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.
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John Conway
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4/12/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
After his wagon repository is finished, A. Inderlied will also side and paint the blacksmith shop. This will be a decided improvement in that part of town.
We …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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4/9/24
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150 Years Ago - 1874
While drawing some ice last Thursday, Louis Huff capsized his load and, falling down, he was pinned to the ground under the cooling pressure of five cakes of ice. It is a …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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4/2/24
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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 …
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John Conway
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3/29/24
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150 Years Ago - 1874
We notice the Jeffersonville Record this week makes the announcement that they have begun to observe the Sabbath in that place. There is some hope of them yet. A few …
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3/26/24
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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 …
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John Conway
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3/22/24
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150 Years Ago - 1874
Hay pressing has become quite an important feature among our home industries. Quite a number of men are pressing the article in this neighborhood and shipping the …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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3/19/24
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130 Years Ago - 1894
John Mootz and the team have been assisting George Weyrauch in drawing logs which are intended for a new house.
Young America is endeavoring to organize a sporting …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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3/12/24
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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 …
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John Conway
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3/8/24
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140 Years Ago - 1884
The Wayne County Independent comes to us very much improved and enlarged. It is now a nine column paper and very newsy.
Why use a gritting, muddy disagreeable article …
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Compiled by Lee Hermann, Muse, & Ruth Huggler
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3/5/24
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