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Ballston was named in honor of Rev. Eliphalet Ball, and was orig- inally called Ball's Town. In 1775 the district of Ballston was formed from Saratoga. In 1785 it became a town of Albany county, and in-
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cluded (as it also did as a district) the present towns of Ballston, Mil- ton, Charlton, Galway, Providence, Edinburgh and a part of Green- field. Charlton, Milton and Galway were set off in 1792. The records of the district from 1775 to 1778 are not in existence, as far as can be learned. The first known are those of 1779, in which year these officers were chosen :
Supervisor, James Gordon; clerk, Beriah Palmer; collector, Dr. Elisha Miller; assessors, Captain Elisha Benedict, Jabez Patchin, John Rogers, Beriah Palmer, jr., John Taylor; constables, Isaac Stow, Daniel Taylor ; fence viewers, Lieutenant John Ball, Lieutenant Nathaniel Weed; overseers of the poor, Hezekiah Middlebrook, Jabez Hubbell; pathmasters, Nathaniel Weed, Jabez Hubbell, Elisha Benedict, Ja- bez Patchin, James Adams, Sunderland Sears, Nathan Raymond, Isaac Stow.
Following is a list of the supervisors of Ballston since 1779:
1779-80, James Gordon ; 1781-83, none elected, on account of the war; 1784, Uriah Benedict; 1785, Andrew Mitchell; 1786, Benjamin Andrews; 1787-89, James Gordon ; 1790-91, Beriah Palmer; 1792, Uriah Benedict; 1793, Seth C. Baldwin; 1794-96, Ed- ward A. Watrous; 1797, Jabez Davis; 1798, Henry Walton; 1799, Beriah Palmer; 1800, Seth C. Baldwin; 1801, John McCrea; 1802-04, Nathaniel Booth; 1805-08, Sam- uel McCrea; 1809-10, Samuel Young; 1811, Ebenezer S. Coon; 1812-13, Samuel Young; 1814, Abijah Hubbell; 1815, S. D. Hollister; 1816-23, James McCrea; 1824- 35, Jesse Robertson ; 1836-37, Anson Seeley; 1838, William G. Verplanck; 1839, An- son Seeley ; 1840-41, Anson Buell; 1842-43, William H. Satterlee; 1844, Stephen Mer- chant; 1845, Anson Buell; 1846-48, Cady Hollister; 1849, Anson Seeley; 1850, John P. Roe; 1851, Henry P. Woolley; 1852, William H. Wendell; 1853-54, Abel Meeker; 1855, John P. Roe; 1856-57, John Vibbard; 1858-59, John Wait; 1860-80, George G. Scott; 1881-90, Robert O. Davis; 1891, George L. Thompson; 1892-93, Robert O. Davis; 1894-97, Douw F. Winney ; 1898, George C. Valentine.
TOWN OF MALTA.
The town of Malta is bounded on the north by Saratoga Springs, on the east by Stillwater, on the south by Clifton Park and Halfmoon, and on the west by Ballston and Milton. Its surface is chiefly undulat- ing. The Kayaderosseras creek forms a part of the northern bound- ary. The Mourning kill passes through the northwestern corner of the town. The outlet of Ballston lake flows southeasterly through the northwestern part and empties into Round lake. Anthony's kill, the outlet of Round lake, flows easterly. These are the principal streams in the town. A portion of Saratoga lakc occupies the northeastern corner of Malta, and Round lake lies in the extreme southern part of the town. The Delaware & Hudson Railroad enters the town at Round Lake and passes in a northwesterly direction to East Line, thence northward.
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The first settlements in Malta were made by two men named Drum- mond and McKelpin, who located on the west shore of Saratoga lake. John Hunter and Ashbel Andrews located near Round lake about 1764. Michael Dunning settled at Dunning Street about 1771 and opened a tavern. Samuel Smith had an early tavern at East Line.
