History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 186

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1336

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New Meeting-House, Oxford, Nathaniel Satterly's Mill, Blagg's Clove, Otterkill, Teed's Bridge, Stirling, Round Hill, Woodbury Clove, New Cornwall, Yel- verton's Mill, Blooming-Grove Meeting-House, Ter- nity Bridge, Munger's House, Limerock, Butter Hill (1767), Furnace Boad, Lawyer Smith's Mill, Stirling Iron-Works, Knight's Mills, Long Pond, Carpenter's Mills, Murderer's Creek, Natural Bridge, John Mc- Adus' Cabin, Popelops' Kill, the Furnace, Samuel Shelden's Saw-Mill, the Furnace at the mouth of Capt. Bull's lane, Earle's Burying-Place, Forest of 1 Dean, Palmer's Bridge, Old Warwick Road, Cole- man's Bridge, Stony Brook, Stephen Hulse's Bridge, Indian Fields in Smith's Clove, Cromeline's Creek, Absalom Townsend's Mill, Stony Brook Bridge, West Point, Bethlehem, Paul Howell's Grist-Mill, Chester, Mountain Road, worked by the army, Jordan's Bridge, Ketcham's Mills, Selalitown on the mountain, Stone Spring near Forest of Dean, on the road to Fort Montgomery, Langford Thorn's Bridge, Sugar-Loaf, Troutbrook, Bull's Pond, on a hill, Elias Ring's Mill, Gray Court, Bear Hill, Torn Mountain, Queensborough Furnace, Peartree Grove, Canterbury, Thorn's Tan Vat, Thorn's Saw-Mill, Green Pond, Queensborough Minehole District, Sugar-loaf Valley, Poverty Hollow.

For the purpose of throwing further light upon the names and location of the inhabitants at the opening of the Revolution, we next give the records in full of the town-meeting of 1775:

" At a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants of the precinct of Cornwall, held at the house of John Brewster, on the first Tuesday of April, 1775, according to an act of the Governor, the Council, and the General Assembly of the Province of New York for that purpose, to clouse these officers,-

" Preseut-Archibald Little, Wm. Thorn, justices of the peace.

" Chose John Brewster, Jr., clerk ; Nathaniel Strong, supervisor; John Brewster, James Matthews, Ebenezer Wood, commissioners of the roads, and to serve for nothing; Elihu Marvin, constable and collector

" Assessors: District No. I, Obadiah Smith ; No. 2, Wm. Moffatt ; No. 3, Capt. Silas Pierson ; No. 4, Seth Marvia; No. 5, Capt. Austin Smith ; No. 6, Reaben Youngs.

" Hophni Smith, constable; Vincent IleIms, constable, and Thomas Helms security.

" David Sutherland, Jr., constable for the water-side.

"Path-masters : District No. 1, Jeremiah Clark ; No. 2, Wm. Roe; No. 3, Patrick McDonald; No. 4, Sandu Galloway : No. 5, David Miller; No. 6, George Galloway; No. 7, Joseph Thorn; No. 8, Richard Goldsmith; No. 9, Justns Halse; No. 10, Thomas Everson ; No. 11, Wm. IIerd; No. 12, Ebenezer Woodhull ; No. 13, Patrick MeGlochlin ; No. 14, John Wright Clark; No. 15, Josiah Seely ; No. 16, Nathan Marvin ; No. 17, Zopher Teed; No. 18, James Jordon ; No. 19, Richard Collingwood ; No. 20, Jona- than Tothill; No. 21, Nathan Strong; No. 22, Samuel Smith; No. 23, Abner Thorp; No. 24, James Galloway; No. 25, Wm. Hunter; No. 26, Joshua Miller; No. 27, Ilugh McDonald; No. 28, Joseph Stepliens; No. 30, Samuel Ketcham, Sr .; No. 31, Isaac Van Duzer, Jr .; No. 33, Jonas Smith ; No. 34, Robert Armstrong; No. 35, Cornelius Swim ; No. 36, Fred- erick Tobias; No 37, Paul Howell ; No. 38, Arthur Yeomans; No. 39, George Leonard ; No. 40, Isaac Brown; No. 41, John Smith ; No. 42, Na- thaniel Satterly ; No. 43, Thomas Coleman; No. 44, Alexander Suther- land; No. 45, John Ilanse ; No. 46, Jacob Parliaman."

For the same purpose of showing names and loca- tions, we turn to the records at a point twenty-three years later, and give in full the officers elected at the town-meeting of 1798.

