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Acetylene gas, discovery of, 170
Adair: Fred, 91, 92; Maude (a race horse), 176; Ward (peddler), 93s
Adams: George J., 21p 194, xi; John, 126; John (farmer), 189; Sarah, 189
Adams (turkey farmers), 38s
Adaquetangie Lake. See Sexsmith Lake
Adaquitingues (Indians), 8
Adequentaga, Indian village, 5n, 182
Alcohol consumption and abuse, 131s
All, Nelson, 95p
Allen, 22s; Abial, 22n; Charles, 22n; Robert, 22n
Amadon: Bruce, 215; Douglas, 215; Robert, 215
American Revolution, 7, 8n, 17, 22s, 46, 58, 140; border warfare, 18
Angell, William (merchant), 35, 36
Anthony, Susan B., 132c
Apple cider, beverage of choice, 73
Apples and cider, 72
Archeologists, 4
Archeology: Adequentaga, 5; Davenport Center creamery site, 4; Hilltop Workshop, 4; McCulley site, 4
Arminius, Jacobus, 122n
Army Corps of Engineers, 165, 165c,166
Arnold, Francis, 26
Artsis, Dr. Nathan, 110
Asbury, Philip, Rev., 120
Ashe: Maryanne, 204; Philip, 204
Ashery (See also Potash), 13, 20, 46, 47s, 48, 58; workers in, 86
Astor, John Jacob (merchant), 33, 33n
Auditors in Davenport (1876), 28s
Auerback, John, 21c
Aunt Jewel (Sherman Lake baker), 185c
Aviation: car lights for night landing, 174; early local airfields, 173; pioneers, 174s; propeller from the sky, 174; Vern Whitlock’s airplane, 174p; Whitlock’s airflight, unpublished account, 174
Baird, Jean, 209p
Balcom, William (fireman), 115
Baldwin: Dewitt C., 94, 178; Esther (Mrs. Dewitt) (milliner), 94, 95s
Baldwin Opera House, 96
Baldwin’s Hall. See also Wade’s Hall; 11p, 85p, 100p; history of, 94; social center (description), 178; use by Union Free School, 104
Ballard: Audrey, 116n; Ben, 87p, 172c; Floyd, and firefighting (sidebar), 115s; Mike, 106p; Thomas, 209p
Bands (musical): Ernie Russ, 155; St. Onges, 155
Bangs: Heman, Rev., 121n; John S., Rev. (and blacksmith), 121; John, Rev., 121n; Nathan, Rev., 121n
Banner, 22s, 30; John, 23; Wilhelmus, 30
Barker: Clifford, 124p; Sam, 124p
Barlow: George H., 48s, 53; Martin, 48s; Mike, 116n
Barn raising: Delhi (second photo), 133p; Delhi (first photo), 139p; Delhi (last photo), 139p; Rider, at Davenport Center, 139p
Barn Yard, The, 219p
Barnes: A. W., 54; Carrie, 29, 194, 195p; Everett A., Pvt, 198p; Merritt, 217p; Roselle, 46p, 53c, 60p, 195c
Barnett: Amos, 181; Mary Wagner, 181
Barrel making, 53s
Barrett, Harry, 185
Bartholomew, Joseph, 32n
Baseball: Davenport team (1920s), 129p; end of summer softball, 204; Would-Bees vs Has-Beens, 177
Basketball: CVCS team (1985-86), 106p
Bassani, Gustave (interview with), 151s
Bathing: recent history, 211
Battershall: Charles H., 55, 56c; W. H., 55
Battershall sawmill, 56p
Baxter, Doug, 116n
Beach: W. O., 89; William C. (carpenter), 90
Beams: Ben, 29, 54s,117, 118s, 208p, 211s, 213, 219c, xi; Ben, Jr., 118s; Benjamin W., 54, 56p; Bill, 118s; Brian, 118s; Harry, 117, 196; Robert Allen, 201p, 201s; Sally (Balcom), 28, 89n,117, 118, 126, xi
Beaver Spring Farm vacationers, 180p
Beaver Spring Lake, 59, 129c, 188p, 192p; campground (early 2000s), 188; dam and campground, 187
Beaver Spring Trailer Park, 188
Becker: Abraham (and suit against Congregationalists), 123, (South Worcester businessman and lawyer), 123n; V. D., 128
Beers: Clifford (WWII gold star), 194; Lu, 127n; Ronald, 204; Ronnie, 159; Rose, xi; Tom, 106p
Beers Map, 1869, 31, 88, 88n, 90, 91
‘Bees’: corn husking, 135; in community life, 134; quilting, 134; spinning, 135s; transportation to, 135s
Bell, Bertha (teacher), 102c
Bennett: Err (water boy), 36s; Gordon, 167p; Nathan, 23
Bertucci (family), 87n
Best, Gerald M. (author), 42
Bicentennial Celebration, 179, 205; ‘Days to Remember’, 206, 206p, 209p; (program), 207; organizing groups, 206n
Bicycles: ’bone shaker’ in 2003, 139p; courting by, 139p
Binghamton: Albany & Susquehanna reaches, 88; cigar making, 48s; Davenport flood control effect on, 165; flood’s effect on Davenport, 165; Mayor John Burns wants Davenport dam, 166s
Birdsall, Ira S. (school founder), 103
Black, Dr. Peter (water resources specialist), 166
Blacksmiths, 53, 56, 57, 58, 87; Civil War mobile shop, 145p
Blakeley, David. Mrs., 132p
Bloomer, Amelia Jenks (bloomer popularizer), 131n
Bloomville, 13, 27, 92, 99; and Grange Master Cleveland, 154; and railroads, 40, 92; early Grange, 157; G.L.F. outlet, 156; Indian trail, 31; part of Delaware Circuit, 121; squirrel hunt (1851), 163; stage line, 41; volunteers for Cuba, 146
Blue, Peter (dance caller), 204n
Bluestone trade, 45
Boarding House, Beaver Spring Farm (Von Neer), 179p, 118
Boarding House Farm, 129c
Boarding houses, 179; Beaver Spring vacationers, 180p; John Frank (Von) Neer, Prof., 180; Wellington Neer, 180
Bogs: kettle hole, 182n; quaking, 187
Bolt, Dr. Frederick E., 92, 110
Boops-A-Daisy, in Davenport Center, 155p
Booth: Jesse, 21, 23, 25, 29; Selah, 21
Bostwick, David, 37
Boyes, Irene, 154
Boynton, Dr. (lumberman), 45
Brandon, Glen, 115, 115n, 116n
Brant, Joseph, 8, 18n, 18s; and Iroquois, 8n
Brant, Molly (Degonwadonti), 8n
Bree, Henry, 24n
Bresee, 22s; John, 24n; Phineas Franklin, 127s; Phineas, Rev., 121
Breitnitz, Lawrence W., Sgt., 202
Brent, H. (judge), 108
Brewer: David, 22s, 23; Elias, 22s; Francis, 22s
Briar Street. See also East Meredith; railroad routing, 39n
Brick House Hill Road, 2c, 52c
Bridges: covered; keystone, 34p; over Charlotte River, 41p, 44p, 171; over Middle Brook, 44p; Parker over Middle Brook, 36p, (interior) 44p, 170p; Iron over Charlotte, 176p; Mill Road, 52p; Mill Road bridge and car below, 176p; Van Deusen and ice jam, 1912, 176p
Briggs: Adam, 118s; Carlton, 118s; Clyde, 118s, 121n; David, 117, 118s; Earl, 118s; Ermine, 53, 92; Fern, 185; Frank, 30; Frank (and apple cider), 73n; Frank (of Pancake Day fame), 118s; Harry, 40n, 116n, 118s; Iona, 104p; Jean, 118s; Lewis, 118s, 208p; Luther, 55, 144; Luthera, 118s; Mary S., 28, 30, 95s, 125, 208p, 220, xi; Mary Selzer, 150p; Orville, 92, 118s; Oscar, 92, 144; Wilder, 56p
Brinkman, Dr. George, 109
Brockway: Arthur, 95p; Bill, 95p
Brown: Andrew; (‘banker’), 92; of many talents, 92s; Ezra, 113; John (abolitionist), 131n; John C., 54, 55; Sally Ann (pipe smoker), 92s
Brownell: Elizabeth (Lizzie), 181p; Minne L. (Mrs. Joseph), 189; William W. (tavern owner), 132
Brownson, Jennie, 143
Brownwell, Joseph, 189
Bruns, William, 151s
Bryant, Whitman, 23
Buck: Ann, xi; David, Rev., 120; Edwin H., 195c, (a modern ‘horning’), 137, (honorary Adaquetangie Club member), 191; Frederick, 194, 196p; George, 196p, 197; Orson J. (stage driver), 44p; Robert, 197p
Buck Road, 13
Buckwheat field, 84p
Buckwheat for all, 71s
Burdick: J., Mrs., 131; Kenneth, 58
Burns: Betty, 209p; Ronald, 159; W. Robert, 200
Burrell, C. G., 128
Burt, Carol, 104p
Burtis, Garrit, 123
Burton, Frank L. (jeweler), 95
Butler: Colonel William, 18s, 32; Walter (Loyalist), 18n
Butter and cheese, in Delaware County, 72
Butter for New York City, 42
Buttermilk Falls, Fergusonville, 4p
Butts: Calvin, 39p, 176, 177s; Gerald, 167p; Perry, 39p, (wagon maker), 53; Rosie (Calvin’s wife), 177s
Butts Corners, 50; early Scots in, 17; Indian trail, 31, 33; manufacturing in, 53; McDonell land reoccupied, 19
Calhoun, Effie, 154
Calvin, John, 122n
Cameron, John, 16
Campbell, Dudley M., 36
Campground, Beaver Spring Lake, 187
Camping: Sexsmith Lake, 1910 or 1911, 189p; Strader Lake, 182
Canadarago Lake, 2n
Canoe place, 7, 12, 32n, 51, 208
Cargill, Florence, 128p
Cargin: Brice, Pfc., 200; Elizabeth (Brownell), 127n, 181p, 200; Gilbert H., 116n, 166n, 181c, 200
Casein manufacturing, 51
Casey, Laura, 116n
Catskill, town of, 36
Catskills: bluestone, 3; known as Blue Mountains, 45; origin of mountains, 2; railroad routes, 39n; undiscovered Northern, 223
Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, 213
Cellar, John, 185
Cemetery: Blakely, 121n; Charlotte Valley, 89; Davenport Center, ghosts, 185
Center Creek gristmill, 13
Cereals: corn harvesting, 71p, 84p; rye and barley, 71; wheat in Davenport, 70
Cerosaletti: Charles, 165, 166, 168, 227; Paul (extension agent), 215s, 224
Chaffee, A. B., Rev., 120
Chambers: Bob, 155; remembers Ku Klux Klan, 126; Metta, 117; Robert, 58, 117
Champion, Amasa (editor), 96
Charlotte Academy, 123
Charlotte Creek, baptisms in, 124
Charlotte Creek Road, 34p, 76p; and ‘twister’ (1999), 161
Charlotte River, 1, 3, 4, 32s, 48, 228p; and eagles, 164; and eels, 69s; and hay wagons, 80p; and ice jams, 164; and lumbering, 45; and Scotch settlers, 16; and water power, 55; canoe place, 7; from Davenport village, 204p; great flood (1812), 140s, 164; Indian occupancy, 4; Indian town, 5; Indian trail, 31, 32; lands of Christopher Servoss, 13s; naming of, 8, 8s; previous Indian names, 8s; railroad routing, 31; stream bed and auto rescue, 169p
Charlotte Valley, 2p, 3p, 11p, 19, 58, 228p; and border warfare, 18; and farming, 78; and stones, 69p; description (canoeing guide), 3; earliest store, 85; geology, 2, 2n; industry in, 46; later Scotch influence, 19; railroad routing, 39; Scotch Highlanders in, 14; slow growth after American Revolution, 19; Watershed Association, 166s; Watershed Association organized, 166
Charlotte Valley Central School (CVCS). See Schools, CVCS.
