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Otsego County.

1 : 151000 Burr, David H., 1803-1875

Burlington Flats [Village]; Burlington Green [Village]; West Burlington [Village]; Town of Burlington, Otsego Co. N.Y. [Township]

from Atlas of Otsego Co., New York. From actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers, assisted by F.S. Fulmer & others.

Town of Otego, Otsego Co. N.Y. [Township]; Otego Business Directory.

from Atlas of Otsego Co., New York. From actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers, assisted by F.S. Fulmer & others.

West Oneonta [Village]; West Oneonta Business Directory. ; Town of Oneonta, Otsego Co. N.Y. [Township]

from Atlas of Otsego Co., New York. From actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers, assisted by F.S. Fulmer & others.

Town of Laurens, Otsego Co. N.Y. [Township]; Business Directory. West Laurens.

from Atlas of Otsego Co., New York. From actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers, assisted by F.S. Fulmer & others.

Hartwick [Township]; Hartwick Business Directory.

from Atlas of Otsego Co., New York. From actual surveys by and under the direction of F.W. Beers, assisted by F.S. Fulmer & others.

Butternuts Business Directory. ; Town of Butternuts, Otsego Co. N.Y. [Township]

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Source: Otsego County New York Geographical and Historical, by Edwin F. Bacon, The Oneonta Herald, Publishers (1902)
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Part I - General History

OTSEGO COUNTY is favorably situated upon the highlands at the head waters of the Susquehanna river, a little southeast of the center of the state, and contains 1,038 square miles. It is bounded by the following named counties: On the north by Oneida, Herkimer and Montgomery; on the east by Schoharie; on the south by Delaware; and on the west by Chenango and Madison.

It was originally a part of Albany county, which was organized in 1683, and which covered a large section of the state, and the whole of the present state of Vermont. In the year 1772 Tryon county was set off from Albany county. In 1784 the name Tryon was changed to Montgomery and in 1791 Otsego was set off from Montgomery with Cooperstown as its county seat. As thus formed the county, although with its present dimensions, was divided into only two townships, viz: Otsego lying to the west of Otsego Lake and the Susquehanna, and Cherry Valley to the east of those waters. With the increase of population these townships were again and again subdivided until the number is now twenty-four, as shown in the accompanying map.

THE SIX NATIONS.
This region, before the advent of the white man, has been described as an ''Indian Paradise." It was a superb hunting ground, the home of the deer, the elk, the moose, the bear, the otter, the martin, the wolf, the fox, the squirrel, and of numerous water fowl, while salmon and other fish abounded in the rivers and lakes.

The natives belonged to a famous Indian league called by the English the "Six Nations," though the French applied to them the general term "Iroquois."

It is well to know something of the origin and history of this league, for the colonial settlers throughout the state had much to do with it. It is supposed to have been formed about the year 1600, and consisted at first of five tribes-the Onondagas, Oneidas, Mohawks, Cayugas, and Senecas. Later it received the Tuscaroras, who came from North Carolina. It was with the Mohawks and Tuscaroras that the white settlers had most to do. These Indians were fierce and aggressive. From the far east to the Mississippi they were known and dreaded by other tribes, none of whom were able to resist them. "I have been told," says Colden, "by old men in New England who rem ember the time when the Mohawks made war upon the Indians, that, as soon as a single Mohawk was discovered in their country, the Indians raised the cry from hill to hill, 'A Mohawk! a Mohawk!' upon which they fled like sheep before wolves without attempting to make the least resistance."

The first whites who came in contact with the tribes of this confederacy were the French, who lived in peace with them, and the Indians aided them against the English in the "Old French war" (1754-1763). Later, when the English had trium phed over the French, they made friendly treaties with these Indians and thus received their assistance against the rebellious colonists. And so it happened that in the war of the Revolution the English, the Tories and the Indians were combined against the patriots who were fighting for independence. The scattered settlements were almost defenceless against this strong combination of enemies, and all the more so because very many of the best men were enlisted in the colonial army and thus were far from the homes that so much needed them for defence. All the horrors of that period resulted from this condition of things, but the Indians, from their standpoint, had a good excuse for making war upon the patriot settlers, for previous to the war they had made a treaty offensive and defensive with the English, and as allies were bound to join them in their war upon the "rebels."

But at the close of the Revolution the poor Indians paid a terrible penalty for being on the wrong side in that struggle. At first the feeling against them was so strong that they came near being destroyed or driven out of the state, but through the influence of Washington and others they were assigned to reservations, and measures were taken for their civilization and education. The few Indians now remaining in the state are the descendants of those fierce warriors of the olden time.

THE FIRST WHITE SETTLEMENTS.
According to Halsey, "white men appear to have been in the upper Susquehanna valle y in 1616, or about one hundred and sixty years before the revolution. They came as explorers and then as traders. After them in the next century came missionaries to the Indians. Finally, in 1769, arrived surveyors." [The Pioneers of Unadilla Village, " by Francis W. Halsey]

The first grant of land to white settlers in this region was made in the year 1738, and consisted of about 8,000 acres, located in the northeast part of the present county of Otsego. It was granted by George Clark, the lieutenant governor of New York, to four men-John Lindesay, Jacob Roseboom, Lenelet Ganesvoort, and Sybrant Van Schaick. The originator and leader of this settlement, Mr. Lindesay, was a Scotchman, a man of wealth and culture. The others, judging from their names, must have been of the old Dutch stock. Their settlement was at Cherry Valley.

These pioneers, with their families, suffered many privations during the first years of their settlement, and in the winter of 1740-41, would have perished but for the assistance of a friendly Mohawk who came to them from the Mohawk valley on snow shoes and, learning their destitute condition, made repeated trips to his home, bringing back provisions. This kindness was the result of Mr. Lindesay's generous treatment of the Indians from the beginning. He had made them his fast friends and received in turn the same kindness that William Penn and all other settlers experienced who were just and friendly to these trusting children of nature.

In 1741 the little settlement was increased by the arrival of five families originally from the north of Ireland. The heads of these families were Rev. Samuel Dunlop, David Ramsay, William Gallt, James Campbell and William Dickson. They added about thirty persons to the community. During the next ten years only four new families came. Mr. Lindesay had retired from the settlement, having gone into the military service, and trouble had broken out with the, Indians so that progress was retarded by constant fear of an Indian war. In 1762 there were only eight families, and during the French and Indian war it became necessary to build a fort at Cherry Valley, at which a company of soldiers was stationed. But no serious hostilities took place, and at the beginning of the Revolution the settlement numbered three hundred persons.

