Timeline

1749 - Hardenburgh Patent divided
1760 - Joseph Ross settles at Callicoon flats -- Daniel Young settles at Big Island
1764 - Daniel Skinner floats first log raft
1779 - Colonel Brant and Indians stop at Callicoon after the Battle of Minisink
1790 - Charles Layton settles at what is now Hortonville
1794 - Sackett Road completed to Cochecton
1812 - Woodruff settles at Pikes Pond (Kenoza Lake)
1835 - Ground broken for Erie railroad within Delaware
1848 - First Erie train through Delaware
1850 - Charles Horton opens tannery at Hortonville.
1869 - Town of Cochecton divided to create new Town of Delaware
1888 - Febuary 28 Fire destroys parts of Main Street - - Great Blizzard March 12
1899 - Bridge opened across the Delaware at Callicoon
1901 - St. Joseph's Seminary Founded
1908 - Dr. Cook of Hortonville attains North Pole
1939 - Route 97 opens
1946 - Delaware Youth Center is formed