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Credits. Quotas.
Quota under call of February 1, 1864,
149
66 66 66 March 14, 1864, 62
211
Credits by new recruits, . 179
66
veteran volunteers, 13
66
draft of 1863, 46 238
66
surplus June 30, 1864, 27
Quota under call of July 18, 1864,
128
Credits by new recruits, .. 157
66 66 veteran volunteer, 1 158
66
" surplus on call of July 18, 1864, 30
Quota under call of December 19, 1864,
46
Credits by new recruits, 66 66 regular army, .. 3
36
66
66 draft, 4 43
Deficiency on call Dec. 19, 1864,
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War Dept., Adjt. General's office,
Washington, D. C., February 9, 1874.
· (Official,) THOMAS M. VINCENT, Assist. Adjutant General.
Adj. Gen.'s office, Albany Feb. 12, 1874, Official copy, J. B. STONEHOUSE,1 Asst. Adj. Gen.
At the termination of the war, there remained a considerable balance in the treasury, and chiefly through the active agency
1 To the gentlemen whose names are hereto appended, the author begs to make his grateful acknowledgments.
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of the late Halsey R. Wing, it was decided after due deliberation to appropriate it to the erection of a soldiers' monument. The subject was submitted to the action of the annual town meeting held 6th March, 1866, when the following resolutions were sub- mitted to the people and adopted.
Resolved, That to commemmorate the services and sacrifices of the soldiers of Queensbury, who during the war of 1861-'65 fell in battle or died from wounds received or disease contracted in defense of the Union ; and in memory of our late fellow citizens Daniel V. Brown and Edward Riggs, who, while going to South Carolina as agents of the town under the directions of the town war committee, were lost at sea on the eighth day of January, 1865, the sum of eight thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is appropriated by this town meeting, towards de- fraying the expense of erecting a suitable monument, or ceno- taph in such appropriate place as can be procured in or near the village of Glen's Falls.
Resolved, That the sum of five thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars and thirty-nine cents, military funds, in the hands of the supervisor, be appropriated toward the monument.
Resolved, That Jerome Lapham, R. M. Little, Wm. A. Wait, Lifelet Harris, Stephen Brown, I. J. Davis, George Conery, H. R. Wing, the members of the town war committee now re- siding in town, and M. B. Little in place of F. A. Johnson jr., no longer a resident here, be and they are hereby appointed a committee to receive the said funds and according to their dis- cretion disburse the same for the purpose of this appropriation.
Resolved, That the legislature be and hereby are requested to legalize by law the appropriation made by the foregoing resolu- tions and that a copy of them be transmitted by the town clerk to our member of assembly, the Hon. David Aldrich, for pre- sentation to the legislature.
Resolved, That there be raised two hundred and sixty dollars and seventy-eight cents to indemnify the loss of Edward Riggs to be paid to his sister Ellen Riggs.
Resolved, That there be raised three hundred and twenty-nine dollars and five cents to indemnify Daniel V. Brown, for the loss of his private property, the same to be paid to Mrs. D. V. Brown.
Resolved, That there be raised one hundred and twenty-five dollars to indemnify William Cosgrove for a gold watch, lost with D. V. Brown at the time of his death.
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The committee above named, after examining several designs, and exerting careful and mature deliberation in the premises, adopted a plan (with some alterations) which was submitted by R. T. Baxter, at that time a resident of the village, a dealer in and manufacturer of marble, and monumental work and entirely familiar with the business in all its details, and having made his specification and propositions he was at length commissioned to erect the monument. He at once embarked in the enterprise con amore, traveled far and wide to secure durable and suitable stone for the work, and employed special first class workmen, part of whom were hired from the cities at great expense, to execute its finer details. The work was commenced in the spring of 1867. -
The foundation or substructure is fourteen feet square, and eight feet deep, built of massive blocks of marble from our own quarries embedded in cement and whose interstices are filled with grout and cement. Upon this is laid a base of Spruce- head granite from Maine. This is ten feet square, cornered, and eighteen inches thick.