The town of Edmeston was settled about 1770 by Col. Edmeston, a former officer of the English army, who received a tract of 10,000 acres for his services in the French war.

Hartwick dates from a grant made to John Christopher Hartwick, in the year 1761.

In Laurens the first settlement was made by Joseph Mayall in 1774.

Middlefield was settled in 1755 by Wm. Cook and others. In 1773 Ebenezer Knapp from Dutchess county settled on Butternuts creek in the town of Morris.

Increase Thurston and Benjamin Lull settled in New Lisbon in 1773.

Henry Schramling and families bearing the names of Young and Alger settled in Oneonta township before the Revolution, but the exact date is not known.

There were several other small settlements within the present limits of the county before the Revolution, as at Milford, Exeter, Unadilla, and Richfield Springs; but they assumed no importance until after the war.

OTSEGO COUNTY DURING THE REVOLUTION.
Up to the time of the Revolution the settlers in this region had managed to keep on tolerably good terms with the Indians, but with the outbreak of the war of independence a great change occurred. It was a question which side the Indians would take in the impending conflict. They would perhaps have sided with the colonists or remained neutral had it not been for the opposing influence of one man, Sir William Johnson, who had long been among them as the agent of the British government, and who had dealt very justly with them. This man found means of uniting five of the "Six Nations" against th e patriot settlers. The Oneidas, although friendly to the British, refused to fight against the colonies and consequently their territory was ravaged by the tories. Throughout the struggle the Indians, encouraged by the English loyalists and tories, carried on a merciless warfare against the scattered and feeble settlements of central New York and Pennsylvania.

In July, 1778, occurred the great massacre of Wyoming, a village on the Susquehanna river in Pennsylvania, and in the following November a like fate befell the settlement at Cherry Valley. This latter disaster might have been averted if the warnings given had been promptly heeded by the officer in command of the small garrison stationed at that place, for a fort had been built and all the inhabitants might have been brought within it. But the commander, Col. Alden, seemed to doubt the truth of the warnings although they came in an official communication from the officer in command at Fort Schuyler. He was one of the first to be killed as he retreated, bravely defending himself, toward the fort. In this massacre thirty-two of the settlers together with sixteen soldiers acting as a guard outside of the fort were slain. The fort itself, being defended with cannon, held out against the several assaults made upon it. Failing in those attacks, the savages set fire to all the dwellings outside the fortifications, and retreated down the Cherry Valley creek taking with them as prisoners about seventy of the inhabitants, though nearly all of these were soon released and permitted to return in safety. The military post was maintained until the next summer, when it was abandoned. A second attack and massacre in 1780 compelled the remaining inhabitants to flee for safety, and the place was thus entirely deserted until after the close of the war.

These and other Indian massacres aroused the general government to an act of terrible retribution. A campaign of destruction was organized under the command of Generals Sullivan and Clinton, who received orders to attack and destroy without mercy all the villages of the hostile tribes of the state. General Sullivan, who was chief in command, first marched from his camp on the Hudson (May 1st, 1779), to the scene of the late massacre in the Wyoming valley. From thence he moved to Tioga Point at the confluence of the Chemung and Susquehanna rivers and built a fort which he called Fort Sullivan. In the meantime Gen. Clinton with 1800 men ascended the Mohawk river, from the Hudson to Canajoharie. He thence made the portage to Otsego Lake with the intention of descending the Susquehanna river to Tioga Point, there to form a junction with Gen. Sullivan. He had transported a large number of boats across the country from the Mohawk for this purpose. In these he descended the lake, but found the river too low to float them, upon which he devised a very ingenious moans of raising the water. He dammed up the outlet of the lake until the water rose nearly three feet, then having all in readiness, and his boats distributed along the banks, he cut the dam and so safely floated down on the swelling current.

The Indians along the course of the river were greatly astonished at this phenomenon. First the water fell, and then suddenly and without any visible cause, rose, bearing upon its bosom a hostile fleet. They regarded this as an interposition of the Great Spirit in favor of their enemies, and so fled in terror from their villages, leaving the invaders to make their journey unmolested. Only a portion of the force kept to the boats, the greater part marching along the banks of the river. The junction with Sullivan was safely made and the combined forces, now numbering 3,200 men, advanced northward on a mission of devastation through the rich Indian settlements of the Chemung and Genesee valleys. All the villages were burned, the numerous fine orchards cut down, and immense quantities of corn destroyed. The Indians, after making a brave stand and being defeated at Newtown, on the present site of Elmira, fled to the protection of the British forts at Niagara, around which they encamped and where they spent the winter in great distress, but their spirit was not broken and they were soon again upon the warpath, continuing their depredations upon the white settlements until the close of the Revolution.

But the field of conflict was changed from the Susquehanna to the Mohawk and Schoharie, for on the upper Susquehanna there remained nothing to fight for and no one to fight. Successive conquests by both parties had given the whole region back to nature and to the wild beasts. Almost the only human beings who now traversed it were those who followed the ancient trails on their way to the new battle grounds beyond.

It was thus that Otsego county, which had nearly a dozen white settlements at the beginning of the Revolution, was an uninhabited wilderness at its close, but with peace a new era was soon to dawn upon it.

THE FORMATION OF TOWNSHIPS.
Gen. Sullivan's devastating march made Central New York better known to the whites than ever before, and as soon as released from military service many of his officers and men hastened to return as peaceful settlers to a region through which they had so recently passed as destroyers. A great tide of emigration also set in from the New England states.

The settlements made before the war and abandoned during the Indian troubles were also quickly revived as soon as peace returned, and from that time the population rapidly increased, as is apparent from the formation of new townships immediately following the organization of the county in 1791. Between that date and the end of the century, nine years, eleven new townships were formed by subdividing the original ones, viz: Burlington, Butternuts, Exeter, Middlefield, Milford, Pittsfield, Plainfield, Richfield, Springfield, Unadilla, and Worcester. Between 1800 and 1810 seven more townships were formed,viz: Decatur, Edmeston, Hartwick, Laurens, Maryland, New Lisbon, and Westford. Otego was formed in 1822, and Oneonta in 1830. Morris was taken from Butternuts in 1849, and Roseboom from Cherry Valley in 1854.

OTSEGO COUNTY IN THE REBELLION.
Otsego contributed its full quota of men to the union cause. The total number of enlistments credited to the county was 2,925, distributed among 129 regiments in all departments of the service-infantry, cavalry and artillery. The largest proportion of Otsego men were found in the 51st, 76th, 121st, and 152d regiments of state infantry, in the 3d cavalry, in the 1st, 2d and 3d artillery, and in the 1st engineer corps. 87 enlisted in the U. S. regular army and 146 in the navy. In addition to these,526 are recorded as enlisting without mention of the regiment or branch of the service to which they were assigned.

