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bringing with him his wife and four children. At Albany they hired a man to convey them in a scow, upon which they loaded their wagons, after taking them apart, and effects. They pro- ceeded slowly on account of ice in the canal and were eleven days in reaching Syracuse. There they abondoned the boat and came on with teams, Mr. Jaques having a single horse and democrat wagon to carry his family, bedding and furniture. At the end of thirty days he reached the site of Little Genesee village, when he left the road and drove one and one-half miles into the woods, und rolled up a log hut to live in. He then worked out to get provisions. The next season he bought a cow and planted some corn on shares, and the following winter he carried the corn stalks over the hill nearly a mile to feed his cow. Game was abundant. His eldest boy would often go out in the morning and kill a deer and return home in season to have a portion of it cooked for breakfast. Bears were frequent- ly seen from the house. Mr. Jaques still lives on the farm upon which he first settled. Amos Green was born at Hopkin- ton, R. I., Feb. 25, 1792, and Henry P., at the same place March 28, 1798. Amos settled first near Nile, in June, 1826, and the following April removed to lot 13 in this town, where he was joined by his brother, who had settled in Wirt, in 1824. They were the first settlers on Windfall Creek above where Joseph Maxson settled. Amos still lives in the same place. Henry was ordained soon after he came here. He was the first pastor of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Genesee, and pastor of the second and third Churches of that denomination in this town. He resided here till his death, April 28, 1868. His son, Thomas H. Green, who was born February 6, 1827, moved in with him from Wirt, and has since resided in town. Henry Loop settled on lot 47, about 1827, and died in 1828. Ira Burdick moved in from Berlin, Rensselaer Co., about 1827 or '28 and settled on lot 11. He was killed by the fall of a tree while chopping in the woods a year or two after coming in. Rowland Coon, Deacon George Potter and Daniel and John Edwards, brothers, all natives of Rhode Island, settled in the town in 1828. Coon was born at Hopkinton, March 17, 1792, and located on lot. 31 in April, re- maining till his death in March, 1848. He moved in from Madison Co., where his son, Alonzo B., who came with him, and still lives here, was born, Jan. 3, 1820. Potter came in the fall and settled on lot 14. The Edwardses were born at Charlestown, Daniel, Oct. S, 1798 and John, Sept. 18, 1801, and located on lot 25, the former in July and the latter on the 13th of November. Daniel built a saw mill in 1830, and the two followed the lumbering business in partnership until two or
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three years ago. Elliott Smith was born at Berlin, Rensselaer Co., April 20, 1788, and moved in from Brookfield, Madison (o., in 1829. He settled on lot 40, where he died in 1854. His son, John J., came with him and still lives on the old farm. Ebenezer D. Bliss was born at Newport, R. I., Dec. 29, 1696, and removed to the south part of lot 7 in this town in November, 1829, where he still lives. He was a chair maker by trade and as soon as he had put up a log house he found plenty of work in making chairs for the settlers, taking pay in provisions, &c. When he first came in he had no table, so for several days the front door was taken off the hinges and laid upon a couple of barrels, and thus made to serve as a substitute for that useful article. Joseph Boss, who was born at the same place as Mr. Bliss, Dec. 10, 1811, came in with him, and took up land abont 1837. He died in the town. In 1830 settlements were made by George Irish, who was born at North Stonington, Conn., Feb. 7, 1810, and settled on the north part of lot 48, on the 13th of November ; by Paul Eunis, who removed from Rhode Island and settled on lot 55 in the spring, and subsequently re- moved to the eastern part of the town, where he died ; and by l'alermo Lackey, a native of Franklin Co., Vt., who removed to Genesee on the 28th of April. He was a single man and worked out among the settlers for three years. In 1833 he took up land on lot 57, and in 1838, he bonght on lot 12, where he has since resided. Joseph S. and Ethan P. Cran- dall, brothers, the former of whom was born at Brookfield, Madison Co., in 1796, and the latter, Ang. 16, 1800, moved in from Edmeston, Otsego Co., and settled on lot 47, Sept. 14, 