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Mill Brook Valley constituted another point of sale. ment. Among the early settlers in that neighborhood were the following : David Delemater settled on the fartu rer occupied by Abram Pelemater. Samuel Gavitt located on the farm now owned by Henry Gavitt. Blasel Gavitt wis in the valley quite early, upon the farm now owned by Thomas Gavitt.
In the Upper Beaver Kill Valley a Quaker settled =' a very early day near the outlet of Balsam Lake, or If present Meed place. It is said that he anne into the tour secluded retreat not long after the Revolution.
In the neighborhood up the Beaver Kill known as 1. Indies" the Banks were early settlers. There was ale " of them, -- John Banks, Hany Banks, and Jos ph P'es
In the west part of the town, along the Beaver Ki !.
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other settlers. The principal permanent families were those of Nicholas Barnhart and John Barnhart.
STATISTICS.
The total population of Hardenburgh, as stated in the census of 1875, was 671. Of these, 651 were native born, and 21 foreign born. With reference to race, all were white ; and with reference to sex, 351 were males, and 320 females. The males of voting age were 175. The equalized assessed vaue of property in Hardenburgh for 1879-SO is $51,303, and the total tax paid upon that basis $1551.99.
The heights in Hardenburgh, upon the authority of Prof. Guyot's latest measurement, are: Eagle Mountain, 3567 feet; Graham's Mountain, 3886 feet; Seager's Home, 1923 feet.
From an article by a local writer of recent date upon the towu of Hardenburgh we take the following extract. It expresses some hopes of railroad connections not perhaps yet realized, but is on the whole an excellent statement concerning settlement and capabilities :
" Beaver Kill is famous for its fine trout. The water is the clearest and purest, and the trout are abundant and of the finest flavor. Mill Brook and Dry Brook are also celebrated for Gue trout. Small specimens of coal and lead have been found on the surface, near the head of these stres ns, and no doubt, if proper effort was made, coal, as well as lead, might be found. A large amount of timber of tho finest quality, such as ash, cherry, maple, birch, etc., is found at the head of Beaver Kill. It is suitable for trays. chair-stuff's, etc. No other portion of Ulster County affords such a field for manufacturers of woodenware. The Rondout and Oswego Railroad ou one side, and the Midland on the other, with the Delhi nud Margaretville Railroad . within four miles of the town, will afford convenient avenues for shipping. Beaver Kill Falls are about twelve miles from the head of the stremn. The water flows over a precipice about thirty feet high, enusing a beautiful rainbow to appear in the sunshine. The south- west part of the town, along the Beaver Kill, was settled by families named Barnhardt, whose descendants still reside there. Turuwood was first settled in 1825 by Elisha Hall. He came from Delaware County. Several Latkes are located in different parts of the town.
" At the outlet of Big Lake is the saw-mill of Joseph Murdock, . which ents a large amount of hemlock and other lumber. Balsam Lake is famous for its tront, large quantities of which are caught iu winter by cutting boles through the ice.
" Tuvis Lake also abounds in trout. It was named from an Indian who used to carry out lead procured in the vicinity of the lake at the bead of the Beaver Kill. Though search has been tande for the ming from which he procured the lead, it has never been found. Turlough Lake, at the head of Dry Brook, whonul- in tront. The soil in this county is equal to any in Delaware County for stock-raising and deiry- ing. The abundance of pure spring water renders it specially adapted to butter-making.
" Dry Brook was settled previous to Beaver Kill, the first settlers coming from Connecticut. Among them were families named Seager, Todd, nud Graham. A forge for working iron was erected near the head of Dry Brook at an early day. The works have long since gone down, and nothing remains but a portion of the old stone foundation. There is u manufactory of woodenware on Shin Creek ; butter-trays are extensively manufactured for the New York market. The town is thinly settled, and has but one church."
IV .- ORGANIZATION.
Portions of the town of Hardenburgh were settled, as already noticed, at quite an early day. The inhabitants, who had braved the hardships of this mountain region and made for themselves homes in the valleys, were distant from the places where the public business of Shandaken was transacted, and they had little control in the management
of affairs. The formation of Denning in 1819 brought only partial relief, and finally the people upon this territory struck out for independence. The movement to establish a new town wasuccessful. It received the name Harden- burgh in honor . . the patentee, whose purchase is mentioned in the general history of the patents of the county. Even with the present arrangement the people in distant parts of the town have but little business connection with each other. The central valley, Mill Brook, is the most con- venient place for publie business, and the town-meetings are usually held there.