The bombardment and capture of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor in April, 1861, was the real beginning of the war. It was immediately followed by the President's call for 75,000 volunteers to defend the government and suppress the rebellion. To this call Otsego made a prompt response. A company was organized at Cherry Valley of which George W. Tuckerman was captain and Egbert Olcott and Cleveland J . Campbell lieutenants. It was however not quite soon enough to be accepted for that service. Those were days of prompt enlistment, and the required number had been received before the Cherry Valley company reported at Albany. Its members joined other companies a little later.

The next organized movement in the county was also at Cherry Valley, where the 39th regiment of New York State National Guards had for many years been quartered. In September, 1861, this regiment authorized its Colonel, John D. Shaul, to offer its services for the war. The next month Gen. George E. Danforth, the commander of the brigade to which the 39th belonged, came to Cherry Valley and established a military post. The 39th was then recruited and organized for the war to the number of six companies with a total of 500 men. In this incomplete form it was ordered to Albany, and its several companies assigned to other regiments, there being no time to wait for it to fill up its ranks and go as a unit. Two companies, those of Captains E. N. Hanson and N. Bowdish, were transferred to the 3d New York artillery, and those of Captains A. L. Swan, J. E. Cook and J. W. Young to the 76th infantry. The following are brief sketches of some of the regiments that contained Otsego county men:

The Fifty-First. - Company I of this regiment was recruited principally in Otsego county. It saw hard and heroic service both in the east and west. At Antietam the regiment lost ninety-five men in five minutes. At Fredericksburg, in Sumner's corps, it lost six color bearers and eighty men. Its flag was the first to wave over Jackson, Miss. Of 1,200 men who went out in this regiment, only 200 returned at the close of the war.

The Seventy-Sixth. - The majority of the men of this regiment were from Cortland county, but three companies were from Otsego. Its first commander was Nelson W. Green of Cortland, and the second William P. Wainright, under whose strict discipline it became famous. It served three years and took part in nearly all the great battles in Virginia, especia1ly distinguishing itself and suffering heavy losses at Gainesville, South Mountain and the second Bull Run. At Gettysburg it formed part of the first army corps under General Reynolds, and was in that tumble struggle on Willoughby Run, where on the first day the fate of the army depended upon holding the position while other divisions moved to take possession of Cemetery Ridge. The 76th went into this action with 348 men and 27 officers, and in half an hour it lost two officers killed and sixteen wounded, 30 men killed and 116 wounded. It was here that General Reynolds was killed. This corps was splendidly commanded by three men who in succession fell in battle while leading it. viz: Reynolds, at Gettysburg; Wadsworth, in the Wilderness, and Rice at Spottsylvania, all within a single year, and the last named after being in command but two days. On the expiration of three years for which the 76th enlisted, 165 of its members re-enlisted and were transferred to the 147th, an Oswego regiment, with whom they served until the close of the war.

The One Hundred and Twenty-First was recruited in Otsego and Herkimer counties. Its first colonel was Hon. Richard Franchot of Morris, and its first Major was Egbert Olcott of Cherry Valley. Its second Colonel was Emory Upton, one of the ablest and bravest officers in the service, a graduate of West Point, and under him the regiment became famous. The records of the war department credit this regiment with taking part in 25 battles, including Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg and the final series of engagements that ended with the surrender of Lee and the close of the war. It had 14 officers and 212 men killed in battle, 27 officers and 596 men wounded. On the Gettysburg battlefield has been erected a monument commemorative of the part taken by the 121st in that battle. It is of Quincy granite and bronze, and is surmounted by the figure of a soldier. It bears, besides the historical inscriptions, a bronze medallion of General Emory Upton, life size. This regiment contained 483 Otsego county men.

The One Hundred and Fifty-Second: This regiment, like the 121st, was raised in the twentieth senatorial district, which comprised the counties of Otsego and Herkimer. It was recruited at Camp Schuyler across the Mohawk from the village of Herkimer and was mustered into the United States service at that place October 15, 1862. It was immediately sent to Virginia, where it was actively engaged until the close of the war, except during the summer of 1863, when it was sent to New York city to aid in the suppression of the draft riots. Its hardest service occurred after General Grant took command of the Army of the Potomac. It was then engaged in the battles of the Wilderness, at Cold Harbor, and at the siege of Petersburg. Its ranks were so much depleted by sickness and losses in battle that at the end of June, 1864, it was reduced to 145 enlisted men and 11 officers. It took part in the final events that resulted in the surrender of General Lee, and on May 2, 1865, it marched through Richmond. It was mustered out July 13th, of that year.

Among its officers from this county were Col. Alonzo Ferguson of Oneonta, Cleveland J. Campbell of Cherry Valley, adjutant; George W. Ernst jr. of Otsego, quartermaster; William R. Wall of Springfield, captain; Elias Young, first lieutenant; and John Land, second lieutenant of Company D ; Edmund C. Gilbert of Butternuts, captain, and Josiah Hinds of Otsego, first lieutenant of Company G; Uriah B. Kendall of Hartwick, captain; William R. Patrick, first lieutenant; William I. Hopkins, second lieutenant of Company H ; Alonzo A. Bingham of Otsego, captain; Charles Hamilton of Roseboom, first lieutenant; Edward W. Butler of Roseboom, second lieutenant of Company I. The regiment belonged to the first brigade, second division, second army corps, under the command of General Warren. Of its men, over 400 were from Otsego county.

The Third Cavalry, called the "VanAllen Cavalry," in honor of its first Colonel, was composed of men from Otsego, Delaware, Schoharie, and other counties. Its second commander was Colonel Simon H. Mix, one of the best officers in the service, who was killed in an engagement on the Weldon railroad. This regiment did good service around Richmond and in North Carolina. It contained 143 men from Otsego county. In July, 1865, it was consolidated with the 1st Mounted Rifles, and designated as the "Fourth Provisional Cavalry."

First Light Artillery. - This regiment was organized at Elmira, but contained 78 Otsego men. Its first commander was Colonel Guilford D. Bailey who was killed at Fair Oaks while spiking some cannon that had to be abandoned to the enemy. He was succeeded by Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, who was promoted to Brigadier General in 1864. This regiment was in battle at Williamsburg, Manassas, Chancellorsville and other places.

