History Day at Ten Mile River

Posted 8/21/12

NARROWSBURG, NY — The Ten Mile River Scout Museum is hosting History Day, a free event celebrating the history of Sullivan County and the region, on Saturday, July 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Ten …

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History Day at Ten Mile River

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NARROWSBURG, NY — The Ten Mile River Scout Museum is hosting History Day, a free event celebrating the history of Sullivan County and the region, on Saturday, July 25 from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Camps (Headquarters Camp), 1481 Crystal Lake Rd.

The event is supported by local historians, the Tusten Historical Society, reenactment groups, the Fort Delaware Museum and the National Park Service.

There will be lectures and displays on the 1763 massacre at Ten Mile River by Sullivan County Historian John Conway, the history of Zane Gray, the Battle of Minisink, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the Dan Beard Outdoor School, a hands-on family-friendly presentation on the French and Indian War, and a display on Narrowsburg and early aviation by the Tusten Historical Society.

There will be a small encampment and display by members of the 143rd New York Volunteer Infantry (Civil War reenactment group), and re-enactors of the pioneer era and the French and Indian War. Elaine Freed Lindenblatt will talk about the Red Apple Rest and will sell and sign her new book, “Stop at the Red Apple.”

There will be a hike visiting local historical landmarks, self-guided walks of the Ten Mile River CCC Camp site; and the Ten Mile River Scout Museum will have displays on local Native American rock shelters, local wildlife, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

The Kernochan Blockhouse, a reproduction miniature pioneering-era blockhouse, has period tools, games and household items. A recreation of a 1930s-era Boy Scout open-air cabin has exhibits on camp life in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

Email dmalatzky@aol.com or call 845-252-3775.

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