On New York State Route 97, on the left when traveling west.
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
On Bridge Street (New York State Route 52) east of Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
Narrowsburg's History
Narrowsburg, located in the town of Tusten, was established in 1853, when the town was separated from the Town of Lumberland. The town is named for Lt. Col. Benjamin Tusten of Goshen, New York, who was one . . . — — Map (db m121041) HM
On 10 Mile River Road at Tusten Road, on the left when traveling north on 10 Mile River Road.
Homes, stores and mills here by ca. 1875. Quarried bluestone shipped out by Erie Railroad and lumber rafted down Delaware River. — — Map (db m167262) HM
On Main Street south of Bridge Street (New York State Route 52), on the right when traveling south.
Narrowsburg takes its name from the small, narrow rock canyon easily seen from the bridge. The canyon, only 200 feet wide, is the narrowest point in the length of the Delaware River main stem and is located at river-mile 290 as counted from the . . . — — Map (db m121104) HM
Thomas Dunn came here in the year 1801
and settled on the lands at Big Eddy,
of which this cemetery is a part.
He, his wife Su Dunn and five of his children
survived the Wyoming Massacre July 1778
after which he enlisted in the . . . — — Map (db m120980) HM WM
On Bridge Street (New York State Route 52) at DeMauro Lane, on the right when traveling west on Bridge Street.
Town of Tusten
Formed December 17, 1853 from
the Town of Lumberland by
Act of the Sullivan County
Board of Supervisors
Charles Woodward, 1st Supervisor
Tusten
Historical Society
October 2003 — — Map (db m66960) HM
On Neversink Road (New York State Route 55) 0.1 miles east of Divine Corners Road, on the right when traveling east.
Completed in 1955 to provide
water for New York City. The
Neversink River, flowing through
the valley, was a great attraction
for trout fishermen and flytiers.
This valley was settled over
200 years ago.
Villages of Neversink . . . — — Map (db m168947) HM
On Neversink Road (Route 55) 0.1 miles east of Divine Corners Road, on the right when traveling east.
LOCAL RESIDENTS created their own entertainment: fiddlers called at square dances throughout the valley; men played in the Neversink Brass Band and on the local ball team, the Farmers A & C. Students went as far as the 8th grade in a two-room . . . — — Map (db m169136) HM
On Neversink Road (New York State Route 55) 0.1 miles Divine Corners Road, on the right when traveling east.
“The Neversink was a fisherman's paradise... In 1900 it was nothing to see
50 trout jumping in a hole... you could look them over and take your pick."
HERMAN CHRISTIAN, 1950
The River Dammed to form the Neversink . . . — — Map (db m169134) HM
On Neversink Road (New York State Route 55) 0.1 miles east of Divine Corners Road, on the right when traveling east.
You are at the Neversink Reservoir in Sullivan County, approximately five miles northeast of the Village of Liberty and more than 75 miles from New York City. This reservoir was formed by damming the Neversink River, which continues south and . . . — — Map (db m169137) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
Built in the 1850's as a residence for the family of F. W. Boothroyd, owner of a prosperous boatyard located on this property, this house is typical of canal-side buildings of the time. Its simple construction, minimal architectural detailing, and . . . — — Map (db m142849) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
The company used the contour of the land to create basins which were usually located above or below locks. Basins were wide spots in the canal, large enough for boats to load or unload cargo, stop for the night, and attend to minor repairs. Even . . . — — Map (db m142845) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
After its heyday in the late 1850's to 1870's, the canal gradually lost business to the faster, more efficient railroads, which could ship coal in the dead of winter and the dark of night. This loss of business resulted in layoffs of boats, fewer . . . — — Map (db m142843) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
This is the Boothroyd Dry Dock. You are looking in the same direction as the photograph below. Located at regular intervals along the canal, dry docks were used for repairing old boats and constructing new ones. Entrance was gained through a . . . — — Map (db m142847) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
Rondout, located on the Hudson River, was enhanced in 1848 by the additional fourteen acres resulting from the man-made Island Dock, placed in a strategic spot that made the receiving and disbursement of coal much easier. Prior to the creation of . . . — — Map (db m142844) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the left when traveling west.
In 1816 two Philadelphia dry-goods merchants, William and Maurice Wurts, purchased some anthracite coal fields in the Lackawanna Valley of Pennsylvania and began a small-scale mining operation. Their timing was impeccable — the War of 1812 had . . . — — Map (db m142839) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
At Honesdale, Pennsylvania, coal was loaded onto flat-bottomed canal boats and pulled by mule team to the harbor at Kingston. New York. At the typical rate of three miles per hour, the 108-mile trip took seven to ten days. The majority of the canal . . . — — Map (db m142848) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
This is Lock No. 50, operated by P.O. Callahan, one of ninety-five wood-lined units on the 108-mile-long canal; the remaining thirteen locks were lined with local stone hand-cut to fit the chambers.
The P.O. Callahan lock marked the end of the . . . — — Map (db m142842) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
The canal ran downhill from Honesdale to Port Jerivis, then uphill to Summitville, New York, then sloped down until it reached the Hudson River at Rondout Harbor (Kingston), an elevation change of about 972-feet over all. Along the way, 108 locks . . . — — Map (db m142841) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
Mules or occasionally horses, harnessed together and linked by rope to the boats, trudged along the towing or towpath, pulling the canal boats through the water while on board the tillerman, or steersman, steered. The animals walked about a foot . . . — — Map (db m142840) HM
Near Bova Road, 0.1 miles west of U.S. 209, on the right when traveling west.