Second Light Artillery: This regiment was organized in New York city, but was largely recruited from the interior of the state, including 150 men from Otsego county. Its battle flag was inscribed with the names of Second Bull Run, Spottsylva nia, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Reams Station and other places.

The Third Light Artillery entered the service as the Nineteenth Infantry Regiment under Col. John S. Clark and was transferred to the Artillery in 1863 and in this capacity served with great credit under Schofield, being attached to the 23rd corps and afterwards on the Atlantic coast, at Hilton Head, Fort Macon, Kingston, Goldsboro, and Charleston. It contained 66 men from Otsego county.

The First Engineer Corps: This was a body of 1,800 picked men from all parts of the country under the command of Col. E. W. Serrell. Companies G and I contained about 100 Otsego men. It was employed in engineer work in Virginia and the Carolinas, and especially in the siege of Forts Sumter and Wagner in Charleston harbor, where it planted the cannon known as the "Swamp Angel" with which the walls of Fort Sumter were battered down.

THE G. A. R. POSTS.
There are twelve G. A. R. posts in the county, namely:
Cooperstown, L. C. Turner Post, No. 26.
Cherry Valley, Emory Upton Post, No. 224.
Gilbertsville, W. A. Musson Post, No. 223.
Hartwick, H. N. Duroe Post, No. 653.
Morris, Geo. Kidder Post, No. 61.
Oneonta, E. D. Farmer Post, No. 119.
Otego, C. A. Shepherd Post, No. 189.
Portlandville, Olcott Post, No. 522.
Richfield Springs, Weldon Post, No. 256.
Sehenevus, Brown Post, No. 15.
Unadilla, C. C. Siver Post, No. 124.
Worcester, Johnson Post, No. 25.

VILLAGES AND POSTOFFICES.
The following is a complete list of villages and hamlets of Otsego county. There is a postoffice at each place except where some other place is designated. Thus, Bowerstown (mail Cooperstown.)

* Monthly school papers
+ July and August only

The Public School System The public schools of Otsego county are subject, to the general school laws of the state, which date from legislative enactments of 1853 and 1867. Each township is divided into school districts and each school is under the authority of trustees chosen by the parents and taxpayers of the district.

The schools are free of tuition to all pupils of school age (5 to 18 inclusive), provided they attend within the districts in which they reside. Those attending in other districts pay a moderate tuition fee. School text-books are not supplied free unless the district so orders and supplies the means.

The public schools of the county are of four kinds, viz: 1- Rural schools in which only the common English branches are taught. 2- Grade schools in which there are two or more departments. 3- Union free schools, graded, supplied with apparatus, charts, etc. and employing a number of teachers. 4- High or Academic schools subject to the Regents of the University of New York and enjoying certain advantages by virtue of this relation.

Any Union Free School may, upon application and inspection, become a regents or high school. In order to do this it must maintain an academic department, must have at least $250 worth of reference books, a microscope and other apparatus for scientific instruction. All public schools receive money from the state to assist in the purchase of reference books and apparatus.

COMPULSORY EDUCATION LAW.
Every child in proper mental and physical condition shall attend school as follows:

Between 8 and 12 years of age: As many days annually as the school is in session from the first of October to the first of June.

Between 12 and 14: At least eighty consecutive school days; also when not legally employed.

Between 14 and 16: When not legally employed.

RAILROADS.
The railroads in or adjoining Otsego county and which contribute to its prosperity, are as follows:

The "Delaware and Hudson" system, which extends from Albany to B inghamton and to the coal regions of Pennsylvania, with northern extension to Rouse Point and other branches.

The "New York, Ontario and Western," with its "New Berlin Branch,'' from Sidney to Edmeston.

The "Unadilla Valley" road from New Berlin to Bridgewater.

The "Delaware, Lackawanna and Western" road with a branch from Richfield Junction to Richfield Springs.

The "Ulster and Delaware" road from Kingston on the Hudson to Oneonta.

The "Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley" road connecting with th e "Ulster and Delaware road at West Davenport.

The "Oneonta, Cooperstown and Richfield Springs" electric road, which is to connect with the New York Central at Mohawk and Herkimer.

The "Unadilla Valley Railroad Company" is extending its line from New Berlin to Oneonta via Morris and the Butternuts valley, also northward from Bridgewater to Utica
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THE ALBANY AND SUSQUEHANNA RAILROAD.
The construction of this important road opened Otsego county, previously isolated, to the trade and commerce of the world. But it was undertaken before the value of such an improvement was generally appreciated. The discussion and legislation that led to its accomplishment extended over a period of many years, and it was only after a hard struggle that the means were obtained and the work begun.

The first man who advocated the building of railroads in the county was Jacob Dietz of Oneonta, who in 1827 published articles on the subject in the "Freem an's Journal" of Cooperstown. In 1832 several roads were chartered but never built . In 1845 a charter was obtained for a road from Binghamton to Schenectady, traversing the county, but this also failed. Finally in 1851 (April 19th) the present Albany & Susquehanna road was chartered, and after 13 years of agitation and controversy the public interest was sufficiently aroused, the means provided and the work begun. This was in 1863. The road was completed from Albany to Cobleskill in the summer of 1864, to Oneonta in August, 1865, and to its terminus at Binghamton in January, 1869.

Among the most active promoters of this great work were: Richard Franchot of Morris, who was the first president of the road, Jared Goodyear of Colliersville, Eliakim R. Ford and Harvey Baker (the energetic contractor), of Oneonta, and Arnold B. Watson of Unadilla. In 1870 the "Delaware & Hudson Canal Company" * obtain ed a lease of the Albany & Susquehanna Railroad for 99 years, paying at first 7 per c ent and now 9 per cent interest on the par value of its stock. It added also other lines to its system and the whole is now called the "Delaware & Hudson Railroad."

* The Delaware and Hudson canal extends from Honesdale, Penn., via Port Jervis, to Eddyville, near Kingston, N. V., and was built chiefly for the transportation of coal. The railroad system of this company has superceded the canal, which is now out of use except a small portion near Kondout.

AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES.
Recording to the census of 1900 there were in Otsego county 5,634 farms having a total of 612,221 acres, of which 470,787 acres were improved. The value of farms and farm property was as follows:

Land and improvements except buildings .......$9,487,540
Buildings................................................$7,350,970
Implements and machinery........................$1,223,000
Live stock...............................................$3,414,454
Total.....................................................$21,475,964

The value of farm products for the year 1899 was ..... $4,2611,749
Expenditures for labor and fertilizers ..........................$719,210
Net Earnings ......................................................$3,542,539

Dividing the net earnings by the number of farms gives $628.77 as the average return to the farmer for his own labor and capital.

