| Land Area: 35 sq. mi. Villages and/or Hamlets: Callicoon, Hortonville, Kenoza Lake, Kohlertown School Systems: Sullivan West Central School District Top-Three Employers: Delaware Valley Job Corps, Villa Roma Resort, Peck's Market |
Time Line: 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 |
