ROCKLAND NY REAL ESTATE
Rockland NY Real Estate is in the town of Rockland located in the northern part of Sullivan County, New York. Rockland NY homes real estate includes the hamlets of Anderson, Beaverkill, Craigle Clair, De Bruce, Deckertown, Grooville, Hazel, Joscelyn, Livingston Manor, Lew Beach, Morsston, Parkston, Rockland, and Roscoe. Rockland is an easy commute from the hub of the county, while providing residents with a great value. School districts are of a size where students receive individual attention. Being located on New York State Route 17 (future Interstate 86) gives residents easy access to other areas for business or pleasure.
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The northwest town line is the border of Delaware County, New York, and the northeast town line is the border of Ulster County, New York. Most of the town is within the Catskill Park.
The History of the Town of Rockland is largely a history of the surroundings of the Beaverkill and Willowemoc river basins. This region was the borderland between the Iroquois nations to the North and the Algonquin of the South. The Lenni-Lenapes, a branch of the Delaware tribes, were in the majority. Although defeated by the Iroquois, they remained active under the leadership of their chief Nanismos and continued to enjoy the protective preserve with an abundance of fish and game which included deer, elk, moose, wolves, bear, panthers, and other fur bearing animals. Wild geese, ducks, and turkey provided ready food at all times.
The renowned Hardenburgh Patent set the stage for the eventual development of the Catskills. Johannes Hardenburgh and associates petitioned for a royal grant. In 1709, Queen Ann granted the “Hardenburgh Patent,” an immense tract of around two million acres, with the stipulation that the original patentees had to give satisfaction to the Indian landlords by buying their interest in the land.
The entire tract of land comprised parts of Delaware, Greene, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties. Hardenburgh made his purchase from Nanismos, chief of the Lenni-Lenapes. In a very short time, a new owner, Robert Livingston, appeared on the scene and in less than forty years he acquired title to almost half of the entire patent leaving Johannes with only three-sixteenths. Livingston Manor, Roscoe and Rockland are located in Great Lot #4 containing 94,608 acres of land.
ROCKLAND NY REAL ESTATE
The town was first settled around 1789. The town was established in 1910 from the western part of the Town of Neversink.
The first settlers in the Town of Rockland were the Jehiel Stewart family and his brother Luther, who came from Middletown, Connecticut. They located and remained about a year in Wawarsing and in 1789 set out for Big Beaverkill Flats driving his livestock ahead of an ox-sled loaded with household goods. It was an arduous journey taking two weeks because they had to hack there way along the narrow trail to get the sled through. The Stewarts followed the well know Sun trail which was used by the savages who massacred Lieutenant Graham and his men at Grahamsville in the battle of Chestnut Woods. The trail followed the Lackawack up the hills of Neversink, then across the town of Liberty, and down the Beaverkill Trail to the Big Beaverkill Flats. Later on they continued to Lower Westfield and then Westfield
Surrounded by the natural beauty of the Catskill Park, Rockland’s residents value their country life and the area’s ecology. Roscoe is located where the Beaverkill and Willowemoc rivers meet at Junction Pool, and where trout meet their destiny, which is why it’s known as “Trout Town USA.” The history of these encounters is enshrined in the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum in Livingston Manor, bordering a 50-acre site ideal for walks and picnics.
Mongaup State Park and Beaverkill State Park are both located in Rockland and are open for the public’s enjoyment of camping, hunting, fishing and other recreational activities including snowmobiling in the winter on maintained trails.
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