FARM PRODUCTS OF OTSEGO COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1899; CENSUS OF 1900.

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
This organization has fifteen local societies or granges in Otsego county. Its objects are educational, financial and social. It insures farm property, advocates good roads, and has been influential in the establishment of free rural mail delivery. Meetings are held every two weeks for the discussion of topics pertaining to the interests of farmers. The state gives to each grange, on application, an agricultural library of 100 volumes. The membership in Otsego county numbers 665 and consists of farmers and their families. The first grange in this county was organized at Elk Creek in 1886 and since that date W. H. Chamberlain of Elk Creek has been county deputy and secretary.

SUMMER RESORTS.
The high altitude and salubrious climate of Otsego county render it an attractive region for summer residence. Richfield Springs has long been a favorite health resort, and Cooperstown, with its surroundings, famous as the scene of the "Leatherstocking Tal es," will never lose its charm while "Glimmerglass" invites the wanderer to its placid waters. But while these two places are most noted there are many others where summer dwellers find coolness, health and rural beauty. With its increased railroad facilities, which already link together its most attractive spots, Otsego county, with its fifty-three villages, so long isolated from the outer world, is now accessible from all directions, and no small portion of its prosperity is due to its easy communication with the great cities to which it sends its abundant dairy and other products and from which it receives in summer many seekers of rural peace and pleasure.

THE OTSEGO SOCIETY.
The natives of Otsego county, however far they may roam, never forget the old home and do much to perpetuate the memory of it. Those who dwell in and near New York city have organized a society containing now 66 members, the purpose of which is thus set forth in its constitution: "The society is organized for the purpose of establishing a cl oser intimacy among the present residents of New York city and vicinity who have come from the county of Otsego, and for the purpose of cultivating social intercourse among its members."

The society was organized February 26, 1901, with the Hon. Silas B. Dutcher of Brooklyn, a native of the town of Springfield, as president and Edwin J. Johnson esq. of Brooklyn, a native of Richfield, as secretary.

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Source: Otsego County New York Geographical and Historical, by Edwin F. Bacon, The Oneonta Herald, Publishers (1902) transcribed by GT Host MZ Part I - General History OTSEGO COUNTY is favorably situated upon the highlands at the head waters of the Susquehanna river, a little southeast of the center of the state, and contains 1,038 square miles.

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Earlier this month, in the final days of the New York State legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill to establish a commission to prepare for America's 250 th birthday.

We're five years away from 2026, but planning is starting now for the 250 th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

In order to receive funding from the federal Semiquincentennial Commission and the America250 Foundation, New York and other states are establishing their own anniversary commissions and funds to plan for future programs.

The New York State 250 th Commemoration Act was sponsored by Senator Shelley Mayer, a Democrat from the 37 th District, and Democratic Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner.

Woerner, whose 113 th district includes portions of Saratoga and Washington Counties, remembers the last major milestone of American's history.

"I'm old enough to remember the bicentennial when we celebrated 200 years and all of the interesting programming that various states did, which generated an incredible amount of heritage tourism as people sought to connect with American history," said Woerner.

A planned focus of upcoming events will be the stories of women, indigenous people, and people of African descent.

Woerner's upstate district is home to sites significant to American history.

"You know, Saratoga County is home to the Saratoga National Battlefield, and certainly at the country's founding, our region played an important role. But throughout our history, Saratoga County, Washington County, Warren County, all of the Capital Region played an important role in the rise of the Industrial Revolution, early social justice movements, the Underground Railroad and abolition..."

The Commission will have 13 members and will be co-chaired by the state Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation and the Commissioner of the Department Education - or their designees - as well as the New York State Historian, and other stakeholders.

It will be the Commission's job to support programming across the state.

Lauren Roberts is the Saratoga County Historian. She says the upcoming milestone anniversary should spur conversation at the local level.

"So I think there needs to be a lot of push for regional and county-wide groups to get together and set up their own local commemorations and smaller groups, kind of at the grass-roots level, to help proote their own history, the smaller stories, thing people haven't already heard."

Think organizations like local historical societies, historic sites, and municipal historians, says Roberts.

"And the state commission then will have the ability and help them fund and promote through things like I Love New York, and I think that's how we really get the history and the message out."

As was the case in 1976, lawmakers hope the efforts will lead to another boost in heritage tourism, supporting the economies of New York.

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Earlier this month, in the final days of the New York State legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill to establish a commission to prepare for America's 250 th birthday. We're five years away from 2026, but planning is starting now for the 250 th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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(Albany, NY) - In the final week of legislative session, The New York State 250th Commemoration Act, which was sponsored by Senator Shelley B. Mayer and Assemblymember Carrie Woerner, and is part of a national effort to commemorate the founding of the United States, passed in both the Senate and the Assembly. The bill, S. 4410C/A. 4742B, passed unanimously in both houses.

When enacted, this legislation will create the New York State 250th Commemoration Commission to develop a plan to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, and establish the 250th Commemoration Commission Fund.

The thirteen-member commission will be co-chaired by the Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Commissioner of the Department of Education, or their designees, and include the New York State Historian as well as stakeholders from across the state with knowledge of history, historic preservation and tourism. They will support and facilitate local efforts by heritage organizations, municipalities and others in commemorative planning and programs.

There will be a focus on the narratives and ensuing struggles of women, people of African descent and indigenous people, whose freedoms and rights during the revolution were far from complete.

The fund's creation is essential for the state to be eligible to receive funds from the federal Semiquincentennial Commission, created in 2016, and the America250 Foundation, the official nonprofit partner and operational arm of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission.

Earlier this year, Senator Mayer secured $50,000 in the 2021-2022 New York State budget for a commission to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution.

Senator Shelley B. Mayer said: "I am pleased to have sponsored the New York State 250th Commemoration Act, which was unanimously passed by my colleagues in the Senate. I will continue to work with advocates throughout New York to provide communities and non-profits with the tools they need to plan for New York's Semiquincentennial in 2026 and beyond, and especially to highlight the critical role that Westchester played during the Revolutionary period. The 250th anniversary offers a wonderful opportunity to educate and inspire New Yorkers about our region's preeminent role in the American Revolution, subsequent civil rights struggles and the state and nation's complex history, as we continually push closer and more inclusively towards the ideals of our founding. I want to thank Majority Leader and my Westchester colleague Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, for her support in providing necessary funding for this critical project and allowing this bill to move ahead."

