GRAHAMSVILLE, NY  — Neversink History Afternoon will be held on Sunday, September 9 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Time and the Valleys Museum, on State Route 55. The museum’s rich collection of historical records, photographs, books and artifacts will be available to visitors, bringing to life the history of the Town of Neversink. The afternoon also includes the unveiling of a special artifact just received by the Museum: a hand-woven blue-and-white coverlet from Old Neversink. 

At 2 p.m., John Conway, Sullivan County Historian, will give a talk on Otto Hillig, the Liberty resident who became the most famous photographer in Sullivan County in the early 20th century and the owner of the best equipped photography studio between New York City and Buffalo. An adventurer who owned one of the first automobiles in Sullivan County and loved to fly airplanes, Hillig became a pioneer of aerial photography and documented and preserved in photographs much of Sullivan County’s early 20th century history. 

Admission is free and includes admission to the museum’s three floors of exhibitions. For more information visit www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.