The Mohawk leader of raid on Minisink (Port Jervis) camped here July 21, 1779. Pursuing Militia camped 3 miles up this same brook. — — Map (db m20493) HM
In memory of the men who fought and died under Colonel Hathorn July 22, 1779 at the Battle of Minisink and later brought here for burial. — — Map (db m201347) WM
Ca. 1764-1921, timber rafts
were floated downriver to
shipyards and industries in
Trenton, NJ & Philadelphia, PA
for ship masts and lumber. — — Map (db m132660) HM
The Last Piece of
Yasgur Farm still
held by the Family
Mrs. Yasgur sold all but 1 sq.ft.
of the farm. This last piece
will always remain in her family.
Affectionately Dedicated by Roy & Jeryl & Family — — Map (db m196437) HM
The former home of Max and Miriam Yasgur.
Elliot Tiber brought Woodstock Ventures to this home in 1969 to lease the festival site.
Dedicated to the memory of Max Yasgur — — Map (db m105725) HM
This is the original site of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair held on Aug 15, 16, 17, 1969.
Peace and Music Wayne C. Saward sculptor
On Stage Performers. Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie; Joan Baez; Joe Cocker; Ravi Shankar; Janis . . . — — Map (db m18323) HM
Named July 4, 1812, by James Newkirk. First settler, Capt. John Newkirk, prior to 1776. First school, 1784, taught by Mr. Campbell. — — Map (db m138570) HM
This beautiful old church was built in 1821 by early settlers of the region. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
S. C. Park and Recreation Commission — — Map (db m137343) HM
Welcome Iron Horse
The Erie Railroad Company was incorporated on the 24th of April 1832. Active work began in 1836 but with rugged hills, mountain barriers, spanning rivers and deep ravines with bridges and viaducts, political opposition, the . . . — — Map (db m121835) HM
The Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (New York State Route 97) follows the Upper Delaware River through the western parts of Delaware, Sullivan, and Orange Counties. This unique highway connects the rafting and bluestone village of Hancock to the . . . — — Map (db m121838) HM
By deed Mrs. Oliver Calkin
gave ten lots to each six
children on Cochecton
Newburg Turnpike to be
called Heirsville. Name
changed to Cochecton 1826. — — Map (db m121740) HM
On N.Y. shore of Delaware River
stands "Station Rock" northern
extremity of land claimed by
Jersey 1719-1769[.] Line caused
many armed clashes between
Yorkers and Jerseymen. — — Map (db m121761) HM
Hartwood, Formerly called "Trotters" from a tannery on this site. Renamed by an early settler, Clowes,in honor of his wife's father, Reverend Hart. — — Map (db m57801) HM
Here stood Gillman's depot named for owner of nearby sawmills and tanneries. Station served railroad running from Port Jervis to Monticello 1871-1858 — — Map (db m57656) HM
Here stood one of the stage coach stations placed at regular intervals for the exchange of teams on Mount Hope-Lumberland Turnpike. Chartered 1812 to run from Mount Hope to the Delaware — — Map (db m57795) HM
Circa 1834. Discovered when a section of a farmhouse was demolished. It was purchased by the Town & moved to this location in 1987. Before the Town was created, a primitive school was functioning in the cabin. — — Map (db m57794) HM
One of the seven schools established in 1837. It was a joint district serving children in Oakland Valley and Orange County. The school term was three months, 20 days. In 1866 it had an enrollment of 82 pupils. It closed in 1943. — — Map (db m57802) HM
Named for John Ruddick, 1854 Town Supervisor, who took over area called French Mill. Later served by the former Birchwood Post Office. William Mitchell was last Postmaster. — — Map (db m57654) HM
Founded in 1886 by the Sisters of St. Dominic. Saint Josephs was established on property purchased from the estate of millionaire Thomas Hunt Talmadge. Through vision and sacrifice, the Sisters developed a community that included a convent, chapel, . . . — — Map (db m209426) HM
Was built on land donated by Thomas Woods & consecrated on August 7, 1900. Father Vincent Arcese, Rector of Saint Josephs' Convent & Sanatorium served as pastor from 1900 until his death in 1946. Humphrey Toomey and Michael Galligan served as the . . . — — Map (db m57798) HM
On May 7, 1895 Ezra and Sarah Gray Reed deeded 1/4 acre to the town for the town hall site. The original town hall was erected at a cost of $400.00 and was destroyed by fire sparked by "firing up" a steam roller kept in a nearby shed. The . . . — — Map (db m183661) HM
The Hankins Stone Arch Bridge was built of local stone by Wallace LaValley in 1892. (A sister bridge in Basket was destroyed in a flood.) The bridge provided a crossing of Hankins Creek for through travelers prior to the building of the current . . . — — Map (db m222481) HM
In 1834 John Hankins bought the land now called Hankins. He built the first store, blacksmith shop and sawmill—main industry lumbering. Was Justice of Peace and then Supervisor of the town in 1851[.] Erie R.R. named it Hankins Station. — — Map (db m121873) HM