Charlotte Valley Mills, 55
Cheese factory, 48, 49, 72; Orlando Coss, 52
Cherry Valley, 12, 19, 19n, 36; massacre, 18n, 18s; pearl ash works, 12n; scalps from, 18; settlers move to Harpersville, 14
Cherry Creek, 3
Chisolm, 19
Christensen: Gail, 206p; Peter, 214c; Ray (Raymond M.), 29, 80s, 159, 166, 166s, 227; Shannon, 214c
Christmas, early celebrations, 134
Churches: and Christmas celebrations, 134; and community life, 129; and the ‘enjoyment’ of religion, 122; Arminian method, 122; Baptist, West Davenport, 138p; circuit riders, 120; Congregational: anti-reformers rebuffed, 123; in Davenport, 122; precipitous downfall, 123; used by Methodists, 122; Davenport United Methodist: health center, 111; Fergusonville ecumenical service, 138p; Free Will Baptist, West Davenport (1870), 124; generally opposed to Freemasonry, 128; Gilchrist Memorial, Kortright, 125n, 125; Holiness Movement, 127s; Methodist; carbide lighting and whitewash, 170s; Charlotte Circuit, 1834, 120; Davenport Circuit (1853), 121; Delaware Circuit, 120; Fergusonville church, 1836, 123; in Davenport Center (1834), 121; plays at Baldwin’s Hall, 178; Methodist (after move and remodeling), Davenport village, 139p; Methodist Easter Egg Project (1978), 130p; Methodist youth choir (1955), 139p; Methodist youth choir (c. 1958), 124p; Methodists merge (1965), 125; Methodists, Davenport village, 1883, 124; Morrell House (Baptist), West Davenport, 138p; Nazarene, beginnings in Davenport, 127; Prebyterian, East Meredith (1894), 125; Presbyterian, account of service (1016), 123s; first Davenport church, 123; Presbyterian strawberry festival, 130; revival meetings, 121, 123, 127s, 129; St. Mary’s Catholic, 96n; St. Teresa’s Chapel (when Methodist), 138p; St. Theresa’s Chapel (1969), 125; Sunday Schools, 120; United Methodist, Davenport Center, 138p; United Methodist, Davenport village, 139p; United Methodist, West Davenport, 138p; United Presbyterian, Davenport, 138p; West Davenport Methodist (1852), 123
Churchill: A. L., 129n; Dr. Stephen E. (Stamford hotel builder), 189
Cigars and cigar-making, 48s
Citizens Committee for just Government, 226
Civil War: 144th Division and cockfight, 142p; 144th regiment on parade, 145p; after Cold Harbor, 145s; conscription (1863), 143; credit crunch after, 99; Davenport enlistees, 142; New York City riots, 144; substitutes from Canada, 143; troops assemble in Delhi, 142
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): and white pine blister, 151s; camp in Kortright-Davenport, 152p, 152
Clark, 19; Ellen, 132p; Ezekiel, 20; Frances M., 109; Richard, 106p
Clarke, John, Rep. (congressman and Davenport nephew), 177
Clergymen in Davenport, 85, 88
Cleveland, Wilbert L. (Grange Deputy Master), 154, 158
Climate change: Davenport benefits?, 222; inevitable, 221; weather extremes ahead, 222
Clinton, General James, 18s, 33
Cold War, 199; and Great Fear, 200; and Joe McCarthy, 200s
Cole, Jack (photographer), 205
Collas, Jennifer, 116n
Colliersville: railroad routing, 39; stage line, 40
Commercial development: Able Equipment Co., 213; Central Tractor Farm & FamilyCenter, 213; Falls Mills Motors, 213; Ford-Lincoln-Mercury dealership, 213; Golden Rule Building Supply Center, 213; Greene Lumber Co., 216; Holiday Inn, 213; J. R. Frazier & Sons., 215; John Deer, 213; Latham Modular Homes, 213; Leatherstocking Timber Products, Inc., 216; Pickett Building Materials, 213; Raynor Overhead Door Co., 213; Taylor Rental, 213; Volkswagen dealership, 213
Commercial properties: west end concentration, 213n
Commissioners of Excise, 27, 85
Concerned Citizens of Davenport, 226
Conklin, Robert, Mrs., 200
Consler, Chris (stained glass), 205
Cook, 49: Eloise, 104p; John, 140; Mac, 155; Ruth, 128p
Cooper, Raymond, Grange Master, 155
Coopers, trade and apprentices , 53s
Cooperstown Junction, 40
Cooperstown Medical Transport, 116
Copley, Herman (tanner), 48, 49s
Corn for lease payments, 51n
Cornell: D. W. (of Worcester, father of William H.), 96; William H. (newspaper owner), 96
Cosco, Richard, 27
Coss, Orlando, 52
Coulter: (family), 181; John (shoemaker & merchant), 29, 89, 91; Susan, 91
Country Crock, The, 221
Courting, by carriage, 136p
Covered Bridge Road, bridge lost to floods, 164
Cowley, Mr., 89
Coxe: Daniel (Grand Master), 127n; Tenche (early economist), 12
Coyotes in Fergusonville, 164s
Crabbe, Buster, 187
Crafts, rebirth in Davenport and E. Meredith, 205
Craig: Dr. Thomas L. , 85p, 96n, 109, 110p, 113, 151, 177; auto owner (1907), 169; country doctor and tooth-puller, 110s; county coroner, 110; school health officer, 110; house of, 228p
Crandall: Caleb, 23, 24, 24n; Norman, 92, 174
Crawford: John, Capt., 143; Robert, 24n
Creamery: evaporator, 52p; jobs in 1905, 87; Sheffield Farms, 42, 51, 55, 58; Slawson-Decker, 51, 52p
Crispell, Anthony, 22s
Croquet, at Fergusonville Academy, 106
Crosby, Rev. Aaron, 7
Culture gaps, old & new, 220
Culver, John, lumber yard, 60p
Currie, George, 89
Dairying: and coming of railroads, 42, 68; baleage replaces silage, 214; dairy inspections, 93s; Dairymen’s League, 152; Great Depression milk strikes, 152; milk strikes, 152; ongoing revolution, 214, 215; slow emergence after 1830, 69; today’s bottom line, 215s
Dairymen’s League: creamery in Davenport Center, 157; Grange offshoot, 156; milk strikes (early 1900s), 157; on milk strikes, 152
Dales: (family), 118s; Ralph, 116n
Dams: Beaver Spring Lake, 187; Charlotte River and road improvements, 172; Davenport Center; 70,000 opposed, 166; becomes ‘multi-purpose’ and second dam added, 166; Davenport lobbyists in Washington, 167p; deauthorizing took clout, 168; effect on Binghamton flood control, 165; first proposed, 165; mobilization against, 166s; opposition begins, 165; some residents favor, 165; East Sidney, 165; High Point, Davenport (proposed), 166; Mill Road, 169c; Otsego Lake, 33n; questions about effectiveness, 165, 168; Susquehanna, support for, 168; Whitney Point, 165
Dances: Baldwin’s Hall, 178; continuing popularity of, 135; high school graduation, 155; Sherman Lake, 184; source of contention, 122; square, 136; square at Grange Hall, 155; square, round & contra, 204n
Davenport: Anna (John’s wife), 20; genealogy on CD-ROM, 20s; John, 20, 21, 23; and Congregational Meeting House, 122; and distillery, 47n; Harpersfield ashery, 46; store of, 85; John (offices held), 23, 29, 25c; John and whiskey, 47; John Jr., 20s; John, home of, 21p; Loren (jeweler), 95; Noah, 20, 20s; sofa, 20s; writing table, 20s
Davenport Center, 27, 40n, 56; 1880 factories, 54p; and stage line, 41; businesses in, 90, 91; C&CV RR reaches, 40; Dairymen’s League creamery, 157; dam proposed, 165; dissatisfied Methodists, 121; gains post office, 111n; Grange Hall, and dances, 118; Grange Hall dedication (1937), 155; heavy traffic (1925), 176p; last freight train, 42; manufacturing in, 53; population (1860 & 1875); railroad depot, 41; railroad routing, 39n; schoolhouse, 102p; Sheffield plant in milk strike, 152; tent shows, 176; tollhouse, 36, traffic bottleneck and viaduct, 171; turnpike route, 36; U&D station and new viaduct, 171p; vaudevillian ghosts, 185; viaduct, 176p; WCTU, 131; Whitlock-Rider airstrip, 173, 174
Davenport Fair, 176; music, 177s
Davenport Historical Society (DHS), 93; annual picnic at Fergusonville Academy, 181; barn paintings, 205; meeting, 53s; new home, 159p; research on schools, 101; scrapbooks, 114; taped interviews, 54s; volunteers, xi
Davenport Inn, history of, 93s
Davenport Old Home Days, 177, 206
Davenport Town Board, 151
Davenport Town Planning Board, 225
Davenport village, 11p, 85p: and CVCS in 1938, 105p; as seen from Graig’s pasture, 1999, 161p; businesses in, 92, 94, 95; Dr. O’Connell’s block, 94; first fire district, 113; first fire hydrants, 113; first water company, 112; ice cream social, c. 1904, 139p; Main Street early 1900s, 228p; manufacturing in, 51; Methodist youth choir, c. 1958, 124p; new firehouse, 116p; Presbyterians replace Congregationalists, 1859, 123; subdivisions (2001; map), 213m; WCTU, 132
Davenport Water Company, 210