This meeting, the last before the division (and prob-

ably the first held anywhere else except at John Brew- ster's), assembled at the house of John Weygant, in Smith's Clove, on the first Tuesday in April, 1798. There were present and presiding as justices of the peace Joseph Chandler, Obadiah Smith, Anselm Helms, and Michael Hey. The officers chosen were as follows, viz. :

Town Clerk, James D. Secor ; Supervisor, Anselm Helms; Commissioners of Roads, John McDowell, Win. Clark, Daniel Knowlton; Assessors, Obadiah Smith, Michael Hey, Richard Goldsmith, Paul How- ell, Henry Mansfield, Moses Cunningham ; Collector, Daniel Knowlton; Overseers of the Poor, Daniel Knowlton, Josiah Seeley, Jr .; Constables, Henry Mansfield, Amos Whitmore, Silas Aldridge, Henry Danes, Thomas Knowlton, Jeremiah Trickay, Benja- min Rowe, Obadiah Cunningham, Daniel Knowlton, Samuel Smith ; Commissioners of Schools, Zephaniah Halsey, Wm. Denniston, Thomas North, Seth Marvin, James D. Secor, Obadiah Smith.

The path-masters were:

No. No.

1. Henry Reynolds.

37. Daniel Bull.

2 Stephen Cripsey.

38. Selah Strong.

3. Joseph Sutherland. 39. Hezekiah Howell, Jr.

4. Gilbert Webb.

5. John Hammon.

6. John Cronkite.

7. David D. Hines.

8. Zebulon Townsend.

9. Adolphus Van Duzer.

10. Roger Barton.

11. Nicholas Townsend.

12. Ezra Earle.

13. Amos Miller.

14. Michael Hey, justice.

15. David Rogers.

16. Benjamin Bennett.

17. James Parliaman, Jr.

18. Gilbert Smith, Jr.

19. James Webb.

20. Joseph Stevens.

21. Samuel Gregory.

23. Moses Cunningham.

24. Jacob Compton.

25. John Cooper.

26. Charles Cunningham.

27. Gilbert King.

28. Samael Tuthill, Jr.

29. James Crummond.

31. Cornelius Beard.

66. Obadiah Smith.

32. John Marvin.

33. John McDowell, justice.

34. Isaac Bull.

35. John Brooks.

36. Joseph Ketcham.

71. Isaac P. Lamoreanx.

Pound-masters, Isaac Moore, Peter Lamoreux, John Weygant, Charles Cunningham, James Sears ; Fence-viewers, John Cronk, Richard Williams, Wm. Clark, Samuel Arthur, Richard Wilkes, Wm. Hunter, John Weygant, Amos Miller, Daniel Bull, Samuel Davis, John Tuthill, John Brewster.

Voted the next meeting to Capt. Patrick Suther- land's, at Canterbury.

The following were the principal town officers from 1765 to 1880:

40. Sail Coleman.

41. Joseph Chandler, justice.

42. Isaac Dubois.

43. Jonathan Brooks.

44. John Reeder.

45. Johannes Decker.

46. Nathaniel Woodhull, Jr.

47. Joshua Curtis.

48. John Chambers.

49. David Williams.

50. Zephanish Halsey.

51. Benjamin Hulse.

52. David llawkins.

53. Theodore Hard.

54. II. Gregg.

55. Abraham Butler.

56. Wm. Bull.

58. Wm. Whitmore.

59. Nathan Ramsey.

60. Richard Woodhull.

61. Robert Gregg.

62. Jeremiah Horton.

63. Patrick Casady.

64. Amos Wood.

65. Paul Howell.

67. John Rider.

68. Peter Lamoreaux, Jr.

69. Ilenry Brewster.

70. Solomon Earle.

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CORNWALL.

Supervisors.

Town Clerks.

1765.

Hezekiah Howell.

1766-68

1769-73.

1774-78

1779-90

1791

Col. Jesse Woodhull.

1795-97.

1798

Anselm Helms.

1799

Jonathan Cooley.

1801-3.

Wm. A. Clark.

1×04.

1804-6 Obadiah Smith.

1807-9

1810

Joseph Chandler.

W'in. A. Clark.

1×12-14 Joseph Chandler, Jr.

1815-17

1818-20 Wm. A. Clark.

1821 ....

1822-23

1824

John Smith.

1825

John W. Hurd.

Nathan Westcott.

1829 ..

1830-31

Ebenezer C. Sutherland.

1832.

Sanmel W. Hurd.

