Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 75

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410

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was finally abandoned. This project, however, started about 1873 the agitation of the Syracuse, Phoenix & Oswego Railroad, the present Phoenix branch of the R., W. & O., but it was not until 1885 that the road was completed. The first train ran over it on September 7 of that year. To aid in constructing the route the town was bonded for $50,- 000, and Phoenix village for $20,000. Of these sums, $9,500 have been paid by the town. The railroad commissioners are A. W. Hawks, F. M. Breed and A. D. Merry.

Supervisors' statistics for 1894 : Assessed valuation of real estate, $1,280,102; equal- ized $1,226,416 ; personal property, $38,600; value of railroads, 13.17 miles, $118,344 ; town tax, $5,445.88 ; county tax, $7,084.09; total tax levy, $15,168.89 ; dog tax, $206; ratio of tax on $100, $1.75. There are three election districts in town, in which 738 votes were cast in November, 1894. The town audits for the year aggregated $1,223.08.

The first school in Schroeppel, as previously noted, was taught at Three River Point by Horatio Sweet in 1813. The first school at Gilbert's Mills was taught by Sophronia Spafford in 1821 ; the first at Oak Orchard in an upper room of H. W. Schroeppel's house by Phebe Howe in 1825; and the first at Pennellville in a log house on lot II by Ezra Tyler in 1834. The first school house in Phoenix was built in the forks of what are now Main and Volney streets, whence it was moved to the corner of Jefferson and Culvert streets. It was torn down in May, 1871. The first teacher in it was Elvira Knapp (afterward Mrs. Thomas R. Hawley), who died in March, 1856. In 1860 there were sixteen school districts in town. April 19, 1865, the Phoenix Free School District, comprising the whole of old district No. 12, was formed and the following were the first Board of Education : Enoch S. Brooks, Alfred Morton, J. N. Gillis, Edmund Merry, M. S. Cushman and Governeur M. Sweet. M. M. Carter was chosen clerk. The first prin- cipal was William B. Howard. His successors have been B. F. Stanley, B. G. Clapp, A. J. Robb, Robert Simpson, D. A. Preston, and Albert W, Dyke, incumbent. The academic department was organized and accepted by the Regents November 23, 1875, under the name of the Phoenix Union School and Academy. The first librarian was Samuel C. Putnam, who was succeeded by his widow. The school house, a commodious brick structure three stories high, was erected soon after the organization was effected. In 1883 a brick addition was built on

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the rear at a cost of about $5 000. The school property, including furniture, apparatus, etc., is valued at $17,600 ; the average attendance during 1893-94 was 397. Eleven teachers besides the principal are employed. The Board of Education for 1894-95 consists of

J. E. Hamill, M. D., president ; N. J. Pendergast, C. F. Loomis, H. S. Van Wormer, E. H. Hastings, and M. C. Murgittroyd ; F. M. Pierce, secretary ; A. W. Hawks, treas- urer.

The town has sixteen school districts with a school house in each, in which twenty-seven teachers were employed and 713 children were taught during the year 1892-3. The school buildings and sites are valued at $21,715 ; assessed valuation of districts, $1,369, 107 ; public money received from the State, $3,649.44; raised by local tax, $4,629.84. The various districts are designated as follows: No. I, Stewart's Corners; 2, Sand Ridge ; 3, Cable Corners ; 4, Love; 5, Gil- bert's Mills ; 6, Roosevelt; 7, Pennellville ; 8, Brick School House ; 9, Milton Butts ; 10, Woodchuck Hill; 1I, Swamp; 12, Phoenix ; 13, Schroeppel ; 14, Ellis; 15, Carrier ; 16, White School House.