1830, where Ethan still lives. Joseph was quite a prominent townsinan and lived here till about 1854, when he removed to Wisconsin, where he died in 1843. Charles M. Crandall. son of Ethan P., who came in with the latter, has since resided in town, with the exception of six years. John Darling settled on lot 49 previous to 1831, in which year the settlements were in- creased by Elias I. and Benj. C. Maxson, George and Benj. C. Merritt, John Tanner and Matthew M. Crandall, all, except Tanner, originally from Rhode Island. Elias Maxson was born ut Hopkinton, R. I., April 3, 1810, and removed thence to this town Dec. 19th and located on lot 55. He still lives in town. Benj. C. Maxson was born in the same State. He removed thenee to Cortland Co., and from there to lot 57 in this town, in the fall that year. He died here in 1872. The Merritts, father and son, also came in the fall and settled on lot 16, where George, the father, lived till 1870, when he took up his resi- dence with a son in Wellsville, where he still lives. Benjamin has since lived in town, also Charles H., another son, who came
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with them, with the exception of six years. Tanner removed from Petersburgh, Rensselaer Co., to the town of Independence, and thence to lot 7 in this town. where he resided till his death three or four years ago. Matthew M. Crandall was born at Hopkinton, R. I., Nov. 7, 1787. In October, 1816, he removed to Cortland Co., and in October, 1831, to Genesee, setthing in the south -west part of lot 57. He was a farmer and shoemaker and worked at the former vocation in the summer and the latter in the winter. He died on the old homestead Sept. 9, 1874. His son, George S., who came in with him, has since lived on the same farm, with the exception of one and one-half years. Jairus Crandall, who was born in Rhode Island, January, 17, 1999, removed thence to this town, where he is still living, in November, 1832, and settled on lot 15. Z. R. Maxson, moved in from De Ruyter, Madison Co., in January of the same year and settled at Lit- tle Genesee village, where he lived till seven or eight vears ago. Warren Hyde settled on lot 31 about 1832. Albert B. Crandall, the first permanent settler on Deer Creek, was born in Brook- field, Madison Co., Dec. 8, 1810, and removed thence to this town in September, 1833, locating on lot 61. He put up a log hut and moved into it before it had either doors, windows or a chimney. He taught school the following winter, and chopped in the woods near his house on moonlight nights. He is still a resident of the town. Henry C. Champlin removed from Alfred and settled on Dodges Creek the same year. In 1835 he removed to Deer Creek, on lot 38, where he died in 1848. The first birth and death in town were those of Francis K. Bell, son of John Bell Jr., on lot 49, who was born Nov. 25. 1819 and died Dec. 29, 1819. We are not advised whether Bell's mar- riage was contracted in this town or in Pennsylvania. It is probable, however, that it occured in that State. Bell was doubtless the first resident of the town who married, though the first marriage contracted in the town was probably that of Joseph Allen and Phebe Maxson, in 1826. The first school wus taught by Henry P. Green, near the mouth of Windfall Creek, in the winter of 1826-'7. The first inn was kept at Little Genesee village in 1842, by Lewis P. Coon ; and the first store in 1831, by Albert Langworthy.
The first religions services were held by the Seventh Day Baptists, under the direction of Rev John Green, in 1826, and the first Church was formed by the same denomination the next year.
The First Genesee Seventh Day Baptist Church, at Little Genesee village, was organized with fourteen members, in 1827, by Wm. B. Maxson and John Green. Their house of worship, which will seat 400 persons, was erected in 1838, at a cost of $2,400. The first pastor was Rev. Henry P. Green ; the present one is Rev. Thomas B. Brown. There are 195 mem-
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tuers The Church property is valued at $4,000. [ Information furnished by Mr. A L. Marson, church clerk.]
The Third Srenth Day Baptist Church of Genesee, was organized with twelve members, June 2. 1834, and re-organized in 1843. The church edifice, which will seat 150 persons, is located on lot 47, on Dodges Creek, and was erected in 1859, at a cost of $1600. The first pastor was Rev. Henry P Green ; the present one is Rev. W. B. Gillette. The Society numbers seventy-two. The Church property is valued at $2,000.
