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Crescent, (p. v.) in the south part of the town, on the Mo- hawk River and Erie Canal, contains a Methodist church, a hotel, two stores, a grocery, a grist mill, & saw mill, a foundry, several other mechanic shops and about 400 inhabitants. The Canal crosses the Mohawk at this place, on & stone aqueduct supported by twenty-six stone piers. It is 1,150 feet long. The brick yard of Cornelius Newton, about a mile west of Crescent, turns out from 200,000 to 300,000 bricks annually.
Middletown, (Half Moon p. o.).in the south part of the town, about a mile east of Crescent, contains about 200 inhabitants.
The sash and blind factory of Rogers & Peters, about half a mily west of Mechanicville, turns out about 855,000 worth an- nually.
Mechanicville, (p. v.) in the north-east part, on the Rensselaer A Saratoga R. R., is mostly in Stillwater, which see.
Clifton Park, (p. v.) on the west border, is partly in this town. It contains two churches, viz., Methodist and Baptist, a female seminary, a hotel, a wagon and carriage shop, several other mechanic shops and 120 inhabitants.
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Clifton Park Village Female Seminary was established in 1863 by Miss M. C. Clement, since which it has been in successful operation.
There is direct communication between this place and Troy, Lansingburgh and Waterford, daily, by horse cars and stage.
Newtown, Smithtown and Gray's Corners are hamlets.
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The first settlements are supposed to have been made between 1680 and 1690, by Germans, on the Mohawk Flats. In 1689 it was resolved by the authorities of Albany to remove the fort about the house and barn of Harme Lievese, at Half Moon, to a more convenient place. From this it is inferred that a con- siderable settlement existed at that time. In 1714 the precinct of Half Moon contained 101 inhabitants. Among the early settlers were Oldert Onderkirk, on the flats, Daniel Fort, on the Judge Leland farm, and Taylor, at Mechanicville, before 1763. The ancient stone house on the Dansbach place, in the south- west corner of the town, was built in 1718 by Killian Van Den Bergh. There was a saw mill on Steena Kil, near Crescent, in 1762. William Bradshaw built a grist mill on Dwaas Kil at the close of the Revolution. A bridge was erected across the Mohawk in 1794 at & cost of $12,000.
On the farm now occupied by Hon. Z. A. Leland, lived a family who were massacred by Canadians and Indians in 1748. The next year a house was built on the same farm and is still standing. The boards that were used for the inside work were split and hewn from the bodies of pine trees. The farm is known as the old Col. Tenbrook place. A short distance south of this place is a barn erected in 1:37. In 1820 the farm upon which this barn stands was purchased by a Scotchman named Strachn. In his journal he describes the two houses as the "mansion" and the "farm house." He says that there was no well, but the water was taken from a pit near by, but, "I am informed that there was once a good well a little south-west of the house, but that it was filled up by a Dutch family on ac- count of its being haunted by the ghost of a woman without a head."
The Champlain Canal was completed to this place in 1822, and the next year the whole line was completed.
John Flyn, from Ireland, settled in the east part of the town and kept a tavern about 1753. When the Revolution broke out he went to Albany.
Jacob Devoe, from Tarrytown, came to Half Moon about 1:70, and settled about two miles west of Mechanicville, where his grandson, James Devoe, now lives. When he first came, he leased six acres of land, for which he was to pay a rent of four
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ears of corn annually. He had previously spent a few months in Saratoga; about two miles west of the Springs. This place was so infested with rattlesnakes that he decided not to remain. Near the High Rock Spring, the settlers were compelled to sus- pend their beds from the trees to keep the snakes out. Mr. Devoe died at the age of 103 years, and his wife at the age of 105. He was married at the age of twenty, his wife being twenty-three. It seldom falls to the lot of people to live to- gether as husband and wife so long.
Timothy Woodin, from Putnam County, settled in this town in 1768. about two miles north of Crescent. His son Reuben was a Revolutionary soldier and received his discharge at Tribes' Hill, in Montgomery County. Benjamin Rosekrans was the first supervisor. He was from Dutchess County and settled in the town soon after the Revolution, and held various offices. He was once a member of the Legislature and was justice of the peace twenty-two years. He died at the age of 05.
Methodist Epsicopal Union Church was organized by Rev. Bradley Selick, the first pastor. Their house of worship was erected in 1833; it will seat about 200 and is valued at $1,000. The present membership is 38, and the present pastor Rev. J. S. Hart.