Upon this rests a plinth sixteen inches in thickness, eight feet square and cornered. This in turn supports a moulded plinth whose height is eighteen inches and whose diameter each way is six feet and six inches, and also cornered, as is the entire shaft in all its pieces and additions to the capstone. The second plinth is surmounted by a die five feet and six inches square, with four raised tablets, one upon each face. Upon three of these are inscribed the roll of the honored dead, whose names are given herewith. The remaining face, together with a raised wreath of oak and laurel on the die above, contains the dedicatory in- scription.
On the corners of the lower die are wrought out in relief four cannon. The material of the entire monument, above the granite base, is Dorchester freestone, fine in grain, dark brown in color, obtained at great cost from New Brunswick. Upon the lower die rests a moulded cap eighteen inches in thickness, and six feet six inches square, which supports the upper die or shaft proper, one of whose faces has already been described.
In niches on the north and south aspects of this die are niches, containing statues life size, cut from the same material that com- poses the monument, representing the one an officer, the other a soldier in the attitude of reversed arms. Next follows four
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THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
The elegant mansion in the rear of the monument is the residence of Mr. Henry Crandell to whose liberality both the author and reader are indebted for this cut.
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sections of the shaft, all gradually tapering toward the top which is twenty-two inches in diameter. The three lower of these con- tain raised bands with the names of battle fields as given here- with, chiseled in relief.
On the corners of each section also appears a star cut in relief. The whole is surmounted by a capstone, cut from a block five feet square and three feet thick, representing the American flag drooping in graceful folds, upon which rests an eagle, in the act of springing into flight. The spread of the eagle's wings is about five feet.
The entire monument is estimated to weigh about one hun- dred tons. It was completed at a cost of about twelve thousand dollars, of which amount, its unfortunate, though public spirited architect, was left to meet and make up an unprovided deficit of four thousand dollars.
LEGENDS AND INSCRIPTIONS.
First Side facing West street.
BULL RUN.
ANTIETAM.
GETTYSBURGH.
OUR
HEROIC
DEAD,
Who fell in the War. For the Union, 1861 -1865.
Erected to their Memory
BY THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY.
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Second Side facing River bridge.
HANOVER.
WILDERNESS. *
SO. MOUNTAIN. *
(Statue of Officer). OFFICERS.
Lieut. William T. Norris, Co. E, 22d Regt. N. Y. V. Killed at the battle of Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30th, 1862, ZE. 39 years. Lieut. Charles Cushing, Co. E, 22d Regt. N. Y. V. Killed at the battle of Antietam, Sept. 17th, 1862, Æ. 23 years. Lieut. Edgar M. Wing, Co. E, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Mortally wounded at the battle of Drewry's Bluff. Died a prisoner of war at Richmond, Va., May 18th, 1864, Æ. 23 years. Lieut. Stephen D. Little, Co. B, 96th Regt. N. Y. V. Killed at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 1st, 1864, Æ. 22 years.
Lieut. Michael Reynolds, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Killed at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 1st, 1864, Æ 21 years. Lieut. Harrison P. Kingsley, Co. A, 2d Regt. Veteran Cavalry. Died from disease contracted while a prisoner of war, Nov. 23d, 1865, Æ. 28 years. Lieut. Michael McGeough, Co. H, 1st Regt. Sharp Shooters. Killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 22d, 1864, ZE. 28 years.
Alexander J. Kenney, Lieut. Col. 8th Regt. Indiana Vols. Died from wounds received at the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., Nov. 28th, 1864, Æ. 31 years.
Third Side facing Bay road.
YORKTOWN.
COLD HARBOR.
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DREWRY'S BLUFF.
This tablet is inscribed as a public expression of regard for the memory of Daniel V. Brown, and Capt. Edward Riggs, who perished at sea, off the coast of Virginia, January 8th, 1865, while in the performance of their duties as military agents of the town of Queensbury.
SOLDIERS WHO DIED FROM DISEASE.
Pere Januaricus Surprenant, Co. A,118th Regt., N. Y. V.