Hospital Rock is the most historically significant place on the battleground. Once Brant’s men broke the Americans’ defensive square late in the afternoon, it was in the shadow of this rock that Lt. Col. Benjamin Tusten, a physician from Goshen, . . . — — Map (db m20513) HM
Although two attempts to recover the bodies of the fallen at Minisink Ford are recorded as having taken place in the weeks following the battle, it was not until 1822, forty-five years after the event, that the remains still lying here were gathered . . . — — Map (db m20507) HM
Legend has it that the Indians and Tories of Joseph Brant set this stone to honor their dead and wounded who fell before the field of fire from the nearby plateau. — — Map (db m20515) HM
After the initial contact at the river, Col. Hathorn’s remaining force, about forty men, conducted a fighting retreat until they reached high ground. Here they took up a position about two acres in size. Sentinel Rock, where you are now, marked the . . . — — Map (db m20511) HM
Erected July 22d, 1879 Dedicated to the memory of the Patriots of the Minisink Region who died here July 22, 1779 in the defence of American Liberty <<<<< * * * >>>>> Erected by the Historical Societies of the Minisink Country and of the . . . — — Map (db m20509) HM
In July 1779, after raiding the settlement of Minisink, Loyalists and Native Americans under Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant ambushed and pursued Orange County and New Jersey militia. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — — Map (db m20502) HM
On July 20, 1779, a party of eighty seven Tories and Iroquois Native Americans under the command of Capt. Joseph Brant raided the frontier settlement of Minisink (present day Port Jervis). The raid destroyed homes, farms and mills and was designed . . . — — Map (db m20505) HM
A 1938 PWA project built by the newly centralized school district costing $417,500.00; architect Harold O. Fullerton. Placed on the NYS & National Registers of Historic Places in 1988. — — Map (db m222487) HM
Art Vassmer was the owner and operator of Vassmer's General Store, which served this location in 1969.
Vassmer's, like other local businesses, was overwhelmed by people who showed up for the festival.
Food flew off the shelves. Jars of . . . — — Map (db m197979) HM
Site of the Historic Triangle Diner
1938-1991
A Landmark Gathering Place
During The Wonderful Era of the
World Famous Catskill Resorts.
In Loving Memory of Hymie,
Hilda, Jay & Stuart Heller;
Owners of the Triangle Diner. — — Map (db m175938) HM
Formerly Mott’s Flat bridge
later known as the “Vantran”
original towne lattice truss
Built by John Davidson in 1860
Erected by town of Rockland — — Map (db m105861) HM
The bridge was originally known as Motts Flat Bridge, more recently called the Vantran Bridge. It is the oldest of four remaining Catskill type patented town-lattice covered bridges in Sullivan County built by John Davidson in 1860.
The bridge . . . — — Map (db m180631) HM
Looking across the Willowemoc Creek towards the Livingston Manor Central School you are looking at what was once called Sherwood Island Park. The "island” was formed by the Willowemoc Creek in the front and by water diverted from the . . . — — Map (db m180682) HM
Found only in a narrow section of New York and Pennsylvania, bluestone was the material of choice for sidewalks in the 1800's. Demand from major cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and as far away as San Francisco and Havana, Cuba . . . — — Map (db m122006) HM
Logging was done throughout the area. Loggers would cut the trees during the winter and skid them close to streams to float them down to the Delaware in the spring. Once in the river, hundreds of logs were fastened together forming a raft to float . . . — — Map (db m122077) HM
At its height, Long Eddy's business district boasted four general stores. Supporting a population that had grown to 500 by 1890, as well as the neighboring small hamlets, Long Eddy's main street was the source for all of one's needs including . . . — — Map (db m122052) HM
In the 1800's, Long Eddy had two ferries crossing the Delaware River, one located at the end of Ferry Street and the other at the end of the Long Eddy. The ferries were guided across the river by a cable and were powered by the flow of the river. . . . — — Map (db m122076) HM
Built around 1850, the Long Eddy Hotel was originally a blacksmith's shop. Steve and Carrie Porter moved their saloon (named "The Pig's Foot" by the locals for the pickled pigs feet served as the free food at the bar) to the blacksmith's barn and . . . — — Map (db m122050) HM
Long Eddy was teeming with industry during the late 1800's. Factories and mills produced board lumber, furniture, rolling pins, handles for rakes and hoes, spindles, porch posts, corn meal, buckwheat flour, wooden cheese boxes and excelsior. The . . . — — Map (db m121978) HM
Formerly Douglass City
1867 - 1878
Sullivan County's Only City
"To those who conceived it
and all who came after."