Isaac Seaman, Win. Morrison,

Henry F. Chadcayne.

1838 ..

Sammel Townsend.

1839-41

James O. Adamıs.

Henry F. Chadrayne.

1843

1844

Hemy F. Claulenyne.

Wm. II. Rider.

1846-48

Juhin Denniston.

1849-53

Abijab Dan.

1854

Isaiah Townsend.

Nathan B. Potts.

1855

Robert E. Ring.

Harvey B. Adams.

1856

Dyer Brewster.

1857

Thomas B Merritt.

1858

James O. Adams.

1859-61

Peter C. Regau.

Noah Townsend.

B. L. Moore.

Daniel B Foster.

1806.

Smith Faucher.

Sanford B. Cocks.

Lewis Beach.

Dyer Brewster,

John Orr.

1×72-74.

1875

16 46

1876

Wmn. H. Clark.

1877

Isaac Denniston, Jr.

Henry B. Breed. Lewis T. Schultz.

1820

William Orr.

Samuel Young, Jr.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE .*

1765, Selah Strong, Nathaniel Jayne, David Smith, Amos Mills; 1770, Archibald Little, Sylvanus White, William Thorn, Henry Wisner; 1774, John Griffith; 1776, James l'eters, Esq. ; 1777, James Marviu, Thomas Moffatt. Daniel Coleman, Sanmel Strong; 1778, Elisha Mar- vin, Nathaniel Strong, Nathaniel Satterly ; 1779, Jeremiah Clark, Joseph Chandler; 1783, Archibald Cunningham; 1788, Ilezekinh White; 1789, George Brown ; 1793, Anselm UeImis; 1794, Nathaniel Dubois; 1796, Thomas North, Obadiah Smith, John McDowell, · Michael Hay ; 1799, Jeremiah Clark ; 1801, Joseph Chandler; 1803, Jonathan Cooley; 1804, Michael Smith ; 1805, Samnel Sayre; 1812, Joseph Chandler, Jr. ; 1814, Wm. A. Clark ; 1819, Richard A. Krouk- lyte; 1821, Nathan Westcott, John Smith ; 1822, Nathaniel Ring; 1×28, Nathan Smith, James O. Adams; 1830,+ James O. Adams ; 1831, John Winfield; 1832, Nathan Westcott; 1833, Wm. A. Clark; 1834, James O. Adams, Amos H. Thorn ; 1835, Richard A Kronkhyte ; 1836, William Morrison : 1837, William H1. Townsend, Francis E. Weygant : 1838, James O. Adams; 1839, Isaac Faurot; 1840, Robert Duncanson; 1841, Wm. H. Townsend; 1842, William Morrison ; 1843, Isaac Faurot ; 1844, Robert Duncanson; 1845, Francis T. Ben- jamin; 1846, John Mckibben; 1847, Nicholas C. Vought; 1848, Mosrs Cunningham, Merritt Coleman, Isaac Faurot; 1849, Merritt Coleman ; 1850, John Mckibben; 1851, Wm. H. Carpenter; 1852, Moses Cunningham ; 1853, Merritt Coleman ; 1854, Nathan B. Potts; 1855, Wm. Avery, Benjamin S. Ketcham; 1856, Gilbert Tompkins,

* They presided at precinct- and town-meetings. The names are given under the dates when they first appear in the records.

+ After this date elected by the people at the annual town-meetings. 49

Jr .; 1857, Benjamin S. Ketcham; 1858, Daniel C. Birdsall ; 1859, Wm. Avery; 1800, Gilbert Tompkins; 1861, Benjamin S. Ketcham ; 1862, Abijah Dan; 1863, Wm. Avery ; 1>64, Dyer Brewster, Moses Cunningham ; 1865, Benjamin S. Ketcham, James Couser; 186G, Darius Truesdell; 1867, Wm. Avery ; 1868, Ephraim F. Bullis ; 1869, Dyer Brewster (same to fill vacancy); 1870, Daniel swezey (same to till vacancy); 1871, Wm. Avery ; 1872, Ephraim F. Bullis; 1873, Henry Van Duzer, Charles G. Honser, Wm. H. Clark ; 1874, Win. Il. Clark ; 1875, Henry Van Duzer; 1876, Amos M. Hollett (same to fill Vacancy) : 1877, Charles Ketcham ; 1878, Noah I. Clark ; 1879, Henry Van Duzer; 1880, Amos M. Hollett.