Malta was formed from Stillwater March 3, 1802. A portion of Saratoga was added March 28, 1805. The first town meeting was held at the house of Michael Dunning, jr., April 6, 1802, when these officers were elected :
Supervisor, Samuel Clark; clerk, Ashbel Andrews, jr .; assessors, Joseph Rock- well, Luther Landon, Dean Chase; commissioners of highways, Abraham Valen- tine, Ebenezer Dibble, Uriah Hawkins; overseers of the poor, William Dunning, Samuel Gates; constables, Pontius Hooper, Eleazer Millard, jr. ; collector, Pontius Hooper; overseers of highways, Obadiah Tompkins, Elisha Wood, Samuel Gregory, David Keeler, Reuben Doolittle, Jesse How, Cornelius Abeel, Stephen Ireland, Tim- othy Shipman; fence-viewers, Obadiah Mather, Robert Hunter; pound-keeper, William Dunning.
The following have been supervisors of the town :
1802, Samuel Clark; 1803, Samuel Clark, jr .; 1804-1812, Ashbel Andrews, jr, ; 1813- 1818, John Dunning; 1819-1822, Palmer Cady; 1823-1826, Dennis Marvin; 1827, Samuel Hunter; 1828-1830, Palmer Cady; 1831-1832, Gould Morehouse; 1833-1835, Timothy Tripp; 1836, Gould Morehouse; 1837, Timothy Tripp; 1838, George Rog- ers; 1839, Robert Hunter; 1840, Timothy Tripp; 1841, David Coggeshall; 1842, George Burr; 1843, George Burr (held over; no choice at election); 1844, Oliver P. Raymond; 1845, Samuel A. Doughty; 1846, Lewis J. Fish; 1847, William A. Colla- mer; 1848, David Rowley; 1849, James Van Hyning; 1850, George Rogers; 1851, John M. Olmstead; 1852, George Rogers; 1853, Peters Sickler; 1854, Robert K. Lan- don; 1855, William D. Marvin; 1856, David Rowley; 1857, James Tripp; 1858-1859, Henry Van Hyning; 1860, James Tripp; 1861-1862, A. Bentley ; 1863, Peters Sickler; 1864-1865, James Tripp; 1866, Charles Rogers; 186;, Robert K. Landon; 1868-1872, Henry Van Hyning; 1873-1874, William A. Collamer, jr. ; 1875, Thomas Sweet ; 1876- 1879, William A. Collamer, jr. ; 1880-1882, Daniel C. Briggs; 1883, David N. Colla- mer; 1884-1885, George W. Rowley; 1886, William A. Collamer; 1887-1889, James E. Lamb; 1890, Le Grand D. Bardin; 1891-1892, Everett W. Allen; 1893-1897, S. W. Pearse; 1898, Lafayette B. Collamer.
There are no villages in Malta. East Line is a small hamlet in the western boundary of the town. Dunning Street, or Malta, is near the centre. Maltaville is just north of Round lake. Malta Ridge is in the northern part of the town. Round Lake is the principal centre of pop- ulation.
ROUND LAKE.
Round Lake occupies an anomalous position among the residential
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localities of Saratoga county and of New York State. About two hun- dred acres of land, most of which consists of a well kept grove of tall trees, the major portion of which is inclosed on all sides by a fence, contain the colony controlled by an incorporated body known as the Round Lake Association. The grounds lie west of the beautiful sheet of water known as Round lake, three miles in circumference, and are picturesquely situated, being surrounded by sloping hills and woods.
The place is not an incorporated village and probably never will be. come such. It is located in the town of Malta, a little over nineteen miles from Troy, and thirteen miles from Saratoga Springs, on the Delaware & Hudson railroad. The grove, most of the available space in which is filled with summer cottages and substantial residences, some of which were erected at the expense of many thousand dollars, is cut up by picturesque avenues. The west side of the grounds is de- voted to spacious lawns and attractive beds of flowers. In the centre of all is the spacious auditorium, where, in the summer, are held many religious meetings, lectures, preachers' institutes and Sunday school assemblies, and a regular annual musical festival occupying nearly an entire week, in which noted vocalists and orchestras participate. Sev- eral fine hotels are located on the grounds, all but one of which, how- ever, are closed during the winter season. In the northwest corner of the grounds is Griffin Institute, built by Rev. Dr. William Griffin, for many years president of the Round Lake Association. This building is used for the Round Lake academy, a splendidly equipped school which is open all the year. On the edge of the bluff, in the southern part, stands the George West Museum of Art and Archaeology, a handsome and well equipped structure built by the Hon. George West of Ballston Spa, who has served the association as treasurer for many years. Garnsey Hall, Kennedy Hall, and Alumni Hall complete the public and semi-public edifices. The Burnham house, built for hotel pur- poses, came into the hands of the late Dr. Griffin, who directed that it be used as a dormitory for the academy.