Installed at strategic places, especially where brooks and springs fed water in, waste weirs were the safety features of the canal, helping to control the level and the speed of the water. These openings in the canal bank were usually made of stone . . . — — Map (db m142846) HM
On the Route 17 Quickway at the Roscoe Rest Area,, 2.8 miles east of Exit 94 (Old Route 17), on the right when traveling east.
On July 9, 1873, a few miles to the west of here, was driven the “Golden Spike” completing the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad—later the New York, Ontario & Western (O & W). This rail link opened up the interior of Sullivan . . . — — Map (db m22528) HM
On Craigie Clair Road, 0.1 miles east of Berry Brook Road, on the right when traveling west.
This stretch of the Beaverkill
was a favorite of Theodore Gordon
(1854-1915). Fly fisher, fly-tier and
creator of the Quill Gordon, one of
the first purely American dry flies. — — Map (db m180652) HM
On Stewart Avenue (County Route 124) north of New York State Route 17, on the right when traveling north.
Roscoe, November 19, 1916, a Dark Cold Night at 2am, a Horrific Fire Burned Down 23 Buildings.
Roscoe Village Ravaged by Fire Early Sunday Morning
A Score of Business and Other Buildings Devoured, with Most of Contents -- Many Families . . . — — Map (db m183567) HM
On Craigie Clair Road, 0.1 miles east of Berry Brook Road, on the left when traveling west.
Welcome to
The Beaverkill Covered Bridge
The historic Beaverkill Covered Bridge is one
of just a few covered bridges remaining of the
more than 300 that once linked New York Stater
communities. The bridge was constructed in
1865, an . . . — — Map (db m180647) HM
On the Route 17 Quickway at the Roscoe Rest Area,, 2.8 miles east of Exit 94 (Old Route 17), on the right when traveling east.
The Catskill Mountains tower above the Hudson River as it winds its way past one of the most popular resort areas in the United States. These time-worn mountains were called Kaatskill (Cat Creek) by Dutchmen of the seventeenth century, probably . . . — — Map (db m22427) HM
Near U.S. 209 at Ferguson Road, on the left when traveling north.
Established in 1880, the New York, Ontario & Western Railway ran from Oswego, N.Y. on Lake Ontario to Weehawken, New Jersey, which is located across the Hudson River from New York City. On its way south, the O&W linked upstate towns and villages . . . — — Map (db m142850) HM
Near U.S. 209 at Ferguson Road, on the left when traveling north.
With the opening of the Erie Canal, "canal fever" swept many parts of the United States and hastened the development of the Delaware & Hudson Canal. A few decades later, just after the Civil War, “railroad fever" gripped the nation, creating a . . . — — Map (db m142851) HM
On Briscoe Road, on the right when traveling west.
Borscht Belt - Swan Lake
Swan Lake boasted some of the most iconic vacation destinations during the Borscht Belt's "Golden Age" of the 1920s-1970s, many built by Jewish proprietors Henry Siegel and Jacob Kretchmer. Originally . . . — — Map (db m231202) HM
On Sullivan Street west of Burger Lane, on the right when traveling west.
From ca. 1856 to 1898
This building served
as the toll collector’s
office for the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company
William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2018 — — Map (db m193739) HM
On U.S. 209, 0.1 miles north of the N end of the Wurtsboro-Sullivan County Airport, on the left when traveling north.
Killed and scalped here
during French and Indian War,
while on way from visiting
his daughter at Minisink,
to his home in Rochester — — Map (db m118472) HM
On Kingston Avenue (U.S. 209) at Wilsey Valley Road, on the left when traveling north on Kingston Avenue.
Served on Committee of Safety.
Dispatched by General. George Washington
in 1777 to gather intelligence
on British and Loyalist
activities. Lived near here. — — Map (db m193745) HM WM
On U.S. 209, 0.1 miles north of the N end of the Wurtsboro-Sullivan County Airport, on the left when traveling north.
Minisink Indians traveling between the Delaware and Hudson Rivers followed the valley which they called Shawangunk ("southward"). Later the name was applied to the mountains to the east. Colonists early in the 18th century used this same level . . . — — Map (db m118474) HM
On Kingston Avenue (U.S. 209) 0.3 miles Sullivan Street (County Road 172), on the right when traveling north.
Site of Yaugh House and spring, famous as a stopping place for hunters and travelers in this valley in 18th century; important survey corner. — — Map (db m30530) HM
Named for Maurice Wurts, president and one of the founders of Delaware and Hudson Canal. It was built to haul coal to Tidewater. — — Map (db m98339) HM
On Sullivan Street west of Burger Lane, on the left when traveling west.
Named in honor of Maurice
Wurts, of the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Co.,who had
a mercantile business here
for a short period, 1828 — — Map (db m193741) HM
On Sullivan Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Sullivan Street.
To Honor
the Men and Women of
the
Community of Wurtsboro
Who Answered
Their Country’s Call
( small plaque)
Erected by
Wurtsboro Fire Dept.
1955 — — Map (db m193743) WM
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