George Westcott, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Henry S. Hall, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Abraham White, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Abner B Crannell, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Allen D. Hubbell, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Alpheus Capron Jr., Co. A, 175th Regt. N. Y. V. Samuel B. Pease, Co. B, 175th Regt. N. Y. V. Richard M. Rice, Co. D, 175th Regt. N. Y. V. Marvin P. Crannell, Co. D, 175th Řegt. N. Y. V. Truman Allen, Co. B, 175th Regt. N. Y. V. Amos Baker, Co. K, 156th Regt. N. Y. V. John M. Crossett, Co. K, 158th Regt. N. Y. V. William Hillis, Co. K, 153d Regt. N. Y. V. Philander Hurd, Co. K, 153d Regt. N. Y. V. John Blackburn, Co. I, 91st Regt. N. Y. V. Reuben Sherman, Co. F, 115th Regt. N. Y. V. Ralph S. Williams, Co. F, 115th Regt. N. Y. Y. David Johnson, Co. K, 125th Regt. N. Y. V.
John McAlley, Co. E, 22d Regt. N. Y. V. Alexander Threehouse, Co. H, 22d Regt.N.Y.V. Edward Blanchard, Co. H, 22d Regt. N. Y. Y. George Brumagym, Co. F, 76th Regt. N.Y.V. Ambrose Spencer, Co. D, 93d Regt. N. Y. V. Henry Brumagym, Co. H, 93d Regt. N. Y. V. Cyrenus Williams, Co. L, 2d Veteran Cavalry. Medard Hebert, Co. F, 2d Veteran Cavalry. Henry Salter, Co. E. 2d Veteran Cavalry. Euacbe Joubert, Co. L, 2d Veteran Cavalry. Willlam Crossett, Co. E, Harris Light Cavalry . George R. Smith, Co. M, 1st Regt. Md. Cavalry. Arthur O'Leary, ist Regt. Louisiana Vols. Lemuel C. Horton, 192d Regt. N. Y. V. Charles F. Roselle, Co. E, 13th Regt. N. Y. V. Lewis Vandeusen, Co. K, 83d Regt. N. Y. V. James L. Perry, Co. L, 2d Veteran Cavalry. Alexander Bennett, Co. B, 123d Regt. N. Y. V. George Harris,
Michael McGeough Jr., U. S. Marine Service.
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Fourth Side facing the Episcopal Church.
FAIR OAKS.
FORT FISHER. *
BERMUDA H'D.
(Statue of Soldier.)
SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED OR DIED FROM WOUNDS.
Martin Sherman, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Hanover Junction, Va., July, 1863.
Henry M. Mills, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Hanover Junction, July, 1863.
Joseph Granger, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Drewry's Bluff, Va., May, 1864. John H. Hall, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Drewry's Bluff, Va., May, 1864.
Adelbert Andrews, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Drewry's Bluff, Va., May, 1864.
Charles F. Copeland, Co. A, 118th Regt. N.Y.V. Drewry's Bluff, Va., May, 1864.
Destang Johnson, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Drewry's Bluff, Va., May, 1864.
William E. Hall, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Fair Oaks, Va., Oct., 1864.
Sergeant Fred. K. F. French, Co. D, 169th Regt. N. Y. V.
Bermuda Hundred, Va., May, 1864.
Joseph Hillis, Co. D, 169th Regt. N. Y. V. Bermnda Hundred, Va., May, 1864.
Richard Kearney, Co. D, 169th Regt. N. Y. V. Bermuda Hundred, Va., May, 1864.
Sylvester Madden, Co. D, 169th Regt. N. Y. V. Fort Fisher, N. C., July, 1864.
Dennis O'Leary, Co. D, 169th Regt. N. Y. V. Fort Fisher, N. C., July, 1864.
Patrick Farrell, Co. D, 169th Regt. N. Y. V. Fort Fisher, N. C., July, 1864.
Sergt. Dennis Corbett, Co. D, 169th Regt. N. Y. V.
