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Town Historian
Village
of Pulaski Historian
6/25/2006 "The Town of Richland Bicentennial Committee has begun cleaning up the abandoned Ferguson/Blue Spring Cemetery on Stowell Dr. just east of Richland hamlet. With the permission of the property owner (Schoeller Technical Papers) we have cut the field grass and pulled many of the brambles. On the web posting done in 2002 by Last & Ackerman, 16 stones were found. We have an earlier survey from 1972 that lists 19 stones, and today we verified all but one. We are in communication with descendants of the Ferguson and Robbins families. Ebenezer Robbins was a Revolutionary War vet, and we hope to place a new stone for him by next year. Most of the people in this cemetery are related to one another, they all lived in this region when Stowell Dr. was the main stage coach road. To learn more about our rehabilitation efforts, contact Richland Historian towards renovation work which is gratefully accepted through Half-Shire Historical Society, PO Box 73, Richland, NY 13144." Thanks! Shawn
Information was obtained from the Historical ? Statistical Gazetteer of New York State, R. P. Smith, Publisher, Syr., 1860, by J. H. French. RICHLAND----was formed from Williamstown, as part of Oneida co., Feb 20, 1807. Orwell was taken off in 1817, Sandy Creek and Albion in 1825, a part of Mexico in 1836, and a part of Orwell in 1844. It lies upon the shore of Lake Ontario, N. of the center of the co. The surface is generally level or gently rolling, broken by the deep ravines of the streams. The E. part is 250 feet above Lake Ontario, and Pulaski Village is 131 feet above,---giving to the town a decided westerly inclination. The principal streams are Salmon River,1Deer and Sandstone Creeks; and upon each of them are falls, furnishing a large amount of water-power.2 Spring Brook is a small stream flowing from several large springs in the E. part of the town, and in the course of 3 mi. falls 150 feet. The springs are perpetual, and rather increase than diminish in summer; so that the power furnished is abundant and constant. The mouth of Salmon River furnishes a good harbor. The underlying rock is the Lorraine shales; the soil is a sandy loam, with some clay in the S.W. part, and is generally fertile. Pulaski, (p,v.,) on Salmon River, about 3 mi. from its mouth, is on the half shire of the co. and was incorp. April 26, 1832. It contains 4 churches, a courthouse, an academy,3 a newspaper office, a bank, and several manufacturing establishments.4 Pop. 1,168. Port Ontario, (p.v.,) on Salmon River, near its mouth, contains about 50 houses; and Holmesville (South Richland p.o.) 1 church and 20 houses; Selkirk, at the mouth of Salmon River, contains a church, a U. S. lighthouse, and 30 dwellings. Richland Station, on the W. ? R.R.R., is in the E. part of the town. The first settlement was made near the mouth of Salmon River, in 1801, by Nathan TUTTLE, of Canada, and Nathan WILCOX and Albert BOHANNAN, from Rome.5 The first church (Cong.) was organized Jan 22, 1811; and the Rev. Oliver LEAVITT was the first settled pastor. There are 7 churches in town.6 1. At the mouth of Salmon River is a harbor admitting vessels of light draught. 2. There are 19 sawmills, 8 shingle mills, 6 flouring and gristmills, 2 papermills, a tool factory, and several other manufacturing establishments in the town. 3. The Pulaski Academy was organized June 4, 1853. 4. 2 papermills, 4 flouring and gristmills, 3 sawmills, 3 tanneries, and a foundery and machine shop. 5. Among the early settlers were Hugh MONTGOMERY, in 1801. John INGERSOLL, Benj. BULL, Israel JONES, John FARNHAM, and ____JOHNSON, in 1804. Jeremiah MATTHEWSON, in 1807, and Ephraim and Justus FOX, in 1808. The first birth was that of Benj. INGERSOLL, Aug 28, 1804. The first marriage, that of Samuel CRIPPEN and Ruth TUTTLE, in 1804. The first death, that of a child of Nathan TUTTLE. The first inn was kept by Benj. WINCH, in 1806. The first store, by John MEACHAM, in 1810. The first sawmill was built by John HOAR, in 1806. The first gristmill, by Jeremiah MATTHEWSON, in 1808. Milly ELLIS taught the first school, in the summer of 1808. 6. 3 Bap., 2 M.E., Cong., and Prot. E.
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