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Town of Bethel
Sullivan County
New York

Town of Bethel Sullivan County New YorkTown of Bethel Sullivan County New YorkTown of Bethel Sullivan County New York

Town Historian

John Gieger, Town Historian
P.O. Box 300
White Lake, NY 12786-0300
(845) 583-4350 ext. 101

Sullivan County School House Project


1862 Military Enrollment


1864 Military Enrollment


1865 Military Enrollment


1866 Military Enrollment


World War II Servicemen Letters


1969 Woodstock Musical Festival


Historical Markers (Coming Soon)

      White Lake Hotel History in the 20th Century

      White Lake, NY Hotel History

      Narrated by Cy Plotkin whose parents bought the original Woodlawn Villa  in 1920. A brief history of hotels around White Lake and Kauneonga Lake,  Sullivan County, New York.  Created by Sullivan County Historical  Society.  35 minutes


      Link to Youtube Video:  https://youtu.be/pT5b0D-kmBQ

      Town of Bethel Movie by Rita Sheehan

      Documents

      1940 Mountain Lakes Brochure (pdf)Download
      1968 Bethel Brochure (pdf)Download
      1970 SC Airport Souvenir Program (pdf)Download
      Baptism Records Bethel Methodist Churches 1870-1965 (pdf)Download
      Cemeteries, Schools, Census (pdf)Download
      Horseshoe Lake History (Comfort Family) (pdf)Download
      Hurd Settlement History by Bertha Baker (pdf)Download
      James Callbreth 1897 Address Bethel school History (pdf)Download
      Old Bethel Cemetery Headstone Survey (pdf)Download
      MacArthur House History (pdf)Download
      Marriage Records Methodist Churches 1870-1965 (pdf)Download
      Postmasters (pdf)Download
      Town of Bethel List of Officials (pdf)Download
      White Lake (Bethel) Presbyterian Records (pdf)Download

      Documents

      1970 Bethel Brochure (pdf)Download
      1966 Mountain Haven Brochure (pdf)Download
      1850-1902 School Records (pdf)Download
      1890 Tax Receipt (pdf)Download
      Bethel Country Store News Article (pdf)Download
      Old Bethel Cemetery Headstone Survey (pdf)Download
      Quinlan's History of SC - Excerpt (pdf)Download
      'Round Manhattan (pdf)Download
      Thief Detecting Society page 1 (pdf)Download
      Thief Detecting Society page 2 (pdf)Download
      Thief Detecting Society page 3 (pdf)Download
      Town of Bethel Board of Education Minutes 1917 (pdf)Download
      Vassmer's General Store Ledgers (pdf)Download

      Bethel Poems

      A Poem to Honor Arthur L (pdf)Download
      Art Vassmer (pdf)Download
      Bravo! - Eileen Barwick (pdf)Download
      Come Sweetheart Lou by Fred Van Ordern (pdf)Download
      Come, Sweetheart Lou...Song (pdf)Download
      Evangeline (pdf)Download
      Farmer's Picnic (pdf)Download
      House of Worship (pdf)Download
      Hurry Back (pdf)Download
      In Memory of President Kennedy (pdf)Download
      Minnie Falls (pdf)Download
      Mountain Lakes (pdf)Download
      Mongaup Valley Falls (pdf)Download
      River on the Rampage (pdf)Download
      Smallwood's Tomb Poem (and pictures) (pdf)Download

      Bethel Poems Continued

      Sooner or Later (pdf)Download
      Sullivan County in the Eighties (pdf)Download
      Summer (pdf)Download
      Town of Bethel (pdf)Download
      Unknown stanza of poem (pdf)Download
      White Lake Poem (pdf)Download
      Who Saw White Lake First By Fred Van Orden 1969 (pdf)Download
      Woodstock (pdf)Download

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