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COCHECTON PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Posted 8/23/17

The Curtis family name is known to Cochecton and Callicoon local history. James C. Curtis is the illustrious fellow to tout being first supervisor for the Town of Cochecton, New York State …

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The Curtis family name is known to Cochecton and Callicoon local history. James C. Curtis is the illustrious fellow to tout being first supervisor for the Town of Cochecton, New York State Assemblyman, Senator and more. His sons were also successful. William followed his father in office serving as the only man to be supervisor of two towns at one time, Cochecton and Delaware. Son Charles Taylor, “CT,” was a lawyer married to Liddie, the lady who wrote a letter to the New York Herald Tribune in 1926. She shared her recollection of the first locomotive of the Erie Railroad, December 8, 1848 that left Narrowsburg for the east end of the bridge over Callicoon Creek. Many villagers gathered waving flags and tossing floral wreaths on the track. Liddie was 12 years old and feared that they would derail the train!

Reflecting back, folks enjoyed new innovations that today are old hat to us. Liddie was a skilful baker and was issued a patent for her design in 1889 that improved an ordinary rolling pin to be an adjustable rolling pin. Do you think her lawyer husband penned the paperwork? Imagine that!

The Cochecton Preservation Society can be reached at 845/932-8104 or cps12726@gmail.com, or visit cochecton preservationsociety.com. The next meeting, free and open to all, will be on Tuesday, September 5 at 7 p.m. at 8537 State Rte. 97, Cochecton. There will be fun and refreshments.

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