In the summer of 1867 Joseph Hillman of Troy interested a number of other prominent Methodist laymen in the project for forming an association to purchase a site for a camp-meeting ground. The present site of Round Lake was finally selected, and September 20 of that year the first meeting of the projectors was held there. May 5, 1868, the State Legislature passed an act constituting Mr. Hillman and his asso- ciates the first trustees of " the Round Lake Camp meeting Association
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of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the Troy Conference."1 The corporation was permitted to possess real estate, not exceeding $150,000 in value, and to derive from its personal property an annual income not exceeding $30,000. At the first meeting of the trustees, May 4, 1868, Joseph Hillman was elected president, Charles W. Pierce vice- president, Edgar O. Howland secretary, and George Bristol treasurer. April 1 following about forty acres of land located on the west side of Round lake was purchased from Rice Hall and John Moore.
The first regular Troy Conference camp-meeting at Round Lake be- gan September 1, 1868, those in attendance living in tents or in wagons. Thirty discourses were delivered during the meeting. The attendance on Sunday, September 6, numbered about eight thousand persons.
In 1869 the work of improving the grounds on an elaborate scale be- gan. More than a thousand young trees were planted along the ave- nues outside the wood and at other points, and thirteen cottages and eight or nine other buildings were erected." July 6 of that year the first meeting of the National Camp meeting Association began, nearly twenty thousand persons being in attendance in one day.
From this time on many improvements and changes were made on the grounds. In 1872 the association granted the privilege of regular summer residence to those who owned or might rent cottages on the grounds, the season being limited to the time from July 1 to October 1. In the spring of 1873 the Delaware and Hudson Canal company built a spacious and attractive passenger station at the western entrance to the grounds. July 15, 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant visited the grounds and attended the first "fraternal camp meeting." He was introduced to the people assembled by Bishop James and was greeted with pro- longed applause. Later in the year the area of the grounds was greatly enlarged by the purchase of sixty five acres of land on the west side of the railroad. Subsequently fifteen acres were added on the north side of the property. Avenues and building lots were laid out on a part of the new purchase.
1 The first trustees named in the act were Joseph Hillman, Gardner Howland, George Bristol, Ephraim D. Waldron, Phineas S. Pettit, Hiram A. Wilson, Roscius R. Kennedy, Edgar O. How- land, William Foote, Levi Weed, Robert N. Newton, Charles W. Pierce, Robert Coburn, James H. Earl, William Dalton, F. D. Hodgemen, Joseph E. King, D. D., Hazen W. Bennett, William McEchron, Jesse Wilson and George L. Clark.
2 The first cottages were built by Joseph Hillman, Troy; F. D. Hodgeman, Fort Edward; A. P. Blood, Ballston Spa; Rev. R. H. Robinson, Ballston Spa; Jacob Travis, Cohoes; James P. Burtis, Mechanicville; R. N. Newton and S. Martin, Albany; Pemble & Wood, Stillwater; Holmes & McEchron, Glens Falls; E. Lockwood, Mechanicville; Sanford Smith, Ballston Spa; Steves & Brown, Troy, and Cicero Barber, Fort Edward.
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On Saturday, July 10, 1875, the work of drilling a mineral well near the southwest corner of Burlington and George avenues was begun, the association having been assured by geologists that mineral water could be obtained by boring through the strata of Hudson river shale. September 11 the drill penetrated a spring at a depth of more than thirteen hundred feet from the surface. When the well had been drilled to the depth of fourteen hundred and three feet and was tubed, an analysis of the water showed that its composition differed little from the water of the Congress spring at Saratoga Springs.1 Some time after the completion of the work a torpedo was exploded in the well, since which time there has been no flow of water.