GRANGER was formed from Grove, as West Grove, April 18, 1838. Its name was changed March 6, 1839, the present name being given in honor of Frank Granger, who was then Post Master General. The first town meeting was held at the house of Orville Hitchings March 5, 1839, and the following named officers were elected, Isaac Van Nostrand, Supervisor; Samuel C. JJones, Town Clerk; John L. Johnston, Collector; Rufus Shepard, Wm. Pitt and Salmon Reminton, Assessors; Moses White and Hosea Haskins, Overseers of the Poor; Rodolph Snider, Orville Hitchings and Wm. L. Weaver, Commissioners of Highways; Thomas Kinne, Ephraim Bullock and Reuben H. smith, Commissioners of Common Schools; P. B. Richmond, Luzon Van Nostrand and Silas Olney, Inspectors of Schools; John L. Johnston, Forbes H. Oliver and John Utter, Constables.
It is the central town npon the north border of the county, and contains 20,450 acres. The surface is a billy upland, divided into several distinct ridges. Genesee River, which forms the north- ern half of the west boundary, is boordered by abrupt hillsides 600 to 800 feet high. The only other considerable stream is Rush Creek, which flows in a south-westerly direction through near the central part. The soil is a clayey loam upon the hills, and a gravelly loam in the valleys. Generally it is best adapted to grazing. The farmers are mostly engaged in dairying. Cheep raising is carried on to some extent. There is no hotel in the town and the inhabitants are reputed to be a moral people.
The population in 1870 was 1050; of whom 938 were native, 112, foreign and all, except six, white.
SHORT TRACT, (p. o.) situated in the south part, contains two churches, two stores, a town hall, wagon shop, cheese factory, three blacksmith shops, a school house and about 100 Inhabitants. It is mostly upon one street, and is about a mile long.
GRANGER, (p. o.) situated in the north part, and EAST GRANGER, (p. o.) in the south-east part. are hamlets.
Settlement was commenced at Short Tract, in February, 1816, by Reuben Smith, his two sons, Wilcox and Isaac, and
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sons-in-law, Rufus Turnbull, James McCoon, a man named Ellis, all from Vermont, and Elias Smith, from Otsego Co. Ira Hopper, from Stenben Co., settled at the same place in 1812 or '18. Wm. White settled near the central part in 1818. He came from one of the New England states. Thomas Worden, from Mass., Samnel Horton, from Canandaigua, and Oliver Smith settled in or near the central part; Charles Abbott, from Vermont, in the south part, on lot 37; James Osmond and a man named Allen, also in the south-part, on lot 28; and John Wheeler, from Vermont, in the north-west part, on lot 247, about 1818. Darling Smith came from Hartwick, Otsego Co., to Jerusalem, near Penn Yan, and thence, in Jannary, 1819, to Granger. He settled in the north-east part of the town, on lot 267. About the same time Curtis Coe and John Bouton, from Cayuga Co., also settled in the north-eastern part, on what is known as the State road. Isaac Van Nostrand settled near Short Tract, on lot 20, the same year. During the sum- mer he put up the first saw mill erected in the town, and in the fall he returned to the town of Milton, Saratoga Co., whence he came, and remained till spring, when he again came in. In 1820 he built the first framed house in town. In the fall of that year he again returned to Saratoga Co. after his family, which he brought in with a span of horses and wagon, in which was himself, wife and five children, with nearly all their goods, the eldest son having remained here. Mr. Van Nostrand lived upon the farm he took up the rest of his life. His sons, Luzon and Lewis, built the first grist mill in the town in 1831. Joel Pratt, from Whitehall, Washing- ton Co., settled near Short Tract, on lot 21, about 1819. He and Willard Moore, who came in from Sara- toga Co., in 1820, and settled on lot 20, built the first frame barns in town. Ephraim Bullock, originally from Vermont, moved in from York, Livingston Co., where he had lived a short time, and settled near the central part the latter vear (1820.) Philetus Reynolds, John Bellows and Charles Mill settled in the south-eastern part, and Rufus Shepard and Darins Seovill, in the eastern part, on the State road, about 1820. Henry Bennett settled on the State road, in the eastern part, abont 1821 or '22. Samnel Moses, from the town of Lima, Livingston Co., settled in the north-eastern part in the spring of 1822. Abner Comstock, also from the town of Lima, settled in the north eastern part Jan. 30, 1823. Manning HI rdy, from the town of Richmond, Ontario Co., settled on lot 264 the same month and year. Enos Baldwin, from Mount Morris, Livingston Co., came the same year and took up a farm at Short Tract, on which he still lives. He was one of