Davenport, town of, 107, 117, 160, 164; ‘average’ farm (1865), 79n, 80, 81; ‘labors’ of Free Will Baptist Church, 124s; ‘Old Mack’ fire truck, 114p; ‘qualification’ of officials, 28n; election dispute (1899), 29s; property reassessment (2003), 214; absorbed by Oneonta?, 221; acquires a Town Hall, 159; affect of outside events, 140; airfields in, 173; and Bassett Healthcare, 111; and Catskill Turnpike, 35; and Charlotte Turnpike, 35, 36, 37; and Church of Nazarene, 127s; and competition from outside, 77; and early fires, 111, 112; and early religion, 122; and funerals, 138; and Great Depression, 149; and modern firefighting, 114, 115; and motor vehicles, 169; and Peter and Gerrit Smith, 131n; and pot production, 47s; and railroads, 39, 42m, 87; and school vacinations, 109; and store credit, 99; and temperance movement, 133; and water for firefigfhting, 115; and waterpower, 55; and World War I, 146; annual Memorial Day parade, 118; anti-dam lobbyists in Washington, 167p; appearance 150 years ago, 162; Bicentennial Celebration, 179, 205; boarding houses, 179; businesses in, 90; butter production, 72; buys Grange Hall, 159; Catholic Church, 125; CCC camp, 151s; cereal yields (1835), 71; (1855), 71n; change, & more change, 204; cheese factory, 72; Civil War, 3-son families, 144; Civil War, affect on, 144; bonusses, 142; enlistees, 142; soldiers and officers, 143; substitute soldiers, 144; concensus a possibility?, 225; culture gaps yesterday & today, 220; Democrats win, 28; District #7 schoolhouse, 103p; earliest organized religion, 120; earliest settlers, 22s; earliest telephones, 168n; early steamroller, 172p; effect of motorcars and trucks, 168; elections, 28; environmental change, 161; family interrelationships, 133; farm characteristics by size (1865; table), 82; farming and crop variety, 68; farming and resiliancy, 69, 78; farming (1865), 79; farming share of Delaware County, 69n; farming, a difficult life, 68; farming’s future, 78; few Reds and subversives found, 200; field crop acreage, 81; fire insurance companies, 111n; first airflight, 173; first combatants on foreign soil, 146; first female firefighters in, 117; first Fire District, 114; first ‘millionaire’, 49s; First Responders, 111; first road grader, 170p; floods in, 164; fraternal organizations (early 1900s), 157; Freemasonry, 128; Golden Age of agriculture, 79; government evolution, 24; Grange Masters, 156p; Granger Movement, 154; greatest all-time ‘flood’, 162; greenhouses in, 78; health center, 111; Historical Archives vault, 160; hop farmers, 75; hop picking, 75p; hops, 74, 75; house materials, 46; ice harvesting in, 59; ice-jam and flooding solution, 168; industries (1835), 48; informal medical practicioners, 110; IOOF and Rebekahs, 126; iron bridge over Charlotte, 176p; issue of alcohol consumption, 130; jobs in, 86, 88; land loss, 21, 23s, 212n; land regulation history, 225; last revival meeting, 121p; lay preachers, 120; lighting before electricity, 170s; little interest in war (pre-1941), 193; loss of firehouse, 117s; Main Street looking west, 100p; medical services, 107, 108, 111; Methodists largest denomination, 123; migration from, 23; militia, 141; milk strikes, 152; milk tanker shooting, 153; naming, 20s; newspapers, 95; newspapers and advertising, 96; no WWI record of enlistees, 147n; numbers of farms, 79n; numbers serving in two World Wars, 148; occupations (1845), 85; occupations (1850), 86; occupations of males (1850; table), 86; officers, long-serving, 28; Oneona shapes Davenport’s population, 212; organization, 20, 21; origin, 19n; paved roads, 171; Poor Fund, 151; population, 21n, 23s, 35, 36, 36n, 86; population (1800-2000; table), 212; population and farming, 68; population decline, 88; population growth to continue, 222; population in Great Depression, 149, 150; population included, 68n; population of hamlets (1860, 1875), 95; preservation vs. development, 224; pressure for central school, 105; private schools in, 102; public assistance in Great Depression, 151; public works in Great Depression, 151; Railroad Commisioners, 40, 89; recent commercial change, 213; religious conflict, 122, 125; Rescue Van, 116; rival Granges, 157; rural malaise?, 223; sawyers (1850), 86; schools, 101; secret societies, 125; service activities, 85; stage lines, 41; stagecoaches, 39p, 38; subdividing the land, 213; suburb of Oneonta?, 212; suit against tavern owner Brownell, 132; temperance lodges, 131; town meetings, 22, 24; town meeting on poor support, 27s; transportation in, 31; trash disposal & controversy, 211; turnpikes, 34; Union Free School (first high school) , 104p, 104; unique in Delaware County, 227n; Urwin & Donovan road improvement plans, 173; vote for Seymour & Grant, 88; War of 1812, 140; what remains constant, 203, 221; wolves in, 162; WW II, 150 in military, 194; WW II, selective service, 194; WW II, unmentioned in Town Board minutes (Dec. 29-30, 1941), 194; WWII, air rair sirens, 195; WWII, civilian participation, 196; WWII, upside for Davenport, 199
Davenport’s ‘quiet beauty’, 221p, 228
Davidson H. Fletcher (historian), 19s, 19n, 33
Davis, 22s: Almira, 90s; Ephraim, 24n; Ervin (photographer & cabinetmaker), 53c, 90s, 183c, 205; Ervin (house), 228p; Ervin (parlor), 228p; Joel, 90s; Marrion (Mrs. William), 178; Mr. (1899 telephone entrepreneur, 168n; Peter, 168n; Sandra (woodcarver), 205; Seymour, 147p; William, 4c, 178
Dayton: E. B., 27, 150, 151; Rensellaer, 55
de Marrais, Caroline Meek, xi, 92s
Dean, James (interpreter), 7
Dexheimer, Mr. (Grange Hall mover), 159
Deer: closed season on hunting, 1788, 162; disappearance of, 162; reappearance after WWII, 163
DeForest (vaudevillian) See also Mabel Sherman, 183, 185; Lottie, 185
Delaware County, 1; ‘Two stones for every dirt’, 69p; 150 year flood (1996), 164; industries (1835), 48; Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board, 2n, 203, 227n; agriculture’s Golden Age, 79; alcohol consumption in, 130n; almhouse for Davenport poor, 151; and federal agricultural censuses, 69n; anti-rent war (1845), 141, 142; apples and cider, 73, 74; aviation (1927), 174s; butter production, 72; CCC recruitment, 152; cereals, 70; Civil War; Sanford relative, 144p; coroner Thomas Craig, 110c; dairying, 71; distilleries (1810), 130; farms in Great Depression, 149; flax and wool, 72; Freemasonry, 128; geological survey humbug, 1s; geology, 12; Granger movement, 156; greenhouses and nurseries, 78n; history by Munsell, 122; hops, 74, 75; hops, 75c; hops (rise and fall), 74; in Civil War, 142; in the American Revolution, 17; Indian occupancy, 4; land grants, 9n; land lost to Otsego County, 23n, 23s, 34n; Landfill Committee, 211s; maple sugar industry collapse, 76; militia, 140; milk strikes, 152; no WWI record of enlistees, 147n; Official Directory and History, Granges, 156c; oil and gas possibilities, 3; origin, 19; patents and towns, 10; Planning Board, 213n, 226; potato production, 72; poultry, 76; railroads in, 38, 39, 42; recent change, 203; road improvements, 172; roads in, 34
Delaware County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board, 2n, 203, 227n
Delaware County Poultry Commission, and broiler barbeque, 76n
Delaware Geological Society, 1s
Delaware River, whiskey rafts, 38
Delhi: Civil War troops assemble at, 142; early Grange, 157; high school, 104; militia training at, 140; War of 1812 rendevous, 141
DeNatale, Douglas (author), 68
Denend. See also Denning and Denio; Ezra, 20n, 22s, 85, 107n; Humphrey, 22n, 107
Dent: Irwin, 28, 113; Irwin (postmaster), 94; Jane, 124p; Joseph M., 94c, 124s; Marybelle, 124p; Myrtle Barber, 150p
Depression (Great): a downward spiral, 149s; abundant wild berries, 149; and stock market crash, 149; Civilian Conservation Corps in Davenport, 151; CWA & WPA in Davenport, 151; Davenport equipment purchases, 173; Delware County’s farms and population, 149; milk strikes, 152; public assistance in Davenport, 150; store credit in, 99; tramps and ‘travelers’, 150
Devine, Zan (merry-go-round operator), 176
Dezell: Freddie B., 143s; James T. (Civil War Diary), 143, 143s; Jennie, 143s; Mary, 143s
Dibble: Daniel M. , 49s, 55, 88; as businessman, 90; Everett, 209p
Dillon, Robert, Rev., 120
Dimmick, Perry, 126
Distillery, whiskey, 20, 38, 47
Dodge,Widow Hannah (schoolteacher), 24
Donnelly: Dr. Henry H., 109; Dr. James More, 109
Doonans Corners, Indian trail, 31, 33
Doroski, Ronnie, 159
Douglas, B. K., Rev., 131
Douglass: Dr. Crawford S., 81p, 108, 194; Dr. Crawford, errant driver, 169c; Dr. George C., 24s, 28, 81p, 96n; George, Dr. & Mrs., 169p; Thomas, 128
Douglass House (gift shop), 96, 96n, 205
Downtown Oneonta Improvement Task Force, 222
Doyle, Henry, 164
Dunham, Horace K. (WWII prisoner), 194
Dutch: High, 7, 14, 17; in New Amsterdam, 6; Low, 14, 17
Dwight, Timothy (President of Yale), 35, 37
Eagles, sighting now common, 164
East Davenport, 14, See also Davenport village; mail delivery, 37