Crescent Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1853 with twenty members; a house of worship was erected the same year whose value at present is estimated at $6,000. It will seat 500 persons. Rev. Tobias Spicer was the first pastor ; Rev. George C. Thomas is the present pastor.
The Methodist Church of Coon's Corners was organized in 1851 by Isaac S. Clements and others, and consisted of seven- Teen members. Rev. O. Spicer was the first pastor. A house of worship seating 200 was erected the next year at a cost of $1.200; its present value is $1,500. The present membership is 37 and the present pastor is Rev. B. B. Loomis. Services are usually held Sabbath afternoon.
The area of the town is 20,663 acres.
MALTA was formed from Stillwater, March 3, 1802, and a part of Saratoga was annexed March 28, 1805. It lies upon the west bank of Saratoga Lake, south-east of the center of the County. The surface is chiefly an undulating upland, elevated from sixty to eighty feet above Saratoga Lake, and levan by the deep gulleys of small streams. The streams are Kavaderosseras Creek, which forms the north boundary, Balls- ton Outlet Creek, an inlet of Round Lake, Anthony's Kil, the
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outlet of the same, and Drummond's Brook, flowing into Sara- toga Lake. Round Lake, in the south-east, is nearly circular and about one mile in diameter. A swampy region covering several hundred acres lies in the north-east part of the town, at the mouth of the Kayaderosseras. The soil is principally a light sandy loam, with clay and muck in the lowlands.
Malta, (p. r.) known also as Dunning Street, is situated near the center of the town and contains a Presbyterian church, a hotel, a store and about twenty dwellings.
Maltaville, (p. v.) in the south part, near Round Lake, con- tains a Presbyterian church, a store, a hotel, a grist mill, a woolen mill, two carriage and blacksmith shops, and about twenty dwellings.
Malta Ridge and Hall's Corners are hamlets.
Round Lake Camp Ground is situated near Round Lake, a beautiful sheet of water some three or four miles in circumfer- ence, and on the Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad. The site was selected in the spring of 1808 by Joseph Hillman, Gardner Howland, Ensign Stover and others, and purchased by a joint stock company, known as the Round Lake Camp Meeting As- sociation, of which Joseph Hillman, of Troy, is the President. The grounds embrace about forty-four acres, beautifully laid out in avenues, streets and parks, and ornamented with fount- ains. About forty cottages have already been erected by differ- ent individuals, at an expense of from $150 to $900 each. About 850,000 have already been expended in the purchase and improvements of the ground, making it one of the most de- lightful in the country. Two camp meetings have been held here during each of the last two years. The third National Camp Meeting was held here in July 1869, an account of which, with many of the sermons delivered, has since been published in a volume called Penuel. This is one of the first sites in this State purchased and held by an association for Camp Meetings.
The first settlers were two men named Drummond and MeKelpin, who came before the Revolution and located west of the lake. These men were suspected of being Tories and were driven from the County. In 1:77-8 Michael Dunning, with six sons and three daughters, from Connecticut, came into town. John Rhoades and Timothy Shipman were the first settlers on Malta Ridge; Robert and John Hunter and Jehial Parks located at Maltaville about the commencement of the Revolution. Mr. Dunning was a captain in the Revolutionary War. He purchased 1,250 acres of land and laid out a square of two acres for a military parade ground.
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Captain Parks, of Maltaville, is one of the oldest residents of the town ; he helped to build the church erected there about seventy years ago. He is ninety-one years of age and still vigorous and healthy.
Samuel Clark was the first supervisor of the town.
The Presbyterian Church of Malta was organized March 6 1845, by Rev. Reuben Smith, of Watertown, and consisted of thirty members. The first pastor was Rev. P. S. Talmago ; their house of worship was erected in 1843 by the Congrega- tional Society. The present membership is fifty ; the present pastor is Rev. George Taylor. . Their house of worship will seat 400 and is valued at $1,400. Zadok Dunning, James Hunter and Luther Landow were the first elders of the Church; the present elders are Wm. H. Coon and Dr. S. N. Rowell. The Pastors of the Church since its organization have been P. S. Talmage, Alex. Proudfit, A. McA. Thorburn, Thomas Sanson and George I. Taylor.
