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This is a complete list of New York State Historic Markers in Sullivan County, New York. [1]

Listings county-wide

Marker name [1] Image Date designated Location City or Town Marker text
1 Clark Tannery On So. Side NYS 52 At Eastern End of Jeffersonville Callicoon, New York Contained 182, Square Vats Produced 600, 051 Lbs. Sole Leather In 1865. Ranked Second In Output In Sullivan County
2 Early Sawmill On W. Side NYS 52 At Southern End of Youngsville Callicoon, New York Built 1834 By Sam M. Young Followed In Turn By Turning Mill, Apple Brandy Distillery And Milk Manufacturing Plant
3 First Clearing On NYS 52 1 Mi. Youngsville Callicoon, New York In 1807 J.S. Jackson And C. Hurd Cleared Over 100 Acres For John De Witt At A Cost of 163 19S
4 George G. De Witt On W. Side NYS 52 Between Jeffersonville & Youngsville Callicoon, New York Home of George G. De Witt Where First Town Meeting Was Held May 3, 1842 500 Feet West
5 Old Toll Road On E. Side NYS 52 Midway Between Jeffersonville, & Youngsville Callicoon, New York Callicoon And Cochecton Turnpike 1852 Joined Erie At Cochecton With Tanneries At Pike Pond Jeffersonville, Youngsville
6 Old Turnpike On NYS 52 About 1½ Mis. N.E. Jeffersonville Callicoon, New York Old Turnpike Jeffersonville To Monticello Toll Gate Two Miles East of This Point
7 Site of First House In Center of Vlge. Youngsville In Front of John Pfieffle Residence Callicoon, New York Site of First House In Youngsville Built of Logs, 1834 By Sam M. Young, First Settler For Whom The Place Is Named
8 Sullivan Volkblatt On No. Side Main St. Between Center St. & Delaware Av., Vlge. of Jeffersonv Callicoon, New York Local German Language Newspaper Published Here 1870German Language Predominated Here For Fifty Years
9 Tannery of Henry Inderlied On So. Side NYS 52 Near Center of Youngsville Callicoon, New York Beef Hides Were Converted Into Sole Leather By Use of Local Hemlock Bard 1850
10 Brant's Camp On W. Side NYS 42 2Mis. So. Forestburg Corners Forestburg, New York Mohawk Chief With Plunder And Captives Taken In Raid On Minisink (Port Jervis) Camped Here Over Night July 20, 1779
11 Indian Raid On W. Side Co. Rd. 49 About 1 Mi. So. Oakland Forestburg, New York Two Children of John Brooks And Son-In-Law, Joseph Hubbard, Were Killed Here By Brant's Mohawks And Tories, 1778
12 Sawmill On No. Side Co. Rd. 49 Near W. End Bridge Over Minisink R. Forestburg, New York Built 1873 By Westfall & Cuddeback. Sawed Lumber To Rebuild Houses Burned By Brant In Minisink (Port Jervis) 1778-79
13 Battle of Minisink On NYS 97 About 1½ Mis. E. of Minisink Ford. Highland, New York 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
14 Battle of Minisink On NYS 97 At Minisink Ford. Highland, New York Entrance To Battlefield Where July 22, 1779, N.Y. And N.J. Militia Attacked Mohawk And Tory Raiders of Minisink (Port Jervis)
15 Battle of Minisink On NYS 97 About 1 Mi. West of Entrance To Battlefield. Highland, New York One of The Deadliest In Frontier Warfare, Between Militia And Brant's Tories And Mohawks, On This Hill July 22, 1779
16 Battle of Minisink On NYS 97 About 1/2 Mile East of Entrance To Battlefield. Highland, New York On This Hill, July 22, 1779 N.Y. And N.J. Militia Were Decimated By Mohawk And Tory Raiders of Minisink, (Port Jervis) Under Brant
17 Brant's Camp On NYS 97 At Barryville. Highland, New York The Mohawk Leader of Raid On Minisink (Port Jervis) Camped Here July 21, 1779. Pursuing Militia Camped 3 Miles Up This Same Brook
18 Brant's Crossing On NYS 97 Near Entrance To Battlefield Highland, New York After Battle of Minisink Brants Raiders With Their Plunder Forded River Here To Camp At Mouth of The Lackawaxen Creek Opposite
19 Bridge On NYS 97 At Minisink Ford Highland, New York Built By John A. Roebling, Builder of Brooklyn Bridge, To Support D. & H. Canal Aqueduct By Which Boats Crossed Delaware, 1848–98
20 Early Settlers On NYS 52 About 1 Mile East of White Sulphur Springs Highland, New York Joseph And Ebenezer Hill Came From Conn., 1807 Bought 5000 Acres In Hardenbergh Patent. Joseph Was Captain In War of 1812.
