Here are three day trips less than an hour drive from Port Jervis to enjoy this fall! 1.) Beacon, New York Beacon is located just forty...

On July 28, 1884, George Lea ran a $1 excursion from Port Jervis to New York City. George Lea, was a French-born Englishman, who was a...

On Monday July 5, 1886 the Soldiers Monument was unveiled at Orange Square in front of more than 10,000 people. At 5 PM, the Sussex...

Saturday December 18th Nature Photography for beginners @ Pocono Environmental Education Center (538 Emery Road Dingmans Ferry, PA) 10:00...

On July 14, 1877, the Port Jervis Delawares played the Philadelphia Athletics at the Main Street Baseball Grounds (where the field at the...

On May 14, 1851, the first train on the New York and Erie Railroad came to Port Jervis. The line’s inaugural run began on the 14th in...

On April 28th, 1869 a timber raft floating down the Delaware River ran into an elephant in Port Jervis! After steering the raft past the...

Tuesday March 16th • Historically Speaking: A Women's History with Ruth E. Carter online 7 PM •Odysseys: Sorayya Khan & Raza Ahmad Rumi...

On February 2, 1892, the current Erie Depot in Port Jervis was completed. The building was designed by Grattan and Jennings. William...

Port Jervis is a great base for all kinds of winter activities. There are more than sixty miles of trails for biking, hiking and...

On January 24, 1859, Port Jervis artist, William H. Hunt, was born. William H. Hunt painted both landscapes and portraits. Some of his...

On January 16, 1850, Peter H. Miller started the Whig newspaper, the Port Jervis Express. Miller served as the owner and the editor of...

On January 11, 1892 Samuel Barnard Farnum passed away in Port Jervis. Farnum was born in Litchfield, CT in 1810 to Peter and Chloe...

On December 26, 1890, the second Erie Depot caught fire. The depot was completed the previous July to replace the first Erie Depot, which...

On December 12, 1894 the Clarendon Hotel proprietor, James P. Joyce received a kinetoscope for visitors to use at his hotel. The...

The American Readers Theater and the Presby Players present an online-Christmas show, An Old Fashioned Christmas! $20 per household...

On December 8, 1860, Evi Shimer was in Montague, NJ. When he was seven years old, his family moved to Port Jervis, where he attended the...

On November 29, 1927, photographer, Ludolph Hensel, died at his home in Hawley. Ludolph Hensel was born on January 29, 1849 in New York...

On November 15, 1897, construction began on the trolley system in Port Jervis. The Port Jervis Electric Street Railway Company was...

On November 8, 1977, Edward Arthur Gray won the mayoral race in Port Jervis by more than a three to one margin. Gray served as mayor of...