Cochecton
In 1754, Connecticut Yankees established Cushetunk and claimed the Delaware River’s west bank for the Colony of Connecticut.
Cochecton, (cuh-SHEK-ton), means low land; also called the flats. The land is rich and fertile and full of fish and game.
Narrowsburg
Narrowsburg has the narrowest and deepest points on the upper Delaware River.
Tusten (Ten Mile River)
Tusten at the mouth of the Ten Mile River, was first called the Ten Mile River Settlement, and grew up around 1751. Tusten was named for the Revolutionary hero, Dr. Tusten.
Ten Mile River is the site of a large summer camp maintained by the Boy Scouts of America.
Shehola, Shohola
Shohola/Shehola is Lenape for “slow waters where the geese rest.” Shohola the town in Pennsylvania, is on the Shohola River, and directly across from Barryville, NY.
Barryville was called, “the River”, until 1831, though according to my information, it continued to be called the River for some time.
Mongaup
Mongaup is a small, quiet hamlet at the mouth of the Mongaup River, which is still the eastern border of Lumberland.
Sparrowbush
Sparrowbush was named for H.L. Sparrow, a dealer in ship-knee timber, who rafted down the Delaware River in the early 1800s.
The land was originally named Sparrow’s Bosh. Bosh was a sloping thicket or woods.