The Presbyterian Church of Maltaville was organized in 1798, by Robert Hunter, A. Valentine and E. Talmage, with twenty- five members. Rev. Mark Tucker was the first pastor; the first house of worship was erected in 1800. The present house will seat 359 and is valued at $1,500. It is at present occupied by the Methodists.
The area of the town is 17,257 acres.
MILTON was formed from Ballston, March 7, 1792, and a part of Greenfield was taken off in 1203. It lies a little south of the center of the County. The surface is moderately hilly in the north and undulating in the south, with a slight in- clination towards Kavaderosseras Creek, which flows south-east through the center of the town. The stream is ranid and fur- nishes a valuable water power. Glowegee Creek, from the west, is its principal tributary. In the north part are several line- stone ridges which are quarried extensively for building stone and lime. The Saratoga mineral spring region extends through the south-east part. The soil is generally a sandy loam.
Ballston Spa ( Ballston p. o.) is situated on the Kayaderosseras Creek, in the south-east corner of the town. It contains the County buildings, five churches, viz., Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist and Roman Catholic; two newspaper printing offices, three cotton factories, two woolen mills, two ! For collar manufactories, a floor off cloth manufactory, a id: lorry, several other mills and mannfactories, and about
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Ballston Spa has lately been called upon to mourn the loss of its most distinguished and honored citizen, Hon. ISAIAH Broon, State Senator, who died of typhoid fever, on the 29th of November, 1870, aged nearly 61 years. Senator Blood has inen a life-long resident of this County, and for many years has been identified with its chief manufacturing interests. The village of Bloodville owes its origin and present thrift prin- cipally to the manufactories established and carried on here by the late Senator. He was elected Supervisor of the town of Milton in 1847, '59, '69 and '70. He was a member of the State Assembly in 1852, of the Senate in 1860, candidate for Congress in 1862, and again State Senator in 1870, having one year more to serve at the time of his death.
The Union Cotton and Woolen Mills, on the Kayaderosseras Creek, comprise three cotton and two woolen mills. The cotton mills contain about 12,000 spindles and manufacture 95,000 vards of cotton per week. The woolen mills contain about 1,200 spindles and manufacture 900 woolen blankets per week.
The Floor Oil Cloth Manufactory of J. Wait & Son turn out about 45,000 or 50,000 yards annually.
The First Presbyterian Church at Ballston Spa, was organized about 1833, with about 30 members. Rev. Mr. Prune was the first pastor. Their house of worship was erected in 1835; it will seat 550 and is valued at $10,000. The present number of members is 175, and the present pastor is Rev. Mr. Haight.
Christ Church (Episcopal) was organized in 1787 by Rev. Am- mi Rogers, the first pastor. The first house of worship was erected in 1792-3, and consecrated in 1793 by Bishop Samuel Provoost. The present house of worship was erected in 1860 and consecrated in 1867 by Rt. Rev. Horatio Potter, Bishop. It will seat 300. The church edifice, parsonage and lot is valued at $20,000. Rev. Joseph Curey, A. M., is the present pastor. The present number of members is about 450. Connected with the Church is a Sunday school of 150 children, and a parish school of 75 pupils. The present officers of the Church are James W. Horton and W. K. Booth, Wardens; John H. Westcott, S. B. Medbery, Wm. Smith, John Richards, Seth Whalen, B. F. Baker, E. H. Chapman and Nathaniel Mann, Vestrymen; Miss C. H. Babcock, Organist; Charles Wayne, Sexton.
This village has long been celebrated for its mineral springs. These springs were first discovered in the survey of the Kavad- erosseras Patent in 1269. This was an important watering place before Saratoga had attained much notoriety, but several of the old springs disappeared or became greatly impaired, and
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for several years Saratoga has eclipsed Ballston as a popular resort for pleasure seekers. Within a few years several valuable springs have been discovered, and as their waters become known, visitors are attracted hither. The old Sans Souci Hotel, so celebrated in former years, has renewed its youth and affords a comfortable home for a large number of boarders.
The Artesian Lithia Spring, discovered by boring into the solid rock to the depth of 650 feet, is one of the most valuable springs in the County or in the world, and bids fair to rival the most celebrated, as its medicinal qualities become known. The water of the different springs differ somewhat, but is similar to those of Saratoga. From one spring an inflammable gas issues that is used for illuminating purposes. A well of about 675 feet has been sunk on the Sans Souci grounds, from which water spouted to the hight of 40 feet at first and has continued to flow freely since. The water appears to be equal to any in the County.