Many of the early burials were made on private property in various parts of the town, but as soon as settlements had increased sufficiently cemeteries were established. About 1830 Mrs. Richard Pennell donated a site for a public burying ground about half a mile from Pennellville, and a few years later a plat was laid out for the Pennell and Schroeppel families in the rear thereof and on the brow of the hill which slopes down to the little lake called by the Indians Ah-in- ah-ta-na- ga-nus, signifying "big fish water." Thither the remains of her father, George Casper Schroeppel, were removed from Trinity church yard, New York, and a beech tree marks his grave. Henry W. Schroeppel, her brother, died in 1858, aged sixty ; Dr. Richard Pennell, her husband, in 1861, aged sixty-five; and she in 1867, aged sixty. The Phoenix Rural Cemetery Association was incorporated April 27, 1863, with these officers, who constituted the board of trustees : M. S. Cushman, president ; D. D. McKoon, secretary ; Oliver Breed, Charles W. Candee, William Leslie, G. G. Breed, Edmund Merry, Amasa P. Hart, Davis Conger, Governeur M. Sweet, Samuel Avery, and William Hart. A little more than three acres were purchased from G. M. Sweet, and 94

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later about four acres were bought of Ephraim Maxfield, making the present grounds nearly eight acres.

Phoenix village .- In 1653 Simon Le Moyne, the French missionary, writes in his journal : " Finally, a good league lower down [from what is now Three River Point], we meet a rapid, which gives the name to a village of fishermen. I found there some of our Christians whom I had not seen." Many years afterward the Paddocks and Aaron Gilbert (who settled in Lysander opposite Phoenix in 1818) discovered evidences of a burying ground, indicating that a settlement existed on either side of the river at this point more than two centuries ago.

The village is pleasantly and advantageously situated about two miles below Three River Point, on the southwest border of the town, and in early days was known as Three River Rifts. In 1828 it received its present name from Alexander Phoenix, who purchased what is now known as the Phoenix patent from Ezra L'Hommedieu, the original proprietor. In 1836 it was laid out into village lots. The first settler, Abram Paddock, the first tavern and frame building of Simeon S. Chapin, the first saw mill of Walter Peck, have already been noted. In 1828 Walter Peck opened the first store in a building, since remodeled, now standing near the river bridge and occupied by Eugene Russ. The same year Seth W. Burke became the first blacksmith, manufacturing edged tools, and in 1829-30, as agent for Alexander Phoenix, he built the first grist mill. Charles S. Sweet was a clerk for Walter Peck. In 1832 he started mercantile business near the lock and finally sold out to Oliver Breed and Orange Chappel. The hard times of 1836 found some here unprepared for a financial depression, and among them was Seth W. Burke, who had embarked in extensive real estate transactions, and at one time owned considerable land within the present corporate limits. He lost all, studied law and was admitted to practice, went to California in 1851, and died there in 1871. In 1837 Charles S. Sweet erected a store on the site of H. G. Vickery's establishment, and about this time Joshua M. Rice had a store where that of F. A. Carter now stands. Mr. Rice also built the present residence of Harvey Wandell. In 1835 Hezekiah Barnes acquired the ownership of the grist mill erected by Burke, the entire water-power on this side of the river, and about the same time a large part of the village site. Marshall and

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Wilburn Hale had a store on the canal on Lock street, and also a boat building establishment. E. G. Hutchinson, their clerk and overseer, afterward engaged in trade and milling, and became wealthy. His brother J. C. was for a time his partner. E. F. Gould had a heading mill on the site of the old casket factory, and later became interested in mercantile business.

The following item, though intended as a contemporary description of the whole town, applies more directly to the village of Phoenix, and is taken from " Historical Collections of the State of New York," pub- lished in 1846 :

Schroeppel, taken from Volney, in 1832; from Oswego centrally distant southeast twenty-one miles. Phoenix, about eighteen miles from Oswego, is a thriving village recently built, having two churches and about fifty dwellings, on the Oswego River and canal. Roosevelt is a post-office. Population, 2,198.

The village was incorporated in 1848 and the first election was held in March of that year, but the records prior to 1863 have been burned and it is impossible to give the names of the earlier officers. The char- ter was amended May 6, 1868, and the corporate limits enlarged.