V .- VILLAGES, NEIGHBORHOODS, Etc. CORNWALL

as a name of early times, properly belongs to the landing-place on the river, though the name can scareely be located at the present time.

Daniel Tobias did business as a shipper there about the beginning of this century. He sailed a sloop as shown below. Isaac Van Duzer was a merchant about the same time. ITis name appears in connection with much of the early public business. Mr. Lewis Beach, in his recent work upon Cornwall, gives the following account of the commerce of this river-port.

At the beginning of the present century the freight- ing business was done from a dock which stood near the Gillis brick-yard of modern times. It was reached by a road through the ravine which skirts the Ryckman estate on the north. From this point Capt. Daniel Tobias sailed a sloop, and kept a store near the land- ing. The name of Tobias is closely associated with the freighting business for nearly half a century. Capt. Daniel S. Tobias of recent times, and superin- tendent of the salmon warehouse for many years, was grandson of Dr. Isaac Tobias. The latter lived on the William Halstead place, near Salisbury, and died there in 1808. The father of Daniel S., whose name was Isaac S. (a brother of Daniel), removed from the old dock in 1807, and erected the house occupied in late years by the oarsman, Josh Ward. At this time there was no direct communication between the river and the table-land above. He built the road at his own expense as far as the first bridge, where it con- nected with the present road to Willisville, which latter road was then in existence.

Capt. Nathaniel Ring also sailed a sloop from the old doek. He afterwards built the dock at the land- ing owned in modern times by Mead & Taft. There was also the old dock at the foot of Sloop Hill, long since gone to decay. In 1810, Capt. Reuben Reynolds came from New Windsor, and raised the house oecu- pied in recent times by Charles Brown, and built the doek in front of it, afterwards used as a coal-yard. About that time also Capts. Reynolds and Tobias built and launched the sloop " Hamlet." In 1812, Capt. To- bias sold out to Isaac Van Duzer, and retired to a farm in the west end of the town.

The Clark doek, the most southerly one, was built about 1827 by Nathan Clark. Capt. Daniel S. Tobias began his river-life at that time, going before the mast under command of Capt. Reynolds. At the same time

1862

Robert E. Ring.

1863.

1864

1865

W'm. S. Brown.

1867

1868-69

1870-71

Gilbert Tompkins.

Henry B. Brred. Floyd C. Clark, =

1879 Charles G. Houser.

John Brewster, Sr. =

John Brewster, Jr.

Nathaniel Strong. Col. Jesse Woodhull.

Jeremiah Clark.

1792.

1793-94

Jeremiah Clark.

Selalı Strong.

Daniel Brewster. James D. Secor. Jeremiah ( lark.

Obadiah Smith. Jeremiah Clark, Nathaniel Barton.

Thomas Carpenter, Jr. Nathaniel Barton.

Nathaniel Westcott. Gilbert C. Pret.

1826-28

John E. Dusinberry.

1833-34

1835 ..

Isaac Seanian.

1836-37

1849

George W. Purdy.

1845

Noah Townsend.

1800

Obadiah Smith,

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HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.

Capt. John Sitferth sailed the sloop "Exchange" for Isaac Van Duzer. A new era now took place in trans- portation which has revolutionized the commerce of the world. In 1828, Capt. Isaac Van Duzer built the first steamboat for freighting purposes ever con- structed on the river. It was cautiously named the " Experiment," and boldly belied its name by proving a success. The shipwright was Silas Corwin. The craft was built at New Windsor. IFer boilers and engine were furnished by Isaiah and John Townsend, of Albany. She was run for several years by Isaac Van Duzer, and then sold to Weeks & Griffin. Weeks at that time kept the hotel that in later years became the Charles Brown place. Weeks & Griffin sold the boat to Ilenry Bertholf & Co., who ran her four or five years. She next became the property of Hudson McFarland, Mr. Mitchell, Dr. Morrison, and Capt. Tobias. The latter ran her for a year, when her en- gine became disabled, and it was not thought best to repair it. This venerable pioneer boat was then con- verted into a barge, and sailed as such from New Windsor under the command of Capt. Dyer Brewster.