21 First House On NYS 52, White Sulphur Springs Highland, New York In Robertsonville Now Called White Sulphur Springs 1812
22 Robertsonville On NYS 52 At White Sulphur Springs Highland, New York Jonathan Bradley Robertson Came Here From Bridgeport, Conn., 1807, When It Was A Forest Wilderness. He Served In War of 1812
23 D. & H. Canal On NYS 97 At Mouth of Mill Brook Near Pond Eddy Lumberland, New York D. & H. Canal Dry Dock And Basin 1828–1898
24 Bloomingburgh On NYS 17 At Bloomingburgh Mamakating, New York Named July 4, 1812, By James Newkirk. First Settler, Capt. John Newkirk, Prior To 1776. First School, 1784, Taught By Mr. Campbell.
25 Bloomingburgh On NYS 17 At Bloomingburgh Mamakating, New York Site of First Newspaper, First Printing Office, First Circuit Court, And The First Academy In Sullivan County
26 Burlingham On County Rd. At Burlingham Mamakating, New York Named In Honor of Walter Burling, Director of Ulster And Orange Branch Turnpike, Which Crossed Shawangunk Kill At Newkirk's Mills, 1808
27 Early Academy On NYS 17K At West End Old Bridge At Bloomingburgh Mamakating, New York Bloomingburgh Academy Built 1810, First Teacher Alpheus Dimmick, Principal Samuel Pitts, Union College. Had Many Famous Graduates
28 Fort Devens On US 209 About 1½ Miles North of Wurtsboro Mamakating, New York 1757 - One of Chain of Forts Built Under Supervision of James Clinton, Later General Clinton, During French & Indian War
29 Michel Helm On US 209 About 2 Miles North of Wurtsboro Mamakating, New York Killed And Scalped Here During French And Indian War, While On Way From Visiting His Daughter At Minisink, To His Home In Rochester
30 Roosa Fort On Town Rd. at Roosa Gap Mamakating, New York Building Started Before Revolutionary War. Later Owned And Completed By Abraham Roosa Or Son Jacob Who Lived In Cabin On Hill
31 Westbrook Fort On US 209 At Westbrookville Mamakating, New York And House Built About 1750-60 By Tjerck Van Keuren Westbrook. Village of Westbrookville Named In His Honor
32 Grahamsville At Intersection NYS 42 & NYS 55 At Grahamsville Neversink, New York (Formerly - Chestnut Woods) Named For Lt. John Graham Killed Here With 17 Others Sept. 5 1778, By Indians Raiding The Rondout Valley
33 John Karst Preserve On Town Rd. At De Bruce Rockland, New York Home of Famous Wood Engraver, Illustrator of Early American School Books; Mc Guffy's Readers. Born 1838-Died 1922
34 John Karst Home On Town Rd. About 3 Miles North of De Bruce Rockland, New York Collection of Early Crafts Brought Here 1907 By Master Wood Engraver. Meeting Place of "Down Renters" Or "The Sheepskin Indians", 1804
35 Camp Holley On NYS 42 Near Kiamesha Thompson, New York Encampment Ground of 143Rd Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry Aug. 14 - Oct. 10, 1862
36 First House On NYS 17 At Monticello Thompson, New York In Monticello Built By John P. Jones Founder of Village December 1804
37 Methodist Church On NYS 17 At Monticello Thompson, New York Monticello, New York Organized In Districts, 1804; Present Church Built 1844
38 Presbyterian Church On NYS 17 At Monticello Thompson, New York First Church In Monticello Established 1810 Lot Gift of Jones Brothers
39 Town of Thompson At Bridge Near Old Mill, Thompsonville Thompson, New York Named For William A Thompson First Judge of Sullivan County Appointed 1803
40 New York State On NYS 52, Del. R. Bridge. Narrowsburg Tusten, New York Explored By Dutch, 1609 Settled By Dutch, 1624; Under English Rule After 1664. Named For Duke of York, Later King James II
41 Tusten On NYS 97 Near Old Tusten Church Tusten Tusten, New York Named For Lt. Col. Benjamin Tusten of Goshen Militia Surgeon Who Gave His Life To Attend The Wounded At The Battle of Minisink

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "New York State Historic Markers". New York State Historic Markers. New York Museum. 2009-05-05. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24.
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