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Port Jervis has the oldest continuously run firemen’s parade in the United States. Over 160 years old, the parade honors those who serve.
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- 1854 - Port Jervis
Port Jervis, a thriving post-village of Orange county, New York, on the New York and Erie railroad, 97 miles from New York city. Named in honor of...Read MORE... 
1868 - The boiler of a locomotive exploded at Port Jervis, N. Y., on the 17th, instantly killing the engineer, Fred Hardenburg.
The fireman was in front of the engine and escaped unharmed. Hardenburg was carried over the top of trees near by, and was found 150 feet from the...Read MORE...- 1869 - Locomotive Explosions
July 18. Explosion of locomotive No. 294, on the Erie Railway, at Port Jervis, New York. The engine house was partly blown down, the dome of the...Read MORE... - 1869 - The employes of the Erie Railroad work shops in Buffalo and Port Jervis were on a strike on the 18th.
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October 23, 1869 - 1875 - Neversink House Fire
The Neversink House, a Summer hotel at Port Jervis Depot, N. Y., owned by F. Mertz caught fire from the explosion of a lamp last evening, and was...Read MORE... 
Port Jervis and Vicinity
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
Artwork- 1876 - Christmas
THE POST OFFICE ON CHRISTMAS.
The postoffice will be opened on Christmas day from 9 to 10 a.m. and 12 to 1 p.m.
...Many of our villagers were...Read MORE... - 1885 - A Port Jervis man has concluded that if there can be a scarecrow there can also be a scarebug.
So he stuck a little stake in the middle of his cucumber hills on which he has attached a small white rag. He says that the little bugs which were...Read MORE... - 1895 - Port Jervis
Port Jer'vis, a post-town in Deer Park township, Orange co., N.Y., on the Delaware River, 3 mile above the mouth of the Neversink River, 88 miles...Read MORE... 
The Erie Limited Speeding Through The Mountains Near Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Opera House, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Delaware River Bridge, Port Jervis, N.Y.
Postcard- 1902 - FIRE AT PORT JERVIS, N.Y. DELAWARE HOUSE BURNED AND SEVENTEEN HORSES PERISH - LOSS ESTIMATED AT $75,000, WITH $20,000 INSURANCE.
Port Jervis, N.Y., Aug. 30. - A fire started from spontaneous combustion in the hayloft of Liveryman W. J. COLLIER, on Railroad Avenue, about 3...Read MORE... - 1906
Port Jervis, a post-village and summer-resort of Orange co., N.Y., on the Delaware River, J mile above the mouth of the Neversink River, 88 miles NW. ...Read MORE... 
St. Francis Hospital, Port Jervis, N.Y.
Postcard- 1947 - Officially the largest local soapbox derby in the world began in Port Jervis.
orangetourism.org - 1955 - Hurricane Diane - NINE DEATHS REPORTED IN EASTERN PA. 650 YOUNGSTERS MAROONED; RAIN REACHES 9 INCHES.
...While Pennsylvania was hardest hit by what was left by Hurricane DIANE, there were floods throughout a wide area of the northeast United...Read MORE...
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Port Jervis, New York, USA
Port Jervis and Vicinity
Picturesque America... Oliver Bell Bunce, William Cullen Bryant
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1874.
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Port Jervis, New York, USA
The Erie Limited Speeding Through The Mountains Near Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Port Jervis, New York, USA
Opera House, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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Port Jervis, New York, USA
Delaware River Bridge, Port Jervis, N.Y.
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1854 - Port Jervis
Port Jervis, a thriving post-village of Orange county, New York, on the New York and Erie railroad, 97 miles from New York city. Named in honor of... Read MORE...
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1868 - The boiler of a locomotive exploded at Port Jervis, N. Y., on the 17th, instantly killing the engineer, Fred Hardenburg.
The fireman was in front of the engine and escaped unharmed. Hardenburg was carried over the top of trees near by, and was found 150 feet from the... Read MORE...
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1869 - The employes of the Erie Railroad work shops in Buffalo and Port Jervis were on a strike on the 18th.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 23, 1869
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1869 - Locomotive Explosions
July 18. Explosion of locomotive No. 294, on the Erie Railway, at Port Jervis, New York. The engine house was partly blown down, the dome of the... Read MORE...
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1875 - Neversink House Fire
The Neversink House, a Summer hotel at Port Jervis Depot, N. Y., owned by F. Mertz caught fire from the explosion of a lamp last evening, and was... Read MORE...
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1876 - Christmas
THE POST OFFICE ON CHRISTMAS.
The postoffice will be opened on Christmas day from 9 to 10 a.m. and 12 to 1 p.m.
...Many of our villagers were... Read MORE...
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1885 - A Port Jervis man has concluded that if there can be a scarecrow there can also be a scarebug.
So he stuck a little stake in the middle of his cucumber hills on which he has attached a small white rag. He says that the little bugs which were... Read MORE...
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1895 - Port Jervis
Port Jer'vis, a post-town in Deer Park township, Orange co., N.Y., on the Delaware River, 3 mile above the mouth of the Neversink River, 88 miles... Read MORE...
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1902 - FIRE AT PORT JERVIS, N.Y. DELAWARE HOUSE BURNED AND SEVENTEEN HORSES PERISH - LOSS ESTIMATED AT $75,000, WITH $20,000 INSURANCE.
Port Jervis, N.Y., Aug. 30. - A fire started from spontaneous combustion in the hayloft of Liveryman W. J. COLLIER, on Railroad Avenue, about 3... Read MORE...
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1906
Port Jervis, a post-village and summer-resort of Orange co., N.Y., on the Delaware River, J mile above the mouth of the Neversink River, 88 miles NW. ... Read MORE...
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1947 - Officially the largest local soapbox derby in the world began in Port Jervis.
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1955 - Hurricane Diane - NINE DEATHS REPORTED IN EASTERN PA. 650 YOUNGSTERS MAROONED; RAIN REACHES 9 INCHES.
...While Pennsylvania was hardest hit by what was left by Hurricane DIANE, there were floods throughout a wide area of the northeast United... Read MORE...
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