Assemblymember Carrie Woerner said: "I am proud and excited that with this legislation New York State will have the framework to plan programs and projects that will recognize the birth of this nation nearly 250 years ago. These benchmarks in time are occasions to celebrate but also to contemplate the enormity of our mutual undertaking to form and nurture a nation that is utterly unique. We can lead the way in this national celebration as New York is emblematic of the diversity of the American experience, encompassing indigenous American nations, the sites of several pivotal events in the birth of the nation, abolitionists and the underground railroad, the crucible of woman's suffrage, urban immigrants, and generational custodians of farmland, vineyards, and orchards."

Chairman of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission Daniel DiLella said: "The Commission and Foundation are encouraging each state and territory to establish its own official 250th entity to plan for this momentous milestone. We look forward to working closely with New York's commission, as we are with other state commissions, to build an engaging and inspiring commemoration."

The legislation includes a commitment to economic development through active support for heritage tourism and other local business initiatives, thus generating tax revenues and supporting the local taxpayers.

Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts said: "Passing this legislation is tremendously important for Saratoga County. The most internationally significant historical event to ever happen within our borders was the surrender of Burgoyne's Army after the Battles of Saratoga, the Turning Point of the American Revolution. The creation of the NYS 250th Commission will aid local historians and historical sites in commemorating these important events. These types of anniversaries often bring our past to the present, encouraging the public to become engaged with our history and celebrate our sense of place. Many thanks to Assemblywoman Woerner for sponsoring this legislation and working diligently to get it passed."

President and CEO of the Fort Ticonderoga Association Beth Hill said: "The War for Independence was the critical event in our nation's history and New York was the epicenter of conflict. During our national 250th commemoration, Fort Ticonderoga in partnership with New York State, looks forward to sharing this epic story, generating significant economic impact through expanded heritage tourism, and placing New York at the center of our national celebration and commemoration."

Revolutionary Westchester 250 President Constance Kehoe said: "I'm thrilled that since 2018 there has been such grassroots interest in the special history of the American Revolution in Westchester County and that now, thanks to the work of Senator Mayer and others, New York State has a 250th Commission. This makes it possible for local groups and local businesses to work in sync with the state and federal efforts."

Westchester County Executive George Latimer said: "Westchester County has a special place in the history of the American Revolution. History - literally - happened in our backyard. This is a history my Administration takes very seriously - which is why we re-built the historic Elijah Miller House, where General Washington planned the Battle of White Plains, as an ode to our past and an opportunity to learn from it for future generations. As we approach the 250th anniversary, commemorating and celebrating those events - and the people involved - is both an educational and an economic opportunity."

Director of Westchester County Tourism & Film Natasha Caputo said: "Historical sites and experiences are an important draw for tourism, so we're excited that Westchester County and Revolutionary Westchester 250 are collaborating to make this anniversary come alive in the County and throughout New York."

Westchester County Legislator MaryJane Shimsky said: "Thank you to Senator Mayer and her colleagues in the State Legislature for approving the creation of the commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of our nation. New York played a unique role in the 6-year struggle, from the strategically vital locations of Saratoga and West Point to the use of Westchester County as a staging area for the final, victorious march to Yorktown. The diversity and fractiousness of the local population also made New York City and the surrounding Counties a proving ground for what it would mean to be an American. New York has a great story to tell, and will attract millions of visitors - tourists, history buffs and scholars alike - in 2026 as well as the years leading to the anniversary. The commission will provide our State with the means to promote our past and interest the world in our future."

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Author: Erika Eklund, Communications Coordinator Old Stone Fort

The Old Stone Fort Museum Complex, located in Schoharie is at the center of Revolutionary War history in Schoharie County. Situated on 25 acres within the scenic valley, the museum complex is home to eight historic and exhibit buildings, the highlight of which is the Old Stone Fort. Built in 1772 as a High Dutch Reformed church, the present day fort was the third structure erected by the congregation of the Palatine German settlement of Fuchs Dorf (Fox Town).

In 1777, five years after the church's construction, local Loyalists, or "Tories", joined with Schoharie Indians to seize control of the valley in advance of General John Burgoyne's invasion of New York.

In what would become the first charge ever made by the United States cavalry, a mounted Continental troop helped local militia put down the uprising in a skirmish, known locally as the Battle of the Flockey.

You can still see the location of the battle today as you drive down Route 30 south of Middleburgh, through the scenic and historic Schoharie Valley. The historic marker for the battle and cavalry charge, located just north of Max V. Shaul State Park, pays tribute to Colonel John Harper.

In response to the skirmish, local militia fortified three stone structures along the valley, including the stone church, and two private stone residencies. The stone church was surrounded by a half acre stockade and became known as the "lower fort." It is the only one of the three forts still standing today and while the locations of the other two forts are now on private property, they can still be seen from the road. The location of the former "Upper Fort" is in the farm fields across from the Barber's Farm Stand and they are usually happy to point it out to you and tell you about how it was the only spot in their fields which did not flood during Hurricane Irene.

*Interesting Fact: While the fort located in Schoharie and the current day Old Stone Fort Museum was the furthest north of the three forts, it was called the Lower Fort. The reason for this is because the Schoharie Creek, along which all three forts were situated, is unique in the fact that it runs from south to north, making the stone church location lower down stream and therefor the "Lower Fort".

The 1778 Battle of Cobus Kill was not only the beginning of a terror campaign launched by the British in 1778 bus also Captain Joseph Brant's first independent command. The historic marker for this battle can still be found along Route 7 in the hamlet of Warnerville, just west of Cobleskill-Richmondville High School. This would not be the last time Brant would make his presence known in the Schoharie Valley.

On Oct. 17, 1780 the Lower Fort (current day Old Stone Fort Museum) was put to the test when a force of approximately 800 loyalists and Indians under Colonel Sir John Johnson and Mohawk Captain Joseph Brant raided the valley and burned every farm, home and gristmill in their path in what was become known as the "Burning of the Valley" or the Johnson Raid.
The fort withstood a brief attack and at least two cannonball hits before the raiding forces moved on to the Mohawk Valley. Today, one of those cannonball holes can still be seen in a cornice at the rear of the building and the original cannonball can be viewed on exhibit inside.
Timothy Murphy of Middleburgh, a rifleman in the Revolutionary War, reputedly shot and killed British General Simon Fraser at the Second Battle of Saratoga. The general's death caused great confusion among the Redcoats at what proved to be the turning point of the Revolutionary War.

Murphy died in 1818 and was buried in Fultonham, in the cemetery seen today in the field across from Barber's farm stand. In 1870 he was dug up and reinterred in the Middleburgh Cemetery, where his monument was dedicated in 1910.