The act directed that the charter election should be held on the first Tuesday in March, 1869, at the house of N. C. Alvord. The presidents since 1863 have been as follows :

William Waite, 1863; Adoniram Hart, 1864; Hiram Fox, 1865; Samuel Avery, 1866 ; Rufus Diefendorf, 1867-68; Niles Streever, 1869; Henry H. Smitlı, 1870; Rufus Dief- endorf, 1871; Niles Streever, 1872; Dr. John E. Hamill, 1873: E. J. Vickery, 1874 ; Dr. John E. Hamill, 1875; Martin Wendell, 1876; Dr. J. E. Hamill, 1877; W. H. Allen, 1878-79: N. J. Pendergast, 1880-82 ; S. A. Brooks, 1883 ; Prosper Tracy, 1884 ; George C. Withers, 1885; J. M. Willianis, 1886; Dr. J. E. Hamill, 1887; F. M. Breed, 1888; Dr. J. E. Hamill, 1889; F. K. Avery, 1890-91; F. M. Breed, 1892-93; H. G. Vickery, 1894: A. B. Merriam, 1895. The treasurer is Erastus C. Scott.

In February, 1850, the tannery of Hart & Bentley was burned, but was speedily rebuilt. In October, 1859, the Syracuse and Phoenix steamboat line, formerly owned by A. P. Hart & Co., passed into the possession of Snediker & Smith. At this period boating was an im- portant factor in the commercial and business life of the village, and boat building had assumed extensive proportions. Boat yards sprang into existence along the canal and flourished for many years. In 1872 there were five in operation, owned respectively by Harwick & Breed,

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Joseph Gilbert, Merry & Breed, E. J. Vickery, and Betts & Pierce, which turned out during that year fifteen new boats and rebuilt and repaired many others Among the merchants at this time were Gov- erneur M. Sweet, from 1850 to 1865; John C. Hutchinson, since 1866; and Ralph O. Barnes, in the old Hutchinson building. The first drug store was opened by Drs. Davis Conger and C. M. Lee. Seth W. Alvord was a harnessmaker here from 1837 to 1877, and died July 30, 1894. In September, 1870, A. P. Hart's tannery was burned. In 1871 the Windsor Hotel was rebuilt by N. C. Alvord. It was partially destroyed by fire December 21, 1894. Two earlier occupants of this house, the first of whom was the original builder, were James B. Richardson and Adin Breed. Another tavern formerly occupied the site of the present Baptist church, being torn down in 1878 to make room for that edifice.

The grist mill erected by Seth W. Burke, and purchased in 1835 by Hezekiah Barnes, and for many years known as the " old red mill," was owned at various times by the following persons : Job C. Conger, November 14, 1837; William Conger, one-half interest, in 1841; Rensselaer Northrup, one fourth interest, and Solomon Judd, same portion, in 1843; Oliver Breed, one-half interest, in 1853; Joseph Breed, one-third interest, in 1856; William Sprague, one-third interest, in 1858 ; Joseph G. Glass bought Sprague's interest in 1860; Edwin P. Hopkins purchased Joseph Breed's portion in 1863; and Charles J. Glass acquired the latter's interest in 1867. In the fall of that year the mill was burned. It was rebuilt in 1868 by Glass, Breed & Co., the present proprietors, uses the full roller process, and has a capacity of 200 barrels of flour daily. A grist mill was built by Pliny F. Conger in 1858, and immediately thereafter he formed a partnership with Edmund Merry. Later G. G. Breed became part owner, and in 1866 the estab- lishment was purchased by H. Wetherbee & Co., who rebuilt it after it was burned in 1867 and continued as proprietors until July, 1876, when they assigned. Amasa P. Hart & Co. then leased the property, which subsequently passed to Payne Bigelow, of Baldwinsville. In May, 1881, Pierce & Breed purchased it, and in November, 1883, N. J. Pendergast acquired Breed's interest and the firm became Pierce & Pendergast. In 1863 Ira Gould built the Oswego River cheese factory,

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and in 1868 sold it to Hart & Carrier, who were succeeded in 1875 by Kimball & Martin. The present proprietor is A. B. Merriam. In 1868 A. W. Sweet established the Phoenix Coffin and Casket Works, and in 1872 G. M. Sweet became his partner, but subsequently retired. The factory was finally discontinued and in 1891 converted into a paper mill by Frank Dilts, of Fulton.