RECORD OF THE FIRST TOWN-MEETING.
" At the first annual town-meeting beld in and for the town of Har- denburgl., at the hon-s of James Close, May 31, 1859, the following officers were electedl :
"Samuel M. Seager, Supervisor; Samuel Merwin, Town Clerk ; John Newton, Lysander C. Tubbs, Warren W. Seodder. Justies of the Pence; Orrin Baker, Collector; Jawes Close, John D. Todd, Amos Wamdy, Assessors; Levi B. Gavitt, James Murdock, Ilar- inon Utter, Commissioners of Highways ; Chandler Hinkley, Sealer of Weights and Measures; Claney Hotchkiss, Harmon U tter, Overseers of the Poor; John Bauks, David A. Delamater, Orrin Baker, Harmon Utter, Jr., Constables; William Utter, Pbilo Flini, John L. Todd, Inspectors of Election.
" Dated at Hardeuburgh this 31st day of May, 1859. " CHRISTOPHER LINGEE. "SAMUEL MERWIN. " DANIEL TODD. "W. W. SCUDDER, Clerk."
PRINCIPAL TOWN OFFICERS, 1859 TO 1850. SUPERVISORS.
1859-60, Samuel M. Seager; 1861-62, Marcus A. Marks ; 1863-64. Philo Flint; 1:65-60, Hiramn D. Cook; ISGT, Amos Wamsley; 1868, Samuel M. Senger ; 1869-71, Amos Wansley : 1872, Sant.cl M. Senger ; 1873-TI, Amos Wamsley ; 1875-76, James Murdock ; 1877, Amos Wamsley ; 1878, James Murdock ; 1879, Samuel M. Seager; 1880, Edgar A. Marks.
TOWN CLERKS.
1852-60, Samuel Merwin ; 1861-64, IHiram D. Cook ; 1865, Airew J. Toll: 1566-67, Benjamin N. Akerty ; 1568-70, Charles Close; 1871-74, Demetrius D. Desilver; 1875-79, Elijah Kittle ;? Isso, Willard E. Kittle.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1859, Johu Newton, L. C. Tubbe, W. W. Seu lder : 1560, David Tobi : 1461, Mareu. A. Marks; 1862, Amo: Wamsley (full term), Dyre Todd tto fill vacancy) : 1803, Lysamler C. Tubbs; Ist, Dyre Todd (to fill vacaney of John Newton) : 1:65, John Newton; 1-66. Amos Watsley ; 1867, Hiram D. Cook ; 1868, Dyre Todd: 1869, John Newton ; 1870, AArthur M. Pratt ; 1871, L. L. Bussey ; 1872, Dyre Toll; 1875, George H. Gavitt; 1874, Amos Wamsley; IS75, Elihu Hull; 1576, William Utter: 1877, Jeremiah Sliter ; 1878, Alexander L. Hulbert ; 1879, Elihu Hali; ISSO, William Ütter,
The present town oficers (elected March 2, 1880) are as follows :. Supervisor, Edgar A. Marks; Town Clerk, Willard E. Kittle; Justice of the Peace, William Utter ; Assessor, A. H. Delamater; Commissioner of Highways, H. S. Jones; Overseers of the Poor, Henry Crook. Clancy Hotchkiss; Collector, William S. Gray; Constables, William S. Gray. B. W. Sprague, J. M. Kelly, J. B. Gavitt, Win- field Hinkley; Inspectors of Election, District No. 1. J. B. Jones, H. C. Tripy, Richard Lake; District No. 2. W. W. Basett, John Ward, L. A. Jones; Town Auditor,
@ Died, and Willard E. Kittle appointed.
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Chandler Hinkley, Ransom Weaver, William Todd; Game Constable, William Lee.
The town-meetings were held from 1859 to 1863 "at the house of James Close;" 1801-68, " at the house of Ann E. Close ;" 1869, "at the house of Demetrius De- silva ;" 1870, " at the house of Charles Close ;" 1871-73, "at the house of Amos Wamsley ;" 1874-80, "at the house of Elijah Kittle."
