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When it comes to tourism, change is the only constant. (Illustration by Ernest Fiene for the novel, “Work of Art.”)
Work of Art
Sinclair Lewis was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and several of his novels — “Main Street,” “Babbit,” “Elmer Gantry,” etc. … more
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Who was the bridal couple? The reverse of this Hillig photo was inscribed “Mrs. Matilda Wells,” nothing more. The archive of the Liberty Register, accessed through the Liberty Library website, reveals that Mrs. Wells was married in 1897 to Dr. Stephen W. Wells, then on the medical staff of Loomis Sanatorium. Shortly afterward they moved to the village of Liberty where Dr. Wells set up his private practice, and the Wellses raised three sons, one of whom was later elected to serve as town clerk. Matilda Wells was active in the American Legion Auxiliary and the S.P.C.A. and likely knew many people. Whose wedding this was is uncertain, but it is certainly one of the biggest wedding gatherings we have ever seen photographed on a porch.
July 12, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 Saturday afternoon, during the heavy thunderstorm, lightning struck the chimney of Jacob Dreher’s house in the Beechwoods, and nearly killed two little girls, Louisa … more
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The Declaration of Independence will be publicly read aloud at Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History tomorrow (Saturday, July 9), as will a Tory response. The program starts at 12 noon and is included in the price of admission to the Fort.
A Passionate Tory
The first permanent European settlement in the Upper Delaware Valley was established around 1755 by a group of Connecticut farmers calling themselves the Delaware Company, and within a few years … more
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Union Park was a local hot-spot Many church picnics and clam bakes were scheduled at a new park by the Masonic Hall in Jeffersonville, according to the Sullivan County Record, July 1891. Andrew Bietz’s Union Park was well-located for a community eager to have a good time outdoors. Music was provided by the Jeffersonville Band, and the crowd was sure to increase in the evenings once the farmers had finished the haying and other chores. In the park, the Record says, “electricity is not employed as the lighting power, but on such an occasion as this there are generally enough ‘sparks’ and auburn-haired girls around to fill the vacancy left by kerosene torches.” Willow Grove in Callicoon, Kohler’s Grove in Beechwoods, and Inderlied’s Grove in Youngsville (among others) offered alternate choices for entertainment in the warmer months.
July 5, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 The safe in the post office of South Fallsburg was blown some time during last Tuesday night by yeggmen and over $2,000 in money and stamps was secured. There is no trace of … more
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Patriots and Loyalists
The notion of the American War of Independence as a civil war is by no means a new one, but it has gained new traction of late because of the 2021 book “America’s First Civil War: … more
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School is out! Local area high school grads should look for our special 2022 graduation issue of the Democrat, Friday, July 1. Philip Kautz of Milford, Pa. shared this postcard of the “lower school house” in Jeffersonville, now a family residence, according to a description on the reverse of the card dated 1941.
June 28, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 At the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bauernfeind of the Beechwoods Wednesday evening, their eldest daughter, Ruth, was united in marriage with Ralph Harold Myers, son of Mr. and … more
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Judge Lawrence H. Cooke
Shilbury v. Board of Supervisors
It was June of 1965, and Judge Lawrence H. Cooke was about to render a decision that would have a profound impact on Sullivan County government, and ultimately its politics, as well. From the … more
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Stone cottage a part of historic ‘farm’: There have been a few stone dwellings in the county’s history, and only a few remain standing. We aren’t aware of the current status of the cottage pictured here, but we do know that James Wood of Philadelphia, Pa. settled near Round Pond near Roscoe around 1893, with intention to build on a summer resort there named Lake Wood. It was said that Wood “spent a large amount of money in building a large house, several cottages, etc.” He even considered raising Shetland ponies there. That first resort is said to have burned in 1897, and was rebuilt into a major property, and burned again in the 1930s. By 1944, the sale of Lake Florence (better known as Lakewood Farms), containing a private lake and golf course, was made to Lewis E. Wolff and Samuel Levenstein of Brooklyn, beginning a new era for the spot between Tenannah Lake and Roscoe. The mounting block from the hotel, which was used to alight from and to coaches, was removed from its resting spot in 2016 and installed outside the Roscoe Public Library by a number of volunteers. It can be seen to this day in Roscoe, with “LAKEWOOD FARM” still etched on the stone.
June 21 , 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 During the heavy storm last Tuesday afternoon, a small-sized cyclone swept through Beechwoods, ruining orchards and damaging trees that were in its course of destruction. … more
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Reverend James Adams, First Church of Monticello, Presbyterian
Reverend Adams and the myth of the Lost Cause
Although James Eldridge Quinlan’s 1873 History of Sullivan County has consistently received high marks as a local history, with many over the years ranking it among the very best, it certainly … more
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Jeff-Youngsville faculty starting line-up: This photo dates back to the early 1970s when many schools raised money through charity basketball games. The faculty team looked to be a formidable group at Jeff-Y with the players ready to go. From the left are Bob Breffle, Jeff Clewell, Ross Dimler, Bob Lynch, Jerry Davitt, Jim Scheutzow and Paul Zintel. With so many coaches on the team, we only wonder who was calling the plays.
June 14, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912 At a meeting of the Delaware town board at Kenoza Lake last Tuesday, it was voted to give the contract for lighting the streets of Callicoon to the Busy Bee Club, whose bid of … more
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A crowd watches as fire destroys a large part of the village's business district on Friday the thirteenth, June 13, 1913.
The great Liberty fire
Sometime after 4 o’clock on the afternoon of Friday, June 13, 1913, the fire alarm sounded in the village of Liberty, and by the time firemen responded, a number of buildings were already in … more
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Union School among ‘cool’ photos: This image was printed from a 4-inch by 5-inch glass plate negative found in a shed in Callicoon in 1981. Along with about 100 other plates, it had been stored in a suitcase that had deteriorated and that fell apart when moved. Despite the rough storage conditions, and although a few plates broke in the moving process, most of the images survived. One of the people who discovered them, Lisbeth Neergaard Kohloff, is a photographer, photo-historian, lecturer and tour organizer in Colorado. Kohloff donated prints made from the plates to the Sullivan County Historical Society, hoping to identify some of the images. This is an early 1900s image of the Callicoon Union School, located on School Street, with what appears to be teachers and perhaps the principal of the school.
June 7, 2022 Edition
110 Years Ago - 1912   Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huff of Fremont Center, a son, Wednesday…born to Mr. and Mrs. George Segar of Briscoe, a daughter, on May 19. The following class … more
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