The planing and lumber business of J. H. Loomis & Sons was started by J. H. Loomis and Joseph Gilbert in 1865 as J. H. Loomis & Co. Mr. Loomis subsequently became sole owner, and about 1870 admitted his son Judson W. as partner. In 1880 another son, Charles F., was admitted under the firm name of J. H. Loomis & Sons. He died Jan- uary 5, 1894. From twelve to twenty men are employed. Indirectly connected with this business is that of the Phoenix Sliding Blind Com- pany, which was incorporated in March, 1894, with a capital of $10,000, and with these officers : C. F. Loomis, president; F. F. Wright (de- ceased), secretary ; J. W. Loomis, treasurer. They employ about forty hands and manufacture sliding blinds, veneer doors, and interior trim- mings.

The Phoenix Bank was incorporated under the State law March I, 1869, by

Samuel Avery, president; E. G. Hutchinson, vice-president; Edmund Merry, cashier ; Milton T. Butts, Joseph Gilbert, H. T. Sweet, Moses Wood, G. G. Breed, Amasa P. Hart, S O. Howard, Ephraim C. Fitzgeralds, Calvin Youmans, H. H. Smith, Davis Conger, J. H. Loomis, Elmanson Chesebro, R. A. Pritchard, Rufus and J. H. I. Diefendorf, Moses Melvin, Adoniram Hart. J. S. Pierce, Enoch S. Brooks, E. J. Vickery, J. L. Breed, Samuel Merry, N. P. Eno, Levi Carrier, Martin Chesebro, Ira Betts, Samuel Flynn, and S. M. Parsons.

The bank ultimately had a paid-up capital of $100,000. January 13, 1874, Samuel Avery resigned as president and G. G. Breed was elected. He served until his death in December, 1879, and on January 13, 1880, E. G. Hutchinson was chosen president and M. T. Butts vice-president. January II, 1887, Amos Dean was elected president and on January 14, 1890, A. W. Hawks was chosen vice-president. Mr. Dean died in December, 1893, and on January 23, 1894, A. D. Merry became presi- dent. October 31, 1894, the bank was re-organized, and the following officers were elected, all being re elected January 9, 1895 :

C. W. Avery, president; C. E. Hutchinson, vice-president; A. W. Hawks, cashier ;

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E. G. Hutchinson, assistant cashier ; directors, C.W. Avery, J. C. Hutchinson, Mrs. Libbie Tracy, C. E. Hutchinson, A. W. Hawks, E. G. Hutchinson, and J. E. Hamill. The cap- ital stock is $35,000.

The first newspaper, the weekly Phoenix Gazette, was started in 1850 by Jerome Duke, who took in as partner and finally sold out to George E. Williams. In 1853 the latter moved the paper to Fulton and changed its name to the Oswego County Gazette. The Phoenix Democrat was started by an association of Democratic citizens in No- vember, 1852. After repeated assessments to sustain it the stock- holders sold out to Capt. Amasa P. Hart, who, in 1854, disposed of the paper to James H. Fields In 1855 the name was changed to the Phoenix Banner, and a few months later to the American Banner and Oswego County Times. Before the end of the year its publication was discontinued. In 1856 it was revived by Mary Frances Tucker Tyler as the American Banner and Literary Gem and eight months later passed to Levi Murrill, who changed the name to the American Ban- ner. It ceased publication in 1857. Early in 1858 the material was used by Joshua M. Williams for the Phoenix Reporter, which soon be- came the property of Dr. M. M. Carter, who enlarged it, changed its name in 1865 to the Phoenix Register, and sold it February 17, 1870, to J. M. Williams, the present editor and proprietor. Mr. Williams is one of the oldest journalists in the county. He is an able writer, a prom . inent and influential citizen, and has held several positions of trust, having been postmaster, village president, etc. The Register is Re- publican in politics, and ably and conscientiously represents the best interests of the village and surrounding country. The latest news- paper venture was the Phoenix Chronicle, which was started by John Harrison, sr., John Harrison, jr., and C. C. Harrison in July, 1885. It was continued by them with more or less regularity until March, 1892, when it ceased publication.