The first Sunday school assembly held on the grounds began its sessions July 22, 1877. The following year Rev. W. W. Wythe, M. D., the designer of the topographical representation of the land of Pal. estine at Chautauqua, constructed a similar structure on the west side of the lake. The plot was about five hundred feet in length, on a scale of two and a half feet to the mile.2
No meetings, excepting that of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New York State were held on the grounds in 1883 on account of the financial embarrassment of the association by reason of unre- munerative improvements. Affairs were finally adjusted and the meetings were resumed the following year.
Alumni hall, located on the south side of Whitfield avenue, was ded- icated July 18, 1884. The building, a frame structure, cost $1, 900, and the money was contributed by the alumni and the friends of the Round Lake Alumni association. The dedication of the new auditorium took place on Sunday, July 19, 1884, and was in charge of Rev. James P. Newman, D. D. The building, one hundred and four by eighty feet, erected at a cost of $3,152.18, furnishes sittings for two thousand people. The Summer school was established in 1886, the first director being James H. Worman, Ph. D., of Vanderbilt university.
The Round Lake waterworks system was constructed in 1887, the committee in charge of the work consisting of Charles D. Hammond,
1 The sample of water analyzed contained, in one gallon of 231 cubic inches : Chloride of sodium, 394.2943 grains ; chloride of potassium, 9.4363 gr .; bromide of sodium, 1.4716 gr .; iodide of sodium, 1.3152 gr .; fluoride of sodium, trace ; bicarbonate of lithia, 2.7494 gr .; bicarbonate of soda, 48.9871 gr .; bicarbonate of magnesia, 9.7846 gr .; bicarbonate of lime, 13.4457 gr .; bicarbonate of strontia, 1.2038 gr .; bicarbonate of baryta, 0.5520 gr .; bicarbonate of iron, 0.6344 gr .; bicarbonate of manganese, 0.0768 gr .; sulphate of potassa, 1.0275 gr .; phosphate of soda, 0.0228 gr .; biborate of soda, trace ; alumina, 0.0346 gr .; silica, 1.2247 gr .; organic matter, trace ; total, 486.2608 gr.
2 This structure was demolished several years ago.
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M. B. Sherman, Silas Owen, E. A. Hartshorn and the Rev. William Griffin, D. D. A receiving reservoir was constructed east of the supply- ing springs, west of the railroad, and fourteen hydrants were con- veniently erected. The storage tanks had a capacity of 37,000 gallons. The sewerage of the grounds was also satisfactorily accomplished, as no sewage contaminates the water of the lake. A new waterworks system was completed in 1896, and the place is now supplied with the purest of spring water.
The M. B. Sherman Hose company was organized June 18, 1887, by the election of these officers: Charles P. Ide, president; Marshall L. Barnes, vice-president; Charles D. Rogers, secretary ; J. Frank Fellows, treasurer; A. E. Batchelder, captain; Fred A. Converse, first assistant; T. N. Derby, second assistant.
Griffin Institute, built by the Rev. William Griffin, D. D., at an ex- pense of more than $15,000, was completed in the summer of 1887. It has a frontage of eighty six feet and a depth of more than fifty feet.
The George West Museum of Art and Archaeology, the gift of the Hon. George West of Ballston Spa, constructed in 1887, cost the donor $17,000. It contains paintings, statuary, antiquities, curiosities, etc. It is the most conspicuous building on the grounds. Garnsey Hall, built by Mrs. Caroline Garnsey, was erected in 1887 at an expense of $8,000. Kennedy Hall cost $7,500 and was erected in the same year by Mrs. Nancy M. Kennedy.
A library of rapidly increasing proportions was established in 1896 through the efforts of Mrs. William Barker and others.