1st. settler, Joseph Geer, 1800 — — Map (db m122008) HM
Long Eddy had its first organized baseball team around 1890. The team played neighboring towns of Acidalia, Basket, East Branch, Roscoe, Hankins, Callicoon and bitter rival Fishes Eddy. Games were played at the Long Eddy school (now . . . — — Map (db m122071) HM
The Erie Railroad provided service to Long Eddy from the late 1800's to 1962. Freight such as milk and bluestone were picked up at sidings along the way and brought to market in New York City. Passenger service ranged from one to four trains . . . — — Map (db m122073) HM
The Riverside Cemetery (now known as the Halsey Cemetery) was established in 1885. The people of Long Eddy worked together to clear the land to create a community cemetery. (Much later, the adjacent St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery was . . . — — Map (db m121875) HM
Construction of St. Patrick's Catholic Church was completed in 1904. Prior to that time, the congregation met for Mass in Preston Kellams Hall, in a private residence located across Church Street. Funds were raised to build a new church, and the . . . — — Map (db m122135) HM
Long Eddy hotels such as the Maple Grove House served as stopping places for both laborers and vacationers. Log drivers guiding their rafts down the Delaware River found the calm waters of the eddy a convenient place to tie up their log rafts and . . . — — Map (db m122054) HM
On this hill, July 22, 1779, N. Y. and N. J. Militia were decimated by Mohawks and Tory raiders of Minisink, (Port Jervis) under Brant. — — Map (db m20497) HM
Entrance to Battlefield where July 22, 1779, N. Y. and N. J. Militia attacked Mohawk and Tory raiders of Minisink (Port Jervis). — — Map (db m20500) HM
Built by John A. Roebling, builder of Brooklyn Bridge, to support D. & H. Canal aqueduct by which boats crossed Delaware, 1848 – 98 — — Map (db m20567) HM
The Delaware & Hudson Canal, one of the nation’s first large-scale private enterprises, transported millions of tons of anthracite (hard coal) from northeastern Pennsylvania to markets in New York. Gravity railroads took the coal over Moosic . . . — — Map (db m20594) HM
The building and operation of the 108-mile Delaware & Hudson Canal provided a multitude of jobs not only for Dutch and English settlers but for Irish and German immigrants. The area hummed with activity. Laborers dug the canal with picks and . . . — — Map (db m20590) HM
John A. Roebling’s legacy is based on his use of suspension cables to hold up bridges and aqueducts. He devised the techniques of air spinning, which is still used today to build much larger spans. This former aqueduct is the nation’s oldest . . . — — Map (db m20597) HM
From canal boats to canoes, the past flows into the present here at the Delaware Aqueduct. Walk across the aqueduct’s reconstructed towpath where mules once pulled Delaware & Hudson Canal boats back to Pennsylvania for another load of coal. Enjoy . . . — — Map (db m20596) HM
Col. Joseph Brant led 40 Mohawks and Tories up this ravine and ambushed N. Y. and N. J. Militia lying for him on hill to the west. — — Map (db m20495) HM
After Battle of Minisink, Brant’s raiders with their plunder forded river here to camp at the mouth of the Lackawaxen Creek opposite. — — Map (db m20494) HM
During the heyday of the Borscht Belt, Monticello had about 65 hotels and 133 bungalow colonies. Kutscher's Country Club was known for its sports and entertainment scene. It hosted Muhammad Ali, while additional boxers trained at other hotels. . . . — — Map (db m223722) HM
Maplewood School 1848-1947
Monticello School Dist. #6
School & property sold 1956.
Judge George L. Cooke &
Alice Kitz taught here. — — Map (db m205665) HM
This fort represents the buck-skinned variety of American frontier fortifications. It tells the story of the Delaware Company a group of Connecticut pioneers who established their settlement in the face of every conceivable hardship. This authentic . . . — — Map (db m23734) HM
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The present day Fort, a replica of the frontier “lower fort” of the Cushetunk settlement of 1755-1785, was originally located six miles up river near Milanville, Pennsylvania. Another fort was . . . — — Map (db m23934) HM
The reconstructed stockade, blockhouses, log cabins, blacksmith shop, shed, armory, and herb garden are representative of forts constructed by Connecticut settlers in the 1750’s. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — — Map (db m23635) HM