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the first Justices elected in the town and held the office about thirty-five years. He was for several years a captain in the State militia. Solomon Crofoot, settled on lot 21. Reuben and Peleg Sweet and Sammel Hard, on lot 13, and Stephen Spencer, in the south-eastern part, about 1823. Crofoot and the Sweets were from Mount Morris. Ira Parker, from Scipio, Cayuga Co., und Daniel Moses, from Lima, Livingston Co., settled in the north eastern part of the town in 1824. Moses located on lot 963. He did not move his family in till two years later. Marmaduke Aldrich removed from Lima, Livingston Co., to the north-west part of Grove in 1822, and in 1827 to the north - east part of Granger, where he remained till his death. Horace Dane, from Vermont, settled in the same locality about the Same year. Abram Lampman, from Yates Co., and Salmon Reminton, from Genoa, Cayuga Co., settled in the town in 1829, the former in the south-east part and the latter in the eastern part. Win. Pitt, from England, settled on the Short Track road, on lot 21, in 1830, and still lives on the farm he then took up. The first birth in town was that of Olive Smith, daughter of Ehas Smith, in March, 1817. The first marriage was probably that of Isaac Hatch and Clarissa Pratt, in the spring of 1821. The first death was, according to one authority, that of Olive Linee, in 1817; while another believes it to have been that of a negro named Jaquay, " previous to 1819." The first school was taught at Short Tract, by Miss Arzevilla Williams, in 1819. Elias Smith kept the first inn at Short Tract, in 1819, and the first store at the same place, in 1820. He also kept the first postotlice there.
The first religious services were held at the house of Elias Smith, in 1818, by Rev. Mr. Hill, a Methodist, and the first Church was formed by the same denomination about 1826.
The M. E' Church of Short Tract was organized about 1826, by Elder Buell, the first pastor, and the church edifice, which will seat 300 persons, was erected about 1841. It has been enlarged and remodeled. The Society, numbering 108, is under the pastoral care of Rev. S. D. Pickett, and their property is valued at $6000. [Information furnished by Mr Ephraim Bullock.
The First Wesleyan Methodist Church of Granger, at Short Tract, was organized with about fifty members in 1843, by Rev. John Watson, the first pastor, and their house of worship, which will seat 150 persons, was erected in 1844, ut a cost of about $500. The Society numbers about twenty-five and is under the spiritual tutelage of Rev. John S. Randolph. The Church property is valued at about $1400. [Information furnished by Mr. E'uos Baldıcın.
GROVE was formed from Nunda, Livingston Co., as Church Truct, March 8, 1827, and its name changed in 1828. Granger was taken off April 18, 1838. The first town meeting
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was held at the house of John Bellus, and the following named officers were elected : Isaac Van Nostrand, Supervisor ; John Boughton, Town Clerk; Henry Root, Curtice Coe and John Wheeler. Assessors ; George Matter and Elias Smith, Overseers of the Poor; Dexter Carpenter, Enos Baldwin and John Bough- ton, Commissioners of Highways; Abner Comstock, Collector ; Ira Hopper and Abner Comstock, Constables ; Wm. S. Youngs, Abner Scovill and Willard S. Moer, Commissioners of Common Schools; and Charles Mill Jr., Elijah Griswold Jr., and John Boughton, Inspectors of Common Schools.
The town lies upon the north border of the county, east of the center, and contains 21,070 acres. The surface is a billy upland, divided into several distinct ridges. A valley in the east part is known as Chautaugna Valley. It is drained by the headwaters of Cashaqua Creek in the north-west part, and by branches of Canaseraga and Black creeks in the eastern and southern parts. The soil upon the hills is a clayey loam underlaid by bardpan, and in the valleys a gravelly loam.
The Buffalo Branch of the Erie R. R. crosses the north-east corner of the town. The Rochester, Nunda & Pennsylvania R. R. runs parallel with that road, which it crosses near Swains- ville, and passing a short distance into the town of Burns re- enters this town by a sharp curve and crosses the south-east corner.