You can see his famous over-and-under two-barreled rifle and other personal items at the Old Stone Fort Museum.

The 1781 Battle of Sharon was one of the last campaigns against the northern states by the British and a brilliant victory by the American commander Marinus Willett who lured the Tories and Indians into an ambush by using the enemy's own tactics. Both the battlefield site and the site of the British camp are marked by NYS historical markers along Route 20 just east of the village of Sharon Springs.

In 1876, the largest crowd ever assembled in Schoharie - some 10,000 people - witnessed the dedication of the David Williams monument, just outside the big wooden door of the Old Stone Fort Museum.

In 1780, Williams and two other patriots had captured the traitor Major Andre, carrying a map of West Point in his boot. Williams died in 1831 in Broome and you can visit the monument of the incorruptible patriot David Williams at the Old Stone Fort.

Known as the Breadbasket of the Revolution, the wheat Schoharie was famous for was more a German crop than a British one. You would find the English settlers of New England chiefly growing rye, oats, and barley. The Schoharie Germans grew wheat, and after living side by side with the Mohawks for sixty years, enormous amounts of corn.

You can still feast on the bounty of the Breadbasket of the Revolution at any of Schoharie County's vibrant farm stands.

To see what the wilderness, which was Schoharie County during the time of the American Revolution, looked like visit the Landis Arboretum to see the only remaining old growth forest in the county!

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By 1791. Otsego County had been organized with Cooperstown as its county seat and Cooper, a staunch Federalist, as its judge. Cooperstown grew and before the close of the century boasted several mills, a pottery, a public library and a newspaper started in 1795 by Elihu Phinney. Phinney became an early giant in the publishing world. with his Bibles and almanacs being used by hundreds of thousands.

Judge Cooper died in 1809. Legend has it that a political adversary struck Cooper, who served both in the state legislature and Congress, on the head from behind after a heated debate. Although he had fathered 11 children, only two, Ann and James, attained middle-age. Ann Cooper married George Pomeroy, a druggist. Their home, built for them by Judge Cooper, still exists at 11 Main St.
James Fenimore Cooper
James legally assumed his mother's maiden name and after several years at sea and as a gentleman farmer, became one of America's best known and innovative authors. Growing up he lived in Otsego Hall. a manor his father had built for his mother that stood on a spot marked by Victor Salvatore's statue of the author in Cooper Park. This building was razed by fire in 1853, two years after the author's death. Nearby, in Christ Church Graveyard, you can visit the graves of the author and his family.

Although Cooper's books are difficult for modern readers, he remains an important American author and his works live on as major motion pictures: Cooper was the first to write about life at sea and to depict the American wilderness. He invented the "western hero" prototype. Two of his books about the rough-and-tumble woodsman, Natty Bumppo, are set in Otsego County: The Deerslayer (1841) describes Otsego Lake at the outbreak of the French-and-lndian War. The Pioneers (1823) has thc growing village of Cooperstown as its setting and focuses on Judge Marmaduke Templeton, a character based on Judge Cooper.
Judge Samuel Nelson
As Judge Cooper's town became Cooperstown. the community grew and became a summer retreat for well-heeled city dwellers and served as part-time home for those who shaped the nation's destiny: Samuel F.B. Morse. a painter and inventor of the telegraph. spent summers here, painting portraits of Cooperstown's leading citizens. General Abner Doubleday, the second-in-command for the Union during the battle of Ft. Smuttier, had family connections in the area as a boy. Judge Samuel Nelson, an associate justice for the United States Supreme Court from 1845 to 1872 lived here and built a large in-town residence at 68 Main Street. which still exists.

Nelson, a Democrat, brought the broader political issues of the Civil War to Cooperstown. when he was visited by Secretary of State William Seaward and a foreign diplomatic corp. This visit, allegedly part of a tour of the industrial Northeast. was probably made so President Lincoln could learn Nelson's opinion on the constitutionality of the Conscription Act. (Nelson considered the draft constitutional).
The Clark Family
Overshadowed by the political events leading up to the Civil War, the industrial revolution took hold of America in the mid-1800s and changed the structure of our society. In 1848 an eccentric mechanical tinkered, Isaac Merritt Singer was having trouble in gaining clear title to a wood carving machine he invented. He stopped by the New York offices of Attorney Edward Clark for legal assistance. This meeting, which resulted in a partnership between Clark and Singer, and Singer's refinement of the sewing machine in 1851, led to a fortune that enabled one family to play a dominant role in the history of Cooperstown for five generations.

The sewing machine became a household necessity and Clark and Singer made vast fortunes. Edward Clark, the son of a Columbia County potter. started his legal career in 1830 as clerk to Otsego County's District Attorney Ambrosia Jordan. Clark married Jordan's daughter, Caroline, and cemented the family's relationship to Cooperstown. Along with several residences, the Clarks built the Hotel Fenimore, long since demolished. and Kingfisher Tower. a 60-foot high tower built. in the words of Mr. Clark. "simply by a desire to beautify the lake and add an attraction which must be seen by all who travel the lake or drive along its shores." Today, Kingfisher Tower is appreciated as an anachronistic landmark.

Edward Clark's four grandson's maintained their family's interests in Cooperstown. Edward Severin Clark,. fondly known as "The Squire" built the Otesaga Hotel and the community's first gymnasium in honor of his father, Alfred Corning Clark. (This building was renovated to house the administrative offices for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum; the third gymnasium, Clark Sports Center, is on the outskirts of the village on Susquehanna Avenue). Edward S. and his brother, Stephen C. Clark also built the first sections of the Bassett Hospital as a gesture to Dr Mary Imogene Bassett. a general practitioner and pioneering woman physician. Today this teaching and research hospital is a network of community health centers and two additional hospitals serving thc medical needs of residents in 10 central New York counties. Edward and Stephen Clark also built the Cooperstown Country Club and the Leatherstocking Golf Course, a superb 18-hole public golf course on West Lake Road. The Village Building. at the corner of Fair and Main Streets, was built by a member of the Clark family and given to the village in the 1930's.