East Meredith, 38, 39, 53, 55, 67m, 117, 137; and Ku Klux Klan, 126; and modern firefighting, 114, 116; and Pindars Corners fire station, 117; and water for firefighting, 115; blacksmith, 134; businesses in, 91, 92; churches, 125; economy and railroad, 42; fire stations, 117; first electricity, 57; First Responders, 116n, 117; land owned by Andrew Brown, 92s; lumber for Davenport Grange Hall, 155; Maccabee parade, 1903, 126p; manufacturing in, 56; name changed from Briar Street, 91; Pleasant Valley Grange, 157; railroad routing, 39n; school, 102p; stained glass work, 205; WCTU, 132
East Meredith Grange in, 157
Eaton, Theophilus, 20s
Eckert, John, 219c
Edick: Clarence, Pfc., 194, 198p; Howard, Cpl., 194, 198p; Nellie, Pvt., 194, 198p; Nina, Cpl., 194, 198p; Ray, 194
Edsall, Dr. James, 190
Eggs: ‘double elker’, xi; Easter project, 130p; housewife barter, 89; housewife barter, 95s
Electricity, arrival in Davenport, 169
Elk: in Davenport, 162s; proposed for Catskills, 164n; reintroduced in Pennsylvannia, 164
Ellerson, David, 13s
Ellis, Rev., 123
Elwell: Joseph, 189; William N., 51
Elwell’s gristmill, 51, 51p, 60p
Embury: Philip, Rev., 120
Emmons: Asa, 23, 45n, 48, 141, 141n; Carlton, 45n; Ira, 45n; turnpike to, 36s
Emory, Alan, 4c
Ennis: Byron, 167p; Marian, 130p
Epsom Salts (a.k.a. Crazy Crystals), 184
Erie Canal, 38
Evans: (family), 181; Emory, 228p; James (blacksmith), 90; Silas, 55; Silas (rake maker), 90; Silas, factory, 54p
Evans & Britts rake factory, 55
Every, 195; John, 209p; Ralph S., 164, 174, 174n, 194
Factory: cradle and rake, 48, 53; sash and blind, 48, 55; shingle, 49
Farm prices, War of 1812, 140s
Farm sizes in 1865, Davenport, 81
Farmer, how to tell, 80s
Farming: dairying revolution, 214, 215; Davenport’s greenhouses, 78, 215, 216; hill farms disappearing, 163; omitted from 1920s boom, 149; silage, haylage & baleage, 214; success lies in details, 224s; support services, 85, 101
Farming and global warming, 79, 222
Farnsworth, Daniel, 22n
Fay: Will, 91c; William H., 91
Feed store, Terrell & Rice, 51
Feminine fashions (c. 1840), 137s
Fenn, Stephen, Rev. (unrepetant Mason), 129s
Ferguson: Bursley, 116n, 167p; Bursley C., 166n; Dr. John, 108, 128; John (Davenport School Commissioner), 99n; John S(tanley), 99, 99n; Samuel D., Rev., 99, 106, 180; Sanford I., 26, 99, 106; Davenport Superintended of Schools, 99n
Fergusonville, 49, 60m, 95, 164; ‘Howling Terror’ (1945), 164s; affected by Davenport Center dam, 165; businesses in, 98, 99; cheese factory, 72; coal traces found, 3; early Scots in, 17; horse training, 78s; Indian trail, 32; manufacturing in, 49; Methodist parsonage sold (1895), 124; Methodist Sunday School, 120; Mike Hawley barn fire, 115s; origin of, 99; population (1860); revival meetings, 121; street (early 1900s), 228p; summer city folk, 180, 181; summer cottage names, 181
Fergusonville Academy, 98, 113, 144; ‘a quiet family school’, 108s; and croquet (1848 photo), 106p; as ‘export service industry’, 98n; baseball (c. 1850), 119p; building moves to Sherman Lake, 185; closed (1881), 104, 107; formation of, 106; in 1987, minus school wing, 119p; opened (1848), 104; originally Charlotte Boarding Academy, 104; students at Sexsmith Lake, 189
Fero, 123; Anna, 89; E. B., 127s; Eliha B., 89; Ira W., 124; Ira W. (unrepentant), 124s
Fields, A. C., Rev., 125
Filibusters to Cuba, 146
Filmore, Millard (presidential candidate), 125n
Finne, Mark, 115n
Fire Departments: and community, 118; Davenport, 114; Davenport First Responders, 115; East Meredith, 115, 118; East Meredith, 117s; in UFS basement, 104c; Ladies Auxiliaries, 118; Oneonta, 116; Pindars Corners, 115, 117, 117s
Fires: ‘Find Water’, 115s; death of doctor, 109; forest, impact on landscape, 161; local insurance companies, 111n; South Hill, 1908, 111
First Responders: Davenport, 115; East Merideth, 116n; Pindars Corners, 116n
Fish: Frank J., 145; Mabel, 127n, 150p
Fisher: Charles, 87p, 95p, 98p; Lee (coach & teacher), 106p
Fitzpatrick, George, 164s, 194, 195p
Fletcher, Michael (drover), 37
Floods: Charlotte Creek (1812), 164; Davenport Center (1935), 165p; Davenport (1930s), 165n; great flood (1996), 164; legislation after 1936 flood, 165; Susquehanna River, and new legislation (1936), 165
Flower: John (undertaker & cabinetmaker), 92; Will, 56, 138, 205; William (undertaker & cabinetmaker), 92
Flue epidemic, 53c
Follett, Jacob, 53; factory, 54p
Ford: Aaron, 88, 89; William, 88
Ford, E. R. (merchant), 35
Forman: Eunice (mail catcher, photo), 43; Merton, 43c; Ursil, 43c
Fourth of July, excitement at Sherman Lake, 184s
Fox, Edmund, 93
Foyer, (Mr.), 93
Francis, Col. (of militia), 141
Francis, 22s
Frank, Louis, 159
Frank Briggs Pancake Day, 118
Franklin, town of, 19, 23n, 23s, 34; and early Grange, 157; and Phineas Franklin Breese, 127s; Delaware Literary Institute, 127s; Freemasonry, 128; hops, 74, 75; origin, 34n; population growth, 34, 37; unique in Delaware County, 227; whiskey, 38
Fraser, Hugh, 16
Fraternal organizations: in Davenport, 126; early 1900s, 157; in U.S., one-third of adult males members, 157
Frazer: Eleanor, 189; James W. (squatter), 189
Frazier: Helen, 98p; J. R. & Sons greenhouses, 215; James R., 215, 215c
Fraziers Garden Center, 221
Freemasonry: in Davenport, 128, 129; in New York State, 128; in United States, 127, 127n
Friedenaur: Elisabeth, 95; John (harness maker), 51, 95
Frisbee: Eulena, 104p; Hugh, 104p; Rosella, 129n
Fritts, Earl (aviator), 173
Fugine Society (1843), 125
Fuller: Abigail, 107; Daniel, Jr. (dentist), 107; Dr. Daniel, 107; multiple Daniels and Abigails, 107n
Funerals, 138
Funk, Robert E. (archeologist), 4
Furniture manufactory, 53p
Gallup, Dr. (of Stamford, NY), 109
Garage: Burdick’s, 171; Newell Loucks, 91c; Sanford’s, Davenport village, 100p, 208
Garrison: Lewis, 161; Mary (artist), 205; Ralph, 29
Geese, and feminine fashions (c. 1840), 137s
Geraniums, Germany-Mexico-Davenport & beyond, 215
Ghosts: hunt at Beaver Spring Lake Campground, 188; vaudevillian, in Davenport Center cemetery, 185
GI Bill of Rights, 199s
Gibbs, A. R. (Raymond), law office, 89c, 100p; (home), 228c
Gifford, Ezra, 129n
Gilbertsville, 35n
Gilmour, Carl, 167p
Glaciers in Charlotte Valley, 2
Global warming, 79, 221, 222, 224
Goats, and Etta Kenyon, 186s
Goble, Robert, 106p
Golden Rule Building Supply Center, 219c
Goodrich, 21, 22s, 30; Albert, 76, 182; Burt (of Hamilton), 53s; George A., 182; Ira, 90c, 182; Jared, 19s; John D., 182n; Joseph, 21, 23, 33, 122; Nelson I, 182; Roswell, 182; Sarah McMinn, 182n; Seth, 21, 23, 29, 122; store-tavern competition, 122; Timothy, 182; Zebulon E., 94c, 113; (and downfall of Congregationalism), 123
Goodrich Lake, 55, 58, See also Pine Lake
Gould: Anna (Dutchess of Tallyrand), 96; Jay, 162s; (surveyor & financier), 96
Graig: Andrew, 55, 93c, 189; J. Willis, 93c, 157, 187; J. Willis, Highway Commissioner, 26s; John; house of, 93p; new car below Mill Road bridge, 176p; new car rescued, 169p; Ken, 95p; Peg, 127n, 128p; Robert (alleged drunkard), 132; Robert, Mrs., 132; Walter, 104c; William, 55, 189
Graig pond, 59
Grange: Charlotte Valley No. 1553, 158; membership, 158; Davenport Juvenile, No. 399, 156; Davenport Masters of, 156p; Davenport No. 1384, 157; Davenport No. 1516, 154, 157; use of IOOF Hall, 154; Delaware County, 154; East Davenport No. 772, 157; end of Davenport No. 1516, 159; formally The Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, 154; gives Hall sale funds to DHS, 160; Kortright No. 1352, 157; members’ projects, 155; National, founding of, 156; New York (2003), 159s; No. 1516 moves, 158; ritual and vows, 155s
Grange Hall: activities at, 159; building of, in Davenport, 154; center of community life, 155s; dancing at, 155p; Davenport’s dedicated, 155; Davenport’s moves, 158p, 159; members reluctant to move, 158; rebirth of Davenport’s, 159
Grange League Federation (G.L.F.), 156
Granger movement: in New York State, 156; in United States, 154
Grant: Dr. Guy, 108; Ulysses S., President, 28, 88
Gray, Capt. William (mapmaker), 13, 32s
Great Depression: See Depression (Great).
Green: Jabez, 19s, 21; Samuel, 21; Silvenus, 19s, 21
Green Revolution, on Java, 77s
Greene, Ron (lumberman), 216
Greene County: whiskey production (1810), 130n
Greene Lumber Co., 217p
Greenhouses: Robert Amadon, 215; Dennis Valenti, 216; in Davenport, 78, 215, 216; J. R. Frazier & Sons, 78, 215p; Nancy & George Novelano, 78
Greslaer, Harmonimus, 7n
Griffen, Marjorie Taber, 81c
Grigsby, young Frank, 95p
Gristmill. See also Mill, grist.