Fort Fisher, N. C., July, 1864.
William H. Groom, Co. A, 118th Regt. N.Y. V. Drewry's Bluff, Va. Hosp., June, 1864. Sergt. Andrew J. Brumagym, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Drewry's Bluff, Va. Hosp., May, 1864.
Marquis Davis, Co. A, 118th Regt. N. Y. V. Fort Harrison Hosp., 1862.
Capt. John Bailey, Co. F, 93d Regt. N. Y. V. Killed at the battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 5th, 1864, A. 41 years.
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Corp. Charles La Rose, Co. C, 93d Regt. N.Y.V. Wilderness, Va., May, 1864.
Robert Martin, Co. F, 93d Regt. N. Y. V. Wilderness, May, 1864. Wilbur F, Buswell, Co. E, 22d Regt. N. Y. V. So. Mountain, Md., Sept., 1862.
Patrick Johnson, Co. E, 22d Regt. N. Y. V. Second Bull Run, Va., Aug., 1862.
Benj. F. Hendricks, Co. F, 22d Regt. N. Y. V. Second Bull Run, Va., Aug., 1862.
Andrew La Point, Co. F, 22d Regt. N. Y. V. Second Bull Run, Va., Aug., 1862.
Joseph Whitford, Co. E, 22d Regt. N. Y. V. Antietam, Md., Sept., 1862. Norman Williams, Co. K, 93d Regt. N.Y. V. Wilderness, Va., May, 1864.
William O. Akin, Co. B, 126th Regt. N. Y . V. Atlanta, Ga., July, 1864.
James Mehan, Co. H, 93d Regt. N. Y. V. Wilderness, Va., May, 1864. Henry McAlley, Co. E, 93d Regt. N. Y. V. Wilderness, Va., May, 1864. Frank Aubin, Co. E, 22d Regt. N. Y. V. So. Mountain Hosp., Sept., 1862.
Edgar George Storer, Co. B, 123d Regt. N.Y. V. Chancellorsville, Va. Hosp., May, 1863.
Barny Langdon, Co. H, 93d Regt. N. Y. V. No. Anne river, Va. Hosp., June, 1864.
N. B. The monument was dedicated with suitable and impressive services attended by a large concourse of citizens on Decoration day, May 30th, 1872.
TOPOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION OF QUEENS- BURY.
BOUNDARIES OF QUEENSBURY - WESTFIELD - FAIRFIELD - TOPOGRA- PHICAL DESCRIPTION -SWAMPS AND SURFACE DRAINAGE-STREAMS AND PONDS - RESERVOIR AND WATER WORKS - TROUT - SHAD - THE TOWN PLOT -THE PITCHER TAVERN - HARRISENA - THE ONEIDA - SANFORD'S RIDGE - GOODSPEEDVILLE -THE BIG DAM - BROWN'S HALF-WAY HOUSE AND SETTLEMENT - WARREN CO. FAIR GROUND.
UEENSBURY is one of the original townships erected by act of legislature on the seventh of March, seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, and its boundaries were then defined by statute as follows. 1 " And that all that part of the said county of Washington, bounded easterly by Westfield and Kingsbury, and separated from Westfield by a line beginning at the north- west corner of the town of Kingsbury, and running in the direc- tion of Kingsbury west bounds, till it strikes the waters of Lake George, westerly by Fairfield, northerly by Lake George and a line running from the mouth of McAuley's creek, near the south end of said lake, direct to the northeast corner of the town of Fairfield, and southerly by the bounds of the county " (namely, the Hudson river, which at this point runs nearly a due east- erly course) " shall be, and continue a town by the name of Queensbury. "
The name of the town of Westfield herein mentioned, was changed to Fort Ann, and that of Fairfield to Luzerne, by act of legislature on the sixth of April, eighteen hundred and eight, by reason, as the act itself explains, of the " considerable incon- venience " which " results from several of the towns in this state having the same name."