Edward S. lived the life of a gentleman farmer on the 1,182-acre Fenimore Farm, just north of the villages on West Lake Road. On this property. owned previously by lames Fenimore Cooper and Judge Nelson. Clark built a massive Colonial Revival stone dairy barn for his prize dairy herd in 1918. Later, in 1932. Clark replaced the cottage residence on the Fenimore Farm property with a huge neo-Georgian mansion. Fenimore House. A year after the house was completed Edward S. Clark died.
Stephen C. Clark and Cooperstowns Museums
Stephen C. Clark; took an even larger interest in the community than had his brother Edward. In the mid-1930s. he acquired a tattered handmade baseball from nearby Fly Creek, reputed to be owned by Abner Doubleday, the man who the 1907 Graves Commission report said invented baseball in Cooperstown in 1839. Although this story on the game's origins is now doubtful, Mr. Clark understood the "Doubleday baseball" would draw visitors and built a two-room museum for baseball artifacts and to enshrine those players who made the Baseball Hall of Fame opened with much fanfare onJune 12, 1939 as Connie Mack, Honus Wagner, Cy Young. George Sisler, Walter Johnson, Napoleon Lajoie, Ty Cobb, Grover Alexander, Eddie Collins, Babe Ruth, and the late Willie Keeler and Christy Mathewson were inducted as the Hall's first members.
to Cooperstown in 1939 from Ticonderoga. The Association, a private, non-profit educational institution dedicated to collecting. preserving and interpreting objects and documents significant to New York history and American culture, was housed for a time at the Village Hall and Library on Main Street. (Built by his father Alfred Corning Clark.) The growth of the Association continued and it soon came to own several large collections of early agricultural implements and craft tools. In 1943 at Mr. Clark's invitation to use
Over the next three decades buildings were brought to The Farmers' Museum and a village typical of mid-19th century rural New York was recreated.

Today, The Farmers' Museum emphasizes processes and skills historically used by ordinary people in their daily lives and offers a fascinating view of pre-industrial life. A crafts program hands-on activities, a living history farm and permanent exhibits are featured there and help visitors understand the development of early communities.

During the final months of World War II, Mr. Clark invited the Historical Association House. Once moved into new headquarters, the Association continued to develop a multifaceted program embracing research, publications, exhibitions and teaching at many levels. Today, the Historical Association has tens of thousands of documents, books, art works, photographs and artifacts, and operates a non-circulating Research Library. The museum exhibits premier collections of American folk art, fine art and Indian art, and exhibits based on these collections celebrate America's artistic traditions and history. Indian Wing was built: This facility incorporates exhibition spaces with the latest in museum-display technology, a l2l-seat auditorium for educational programs, concerts and films; an open-storage gallery, curatorial spaces and a terrace garden. Galleries here feature exhibits from The Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection, a rare assemblage of over 600 objects that reflects the diversity and artistry of North American Indian peoples.

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By 1791. Otsego County had been organized with Cooperstown as its county seat and Cooper, a staunch Federalist, as its judge. Cooperstown grew and before the close of the century boasted several mills, a pottery, a public library and a newspaper started in 1795 by Elihu Phinney.

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Murdock, Daniel
1733, CT

1813
Hartwick, NY

Otsego County, NY

Private, Captain Matermare Cliffes Company. Enlisted May 8, 1775. Discharged Dec. 15, 1775. 6th Regt. Samuel Parson.

Widow granted a pension Nov. 22, 1845, she was then 76.

Ogden, Capt. David
1764
Fishkill, NY

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Treadwell, NY

Enlisted at 14 for 9 mo. Re-enlisted at 15 for good or ill, come death of life, victory or liberty. Captured by Indians and had marvelous escape.

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Richardson, Jonathan
Aug. 1745
England

6/14/1812
Laurens, NY

Friends Buring Ground, Laurens, NY

Ethan Allens Company, Major Brewers Detachment, Several Engagements. Settled in Laurens 1793.

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Spencer, Itham
1733

4/1/1825
Maryland

Colliers Junction

Captain, 9th Albany County Regiment called Claverack Battalion, Name Ishamer in record.

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Historic Unadilla

Site of the historic Iroquois village of Unadilla and marker of the Sullivan-Clinton Campaign route along the Susquehanna River south and west. Raids on old Unadilla and (nearby) Onaquaga occurred back and forth starting with Mohawk chief Joseph Brant's attack on old Unadilla in early 1777 making it a Tory stronghold and culminating in October 1778 when more than 250 men under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William Butler of the 4th Pennsylvania Regiment descended on the two towns (which had been abandoned because of their advance) and destroyed them, razing most of the buildings and taking or destroying provisions. The attacks were executed in retaliation for raids on frontier communities led by Brant and British Loyalists during the spring and summer of 1778. Marker reads: "Routes of the Armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton 1779. An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending outward the dominion of the United States."

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1. The link to the public website for NSDAR America 250:      https://www.dar.org/national-society/america-250

2. NSDAR is a partner with America250.org.  Here is a link to the NSDAR public website which describes the partnership:
America250 Foundation Partner | Daughters of the American Revolution

3. Here is a link to becoming a DAR member from the NSDAR public website:
Membership Interest Form | Daughters of the American Revolution

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1807 - Oldest House in the City of Oneonta

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Helen Rees, Friends of SW

Built by Revolutionary War Soldier, Lawrence Swart.  General Clinton's soldier camped on the Susquehanna River banks which later became Swart's farm fields.

A community resource, open by appointment for groups & programs, it is open every Sunday in the summer from 1-3 with special programs and tours.

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https://america250.org/

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The America250 Awards are here

America250 teamed up with the NFL for the 2021 America250 Awards, honoring exemplary Americans for their contributions to their community, country and beyond. The recipients were presented the award at halftime during the Thanksgiving Day game between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears at Ford Field.

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Celebrating 250 years of the American spirit - America250

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The America250 Awards are here America250 teamed up with the NFL for the 2021 America250 Awards, honoring exemplary Americans for their contributions to their community, country and beyond. The recipients were presented the award at halftime during the Thanksgiving Day game between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears at Ford Field.

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Westchester County  and https://rw250.org/

Dutchess County

and Saratoga County and 250th kick off

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Franklin Railroad and Community Museum
Johncampbell8@gmail.com

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andrew@lentner.me
History Student

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CRTCNY.org@gmail.com
CRTCHistoryday@gmail.com

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Living History Foundation

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FORGOTTEN ALLIES [Glatthaar, Joseph T.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. FORGOTTEN ALLIES

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http://www.livinghistoryed.org/

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LHEF Founder and President, Joe Ryan, is joined by Whoopi Goldberg and Connie Chung in the original Foundation video.

Not Just Learning History, Living History: This LHEF Video details how Living History works in our schools.

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LHEF Founder and President, Joe Ryan, is joined by Whoopi Goldberg and Connie Chung in the original Foundation video. Not Just Learning History, Living History: This LHEF Video details how Living History works in our schools.