Gristmill, West Davenport, 56p
Griswold: Clayton T., Rev., 191; David, xi, 51p; Jeffrey, ix; Jeffrey, Davenport genealogy on CD-ROM, 20s
Guildersleeve: June, 198p; Walter, Sgt., 198p; young Walter, 70p
Gunther, Kurt M., 227
Gymnasium, O’Connor (CVCS), 206, 207, 218
Hairpin turn, Sexsmith Hill road, 189c
Hall, J. D., 27, 28n, 85p, 114c, 126, 138, 150, 151
Halstead, Ted & Tracy (glassblowers), 205
Ham: Art, 155; farm and K.K.K., 126; G. A., 27; Gurney, 154, 155, 159
Hamm: Anson, 144; Collins, 144; D. Asa, 144; Leonard, 144; Polly, 144
Hancock, John, 127
Hanford: Betty Ann (diary), 87n; D. J. (David Josiah), 57, 57n, 90s, 91, 92; David J., 56; Horace (photographer), 90s; Josiah, 217c; L. O. (Levi) (merchant & postmaster), 91, 92
Hanford Brothers, 57
Hanford Mills, 92s: log delivery (1895), 217p; (1895 photo), 57p; description, 57; lumber for Davenport Grange Hall, 155; origin, 56n
Hanford Mills Museum, 57c, 57s, 126c, 217c
Hanford, D. J. & Sons, 41
Hanley, Jim, Rep., 168
Hanson, Peg, 116n
Hanvey, Fulton (‘Mike’), 95p, 113
Harding, Warren G., President, 149
Harkness, Ebanezer (reformed Freemason), 128
Harness shop of W. C. Riddle, 98
Harper, 32; Abigail (Mrs. William McFarland), 14; Alexander, 14; John, 32; John Jr. , 8n, 12, 13; John Jr., Col., 14; John Sr., 9, 12; Joseph, 14
Harpersfield, 19, 20, 34, 109, 113, 157; and maple sugar, 12n; and railroads, 40; bears and death of girl, 162s; boundary formed by Charlotte R., 1; Freemasonry, 128, 129s; Grange at North Harperfield, 157; hops, 75; ‘a settlement of some standing’ (in 1804), 37; in Davenport Fire District, 114; Ira Birdsall’s academy, 103; medical training in, 108; militia, 141; population growth, 35; settlers favored Patriots, 17; settlers from Cherry Valley, 14; tollhouse, 36; turnpike route, 36; Ulster and Delaware progress, 27; wolf bounty, 162; Zimmerman airfield, 173
Harpersfield Academy, 103n
Harpersfield Union Academy, 104
Harriman, W. Averell, Gov., 168, 208
Harrington: Donald, 209p; Elizabeth, 128p
Harris, E. U., 40
Hartley: Howson, 224, xi; Neil, 209; Neil (in beard), 206p; Scott, 209
Hartwick College, 2n, 32, 182; archeology, 5; archeology digs, 5; Pine Lake owner, 187; Yager Museum, 5
Harvey, Robert, 167p
Hastings, Barbara, 104p
Hawley, Mike, 115s; Rev. Gideon, 7
Hay wagons, 80p
Hayes, Rutherford B., President, 28
Haying, 84p
Haynes: Charles, 38, 58, 126, 218; Frona Tompkins, 134; Jesse, 38, 53, 57, 58, 126; and school stove, 102; interview (1968), 133
Hebbard, 50; H. T., Mrs., 154; Harry T., 29, 154; Herbert, and appendectomy, 109; Herbert D., 167p, 194, 198p; Horace, 127s, 144; James (schoolteacher), 103c; Lois, 124p; Margie, 124p; Maria, 127s; Merton, 58, 126n; N. H., 53; Nathaniel, 144; R, S., Mrs., 131; Samantha (Washburn), 144
Hedstrom, Olaf G., Rev. (and woodshed home), 120
Henderson: John, 55, 92; John H., 92; Lyle, 54s, 55, 92, 116n, 117; Lyle; Lyle; Roland, 55, 92
Henningson: Elsie (Mrs. John), 186; John (lake owner), 186, 187
Heraclitus of Ephusus, vi
Herron, John, 106p
Hickling, Vera, 127n
High Point, 2p, 11; drownings, 191; proposed dam at, 165, 166
Highway construction: no funds (1898), 26s; U.S., 171, 172
Hillis: Arthur, 126, 156, 156p; G. M., Mrs., 132; George M., 27, 29, 151, 155, 156p, 158, 165, 172, 176, 194, 195, 228p; Mary J., 27, 29, 151; Ralph, 159
Hinman: Carlton, 173, 174; Ed, 129n
Hitchcock: Charles S., 96; John, 89
Hobart, 99, 157; aviator Roy Tyler, 174; O’Connor & O’Connor law firm, 218; railroad routing, 40
Hoctor, Edward, 180
Hodge: E. C., Rev., 124; William B. (inn keeper), 93
Hoke, V. I. (shoemaker), 90
Holmes: E., Rev. (tried by Congregationalists), 123; Elkanah, 28, 89
Hoover, Herbert (Food Administrator), 148
Hop picking in Davenport, 75p
Hops, 41, 53; and blue mold, 75s; growing of, 74s; pickers in Maryland, 74p; rise and fall of, 74
Horner, William (Edelweiss Cottage), 181p
Horses: racing in Davenport, 176; rescuing Graig car, 169p; show horses in Fergusonville, 78s; stampeded by dynamite, 184s
Hoseaville: first Davenport mill, 13; named for Hosea Reynolds, 108; Route 23 bypass, 172
Hotchkiss, Hattie, 180
Hotels: American, 93; Brandt, West Davenport, 100p; Central, 70p; Clarendon, 85p, 92; Clarendon, Davenport village, as later service station, 100p; Dart & Graig, 92; Davenport, 93; Davenport Inn; history of, 93s; Davenport Inn, 93p; East Davenport House, 92; Fenn’s, and militia training, 141; Fergusonville Academy school wing, 185p; Globe, 93; Marvin Simmons, 90; Mattice, 92; dining room, 93p; Park’s (once Sloat’s), Davenport Center, 100p; Park’s, 70p; Sherman Health Resort burned, 185; Sherman House parlor, 184p; Sloat’s (Davenport Center), 70p, 90; Sloat’s (West Davenport), 90; Sloat’s (West Davenport), 56c, 93s; Smith House, 93; West Davenport House, 90
Houghtaling, 19s, 21; Abraham, 22s; James, 140, 140n; John, 22s; Peter, 22s; Will, 69p
Houghtaling Hollow, section lost to Meredith, 21, 212
Houghton, N. Delos (musician), 143
House: Jeff (of Oneonta task force), 222; Dr. Leroy (of Oneonta), 87
Howard, Tom (new home), 228p
Howarth: Kathleen, 125n; Mary Elizabeth, 209
Howe, Stafford, Sgt., 143
Hubbard, Clinton (merchant), 94c
Hubbell, Dr. Hiram P. (of Stamford, NY) 109
Huck, Minnie, 127n
Hudson: Henry, 5; River, 34, 36, 37; Palatine camps, 7
Huggans, Olive Beatrice, 218
Hummell, J. T., 90
Hunt: Eva, 127n, 128n; John S., 89; Medad, 34; Peter, 22s
Hunting: for ‘coons, 136; rattlesnakes, 54s; squirrels & woodchucks (1851), 163s
Huntington, Willard V., papers, 107n
Huntsville (Otego), 23n, 23s, 34n
Huston, Douglas, 95p
Hymer, Wayne, 219c
Ice Cream Parlor, Art’s, 94
Ice harvesting, 48, 49, 51, 58; Pine Lake, 58p, 60p
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), 126, 157
Indian: binges, 9; castles, 4, 182; Onaquaga (village), 7, 8, 18s, 32; scalp taking, 18
Indian trails, 31; along West-kill to Charlotte River, 32n; Schoharie-Charlotte, 32s
Indians: Ahtiqua, 8; Five Nations, 7; Five Nations (Proposition to), 6; Iroquois, 3, 5s, 6, 18, 18s; Iroquois site near Davenport, 8; Lenni Lenape, 4; Mohawk, 7, 18s; Oneida, 18s; Onondagas, 18s; settler children sent to live with, 7n; Six Nations, 6, 8, 18s; Susquehannocks , 5s; Tuscadoras, 9, 18s
Ingraham: Daniel, 93; Harriet, 93
Inns, 36, 93s; along turnpike, 38; description of (1804), 37
Inspectors of Elections, 24n
IOOF Hall, Davenport village, 139p, 208: Grange meetings in, 154, 159
Jackson (family), 181
Jacobs, Luthera, 118
Jansen (family), 118s
Jaymes, Harry D. (WWII gold star), 194
Jayne, Samuel Ferguson, 144; (Civil War diary), 145s
Jefferson, NY: aid to Davenport, 115; baseball team, 93s; mostly forest (in 1804), 37
Jester (family), 118s
‘Jewish Camp’ at Pine Lake, 186
Jobs: in Davenport, 85, 86, 87, 88; of women (1905), 87; shoemakers, 87; specialization, 87
Johnson: Benjamin, 157; Rodney, Rev., 111; Stephen, 201; Thomas, 22s; William (Sir), 9, 33; and Charlotte River Patent, 7, 33; and Christopher Servoss, 12, 13s; and Goldsbrow Banyar, 10; and Indian land purchases, 9; and land settlement, 14; and naming of Charlotte River, 8, 8s; and Scotch Highlanders, 16, 17, 18; Charlotte River Patent, 9, 10; land agent, trader and Indian Commissioner, 8
Jones, Bob, 155
Kaufman, Pat (of Stamford), 116
Keator, Sandy, 159
Kellogg, Nathan, 24n
Kelly, Oliver Hudson, and National Grange founding, 156
Kelso, Kenneth, 57
Kennedy, Robert, Sen., 168; supports Davenport dam, 166s
Kent: Grace, 125n; Mathew (lumberman), 216
Kenyon, 49; (Mary) Etta, 73s, 185; biographical note, 185, 186s; burlesque star, 186p; goats in pockets, 185; James (medical student), 108; Richard, 187n; Samuel (Deacon), 124, 124s; Smith, 185
Kernan, Henry, 166
King, Lucius, Rev., 124
Kinyon: J. W. (druggist), 89; James, 90; Samuel (shoemaker), 89
Kitchen, in early 1900s, 228p
Know-Nothing Society, 125, 125n
Koji, Janet (artist), 205
Korean queen, horrible death of, 96, 97c
Korean War: beginnings, 200; Davenport’s dead, 200
Kortright, 19, 20, 34; bear sighting (1960), 163; blizzard closes road (1920), 172s; CCC camp in, 152; Civil War, 143; Dairymen’s League plant violence, 153; early Grange, 157; Fergusons in, 99, 108; Freemasonry, 128; Gilchrist Memorial Church, 125; Grange in, 157; Grange No. 1352, 157; hops, 75; neither schoolhouse nor church (in 1804), 37; John, 34; Leals in, 108; militia, 141; new rural fire district, 114; origin, 19; population growth, 35; Scotch in, 14; Scots siding with Patriots, 18; white pine blister, 151s
Kortright Academy, 104
Kortright Center, Indian trail, 33
Kortright Creek, 32, 53c; and Davenport Center ice-jams and flooding, 168; and ice jams, 164; and waterpower, 55, 56; tannery, 53
Kosier: (family), 118s; Jean (Briggs), 118s
Kromer, Charles C., Maj., 146
Kubik, Dorothy (author), 35
Laight, William (merchant), 33
Lambert, Ernest, 180