In 1890 the Regents of the University of the State of New York chartered the Round Lake Summer Institute and subsequently also ex- tended the charter to the Round Lake Academy. The officers of this institute were: . Rev. Dr. William Griffin, president; Hon. George West, treasurer; Rev. B. B. Loomis, Ph. D., D. D., secretary ; J. D. Rogers, registrar and assistant treasurer, and other members of the board of trustees of the association to make twenty-one trustees of the institute. The object of the institute was to carry on a system of sum- mer education in the various branches, secular and religious. The Griffin Institute, West Museum of Art and Archaeology, Garnsey and Kennedy Halls and Alumni Hall are now the property of the Summer Institute, having been deeded to the trustees of the institute.
The late Dr. Griffin, who all through the latter years of his useful life had been giving his fortune to churches and education, left his
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residuary estate to the Round Lake Association for the benefit of the Round Lake Summer Institute. It is doubtful if, anywhere in the country, there can be found an institute which has grown up from its comparatively small beginnings into so broad and varied facility for scattering blessings throughout a large portion of the surrounding country.
The presidents of the Round Lake Camp-meeting association were : May 1, 1868, to April 27, 1881, Joseph Hillman; April 27, 1881, to October 19, 1886, Rev. Rodman H. Robinson, D. D .; November 3, 1886, to July 19, 1887, Rev. William Griffin, D. D July 19, 1887, the name was changed to that of "The Round Lake Association," its pres. ent title. Dr. Griffin became president of the new association, remain - ing as such until his death, March 26, 1898. May 11, 1898, Charles D. Hammond of Albany was elected to succeed him as president. Lewis Gage was superintendent of the association from 1868 to April 1, 1874. On that date he was succeeded by Captain John D. Rogers, who still retains that office, and for years has been secretary and financial secre- tary of the association.
Gradually Round Lake has developed from a small summer colony into a large and prosperous community, with a winter population of from three to four hundred and a summer population averaging 2,000. It contains nearly three hundred residences, some of which were erected at considerable expense. Its future success as a summer resort is assured.
TOWN OF MOREAU.
Moreau is the most northerly town of the county. It is bounded on the north and east by the county line, on the south by Northumberland and Wilton, and on the west by Corinth and the county line. The Re- vised Statutes define the town thus:
The town of Moreau shall contain all that part of said county bounded westerly by Corinth, southerly by Northumberland and Wilton, and northerly and easterly by the bounds of the county.
The precipitous peaks of the Palmertown mountains occupy much of the western section of Moreau, while the central and eastern portions are hilly, with numerous creeks running through picturesque ravines. The southern part is drained by Snoek (or Snook) kill and its tribu- taries. Other small streams flow northerly and easterly into the Hud- son river, which is grandly picturesque at this point. Many rapids and
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falls in this stream afford excellent water power, which has been devel- oped to a remarkable extent. The scenery among the mountains in the western part of the town is magnificent, rivaling the wilder part of the Adirondack mountains, of which these heights are a part. There are numerous small but picturesque lakes and ponds in the town. The Delaware and Hudson railroad crosses the southeastern section of the town from southwest to northeast.
The earliest settlement in town probably was made at South Glens Falls in 1766 by Elijah Parks and his sons. The former built a saw mill at that point, the first mill of any kind in town. His home was attacked by Tories and Indians in 1777 and Elisha, one of his sons, mor- tally shot. The Jones family (one of the sons of which, David, was the betrothed of Jennie McCrea) located on the river bank in the south- ern part of the town before the Revolution. Captain Tuttle lived about the same time at the mouth of Snoek kill. A man named Marvin was the first settler at Fortsville in 1794. Edward and Elijah Dunham and Holly St. John were the first settlers at Clark's Corners. A man named Hamilton built the first grist mill about 1800. Abel Crandall had the first tavern, in 1797. The first church in town (Baptist) was built in 1792.