V .- VILLAGES.
It may be difficult to apply the above heading to any collection of dwellings in Ilardenburgh. There are, how- ever, a few points with special names and enjoying post- office facilities.
DRY BROOK.
This place is in the valley of the ereck bearing the same name. It is the West Shandaken of old times. There was a post-office at this point forty or fifty years ago. The name was changed to Dry Brook about twelve years ago. The mail is supplied to this office from Arkville, Delaware Co. At Dry Brook there is a blacksmith-shop by W. Todd ; the district school-house; the church of the Meth- odist Episcopal Society, and a few dwelling-houses. William Utter is the present postmaster, and has held the office sinee the date of the change of naine to Dry Brook. He was preceded by L. C. Tubbs, and, carlier than he, Iliram D. Cook was postinaster for some years.
SIIN CREEK.
This post office is in the west part of the town, and was established twelve or fourteen years ago. The present post- master is C. W. Maynard. At this point is the tray-fac- tory mentioned elsewhere, a few dwelling-houses, and the district school-house. .
MILL BROOK.
There was formerly a post-office in this valley, and De- metrius De Silva was postmaster for some years. The office is now known as Grant's Mills, and is just beyond the line, in Delaware County. It is supplied from the Arkville mail- route, and is still the post-office for Mill Brook Valley.
TURN WOOD.
This post-office was established about the time the town was formed, -- 1859. Amos Wamsley was appointed post- master, and still retains the office. At this point is located the school-house of the district and a few dwelling-houses.
VI .- SCHOOLS.
Hardenburgh was not organized until the control of the schools had been taken away from the towns by the act of the Legislature creating district commissioners; hence there is no official town action upon this subject. There were, however, schools long before the town was formed. The school in the Dry Brook neighborhood was established pro- bably fifty years ago or more. The pioneer school-house occupied the site of the present one. This was built about thirteen years ago. Another district, about four miles above, is known as Upper Dry Brook. The school in that neigh- borhood was also opened many years ago. The present school house was built in 1862. In Mill Brook Valley was
also a school considerably earlier than the formation of the town, established perhaps forty years ago. The present school-house was built in 1875 or 1876. On the Beaver Kill, at Turnwood, was also one of the carly schools opened before the formation of the town. The present school-house was built only a few years since. In the upper part of the Beaver Kill Valley is a new distriet, established since the formation of the town. The neighborhood is locally known as East Indies. The school-house is not very old. The Shin Creek neighborhood also has a school opened since the town was organized.
Among the teachers of twenty-five or thirty years ago may be mentioned Polly Merwin, Susan Seager, Jacob Lynah, Wesley Hill, Samuel M. Seager, Electa Stratton (Mrs. D. Todd ), Martha Conley (Mrs. Wesley Ilill).
The following statistics show in a concise form the present condition of the schools :
COMMISSIONERS' REPORT, MARCH, ISSO.
Number of districts.
Number of children of school age .. 296
Average daily attendance previous year .. 86.180
Public money, equal quota ... $198.20
Public money for number of children ... $175.81
Public money for attendance.
8164.57
Library money. 80.08
VII .- RELIGIOUS HISTORY.
Very early meetings were held at Dry Brook school- house while as yet the town was a part of Shandaken. The Methodists were the active workers in maintaining meet- ings. Early ministers were Rev. Daniel Morrison, Rey. Daniel Bullock, Rev. John Beagle. Interested in sustain- ing the meetings and helping conduct them were Burr Todd, Eber Merwin, Hiram Seager, and Derrick Haynes. The result of this early work was the establishment of the Dry Brook Methodist Church in 1868, with 15 members. The house of worship creeted cost $2600, and has a seating capacity of 200. Meetings have been usually maintained in the Mill Brook school-house by ministers of the Marga- retville Cireuit, Delaware County. In the west part of the town meetings have been held to a greater or less extent in the school-houses. During the last ten years Rev. James Beecher, who resides at what is now known as Beecher Pond, bas preached to the people of these mountain neigh- borhoods.
VIDL .-- BURIAL-PLACES.
