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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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