South Glens Falls is the principal village in Moreau. It is located on the Hudson in the northeastern part of the town, across the river from Glens Falls, Warren county. It contains several important manufac- turing establishments. The large mills of the Morgan Lumber com- pany employ a great number of hands. The Glens Falls Paper com- pany is another great enterprise which has mills here. The village was laid out in 1837. The first church established there was the Baptist church, referred to above. The second established there (M. E.) was organized in 1843. Fortsville is located southeast of the centre of the town. Clark's Corners, in the southeastern part, was so named in honor of Dr. Billy J. Clark, one of the early physicians of the town. Reynolds's Corners is northeast of the centre.
Moreau was organized as a town March 28, 1805, its territory being taken from Northumberland. At the first town meeting, held April 16 following, these officers were elected :
Supervisor, Thomas Rogers; clerk, Henry Martin; assessors, Amos Hawley, Na- thaniel Sill, Caleb Burrows; highway commissioners, Elijah Dunham, Irenaeus Hul- bert, Samuel Crippen; overseers of the poor, Amos Hawley, Abel Caldwell; consta- bles, Nicholas W. Angle, Paulinus Potter ; collector, Paulinus Potter.
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The supervisors since that time have been as follows:
1805-08, Thomas Rogers; 1809, Billy J. Clark; 1810-12, Henry Martin; 1813-17, James Mott; 1818-19, Thomas Mott; 1820, Paulinus Potter; 1821-22, Gordon G. Sill; 1823-30, Josiah G. Griswold; 1831, Billy J. Clark; 1832-33, George Reynolds; 1834, Seth Hawley; 1835-36, Josiah J. Hawley; 1837, Joshua Fish; 1838, George Reynolds; 1839, Lucius Cary; 1840-43, Joseph A. Sweet; 1844-46, George Payne; 1847-48, Truman Hamlin; 1849, Heman K. Hopkins; 1850, George P. Reynolds; 1851, H. K. Hopkins; 1852-53, J. A. Sweet; 1854, H. K. Hopkins; 1855, Hassan A. Hopkins; 1856, J. A. Sweet; 1857, Truman Hamlin; 1858-62, Austin L. Reynolds; 1863, L. B. Swartwout; 1864, Isaac G. Stillwell; 1865-66, A. L. Reynolds; 1867-70, George P. Reynolds; 1871, A. L. Reynolds: 1872, A. F. Hitchcock ; 1873-74, S. Mott Sweet; 1875, William A. Sherman; 1876, George W. Smith; 1877, S. Mott Sweet; 1878-79, John Campbell; 1880-81, Thomas Reynolds; 1882, Alaric F. Hitchcock; 1883, How- land Fish; 1884-85, Lewis W. Hamlin; 1886-87, A. L. Reynolds; 1888, George I. Jackson; 1889-92, L. W. Hamlin; 1893, Howland Fish; 1894-98, George I. Jackson.
TOWN OF CORINTH.
Corinth is bounded on the north by Day and Hadley, on the east by Warren county and Moreau, on the south by Wilton and Greenfield, and on the west by Edinburgh. The Revised Statutes define the town thus:
The town of Corinth shall contain all that part of said county beginning at the southeast corner of the town of Edinburgh and running thence south along the east bounds of Providence to a point due west from the middle of a public highway south of and adjoining the late dwelling house of George Shove, deceased, then east to the middle of the said highway, then east to the northwest corner of Wilton, then north thirty-two degrees east to a place called Flat Rock on or near the western bank of said river, then north to the bounds of the county, then westerly and northerly along the bounds of the county to a point six miles north of the south bounds of said town of Corinth, then west parallel to said south bounds to the east bounds of Edinburgh, and then south along the same to the place of beginning.
The surface of Corinth is mountainous, abounding in wild, diversi- fied and exceedingly picturesque scenery. The Kayaderosseras range of mountains extend through the northern and western portion, and the Palmertown mountains occupy the southeastern part. In the extreme southeastern corner is the famous Mount McGregor, where Gen. Ulysses S. Grant died. This mountain, however, lies partly in Moreau and Wilton. In the northwestern part are several small lakes, among the larger being Hunt, Efnor, and Jenny lakes and Black pond. Early's creek runs along the foot of the Kayaderosseras range; Daly's creek, which is supplied by the lakes above named, flows northward across the western part of the town; Clothier's creek flows along the northwest-
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