On the twenty-second of October, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, the division line between the towns of Westfield
1 Queensbury * * then comprised the territory which now forms the towns of Bolton, Caldwell, Chester, Hague, Johnsburgh, Luzerne * * * Queensbury and Thurman, being all that part of the Co. of Washington lying W. of Kingsbury and Lake George." - Spafford's Gazetteer of N. Y., 1813, p. 279.
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and Queensbury was run out by the supervisors of the two towns assisted by Aaron Haight, surveyor, and " that portion of the town of Queensbury usually called Harrisena " was an- nexed, and erected into a separate road district. (Town Records, p. 395-6.) About the same time, a strip of territory, one mile in width, was taken from the eastern limits of the town of Fairfield, and annexed to the western boundaries of Queens- bury. The following are the present legal boundaries of the two towns.
" The town of Luzerne shall contain all that part of said county bounded on the east by a line running parallel with the west bounds of the township of Queensbury, at the distance of one mile west of said west bounds, and the same continued north; on the north by an easterly continuation of the north bounds of the county of Saratoga, and on the west and south by the bounds of the county."
" The town of Queensbury shall contain all that part of said county bounded southerly and easterly by the bounds of the county ; (viz : " by the middle of the said [north] branch and of the main stream of the said [Hudson's] river, until it reaches the southeast corner of the patent of Queensbury, with such variations as may be necessary to include the whole of every island, any part whereof is nearer to the north or east shore of the said river than to the south or west shore thereof, and to exclude the whole of every island, any part whereof is nearer to the said south or west shore than to the north or east shore aforesaid ; and easterly by the east bounds of said patent, and the same continued north to Lake George,") westerly by Lu- zerne, and northerly by a line beginning at the southwest corner of Caldwell and running thence easterly and northerly along the bounds of Caldwell to Lake George; and then along the east shore of Lake George to the bounds of the county." (Revised Statutes of New York, Fifth Edition, vol I, pp. 137, 223.) Queens- bury is situated fifty miles 1 nearly due north from Albany, on the once great traveled mail route from the city of New York to Montreal via Saratoga Springs.
The eastern and northern portions of the town are rolling and hilly, while the western part is one extended sandy plain,
1 Although most of the Gazetteers and guide books make the distance fifty-eight miles, - yet one or two of the marble mile stones planted over fifty years ago, are still in existence, and determine the distance to the east line of the town as I have stated herein.
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originally covered with a densely timbered pine forest, which for the first half century gave employment to a large per cen- tage of the population, and to the numerous saw mills which were erected in the early days of the settlement on nearly every brook and rivulet in the town. . Since then, and long within the memory of many living, these extensive pine plains have been periodically cropped of the second growth yellow pine to supply the increasing demand for fuel. Now there is less than five hundred acres of woodland all told, between the village and the mountain, and under a more thorough and intelligent system of agriculture, these barren sand plains are rapidly being re- claimed, and becoming the most remunerative of our farming lands.
. The western part of the town is bordered by the Palmertown mountains, an outlying ridge of the great Adirondack range, whose beginning is at the village of Saratoga Springs, and whose termination is at Harrington hill in Warrensburgh. At the north, lying partly in this town and partly in the town of Caldwell, is the abrupt acclivity known as French mountain, some sixteen hun- dred feet in height, whose sharp promontory projects for several miles into the head waters of Lake George. On the north-east the Dresden chain of mountains throws out three considerable elevations called the Sugar Loaf, Deer Pasture and Buck mount- ains, the last two of which slope down to the very verge of the lake, and are still the home of the deer and the rattlesnake, with which all this region once abounded.