Land in Davenport: 2003 reassessment, 214; a new land use law, 226; dramatic changes, 213, 223; nonresidents own most undeveloped parcels, 214, 222; outsiders moving in, 213; regulation history, 225; Section 480-A tax avoidance, 223n; subdivisions await new arrivals (map), 213m; values double, 214
LaRose, Thomas, 219c
LaSalle: Bob (vaudevillian), 192p; Robert, 185
Latham Oneonta Mobile Homes, 188, 219p
Law office, of A. Raymond Gibbs, 89p
Lawson, Robert J., 29
Lead mine, in Mine Patent, 7
Leal: Alexander, 18; Dr. James H., 108
Leather tanning, 48
Leatherstocking Timber Products, Inc., 216
Lehman, Herbert, Gov., 168
Liddle, Tom, 106p
Lighting, carbide, 170s
Lightning hazards, 113s
Lightning, death by, 52
Lindbergh, Charles (NY to Paris flight), 174s
Livestock, travel on turnpike, 37
Livingston, Robert, and Palatines, 7
Lizard, found in rock, 3s
Lockwood: J. G., 29, 51, 55, 56c, 88; J. G., Mrs., 131; J., Mrs., 132p; Susan, 81c
Lockwood gristmill, 56c
Lomangino, Leo, 78, 221c; (show horses), 78s
Lombardo, Yvonne, 117
Looney, Blanche, 154; (owner of transfer station site), 211s
Losie (family), 87n
Loucks, Newell (garage owner), 91
Lowenstein, M. G. (optician from Arkville), 93s
Ludlam, Dorr, Mrs. (daughter of Walter Scott), 96n
Lumber: biggest log, 216s; cherry, 55; for Stamford hotels, 189; hemlock and wire nail, 47s; trade, 45
Lumbering, 46p: a log for Hanford Mills, 217p; by helicopter, 217; fully automated machines, 216s; Greene Lumber Co., 216; Leatherstocking Timber Products, Inc., 216; new life from Section 480-A, 223; revolution in, 216, 217
Lydell, Al, 185
Lyon: C. T., 126n; Eunice Ann, 191; Robert (aviator & chicken farmer), 191
MacArthur: Dr. Hebbard, 108; John, 104p
MacArthur’s Funeral Home, 228p
Maccabees, 157; meetings at Mattice Hotel, 93c; oysters at Baldwin’s Hall, 178; parade (1903), 126p
MacClintock: Barbara, 117; Jay (meets airplane), 174; Jay, 118s; Larry, 118s; Michael, 118s; Steve, 118s
MacCracken: Durward K. , 21c, 166, 167p; Durward Jr., 29; Frank, 167p; Frank S., 21c; Frank, S 2/c, 198p; Julia, 209p; June, 127n, 128p; Peggy, 128p, 206p; Sally, 21c; Velma, 104p; Virginia, 209p
MacDonald, Donald, 209p
MacDonell (See also McDonell), 16n
MacDonells, and Sir William Johnson, 8
MacDougal, Ezra (home), 228p
MacFarland, Mrs. B., 132p
Madden, Margaret, xi
Maddock, Henry, 54
Maharg: Arthur E., 108; Dr. Samuel, 54, 54s, 108, 133;; Gertrude, 108
Mahon, Thomas, 219c
Mahoney. Tom, 185
Mail catcher, 43p
Mancke: Dorothy, 128p; Henry, 115, 116n
Maple sugar, syrup: competition with white sugar, 77; early cash crop, 12; final end in sight, 222; impotance in Harpersfield, 12n; Indian knowledge of, 7; industry collapse, 76; made by Palatines, 12; markets lost to Java, 77; molasses, 76; sugar price fall, 77; sugaring-off parties, 136; syrup lingers on, 204; trade, 45; trees peeled by lightning, 113s; whiter is better, 77s
Maps, Davenport, 49, 61m-66m; Fergusonvlle, 60m; East Meredith, 67m
Markus, John, 106p
Martin, Schuyler, 89
Martz: Edward, 179, 185; Jessie A., 185
Maryland, NY, 20, 23n, 35n, 39, 142; and Fitches Patent, 107n; hop pickers, 74p; joint school with Davenport, 101; no reimbursement for South Hill fire, 1908, 111; population growth, 37
Mason: Bill, 206p; Edwyn E., Assemblyman, 166; Edwyn E., Sen., 201; Lesley, 209
Mason, Aleska (of Stamford), 116
Masons. See Freemasonry
Mastropole (family), 118s
Mather, Cotton, (Rev.), 20s
Mattice: A. J., 92; Luther D., 92
Mayne: Dr. Earl H., 190; Edith, and church service, 123s; ‘Face of a Clock’ (poem), 182; married Richard Strout, 191; Sexsmith Lake diary, 190; Miriam, 191
McArthur, Ralph J., Pvt., 147
McAslin, Dougal, 32
McBride, Jacqueline, 209
McCabe, Chaplain, 124
McCann, Dr. Robert, 111
McCarthy, Joseph, Sen. (a complex man), 200s
McClaughry, William H., 189, 190
McCluskey: Charles, 48n; Mary, 48n
McCulley: Gary, 159; Henry, Mrs., 154
McDonald, 19; Alexander, 19; Cathrina, 19; Duncan, 19; Duncan (of Stamford, NY), 113s; Francis Ross, 16n, 19; Frank, 185; Hugh, 19; John, 19; Mina (wife of William), 112p; Virginia, 185; William (Uncle Billy), 15, 19, 88, 93s, 112p, 128, 210; and Water Company, 112; as house mover, 94; at age 85, 112p; hotel owner, 93; last railroad commissioner, 40; merchant and postmaster, 94; shortstop, at 86, 177; town benefactor (sidebar), 113s
McDonald Hose Company, 113, 114
McDonald Mills, 35
McDonell: Alan of Collachie, 16; Alexander of Aberchalder, 16, 17; John of Leek, 16; John of Scotus, 16, 17s, 18; land holdings and claims, 17; Roderick (Rory), 16, 17, 19; helped Prince Charlie, 16n
McDougal: Dr. Ezra, 109; Ezra, 29; Mary, 132p
McFarland: John, 22s; William, 14
McIlwain: Maggie, 109; Orrin G. (‘O. G.’), 87, 169, 189c; and fire (1913), 112
McIlwain Road, 87; hairpin turn for autos, 173; Indian trail, 31
McKay, Hugh, 16
McKillip, Ben, 134; Ben (of Stamford), 58
McLaury: H. W. (Harpersfield schoolmaster), 103n; J. M. (Harpersfield schoolmaster), 103n
McMinn, 56; Clarence, Pvt. (died at Andersonville), 143; David, 90; Ira, 90; Ira H., 53; James, 90
McMinn (family), 75c
McMorris: Clarabel, 136p; Osborne, 158; R. A., 29s; W. S., 39p; William, 21
McMullen: Joyce, 124p; Timothy, 209; Tom, 161c
McNamara, James (and grain cradle), 84p
McNeilly: Alexander, 181c; Lina, 181c; Louida, 181p
Meat market: Hebbard’s, 98; W. L. More, 98p
Mechanics in Davenport, 1845, 86
Medicine show: how Dr. Craig saved a life, 178s
Melcher, Dr. Charles E., 108
Meredith, town of, 19, 34, 56; annexed part of Davenport, 21; fire insurance companies, 111n; Freemasonry, 128; rich soil & poor water (in 1804), 37; Meredith Artillery disbands, 141; population growth, 35
Meridale, aid to Davenport, 115, 116
Merrell, William, 24n
Merrill, Amenzo A., 166n
Merry-go-round (hand-carved), 176
Merwin: Paul, 115, 116n; Paul, on First Responders, 116s; Robert (Sexsmith Lake caretaker), 191
Meyerhoff (family), 118s
Mickel: Eddie, 155; John W. (and 1812 flood), 164
Mickey, C. E., 126n
Mickle Bridge, 8
Mickle, 22s
Middle Brook: and Van Deusen Bridge, ice floes (1912), 176p; covered bridge, 171; dam, 16p; first milldam, 13; Indian trail, 31, 32, 33; railroad routing, 31; tannery, 50
Middle Brook, 32s
Milfordville, 35
Milfordville, 49n
Militia: camp at Delhi, 140; disbanded (in 1840s), 141; eyewitness description, 141s
Milk truck, early, 55p
Mill: apple cider, 73p; buckwheat (Davenport Center), 71; carding, 48, 52, 55; cider, 55; cider (West Davenport), 74; clover, 58; Elmore Milling Co. fire, 148; fulling, 48, 52; grist, 13, 46, 51, 55, 56, 56p, 58; on Middle Brook, 51; lumber, 13, 46, 47p, 49, 51, 52, 52p, 53, 55, 56, 58, 60p, 87, 216, 217p; plaster, 55; shingle, 55; sulfate pulp & paper (proposed), 166; tannery, 49; water power, 7; woolen, 48
Mill canal, West Davenport, 55
Mill Road, 11p, 51, 95, 96; and Canoe Place, 7; first paving, 172
Miller: Abigail, 107; Charles, 57, 217p; Cornelius, 124; Ezekiel, 53, 122n, 123; Ezekiel; (sawmill), 54p; Joseph N. (shoemaker), 90; Moses, 26; R. D., 162; R. D. ( ‘Munsell’ author), 122, 122n, 131; Robert, 172; Stephen, 24n
Miller & Osborn (leather), 91
Miller & Son (lumber & laths), 91
Mills, 19; Alexander, 18; Iona, 104p
Mine Brook, 92s
Minstrel shows at CVCS, 179
Mitchell, Elma Hetherington, 56, 150p
Mitteer, Brian, Capt., 111
Mohawk castle, 5
Mohawk Valley, 8, 12, 55; Palatines in, 7
Molasses, maple, 76
Monkey Run, archeology site, 4
Monroe, John D. (historian), 12
Montomery County, 19
Moon, William, 24n
Moorby, Chris, 106p
Moore: Charles, 78s; Edwin R. (author), 74; Elmer, 30, 173, 194; Harmon, 22n, 24n, 107; Richard, 107n
Moran’s Hall, Davenport village, 126
More, 22s: Alice, 127n, 191, 197; Andrew, 140n; Catherine, 98p; Charles, 178s; Emma, 98p; Harmon, 127n, 167p; Harmon J., 166n; Herbert, 225; James (medical student), 108; K. E., Mrs. (milliner, dressmaker), 90; Lucy (Shellman) , 104p, 127n; M. J., 26; Marjorie, 209p; Norma, 127n, 128n
Morenus, 19s, 21; Christian, 22s; George, 22s; Jeremiah, 22s; Thomas, 22s
Morgan: Carlton (Ted), 187; Governor, 142; J. Pierpont (RR director), 39
Moror vehicles, effect on village life, 169
Morrell: C. D., Mrs., 131; W. W., Mrs., 131
Morris: E. O. (editor), 96; William (theatrical agent), 184
Morrow, John, 32
Morthrun, S. A., Mrs., 131
Motor vehicles: decrepit car and building, 176p; growth in numbers, 171; heavy traffic Davenport Center (1925), 176p; Ralph Taber drives in winter, 169p; Ralph Taber’s first car (1914), 176p; two cars passing (1920), 173p
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 208p; and vanishing deer, 162; death, 208; O’Connor Gym dedication, 207; painting collection, 205; ‘subject for an interview’, 191; to run for U.S. Senate, 207
Multer, Marcus M. (newspaper and store owner), 95
Munger, Obediah, 121
Murphy, Timothy, 13s
Nature Conservancy, and Emmons Pond, 182
Neer, Wellington, 180; Pleasant View Cottage, 192p
Neer, and Von Neer, 180
Nelson, Lewis, 194
Nesbitt, James, 169
Neunzig: Elizabeth (Bette) Carr, 187; Kurt, 161, 187, 195; in show business, 187; Lillian, 187; Robert, 187; William, 187