Upon the retirement of the "Experiment," the steamboat "Wave" took her place, but only for a few ' months. The next year the " Union" was put on and officered by Capt. Tobias. Then came the "General Jackson," acting as tow to the Newburgh and New Windsor barges. The completion of the Erie Rail- road to Piermont struck a fatal blow to the freighting interests of Cornwall. This occurred in 1837. Up to this period a large portion of the produce of the back country for a distance of thirty miles had sought tide- water at Cornwall. The farmers' wagons often formed an extended line near the landing awaiting their turn to unload. The principal articles of shipment were hay, straw, butter, hoop-poles (" mountain wheat," as they were called), farm produce, hickory-wood, bricks, and live stock. The " General Jackson" was followed by the "Gazelle," which ran as far as Poughkeepsie, and merely called at Cornwall. The "Columbia" succeeded the "Gazelle." About 1856, Henry Clark bought the "Orange County," and placed her on the line between Cornwall and the city. She was run by Capt. Joseph Ketchum, and continued her trips down to 1864. During this period the culture of small fruits, especially the Antwerp, had been embarked in, and fruit formed an important item of freight.

The name Cornwall, as applied to a village, has scarcely any definite location. The post-office Corn- wall is at Canterbury, while nearer the Hudson is the post-office Cornwall-on-the-Hudson.

CANTERBURY.

This is by far the oldest village in the town, and is also the largest in population. The modern growth of all this section has connected. this village to the other villages in the vicinity, though there are lines of separation which residents understand, however much they may puzzle a casual visitor to distinguish.

The name was applied to the place at an early day, and was very likely suggested by emigrants from England, in memory of Canterbury, situated in the County of Kent. The small stream passing through this village was known as Canterbury Creek. In later years near the Hudson it is known as Idlewild Brook, from the location there of the country-seat of the poet, N. P. Willis. The water-power furnished by this stream was formerly of considerable value, and several mills were located upon its banks. The brick factory occupied in modern times by James Winne as a joiner-shop was formerly used as a tannery. John Cromwell was the proprietor, and continued this business until the scarcity of bark led to its abandonment. The mill beside the Willow Avenue bridge, now the Taylor planing-mill, was run by J. II. and W. Atkinson as a varn- and woolen-mill.

The earliest settlement in this section was not on the present site of Canterbury, but a little to the south, on the plain at the base of the mountains. A very early house is spoken of by a recent writer as that of Patrick Sutherland, which stood on the Justus Sackett farm. No trace of it now remains. It is said that a stone taken from this house may still be seen in the wall before the residence of Mrs. Concklin, on Clinton Street, bearing the inscription, "P. S. & W. S., 1747." This is supposed to indicate the date when the house mentioned was built.

There are many fine residences in Canterbury. Pleasant drives abound in every direction. In the near vicinity are charming glens, mountain-slopes, forests still wild and dense; while a few miles away are the bold, storm-swept summits of the Highlands, and places rich in legendary lore, as well as in the memories of the Revolutionary age.

The village hotel, known as the Union House, is kept by Mrs. Moore. It has been a well-known house of public entertainment for a long series of years. It is a pleasant, quiet, home-like place, not ambitious of the rush of summer travel, but offering many attrac- tions to the traveler in the way of excellent table, pleasant rooms, and quiet, courteous attention.

CORNWALL-ON-THE-HUDSON.

This is the name of the post-office located on the upland above the older village at the river, and yet east of Canterbury. The growth of a fine village at this point rendered post-office facilities desirable, and the name is appropriate, as the post-office "Corn- wall" is located at Canterbury, while this new office supplies the section between Canterbury and the river. The office was established Jan. 1, 1862, and Charles E. Cock appointed postmaster. He was suc- ceeded in June, 1877, by the present incumbent, Leonard N. Wyant. The office was raised to a third- class office Jan. 1, 1879. In this immediate vicinity there are several pleasant boarding-houses for sum- mer guests, the Cornwall Library building, the Tem- perance Hall, and a number of stores.

763

CORNWALL.

The place is also known as " the Corners," from the number of roads which intersect here. It is also designated Willisville, in honor of N. P. Willis, whose residence was not far away.

IDLEWILD.

This is the name given by the late N. P. Willis to bis country-seat on the southern bank of Canterbury Creek, and near to the Hudson. He had spent some time in this vicinity, and was charmed with the climate, as exceedingly favorable to recovery from pulmonary disease, with which he was afflicted. He finally pur- chased a tract, and erected a handsome villa-residence. The name is said to have arisen from the reply of a friend when Mr. Willis was examining the glen and the rough, unpromising locality, "Oh," said his friend, " this is nothing but an idle wild." The passing phrase, caught up by the fancy of the poet, was at once be- stowed upon the place. Here, in these retired shades, he passed the remaining years of his life, rendering the secluded nook and all the surrounding country famous by the charming productions of his pen.