Rock City Mills, (p. v.) in the north part, contains a church, a hotel, a store, a paper mill and about thirty dwellings.
West Milton (p. v.) contains a Presbyterian church, a hotel, a saw mill, a grist mill, several stores and manufactories, and about forty dwellings.
Bloodville, situated a little north-west of Ballston, contains extensive manufactories of axes, scythes and other edge tools, a knitting factory, a sash and blind factory and about fifty dwellings.
Factory Village, on the Kayaderosseras Creek, a short distance above Bloodville, contains three paper mills and about twenty dwellings.
Milton Center and Crane's Village are hamlets.
The first settlement was made in this town before the Revo- Intion, by David Wood and his sons Stephen, Benjamin, Elijah, Nathan and Enoch, who purchased 600 acres and moved into the town. Benajah Douglas, grandfather of the late Stephen A. Douglas, built a log house near the springs, for the accom- modation of visitors in 1792. Silas Adams and Elijah Wal- bridge located in the north part of the town in 1784-5. In 1192 Nicholas Low built a tavern near the spring, and in 1804 erected the "Sans Souci Hotel." For many years this was patronized by the elite of the country, while Saratoga was just rising into notice. John Ball was the first supervisor of the toWII.
The first church (Bap.) was organized Jan. 22, 1793.
The area of the town is 22,461 acres.
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MOREAU, named in honor of Marshal Moreau, who visited the United States in 1804-5, was taken from Northum- Irland, March 28, 1805. A part was annexed to Corinth in 1848. It lies in the great bend of the Hudson Hiver, in the north-east corner of the County, that stream forming the east, the north and a part of the west boundary. The west part of the town is occupied by the rocky and pre- cipitous peaks of the Palmertown Range of mountains. The central and east portions are undulating and broken by the harrow ravines of small streams. The Hudson has numerous rapids and falls in its course, affording abundance of water- power. The Snook Kil and its tributaries drain the south part of the town. The soil generally is a light, yellow, sandy loam, but in the south and west there are some tracts of clay and gravel.
South Glens Falls, (p. v.) in the north-east part, on the Hud- son River, contains a church, a hotel, several stores, two sash and blind factories, a paper mill, a grist mill, a plaster mill and marble factory, several large saw mills and about 600 inhabit- ants. A large amount of lumber is sawed here and upon the opposite side of the river, and for miles the river is covered with logs during a large part of the season.
The Morgan Lime Co. established their works in 1868, and make about 50,000 barrels of lime annually. They have a cooper shop which turns out about 450 barrels per day during the summer.
The Mill of Morgan, Adsit & Co. cuts about 15,000,000 feet of lumber annually. They employ about 125 men and run 2:5 upright and 27 circular saws.
The Glens Falls Paper Co. manufacture straw printing paper. The mills were erected in 1864-5 and turn out two tons of paper daily.
Feeder Dam, in the north part of the town, contains two large saw mills, cutting annually about 15,000,000 feet of lumber, and about twenty-five dwellings.
Fortville, (p. v.) in the central part, contains a Methodist church, a store, several mechanic shops, a grist mill and about twenty dwellings.
Clark's Corners, in the south-east part, contains a Friends Meeting House, a cheese factory and ten dwellings. The cheese factory has a capacity sufficient for the milk of 100 cows. It Was established in 1866.
Moreau Station (p. o.) is on the Rensselaer & Saratoga R. R. Reynolds Corners is a hamlet in the central part of the town.
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Settlements are said to have been made here previous to the Revolution, but their history is only a vagne tradition. A mas named Marvin was the first settler at Fortsville, about 1795. Edward and Elijah Durham, and Holly St. John were the fire: settlers at Clark's Corners. Among the early settlers were Paulinus Potter, Samuel Churchill, Reuben Barnes, S. Bishop, Moses Lewis, Johnson Andrus and Dan Hamlin, from Con- necticut, and Thomas Rogers, from Rhode Island. John Glen was another early settler. L. Bancroft built the first gris: mill, and afterwards a powder mill, at the landing opposit- Sandy Hill. Some of the 'early settlers were accustomed to cross the river on sticks of timber laid from rock to rock, ani carry their grists on their backs to the mill on the opposite side of the river. Asa Putnam was the first collector after the organization of the town. John and Ira Hefferds, from Con- necticut, came in about the same time. John Linendoll kept the first store, in the east part of the town. Abel Cranda !! kept the first inn, about 1798. Thomas Rogers was the first supervisor.