New York State: Department of Environmental Control (DEC), 226; Flood Control Commission, 168; Health Department, 226
New York State Council on the Arts, 218
Newell: Edward H., 49s; James (of Syracuse), 177
Newspapers: Bloomville Mirror, 99; Charlotte Valley News, 96; Davenport Standard, 96; Davenport Standard, 11-28-1895 issue, 97p; Davenport Transcript, 96; Otego Times, 96; Schenevus Monitor, 96; Schoharie Union, 146; Worcester Times, 96
Nichols, Erwin, 94
Non-residents, contribute 30% of taxes, 213
Norberg: Ankar, 117, 165, 191; Eunice Lyon, 191; Neils J. (dairy farmer), 191; Niels, 117
Northway, Gaius, 23
O’Connell, Dr. William, 94
O’Connor: A. Lindsay (Judge), 178, 218; Anna (Annie) (Mrs. Edward), 177, 178; Anna Taylor (Mrs. Edward), 207, 218; Charles R., 177, 207, 218; Dr. William J., 108; Edward, 93, 96, 177, 207, 218; Edward, Mrs., 132p; numerous charitable causes, 218; Olive B. (Mrs. A. Lindsay), 218
O’Connor Foundation, 116, 117, 178; formally the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, 217; origin, 218; support for local history, 217
O’Connor-Douglass house, as Catholic center (1960), 125
O’dell: Rose, 132p
Oats and buckwheat, in Delaware County, 70
Odd Fellows Hall, 11c
Ogborn, Linda, 53s
Oles, Tracy, 56c
Oliver: Andrew, 72; George B., 99; James, 49, 99, 106; James (Mrs.), 107; Thomas B., 106
Olmstead, 30; Anson, 144; Harvey, 164s; Hiram, 144; Jordon, 144; Lester, Sgt., 164s; Minerva, 144; Stephen, 33, 140, 144
Olmsted, 49, See also Olmstead; David Jr., 23, 24; David Sr., 23; Stephen, 23; Steven, 21
Oneonta, 35, 36, 159; aid to Davenport, 115; and railroads, 39; aviation, 173, 174; Chamber of Commerce opposed to dam, 166; D. F. Keys Airport, 174; Downtown, Improvement Task Force, 222; fire apparatus to Davenport, 114; first lady ushers, 148; G.L.F. outlet, 156; high school, 104; Huntington Memorial Library, 107n; importance as railroad center, 148; in transition, 223; Littlejohn revival meeting, 122; origin, 35; Parshall Hospital, 109; present growth factors, 223; Southside, 21, 23s, 26c, 35n, 45n, 212n; stage line to, 41; State Normal School, 102; Class of 1935 in ’85, 150p; volunteers for Cuba, 146; WWI spies, 148
Oneonta Academy, 127s
Oneonta Block Co., 219p
Oneonta Society of New York City, 181
Oneonta State Normal School, 220; Class of 1935 in 1985, 150
Orr: Elisha, 107; Hugh, 22s, 23, 24, 107n; Mathew, 107n
Osborn, Elbert, Rev. (and neglected Methodists), 121
Osborne, Ephraim, 52c
Osterlein, Helen, 161
Ostrander, Jody, 106p
Otsego Auto Crushers, 219p
Otsego County, 1, 19, 20, 21, 26c, 58; hops, 41, 74, 74n; whiskey production, 1810, 130n
Otsego Lake, 2n
Ouleout Creek, 34
Overseer of the Poor, 27
Oysters: church suppers, 129; local supply (1877), 129n
Paine, George, 29
Palatines: deplorable conditions, 7; in American Revolution, 17; in future Davenport, 12, 14; in Schoharie Valley, 6; migration to Pennsylvania, 7, 33, 208; relations with Mohawks, 7; to America, 6n
Parker: Benjamin, 21; W. H., 51
Parker bridge over Middle Brook, 170p
Parks: Charles (and milk strike), 152; John, 32
Parks Hill Road, Indian trail, 32
Parris: Bradford, 56; Jonathan Briggs, 56; Norman, 91, 91c
Pasa, Richard, 115n
Patent, 10; Banyar, 55; Banyar-Goldsborough, 10; Bradish, 10; Bradt, 9; Charlotte River, 7, 10, 13s, 19, 19n, 21, 33, 35; and Gerrit Smith, 131; Fitches, 19n, 20, 35n, 107n; Franklin, 7, 26c; Hardenburgh, 9; Hardenbergh, and anti-rent protests, 142; Harper, 10, 12, 12n; Kortright, 7, 14, 16; Lynott, 10; McKee, 10; Meredith-Franklin-Wharton, 10; Mine, 7, 9; Tudor, 10; Wallace, 10, 23s
Patten, Thomas (and suit against Congregationalists), 123
Pavlik, Frank, 209p
Payne, Dr. Asahel, 108
Pearl ash (see Potash), 12n
Peaslee, A. H. (of Hancock), 173
Peck: Dr Gertrude (Maharg), 131; Dr. Gervasse, 109
Pedersen (family), 118s
Peet, Lynda, 95s, 96n, 178, 179, 205
Penfield, David, Capt. (of militia), 141
Penny suppers, 130
Perry, V. D., 128
Peters, Pomeroy F. (blacksmith), 90
Philanthropy: Charles Haynes Fund, 218; Charles R. O’Connor Trust, 218; Dewar Foundation, 218; Dow-Taylor Fund, 218; importance of two women, 218; Leo Lomongino, 218; O’Connor Foundation, 218; old and new, 217; Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, 218
Phincle, Charles, 189, 189c, 190
Pickett Building Materials, 219p
Pierce, 49; Daniel, 24n; I. B., 126
Pietrefesa, Rose, 116n
Pigeons, passenger: description of, 163s; disappearance, 163s
Pindars Corners: and modern firefighting, 116; first female firefighters, 117; First Responders, 116n; Rural Fire Departments No. 2, 117
Pine Lake, 32, 49, 58; acquired by Hartwick College, 187; children’s camp, 186, 187; history, 182; Neunzigs restore buildings, 187; steamboat on, 182
Pizza (family), 87n; Michael, 166n
Pizza Brothers, 57
Planning: Davenport’s past failure, 224; defeat in Davenport, 227; is ‘Smart Growth’ an answer?, 224; success in Worcester, 224; too much too soon in Davenport, 226; Town of Davenport Rural Development Plan, 213n
Pocupine, ‘subject for an interview’, 191
Poor Masters: 23; shame in applying to, 133
Population: Davenport growth to continue, 222; Davenport (in 1810), 21; Davenport over 200 years (table), 212; Davenport-to-be (in 1790), 19s; follows farming & Oneonta, 212; growth, 35; growth, NY border after Revolution, 19; migration, 22s; New York State, 19
Porter: Richard, 126; William C., 21c
Porteus, Victoria (Barnes), 96n, 205
Post office: Davenport gains, 111n; in E. B. Fero store, 89; in Irwin Dent home, 94; in Lester Whipple home, 159; in McDonald store, 94; in Town Hall, 159; in Whitlock store, 89; in Wickham-McDonald-Hubbard-Steward store, 94c; West Davenport, 89p
Postcards, new demand for, 90s
Pot ash. See potash.
Pot, production in Davenport, 47
Potatoes: blight (of 1840s), 72; Davenport production, 72
Potter: A. H., Mrs., 154; Alton, 155, 195p; Andrew J., 55
Poultry: boom and bust, 76; in Davenport, 76
Powell: Louida (McNeilly), 181p; Richard D., Flight Officer, 198p
Powers, James Searle, Prof., 104p
Prattsville Union Free School, 218
Prentice, Daniel, 13, 14c, 16c
Prentice’s mill, 51
Preston: Nate, xi; Ray (coach & teacher), 106c
Price index calculations, 143n
Prince Charles (‘Bonny’), 16
Prosser Hollow, 53c
Pumpkin Hollow, 55
Pumpkin Hollow Maple Syrup, 204
Pumpkin Hollow Road, and lead mine entrance, 7n
Quackenbush: Albert, 27; Edwin, 144; George, 144; John, 144; Maria, 144; Silas, 144
Queen Anne: and German Palatines, 6, 7; and Hardenburgh Patent, 9
Quigley: Richard, 106p; Warren H. (WWII gold star), 194
Racetrack, in Davenport, 176
Railroads: Albany & Susquehanna, 27, 31, 39, 39n, 40, 88, 89, See also Delaware & Hudson; and ice, 58; Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley, 39, 39c, 40, 41, 42, 42m, 44p, 49, 53, 90; Cooperstown & Susquehanna Valley, 40; Delaware & Hudson, 40, 42; WWI spy, 148; Delaware Otsego, 40, 41, 92; milk and butter, 42; NY Central, Catskill Mt. Branch, 42; NY, Kingston & Syracuse, 40; Roundout & Oswego, 39, 40; Ulster & Delaware, 27, 31, 39, 40, 41, 42, 42m, 43p, 44p, 49, 51, 55, 56p, 59, 171; demise, 42; icehouse, 59; in East Meredith, 92; Italian workers, 87n; pedestrian walkway Davenport Center, 171p; routing, 88; station and new viaduct, 171pRainbow Gardens, 204n
Raitt, John, County Historian, 173, 174
Rathbun: Bernice, 29, 128p; Rathbun, 127n; William, 26s, 166n; William V., 29
Rattlesnake Mountain, 54s
Readers Digest, aids Davenport dam opponents, 166
Real estate: 2003 property reassessment, 214; Davenport land values double, 214
Rebekahs, 126, 157; Lodge officers, 1963-64, 128p
Redfield: Homer, 183; Rev., 122
Reinshagan: Ernest, Pvt., 198p; Hans, 180; Lillian, 180; Robert, Cpl., 198p
Religion: clashes over, 1841, 122; ‘enjoyment’ of, 122
Restaurant: Davenport Inn., 94; Tally-Ho, West Davenport, 90, 100p; Timbers, 94; Vern’s, 94
Revere, Paul, 127
Revival meetings, 120, 121p, 122; parking (in 1929), Davenport Center, 139p
Reynolds: Hosea, 108, 133; Luke & Lottie (home of), 91p; Luke (merchant), 91; Nella, 179s, 197; Rebecca H., 108
Rice, Arthur, 95p, 194, 195p, 228c
Richardson, Mr. (bridge-builder), 41c
Richie, William (archeologist), 4
Richmondville, 39; railroad routing, 39
Riddell: Bert S. , 127n, 158; Eloise, 104p; Morris, Pvt., 198p; Rose (Mrs. Bert) , 127n, 158
Riddell Brothers Trucking, 219p
Riddle: W. C., 98; W., Mrs., 132p; William, 21, 22s
Rider: Casey, 118s; Doreen, 209p; Keith, 118s; Ray, 58, 155, 167p, 174; Todd, 51n, 118s
Rifenbark, Virginia, xi
Rifenburg, Barbara, xi
Road building equipment, Davenport, 169, 173; early steam rollers, 172c; first road grader, 170p; ‘Old Maude’ meets bridge (1914), 176p
Road improvements: snow clearance and school buses, 172s; Urwin and Donovan Plans, 173
Roads: construction and maintenance, 33; cross-valley, and cars passing, 173p; Davenport village main street (c. 1908), 176p; public, 33; toll, 34; turnpike, 34
Roberts: Earl B., 92; Loreen, 127n; William H., 91