His location here and his enthusiastic descriptions of the delightful scenery and pure air of Cornwall undoubtedly had much influence in inducing others to come to Cornwall, and giving an impulse to the growth of the village. Even business men are ready to pay tribute not only to the memory of his genius as a writer of poetry and the most charming of prose, but as in many respects the patron, almost the founder, of modern Cornwall. The world knew Idlewild through the writings of Mr. Willis, and in seeking Idlewild they discovered Cornwall. The name has found ready acceptance in this community. The creek long known as Canterbury has become Idlewild Brook, there is Idlewild Avenue, Idlewild Lodge, and Idlewild post-office. The latter is, however, so far away from Idlewild itself as to be another specimen of the incongruous nomenclature existing in this locality. The Idlewild post-office is at the station on the Short-Cut Newburgh Branch Railway, three miles or more from the residence of the late Mr. Willis.

The people of this growing place will surely have to resort to incorporation to save themselves from a flood of names and from an astonishing confusion in their application. Idlewild is three miles from Idle- wild; Cornwall is Canterbury ; Canterbury is Corn- wall; Cornwall-on-the-Hudson is not on the Hudson, but another village is that perhaps was Cornwall once, but it is not certain what its name now is, though it may be Riverside ; and besides there is Willisville, Roeville, Garnerville, and "the Corners," all in use on the same territory, to say nothing of Glen Ridge, Angola, Montana, and others waiting along the bor- ders for a chance to enter the devoted town.

GARNERVILLE

is one of the local names at once convenient and con- fusing. It designates a cluster of buiklings between

Canterbury and "the Corners," erected on property formerly belonging to a colored man of that name who died some years ago. The houses are of a simple, plain character, and occupied in the main by laborers and mechanics. The Catholic church is in this locality.

RIVERSIDE.

This is the new name given to what in this article we have called " Cornwall," namely, the landing and the village lying along the river near it. This has also been known as " the Hollow," or simply "The Landing." Its present business (1880) may be briefly stated as follows : Boat-house and boats to let by P. Clark; the same business by Dan. and Ed. Ward ; Mead & Taft's lumber-yard, etc., mentioned else- where ; Highland Hotel, by Charles M. Brown ; the Ward House, by the celebrated oarsman, Josh. Ward ; Seaman's store, dry goods and groceries; Jonas Mc- Laughlin, boots and shoes ; the old store of Nathan Clark, with the dock established by him fifty years ago; a coal-yard, by Wm. Hunter ; a dry-dock or "ways," not much used now ; and last but not least, the old central dock, the well-known Carpenter prop- erty, at which all the passenger boats land.

ROEVILLE.

This hamlet is north of the Idlewild Brook, on the road from Canterbury to Newburgh. It is named from Mr. James G. Roe, whose fine summer resort, known as Glen Ridge House, occupies a beautiful and commanding summit near. The village lies along the east part of Hunter Avenue, which extends from the Newburgh road to Willow Avenne. The Glen Ridge House is a spacious building, conveniently arranged to accommodate a large number of guests. The grounds are extensive, and winding walks along the deep wild glen to the east lead guests into the very depths of nature's secluded haunts.

THE MONTANA WOOLEN-MILLS

have developed something of a village around them. They are situated on Murderer's Creek, near the north line of the town. The following editorial description recently appeared in the village paper :

" Montana is a hamlet on Moodna Creek, at the foot of Willow Avenue, abont one mile from the village of Cornwall (Canterbury), and mainly consists of the dwellings of the operatives of the mill, the principal street being a continuation of Willow Avenue, terminating at the iron bridge near Mr. Orr's flour-mills. The village is pleasantly situated, the woolen- mill occupying the eastern end. The building inclosing the machinery where the fabrics are made, is four stories high, 50 feet wide, and 276 feet long. We first ascended to the fourth story, where we found six sets of cards, consisting of eighteen machines, all in active operation. These machines receive the raw wool at the first machine, which cleans it and passes it on to the second, where it is carded and passed on to the third. There it is again carded and formed into a cord and wound upon rollers ready for the spinning-mules, which are on the floor below. There are four of these machines, all double, and, together with four sets of patent punched goods machines, occupy the whole floor. On the second floor are thirty-eight fancy loonis, and the latest patent machinery for finishing goods. On the lower floor are washing and drying eppa- ratus, the dye-room, containing six large kettles boiled by steam, capa- ble of dyeing 1000 pounds of wool a day, the boiler and engine-room. The engine is a splendid specimen of the skill of the Wright works of

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History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 186

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1336

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1336