The population in 1870 was 1036, all of whom were white, 924, native and 132, foreign.
SWAINSVILLE, (Swain p. o.) situated in the east part, on the Buffalo Branch of the Erie R. R. and the line of the R., N. & P. R. R., in a picturesque valley and surrounded by hills 400 to 600 feet above the level of the streams, contains about seven- ty tive inhabitants.
BREWERS CORNERS, situated a little south-west of the cen- ter, was, during the lumbering period of the town, an active business center. There are now only four or five families there.
Carter Cheese Factory was erected in 1872, by Mr. Carter. In 1873, (?) from June Ist to Sept. 27th, 163,207 pounds of milk were received from 100 cows, and 326 cheeses, weighing 16,320 pounds, were made. The average price received for cherse during the season was twelve cents. The total amount received was $1958.40, of which $1653.22 was paid to patrons. The amount paid for making was $1.87 5.
Settlement was commenced in May, 1818, by John White, who was born in Columbia Co., in 1786, and moved in here from Herkimer Co. He located on road 2, on lot 35, in the north-west part of the town, where he still lives. He moved in G
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from Herkimer Co. with an ox team, bringing his family with him, and eut a road from Nunda. The nearest settlement to him was at Nunda Station. His house, a log structure, was the first built in the town. Alexander Bailey, who was born in Vermont in 1792, came into the county March 9, 1818, and settled on the same lot, near Mr. White, in the spring of 1819, where he has lived most of the time. Elijah White, a native of Herkimer Co., settled in the town Feb. 1, 1819. Riley Par- ker came in 1822 ; and JJonathan Parsons settled the same Year at Brewers Corners, where he was the first to locate. Benjamin Bratt also settled at the Corners in February, 1823, Elins Alvord, in April, and Daniel G. Brewer, May 10th of the same year. These were the only settlers there at that time. Brewer is a native of Greene Co., and moved in from Nunda, Livingston Co., where he had previously resided. He located on lot 49. He says the first wheat raised in town was on five neres, which yielded forty-three bushels to the acre. The first birth in town was that of Laura Bailey, Dec. 25, 1821; the first marriage, that of Elijah White and buey Dana, in 1822. The first school was taught by Emily Page, in John White's log rabin, in 1826. The first inn was kept in the north-west corner, by Henry Andrews, in 1828. At present there is no hotel in the town. The first store was kept at or near the same place, by Thayer & Smith, in 1825. The first saw mill was erected in the north part, by John S. Culver.
The first religious services were held at the house of John White by the Methodists, under the direction of Rev. Cyrus Story, in 1820, and the first thurets was formed by the same denomination, at the White settle- ment, in 1821.
HUME was formed from Pike, Wyoming Co., Feb. 20, 1822. The first town meeting was held at the bonse of Gardner Cooke on Tuesday, June 2, 1822, and the following named officers were elected. Joshua Skiff, Supervisor; Luther Couch, Towa Clerk; Elijah Patridge, Roger Mills and Moses Robinson, Assessors; Gardner Cooke, Collector; Hiram Fuller, Elsha Mills and James Drake, Commissioners of Highways; Hubbard Fuller and Joshua Skiff, Overseers of the Poor; Luther Conch, Myron Skiff and Orrin Doud, Commissioners of Common Schools; Elisha Mills, Cyrus Andrews and Gardner Cooke, Inspectors of Schools; and Gardner Cooke, Constable.
The town lies upon the north border of the county, west of the center, and contains 24,274 acres. The surface is a hilly up- land, watered by Genesee River, which forms the northern half of the east boundary, and several small streams, the principal of which are Wiscoy, Cold and Six Town creeks, which empty
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into the Genesee upon the west, and furnish excellent water priviliges. The Wiscoy furnishes the best water power in the county. At the village of Wiscoy it falls about seventy feet in some eighty rods .* The Genesee is bordered by hills which rise abruptly to a height of 400 to 200 feet. The soil is a clayey and gravelly loam, best adapted to grazing, and the farmers are chiefly engaged in dairying. The rich interval of the river is highly productive and produces good crops of wheat and other cereals.
The Caneadea Reservation lies mostly within this town.
The Genesee Valley Canal extends through the eastern part of the town in the valley of the Genesee.