In the Dry Brook Valley there are two. The one at Upper Dry Brook is near the place of the late Dyer Todd. Burials at this ground date back fifty or sixty years. In the lower part of the valley is the Kelly burial-ground, near the present place of Henry Crooks. This is not more than twenty-five or thirty years old. For the Mill Brook neighborhood there is a burial-place just over the line. in Delaware County. There is another burial-place at Turn- wood, dating back perhaps forty years. The people of the west part of llardenburgh also bury their dead to some extent in a burial-ground just beyond the county line, not far from the Shin Creek neighborhood.
IA .- SUMMER TOURISTS.
As in the other mountain towns of this section, so in Hardenburgh, an increase in the number of summer visitors
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is year by year more and more apparent. They climb the mountain sides, find their way through the yet almost pathless forests, fish in the mountain streams, and chase the game to its wild and hitherto secure retreats.
X .- INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.
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The agriculture of this town is limited. About one- seventh of the area is classed as improved land by the census of 1875, and but a small portion of this is culti- vated. A large portion of the surface of the town is still covered with a valuable growth of timber. Lumbering, shingle-making, and similar occupations largely engage the attention of the people. The following summary state- ments from the census of 1875 show the annual produc- tion at that time.
INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS.
The farms in Hardenburgh were valued in the census of 1875 at $159,730; the farm-buildings other than dwell- ings at $25,170; the stoek at $41,231 ; the tools and im- plements at $8-105; cost of fertilizers used, $4; amount of gross sales from farms, $10,179; area plowed, 616 acres ; area in pasture, 2602 aeres ; arca mown, 3316 acres ; hay produced, 2747 tous; buckwheat, 3848 bushels; Indian corn, 390 bushels; oats, 6350 bushels; rye, 72 bushels ; spring wheat, 4 bushels; corn sown for fodder, 4 acres ; beans, 3 bushels; potatoes, 6645 bushels; apples, 3220 bushels; cider maade, 30 barrels; maple-sugar, 10,102 pounds; maple-syrup, 723 gallons; honey, 570 pounds ; horses ou farms, 184; mules, 10; value of poultry owned, '$128; value sold, $245; value of eggs sold, 862; neat cattle on farms, 785; milch eows, 663; beef slaughtered, 13; butter inade, 74,340 pounds ; sheep shoro, 503; weight of clip, 1987 pounds; lambs raised, 435; sheep slaughtered, 36; killed by dogs, 19; hogs on farms, 20G; pork made, 18,738 pounds.
MILLS.
Commencing at the head-waters of the Dry Brook, the first mill-privilege improved is owned by Samuel M. Scager. This will was built about twenty years ago by Hiram Seager, father of the present owner. The mill is now being rebuilt (1880), and is to be operated with a circular saw. The next mill below is the saw-mill of John Knickerbocker. This was built about 1860 by Hiram D. Cook. It was afterwards rebuilt by Henry Cook, and in later years be- came the property of Mr. Knickerbocker. Farther down tre Dry Brook Valley is the saw-mill of William Todd. This was erected some twenty-five years ago by Sylvanus Harrison. It passed to the possession of Mr. Todd about twelve years ago. Upon the Mill Brook there are no water- privileges improved within the town of Hardenburgh. Tracing the course of the Beaver Kill, the first mill-privi- lage improved in the upper part of the valley was by the brothers Jones in 1874. These mills are operated with a vireuiar saw. Next below is the saw-mill, near Amos
Wamsley's, built about twenty two years ago by Win. G. Kelley, and soll a few years since to Luther Jackson. Upon the Crass Monutain Brook, which empties into the Beaver Kill next Amos Wamsley, is a saw-mill owned by Luther Jackson, and built by him about sixteen years ago. On the Beaver Kill, near the Big Pond, is a grist-mill and a circular saw mill. These were established by James Mur- dock, the present owner, about seven years ago. Ou Shiu Creek, at the border of Sullivan County, is a tray-factory, manufacturing butter-trays, and employing five or six hands. This creek is a braneli of the Beaver Kill, but unites with it beyond the border of Ulster County. The products of this factory are drawn to Marston on the Midland Railroad.
XI .- MILITARY.
The war of 1861-65 drew from this mountain region a full proportionate share of the Union army.
The following list is prepared by examining the best accessible records. It has been submitted to citizens of the town for revision, and is believed to be reasonably accurate and complete :
Francis Grossischaut, enl. Oct. 25, 1861, Ind. Art. No. 3; died March 18, 1662, at Washington, D. C.