Prominent among the more recent manufacturing and other enter- prises in the village the following may be mentioned: The Phoenix Knife Company was originally organized in 1880 as the Central City Knife Company with these officers: C. W. Avery, president ; B. G. Clapp, vice-president ; J. I. Van Doren, secretary ; A. W. Hawks, treasurer. Business was carried on across the river until 1887, when J. I. Van Doren erected the present- plant. In 1892 the organization

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of the Phoenix Knife Company was effected with H. C. Breed, presi- dent ; H. A. Dygert, vice president; J. I. Van Doren, secretary ; and Edmund Merry, treasurer. As many as 100 hands have been em- ployed. The present officers are : A. E. Russ, president ; S. B. Bab- cock, vice president ; J. C. Hutchinson, treasurer ; A. D. Merry, secretary. The Phoenix Electric Light Company was started as a private enterprise by J. I. Van Doren in May, 1887, the present plant having been completed in 1886-7. The company was incorporated in 1888 with a capital of $20,000 and with the following officers and trustees : Edward P. Bates, president ; G. L. Van Doren, vice presi- dent; Van R. Sweet, secretary; J. I. Van Doren, treasurer. August 22, 1887, as the result of a special election held August 19, the village trustees granted a franchise to A. J. Belden, R. B. True, J. I. and G. L. Van Doren, L. J. Carrier, Ralph G. Barnes, and Van R. Sweet to con- struct a system of water works. An organization was effected that year under the name of the Phoenix Water Company with J. I. Van Doren, president ; L. J. Carrier, vice-president ; and Van R. Sweet, secretary and treasurer. The capital was $40,000. A large well was sunk and a stand-pipe erected, and the system was put in operation in 1888, water being pumped from the river above the dam. The Phoenix Hardware Manufacturing Company, originally started in Syracuse, and was moved here in 1888, the name at that time being the Moore & Barnes Company. In 1890 it was changed to the Barnes Manufactur- ing Company with a capital of $30,000, and in 1894 a receiver was appointed. In March, 1895, the present concern was incorporated with $20,000 capital. In 1892 the foundry of John O'Brien and the table works of L. S. Wilson were established; in June, 1894, the Syracuse Storage Battery Company was organized with a capital of $300,000 ; and recently the Phoenix Hot Water Heater Company has been successfully started. The Chiquita paper mill, the saw mill of A. P. Hart, Kimball's cider mill, and the Smith Murgittroyd machine shop were burned July 23, 1894.

The first record of a fire department occurs in January, 1852, when Enterprise Hose Company No. I was organized with Thomas Freeborn, chief; T. J. Davis, fireman ; O. H. Smith, first assistant ; E. Conger, second assistant; and Jerome Duke, secrectary. In 1867 the Eagle

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Hose was formed from Company No. I, but subsequently the two were reunited. On September 3, 1879, the Van Doren Hose was organized, and on May 16, 1881, it was voted to raise $1,500 for the erection of a new engine house, which was not completed, however, until 1886. The present department, known as the Enterprise Fire Company, con- sists of thirty members divided into two hose companies. The officers are W. H. Warner, president ; F. H. Hooker, secretary ; H. C. Breed, treasurer ; Charles K. Williams, chief engineer ; A. M. Burgess, first assistant ; and D. R. Thompson, second assistant. The village possesses an adequate sewerage system, most of which was constructed during the year 1886.

The Phoenix post-office was established January 29, 1830, with Seth W. Burke as postmaster. His successors have been :

Joshua M. Rice, appointed July 3, 1841; Joseph R. Brown, December 19, 1844; Edward Baxter, December 14, 1848; Joshua M. Rice, June 9, 1849; Wilburn Hale, May 16, 1853; Uziah Conger, May 21, 1855; Andrew Baird, December 14, 1855; Francis David, June 2, 1856; Joseph Hanchett, March 12, 1861; Davis Conger, May 10, 1869 ; C. E. Hutchinson, November 28, 1871; H. A. Dygert, April 21, 1874 ; Fred W. Alvord, September 21, 1885; J. M. Williams, June 21, 1889; and Frank K. Avery, February 21, 1895, incumbent. In 1860 the village had 1,164 inhabitants. In 1880 its population was 1,312, and in 1890, 1,466.