The population of the town in 1870 was 1920; of whom 1775 were native, 145, foreign and all, except three, white.
HUME, (p. o.) (familiarly known as Cold Creek.) is situated on Cold Creek, a little south-west of the center of the town, and contains three churches, three stores, one grocery, two hotels, a grist mill, harness shop, tailor shop, two shoe shops, two wagon shops, one blacksmith shop and about 300 inhabit- ants. The population in 1870 was 254.
FILLMORE, (p. o.) situated on the west bank of the Genesee, at the month of Cold Creek, and on the Genesee Valley Canal, contains one church, one hotel, three stores, a wagon manufac- tory, three blacksmith shops, a cheese factory and about 300 inhabitants. The population in 1870 was 215.
WISCOY, (p. o.) (also known as Mirville,) situated on Wiscoy Creek, in the north-east part, derives its name from the Creek upon which it is located, and contains one church, (M. E.) one hotel, three stores, a foundry and machine shop, a cabinet manufactory, grist mill, saw mill, blacksmith shop, wagon shop and about 250 inhabitants. The population in 1870 was 193
MILLS' MILLS, (p. o.) situated on Wiscoy Creek, in the north part of the town, contains a school house, cabinet manufactory, grist mill, saw mill, carding machine and about ten dwellings.
Settlement was commenced in the spring of 1806, by Roger Mills, from Canajoharie, Montgomery Co., who stopped for a season at Pike, Wyoming Co., which then contained some half- dozen families within its present limits, and where he one day hired a man named Olinn, who was considerably acquainted with this country, to traverse with him the course of Wiscoy Creek, in the direction of the Genesee, and prospect for a desirable mill site, paying him therefor one dollar. Arriving
*Wiscoy Is a compound Indian name. from Wis, the fifth Indian numeral, signify- ing the creek of five falls. [From Pioneer Sketches, written by John S. Minard of Hume.
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nt the upper falls of that stream its excellent water power de- termined him to secure the lands upon which they are located, and he proceeded to Batavia and articled lots 36 and 37; for the towu, with the exception of the Reservation and that part of it which les east of the transit line, had been surveyed the pre- vious summer by Judge Wm. Peacock, of Mayville, Chau- tavyna Co., who, in describing the territory embraced in its limits, said " the amimals were wolves, marien, deer, rattle- sunkes and Indians, and sometimes the worst of these were the Indians, as on one occasion I had one of my pack horses stolen, but to which I recovered after much annoyance and delay. Beautiful brook trout were abundant in all the streams." Bears, though not mentioned by him, were quite numerous years subsequent to his survey. Mr. Mills erected a log cabin, which was characterized by the conveniences (or perhaps we should say inconveniences,) of those in all the new settlements of that day, previous to the introduction of the saw mill. In 1807 he constructed a dam across the Wiscoy and erected a saw mill, and in 1808, a grist mill, with a single run of stones, was built. These were the first mills erected in the town, and the latter was, probably. the only one in the county, with the exception of the one built by Judge Church at Angelica. They were an important acquisition to the settlements in their immediate vicinity. So sparsely was the coun- try settled at that time that settlers came all the way from Geneseo to attend the raising, and some of the Indians from the Reservation turned out and assisted. The stones, which were from the celebrated Esopus quarries, and castings were brought from Albany upon sleighs the preceding winter, by George Mills and Zachariah Keyes. In crossing Cayuga Lake one of the sleighs broke through the ice, which was thin, but as they were near the shore it was drawn out after some little delay with the assistance of an eight horse team. "The principal geuring, cog-wheels, &c. were made of wood, and compared with modern mill machinery was very rude and much more noisy in its operation ; " but " probably no event during those early years of pioneer life was hailed with more delight than the erection and successful operation of this mill. It saved the carly settlers of our town many a long mile of weary travel, enabling them to appropriate time, otherwise spent in tedious journeys of thirty or forty miles to the nearest mill, to the clearing up and improvement of their new homes." This mill received the patronage of the settlers for many miles around, some coming all the way from Great Valley, Cattaraugus Co., Angelica, Short Tract and nearly as far north as Mt. Morris, fol- lowing for a good part of the distance Indian trails, bridle paths
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