O. B. Maynard, ent. Oct. 29, 1861, Ind. Art. No. S.
Edward I, Delamater, eul. March 2, 1804, 20th Regt., Co. K ; died soon after tiro war.
Edward Gosso, enl. March 2, 1801, 20th Regt., Co. K (from Shandaken).
Frederick Hanes, enl. Jan. 4, 1864, 20th Regt., Co. K.
John J. Delamater, cal. Aug. 15, 1862, 144th Hegt., Co. G.
John Tairbaun, end. January, 1864, 20th Regt., Co. K ; lost an eye.
John L. Todd, druni sergt., eul. Nov. 17, 1862, 102d Regt., Co. B; re-enl. Jin. 1, 1664, for three years.
Cyrus Lynch, enl. July 10, 1864, 95th Regt., Co. A ; wounded at Hatcher's Kun, 1861 ; died of wounds June 5, 1805.
Dyer Hinkley, enl. Nov. 19, 1861, 102d Regt., Co. B.
John Eighmey, ent. Nov. 6, 1861, 1024 Regt., Co. B; died Ang. 16, 1862, at Cedar Mountain.
James McAdams, enl. Nov. 5, 1801, 102d Regt., Co. B; re-enlisted.
James T. Kermode, Penna. Regt.
Wmn. Il. Barubart, ent. Nov. 1, 1861, 56th Regt .; re-enl. February. 1801.
Amos S. Barnhart, enl. May 13, 1861, 28th Regt. ; re-ent. September, 1863, 12th Cav .; pro. to sorgt.
James R. Grospent, ent. Ang. 31, 1864, 46th Regt
Orin B. Maynard, enl. October, ISG1, 8th Art., Rag. Army; re-end. Oct. 21, 1804.
Leroy Bussy, en !. October, 1861, 8th Art. ; re-enl. December, 1863.
John Lynch, eul. Ang. 22, 1861, 30 Cav.
Geo. H. Gavitt, enl. November, 1861, 102d Regt., Co. B; pro. to sergt .; wounded; re-enlisted.
Newolf Andras, end. Jan. 1, Iso1, 24 Conn. Art. ; die soon after the war.
John B. Gavitt, enl. Dec. 31, 1863, 2d Coan. Art,
A-aurl Shaver, ent. December, 1861, 50th Rogt. ; re.rul. February, 1561.
Irie Lingre, ent. Sept. 26, 1862, 144th Regt.
Goo. B. Highmy, ent. Any. 5, 1501, 56th liegt .; re-enlisted ; pro. to corp., with Cav., Co. MI ; disch. for injury.
Lackson Scudder, corp., enl. Nov. 3, 1861, Sth Art. ; pro. to ser;t. ; re-enlistedl. Edward Newton, ent. Jan. 20, 1864, 25th Cav.
James II. Stanton, enl. Jan. 4, 1561, 2uth N. Y. Regt.
Colonel A. Barnhart, ent sept. 5, 1565, 55th Penna. Regt.
Cornelius B. Delemater, enl. Aug. 15, 1802, 114th Regt. ; died Oct. 10, 1-07, at Folly Island.
W'in. Every, ent. F.b. 20, 1564, 20th Regt. ; died Oct. 10, 1864, at City Point, Va. ; brought home for burial.
Robert D. Utter, ent. Jan. 25, 1-61, 20th Regt. ; died April 13, 1561, at Bondout ; brought home for bari .l.
Marcus A, Marks, ent Jan. 5, 18G1, 20th Regt. ; died June 5, 1501, at Alex in- dria. Va.
Alex. Covell, enl. Sept. 28, 1863, 45th Regt .; died Ang. 27, 1ºC1, at Iavil's Island ; wounded June 1, Isiil.
Orin Day Shaw, enl. Jan. 3, Iste, Both Rest. ; died March 11, 15Gh, at Now !w.r. Robert Dimond, ent. September, 161 ; di -d 15te, in the vicinity of Washington, D. C., of wounds received at second Bull Run.
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DENNING.
I .- SITUATION, BOUNDARIES, AREA, TITLE.