Gilbert's Mills, so named in honor of the Gilbert family, is a post village situated on great lots II and 25 in the sixteenth township of Scriba's Patent. The first settler was Archibald Cook in 1818. In 1819 Andrus and Hiram Gilbert came and in that year erected a grist mill. In 1820 Andrus Gilbert opened the first store and in 1822 took Samuel Merry into partnership. The first birth was that of E. S. Cook and the first marriage occurred in 1820, the contracting parties being Alanson Bradley and Mary Hubbard. The first death was that of one Taylor in 1821. Among other pioneers in the vicinity were Dea. G. W. Turner, Hyman Sutton, Josiah Chaffee, Samuel Allen, Mr. Carver, Stephen Griffith, a Mr. Brownell, Patten Parker, and Ezekiel Gardner. The Gilberts also built a saw mill at this place at an early day, which was a very large affair for the time. The grist mill, which stood on Peter Scott's Creek, was burned in 1848 ; it was rebuilt and is still in operation. The post-office was established April 12, 1847, with Andrus Gilbert as postmaster ; his successors have been E. S. Cook, appointed

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June 22, 1849 ; Thomas I. Putnam, October 8, 1853 ; Stephen Griffith, January 31, 1855 ; P. S. Fuller, December 28, 1858 ; Stephen Griffith, May 30, 1862; and S. P. Mason, June 21, 1875, incumbent. Blynn Tyler also held the office for a time. Mr. Mason has been a merchant here since 1872. In 1864 Capt. E. S. Cook inaugurated the business of boring for salt, which created no little excitement in the place. A well was sunk to the depth of 340 feet, a strong brine was obtained, and six kettles were built into an arch for manufacturing salt. In 1870-71 a salt well was developed from an ancient deer lick. The business proved unprofitable and was soon abandoned. The place now contains about 200 inhabitants and the usual complement of stores, shops, artisans, etc.

Pennellville, a postal village and station on the N. Y. O. & W. (Midland) Railroad in the north part of the town, derives its name from Dr. Rich- ard Pennell, of New York, whose wife was a daughter of George Casper Schroeppel, previously mentioned. Among the early settlers in and around the place were Stephen Sutton and a Mr. Burritt in 1819, Lu- man Norton on lot 6 in 1820, Artemas Ross in 1822, David and Daniel Perry in 1824, John and Robert Parker in 1835, and Z. P. Sears and Reuben Sutton. In 1833, Dr. Pennell, through his agent, Lauren Sey- mour, built a saw mill on Fish Creek, which he sold in the spring of 1836 to Hugh Gregg, who came here from Onondaga county in 1833. R. S. Gregg moved in from Scriba about the same time and opened the first tavern. The post-office was established prior to 1866; the first postmaster was Ambrose Gregg, who served in that position many years, and was followed by Amos B. Sherwood and the present incum- bent, Mortimer Stevens. The place contains about 225 inhabitants.

Hinmansville is a postal hamlet on the Oswego River about two and one-half miles below Phoenix in the west part of the town. The first set- tler was John F. Withey, who came from Vermont and built a log house near the bridge. The first frame dwelling, which occupied a site between the canal and river, was erected by Benjamin F. Sweet in 1827, and the first house east of the canal was that of Moses Withey in 1831. About 1827 John E. Hinman, of Utica, conceived the idea of founding a village here and caused buildings to be erected with that purpose in view. His wife was one of the Schroeppel heirs, and from

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him the place derived its name. She caused the erection of a church, and contributed to the building and maintenance of a school house, but both have long since disappeared. Out of the high bank at the head of Horseshoe rifts, a spring, called by the Indians Te-tung sat-a-yagh, meaning " a deep spring," formerly issued, but it has disappeared since the construction of the canal. Tradition asserts that its existence was due to a subterranean water course, which began at a bend in the river, called " Fiddler's Elbow," half a mile above. The village at one time was a popular stopping place for canal boats and other craft, and owed its existence largely to this fact. Among boatmen it long bore the name of Horseshoe Rifts. In 1860 it contained twenty-five houses. Its present population numbers about 150. The postmaster is William H. Keller, who succeeded Laura W. Fralick.

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Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 75

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1410

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410