The Bolster Pond Tragedy, 1912
Submitted by sullivan on July 2, 2009 - 8:30am ![]() |
| The Fifield family portrait taken by an unknown photographer, probably before Frank’s marriage to Charlotte Wallace. |
Lucinda Rugg and the American Civil War
Submitted by sullivan on July 2, 2009 - 8:26am![]() |
| The house where the Ruggs lived from 1825 to 1872. Andrew Jackson Rugg was born here on 21 September 1841. The photo was taken by Carleton Nims circa 1925. |
As archival collections go, the papers of Lucinda (Beverstock) Rugg is small—consisting of six folders.
School House #5
Submitted by sullivan on July 2, 2009 - 8:15am
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| This is the only known photograph of School House #5 probably taken by Carleton Nims shortly before the building was removed in the mid-1920s. |
School House #4
Submitted by sullivan on July 2, 2009 - 7:46am![]() |
| A photograph of School House #4 probably taken by Carleton Nims in the 1920s. It looks much the same today except that the field is now forested. |
Geographically District #4 was the south end of Sullivan.
School House #3
Submitted by sullivan on May 21, 2009 - 4:32pm
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| The motto for School #3 written by David Seward still hangs over the entrance to the school room. |
Geographically District #3 was the northeast corner of Sullivan. The border to the west was the Masonian Patent Line.