THE town of Denning lies in the western part of the county, touching Delaware County upon the southwest. As in the case of other towns in this vicinity, its boundaries cannot be very clearly stated by the four cardinal points of the compass. They may be given as follows: Northwest by the town of Hardenburgh; northeast by the town of Shandaken ; southeast by the towns of Olive and Rochester ; southwest by the town of Wawarsing and the county line of Sullivan. The area, as given in the eensus of 1875, is 64,050 acres. Of this, 4800 are classed as improved land, and 59,250 acres as unimproved. Of the unimproved, 14,234 aeres are stated as woodland, leaving 45,016 acres to be considered as " other unimproved" laud. Whatever the compilers of the State eensus may have intended by this term, it is evident that it may apply to rocky, waste, and comparatively worthless land.
For convenience of reference we insert here the following paragraph from the act of incorporation :
" All that part of the town of Sbandaken in the county of Ulster lying within the following bounds,-viz., beginning at a point where the south line of great lot No. 6 of the Hardenburgh patent intersects the town of Rochester, and running thenee along the said line to the corner of the town of Olive; thence along the line of the towns of Olive and Sbandaken to the centre of great lot No. 7, in the Harden- burgh patent ; thenec along a line as run by William Cockburn in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, north fifty-one degrees forty minutes west about fourteen and a half miles, to the northeast corner of Darling's survey of fifty-five lots; thence along the east line of said fifty-five lots south fifty-eight degrees twenty minutes west, to the southeast corner of lot fifty-five in said tract of fifty-five lots; thence along the Balsam Swamp or Lake to the north- west corner of the Connecticut traet, in great lot No. 6, in the Harden- burgh patent; thence along the west bounds of said traet to the county lines of Ui-ter and Sullivan: bence along said line south- easterly fifteen miles and seventy chains to the place of beginning, -- is hereby erected into a separate town by the name of Denning."- Loves of 1819, chapter 13 ; also Revised Statutes, vol. i. pago 223.
The above description of Denning is to be modified by the terms of the aet ereeting Har lenburgh, as stated in the chapter upon that town, no revision of the statutes having taken place so as to express in legal form the present boundaries of Denning.
II .- NATURAL FEATURES.
A spur of the Catskill Mountains extends through this town with an average elevation of 1500 to 2000 feet. The surface is broken, and there is a charming variety of moun- tain scenery, towering heights, deep ravines, and deuse forests, all combining to form landscapes of great beauty. The town is drained from the northeast to the southwest. Through the eastern part flows the Rondout Creek, with one principal tributary, known as East Branch. Farther west are the two branches of the Neversink River, that
unite just beyond the line of the county. The west branch has several tributaries,-Fall Brook, High Fall Brook, Pigeon Brook, Biscuit Brook. The east branch is also supplied by several rivulets. There are large tracts in this town unsettled and unsubdued.
Settlements are mostly confined to the valleys, and these in many places are narrow, walled in by steep and rocky hillsides. The heights in Denning, on the authority of Prof. Guyot's latest measurements, are-Peakamoose, 3575 feet ; Table Mountain, 3865 ; Dominie Hammond's House, 1945.
III .- EARLY SETTLEMENT.
Denning is one of the most recently settled towns of Ulster County. The three principal valleys began to at- tract the attention of lumbermen and those engaged in tanning perhaps fifty years ago. Hunters had roamed over the hills and through the ravines in search of game, but no one located there until long after the other portions of Ulster County had been settled.
It is usually stated, and probably correctly, that Anthony Schwab was the first settler of Denning, and that he located on Read Ilill in 1841. Vet a saw-mill is said to have been erected in 1827. If so, it was probably near the boundary line of Sullivan County, and could hardly be called a settle- ment of this township.
The first tannery was built by John W. Smith in 1849. A saw mill had been built by bim some years earlier. De Witt & Reynolds established a tanvery at Dewittville, and the place takes its name from that fact. SAM ...
Other settlers were Harvey W. Hoyt, Anthony Schwab, Michael Schweb, John Scott, Charles Rhodes, Jacob Rose- krans, John W. Smith, Cornelius Bevier, Peter T. Bush, Nathan Sheely, Henry J. Whipple, James . Evans, Nathan Kogons, Albert Van Dover, Jaunies Johnson, Abraham P. Witt, John De Witt, Herman Depew, Abram Van Buskirk, Bradford D. Donaldson, Ezra S. Bliss, Cornelius Drew, Conrad Bevier, and Hiram Depew.
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