The first church edifice (Congregational) was erected in 1805 in the east part of the town, on the river below Fort Ed- ward. The next one was at Reynolds Corners in 1806. Rev. Lebbeus Armstrong was the first settled minister, remaining in charge of the Congregational Church seventeen years.
The area of the town is 25,430 acres.
NORTHUMBERLAND was formed from Saratoga, March 16, 1798. A part of Hadley was taken off in 1801. Morean in 1805 and Wilton in 1818. It lies upon the Hudson, north of the center of the County. The surface is level or un- dulating and broken by deep ravines. A line of clay and slate bluffs, from thirty to one hundred feet high, extends along the river. Snook Kil and its tributary, Beaver Dam Creek, are the principal streams. The soil is generally a light sandy loam. This town shares with Fort Edward the Fort Miller Falls.
Gansevoort, (p. v.) on Snook Kil, in the north part of the town, was named in honor of Col. Peter Gansevoort, who settled at this place soon after the war. It contains two churches, a hotel, two stores, a woolen factory, a grist mill, several mechanic shops and about 200 inhabitants. It is a station on the Rens- selaer & Saratoga R. R.
Bacon Hill (p. v.) contains a church, a hotel, a store, several shops and about a dozen dwellings. It was named in honor of Ebenezer Bacon, who came from Conn. in 1704, and opened the first framed tavern the same year.
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Northumberland (p. o.) is a hamlet.
Fort Miller was built in this town in 1755 under the direc- tion of Col. Miller. It was located on the flat above the rapids and was inclosed on three sides by the river. A block house as built on the hights which commanded the position on the wyst. 'The first settlers probably came in before the Revolu- non. Among them was a Tory named Munroe, who built the Erst saw mill, at Gansevoort. He was compelled to flee to Can- la and his property wes confiscated. The mill was destroyed, .ad afterwards Gansevoort discovered the irons and erected a new saw mill. Soon after he built a grist mill. Fort Miller bridge was erected across the Hudson at this place, by a com- jawy incorporated March 16, 1803. Another bridge was erected in 1845, containing a single road track and a towing path for the canal.
The Reformed Church of Gansevoort was organized Sept. 21, 1,39, by Rev. Benjamin VanZant, Rev. C. Wykoff and Elder Jones Olmsted. The membership was fourteen and Rev. C. Wykoff was the first pastor. The first house of worship was erected in 1841; it will seat about 300; its present value is about $3,000. The present membership is 35; the present pastor is Rev. Charles Rockwell. There are two sabbath schools connect- udl with the Church, numbering 40 and 65 members respectively. The area of the town is 20,412 acres.
PROVIDENCE was formed from Galway, February 5, 1:06, and Edinburgh was taken off in 1801. It lies near the hter of the west border of the County. The surface is
€ 'mountainous in the north-east and broken and hilly in the ath-west. The high regions along the north and east borders Itain extensive forests. The principal streams are Haga- (TH's, Hans, Cadman's and Frenchman's Creeks, small mill Rams rising in the mountains and flowing south-west into Fal- iou County. The soil is chiefly a coarse yellow sand or gravel of I wy quality. Large tracts are stony and rocky. Wooden bitte, leather and lumber are manufactured to considerable ex-
Parkerville (p. v.) contains a church, a scythe snath factory, a Į ol factory, a saw mill, a grist mill, a tannery, a turning shop, & hotel, a store and about a dozen dwellings.
Fayville is a hamlet in the north-west part. P. widence and West Providence are post offices. I adorn's Hollow is a hamlet.
There are in the town twelve saw mills, a woolen factory, a Lamery, two grist mills, two flag-seat chair manufactories, a
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rake factory, a wooden ware factory, a manufactory of glo; . and mittens and three churches.
· The first settlement was made previous to the Revolutie .. but the settlers were driven off during the war. Among t .. first settlers after the war were Nathaniel Wills and Seth K logg. The first saw mill was erected in 1786 by a man nam Corey, and the first grist mill was built by the same man s after. The first inn was kept by - Shankland.
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