This township occupying a plateau on the great water shed between the Hudson and St. Lawrence rivers, its numerous streams, brooks, ponds and rivulets, and its surface drainage as well, find widely diverging outlets ; that from the northern and central parts of the town making its way to the Half-way brook and thence through Wood creek to Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence, while the rivulets and marshes of Harrisena empty into Lake George, and those of the west, south and eastern parts of the town are tributary to the Hudson. It is noteworthy that the volume of all the streams, the river in- cluded, has materially diminished within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, while a few, by drainage and exposure to sun and air, have ceased to exist. The same remark holds true of several swamps and marshes, which in the early days of the set- tlement were the lairs and coverts from which wild beasts issued
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in their predatory attacks upon the stock of the pioneers. Wild Cat swamp, lying upon the western borders of the village, has been almost entirely reclaimed, while a large portion of the Big Cedar swamp, stretching away for two miles from its eastern boundary, is now under successful cultivation. Among the numerous brooks, ponds and streams, with which the surface of the town is diversified, the following are considered worthy of mention. Cold brook, which for a small portion of its extent, forms a part of the eastern boundary of the town and county, runs southwardly and empties into the Hudson immediately opposite an island which in 1772 was deeded by one of the Jessups of tory memory, to Daniel Jones. This brook, and the flat adjacent, was the scene of a terrible massacre during the French war, which is elsewhere recorded. Reed's Meadow creek, the outlet of the Big Cedar swamp, above referred to, flows east and south-easterly, and after receiving various acces- sions in its somewhat tortuous route it becomes Fort Edward creek, and debouches into the Hudson, at the southern ex- tremity of the village of Fort Edward. Its name is derived from Reed Ferriss, one of the early proprietors here, and one of the commissioners appointed by the proprietors to apportion the undivided sections of the township, two of which were in- cluded within the limits of the swamp. Setting back from this outlet was a beaver dam, marsh, and meadow, where the first settlers supplied themselves with hay. The Meadow run de- rived its name similarly from a large beaver meadow, which was almost the only resource of the inhabitants at the corners, for the sustenance of their stock during the long and vigorous winters of this latitude. In some of the military reports and narratives it was called the four mile run, it being about four miles distant from the military post at the head of Lake George. This stream has its origin in the Butler pond, on a summit of a spur of the Palmertown mountains, in the west part of the town. A neighboring elevation has, from the earliest days, been known as Hunting hill, from the abundance of game once gathered there. An adjoining eminence is the seat of a rich vein of iron ore, which, three years since, was successfully worked under the auspices of the Corning Iron Company, a body of Albany capitalists:
The Meadow run, after passing through an expansion of its waters called Mud pond, winds around the base of a series of
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knolls, and is received at the head of Long pond not far from the outlet of Round pond, another small sheet of water lying among the hills a few rods to the south. A canal was cut by Dr. Stowers from one of these ponds to the other some years ago, for lumbering purposes, but was never completed or put in operation. There are two or three extensive peat beds in this neighborhood, one of which, at the head of an estuary stretch- ing westwardly through the marsh which makes back from Long pond, has been extensively worked during the past few years by the Albany company above referred to. There is at present a saw-mill in successful and remunerative operation near the head waters of the Meadow run.
Rocky brook, designated in the early road surveys, and re- cords of the town as Hampshire creek, is a bright, sparkling mountain stream, leaping and flashing along the ravine at the western base of French mountain, propelling two saw mills on its route, and winding along through meadow, woodland and marsh, empties into the Meadow run about twenty rods above the head of Long pond. On the flat west of its banks, was one of the three picket posts referred to in Gov. Colden's proclama- tion, elsewhere quoted, and which is designated on one of the early maps as Fort Williams.
In the western part of the town, having its rise in the moun- tain ridge which separates it from Luzerne, is the once famous trout stream variously known as the Pitcher, the Ogden, and the Clendon brook, deriving these names from persons once living in its vicinity. In former years it furnished the motive power for a number of saw mills, whose decaying debris, encumber its banks at varying intervals with their unsightly accumula- tions. Still further west, on the confines of the town, Roaring brook, bounding from crag and cliff, pours its cold and foaming waters fresh from their mountain sources into the Hudson near the reefs.
The waters of Long pond are discharged through the Outlet, a stream which flowing eastwardly, effects a junction with the Half-way brook at a settlement called Jenkins or Patten's mills, near the eastern boundary of the town. This brook supplies the power for several saw mills, a grist mill, a cider mill, and a woolen factory.
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