Roberts, Ireland & Nichols woolen mill, 55
Rode: Henry J. II, xi, 48s, 189n; John D., 189n; John, Jr., 189n; Peter, 189n
Rodebaugh, Edward, 157
Roe, 49; Daniel, 144; Joshua, 144; Louise, 144; Nathahiel, 144; William, 144
Rogler, Howard, 155
Roosevelt, Franklin D.; 1937 inaugural address, 193; death, 199; Fireside Chats, 197
Rose: Billy (showman), 187; Hugh, 18
Rosevelt, James (RR director), 39
Ross (family), 87n
Roxbury, 157
Roxbury Academy, 104
Royal Chrysler (Harris Enterprises), 219p
Rural changes elsewhere, 223
Rural development, proposed code, 226
Rural prosperity, conditions for, 223
Sales, Frederick (house), 222p
Sands, Bertha, 209p
Sanford: Betty, 124p; Dan, 106p; Daniel (as child), 114p; Henry J., 28; Leslie A., 114, 114p, 115s, 144c, 159; Patty, 124p; R. Leslie, 114; Richard, 114, 139p, 144c; Richie (on Christensen farm), 214p; Virginia, 159, xi
Sawmill. See Mill, lumber
Sawyer, Bob, 155
Scalps,color-coded, 18
Schenevus, 39; aid to Davenport, 115, 116; baseball team, 93s
Schenevus Creek, 3; and Joachim Van Valkenberg, 12, 32; Indian trail, 32; railroad routing, 31, 39
Schenevus Valley, 49n
Schermerhorn: Casper, 144; Jacob, 144
Schoharie County, 1; anti-rent protests, 141; source of Charlotte River, 1
Schoharie River, 34
Schoharie Valley, 13, 39; loyalists in, 17n, 32s
Schoolhousess: District #1 , 26p
Schools: academies in Stamford, Harpersfield, and Roxbury, 104; and private education, 102; central school controversies, 208; conditions of, 102, 105; construction (after 1840), 102; CVCS, 5n, 52, 105p; 1948 high school class, 209p; and CPR trainees, 116; and WPA, 152; case study of change, 208; Class of 1948, 106p; computers in, 209n; controversy over, 105; Foreign Exchange Program, 209; new, 1938, 119p; new focus of community, 204; O’Connor Gym dedication, 206, 207; origin of, 105; students college bound, 209; support from Charles R. O’Connor, 218; use of Wade’s Hall, 94; WWII drills and coal shortage, 195; District #13, Quaker Hill, 119p; District #14 with teacher Taber, 119p; District #18, South Hill, 119p; District #18, Stewart Rd., 119p; District #3, Davenport Center, 102p; District #7, Davenport village, 11p, 103p; District #7, purchased by IOOF, 126; East Meredith, 102p; Fergusonville Academy. See Fergusonville Academy; first school in Davenport, 24, 101; heating for, 102, 134; local control of, 103; nineteen schools (by 1860), 101; physical facilities, 101; separate privies, 102; standardized testing & special needs, 209; temperance instruction, 133; Union Free School, 104p; Union Free School Class of 1924, 104p; vacinations, 109; variable attendance at, 101; Webb Hill, 185
Schuman, Jurgen, 201
Schuman B-Line Moving and Storage, 219p
Scotch community, early, 33
Scotch Highlanders, 14
Scotch-Irish, 12
Scott: Dr. Gilbert T., 29s, 109, 109p; home of, 119p; with wife & son in parlor, 119p; Floyd, 164s; Floyd, saphouse, 76p; Walter (lawyer), 13, 96, 113; death of, 96n; fails to qualify as J.P., 28n
Scudder, John, 91c
Seacord, Cheryl, 116n
Seeley, 49
Selzer, Mary, 102c; See also Briggs, Mary S.
Servoss, 58
Servoss (Servos), 58; Christopher, 12, 13, 13s, 32n, 46
Sexsmith, Mathew, 188; (farmer & sawyer), 87; (hop grower), 76
Sexsmith Lake, 2, 7p, 59; activities (in August 1916), 190; Adaquetangie Club, Inc., 190; and fire (1913), 112; boats (c. 1911), 192p; Brooklyn arrivals, 190; by boat, train & wagon, 190; east shore, 192p; electricity arrives (1948), 190; history, 188; in World War I, 190; longer-term caretakers, 191; Orrin McIlwain developer & caretaker, 190; road to community landing, 191p; Sexsmith sawmill, 87; summer cottage names, 190n; WWI food substitutions, 148
Seymour: Horatio, Gov., 40; (presidential candidate), 88; C. F., Mrs., 132p
Shafer, S. G. (editor), 96
Shaver: John, 7, 141; Lavern, 130
Shaver Hill Maple Farm, 205
Sheep, 37; growth of herds, 48; town meeting regulation, 22
Sheep and wool, in Delaware County, 72
Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker creamery, 60p
Sheldon: Arthur Sheldon, 147; Edward C., 93, 95
Shellman: Alexander, 124; Dr. Alexander, 108; Lucy, 104p, 127n; Peter, 21, 180; Philander, 144; Thomas, 144
Sherman: Dan, 185, 186c; motorboat, 182; Sherman Lake, 183; Daniel (Danny), Jr., 184; Elbridge, 96n; John G., 87, 93, 189; Mabel DeForest, 183, 185; R. J., 143; Theresa (Tessie), 184, 185, 186s
Sherman Lake, 58, See also Pine Lake ; entertainment highpoint, 183; Fourth of July excitement, 184s; motorboat, 182; new hotel, 185p; rechristened Pine Lake, 185; rental cottages, 192p; unusual bus, 187p
Shoes, for right & left feet, 87
Shue, John, 29
Sigsbee: Charles D., Capt., 145; Evert, 24s; Nicholas, 24s, 35n, 48; and Charlotte turnpike whiskey, 36s; and cider pop, 68; and economy of shoe leather, 69s; and Littlejohn revival meeting, 122; and women’s finery (c. 1840), 137s; on ‘bees’, 135s; on anti-masonry, 129s; on great flood (of 1812), 164; on Ten Eycks in Davenport, 52; on Thomas Morenus, 22s; on War of 1812 price rises, 140s; Widow, 22, 24s
Silage and baleage, 71, 214; wrapping baleage, 214p
Silliman, Justus, 23
Simmons: Earl, 117; James, 58p, 89; Marvin, 90
Simpson: Daniel (merchant), 52, 49s, 94; Emeline (Lina), 49s; Hugh, 49s; William K., 49, 78s, 81; millionaire tanner & gentleman farmer, 49s; tannery (in 1870), 48
Simpson’s Gorge, 49s
Simpsonville, 48; telephone service (1899), 168n; gorge, 2; manufacturing in, 49
Sixsmith. See Sexsmith
Slab City. See West Davenport
Slade place, 48
Sloan: Ernie, 155; Fred, 155; Harold, 155
Sloat, William H., 90
‘Smart Growth’: a new idea, 224, 225; principles of, 225
Smeallie, James M., Rev., 123, 125n
Smith, 30; ‘Miss’ (school proprietor), 102; Becky, 116n; Bill, 177c; Charles B., 144; Clarence I., 29s; Cornelia (inventor of ‘bloomer’), 131n; Ed, 219c; Ellie, 116n; G. H., 55; George M., 54; Gerrit, 93, 180; abolitionist, 131, 142; biographical note, 131n; hotel owner, 93s; Gypsy (evangelist), 121c; Harry, Mrs., 93; Isaac, 144; James L., 29s; Jane Ayers, 144; Jeremiah, 22s; Michael B., 144; Peter, 33, 35, 93, 131n, 182; Ralph, Pvt., 198p; Rev. (and church reform), 122; Richard (1769 tourist), 12n, 162s; Roy, 209s; Steve, 106p; Warren, 27
Smith (brothers), 189
Snake oil, 54s
Snyder, 22s
Snypp, Jennie Eudora Kenyon (and apple cider), 73
Somerville, George & Mary (wedding gifts), 137p
‘Sonnet for a Two-Holer’, 210s
South Worcester: telephone service (1899), 168n; and Christopher Servoss, 12; in Davenport Fire District, 114; Kernan tree farm, 166; manufacturing in, 58
Spanish American War: ‘Remember the Maine’, 145s; filibusters beforehand, 146; Stanford volunteers, 145; yellow journalism, 145
Sperry, Stanley, 104p
Spoore (Spoor), John, 19s
Squaires, Thomas LeRoy, Sgt. (WWII gold star), 194, 198p
St. George, Katherine, Rep. , 167p, 168
St. Onge, 56c
Stage: coach, 38, 39p, 44; drivers, 38, 88; lines, 37; stagecoach inn, 93s; Tally-Ho, 41, 92; Tally-Ho, 41n
Stained glass in East Meredith, 205
Stamford Seminary, 104
Stamford, NY, 17, 32s, 34; advertisement for Cuba volunteers, 146; aid to Davenport, 115, 116; and railroads, 41; Cubans in, 145; early Grange, 157; fire apparatus to Davenport, 114; Freemasonry, 128; G.L.F. outlet, 156; high school, 104; hops, 75; hotel boom, 90s; mostly forest (in 1804), 37; new rural fire district, 114; Queen of the Catskills, 40; railroad routing, 40; school heating, 102; Spanish Americal War volunteers, 145; Ulster & Delaware reaches, 27
Stapleton, George (dance instructor), 178
State Route 23, 31; improvements to, 172; Indian trail, 31; turnpike route, 36
Steamboat, on Goodrich/Strader Lake, 183p
Steele, Maggie, 132p
Stewart: Ermon 94c, 167p; Robert, Rev., 123
Stiles, Harry, 185
Stone Fort Road, and CCC camp, 151s
Store: Baldwin’s, description of, 95s; Ben & Sally Beams, 89; Bill Wheeler’s, Fergusonville, 99p; Coulter-Roberts, 91c; Cyrus Whitlock, 89, 204; burned, 89; Daniel Simpson, 94; E. I. Sherman, 98; Earl Simmons, 204; Elisha B. Fero, 89; Elmore Milling Co., 87p; Ervin Davis, 171; F. L. Lockwood, 89; clerks wanted, 98; Finley MacDonald, 204; Henderson’s, East Meredith, 92, 100p, 204; Hubbard’s, 94c; Ira (Ike) Goodrich, Davenport Center, 90p, 204; James Simmons, 89; John Coulter, 91; Davenport Center site when a later garage, 100p; Levi Hanford, 91c; Luke Reynolds, 91p; Mowbray’s, Fergusonville, 168n; Olivers’ Fergusonville Cash Store, 99; Riffenburg’s, Fergusonville, 100p; Schuyler Martin, 89; Smith Brothers, 98; Sperry Bros., 96; Taber’s, 85p, 94c, 98p, 170s, 204, 228p; (in 1949), 100p; interior, 98p; Terrell & Rice, 51; Thompson/Parris/Adair, 91; Thompson’s, 91, 134; W. O. Beach, 89; W. Zeh & Son, 96; Webb’s, of West Davenport, 89; Whitlock, 100p; Wickham & Taber, 98; Wickham’s, 94p; Wickham-Hubbard-Stewart (and others), history of, 94c; William H. Roberts, 91
Strader Lake, 58, 182, See also Pine Lake; and rowboats, 192p; ice for railroad, 42; woods near, 181p
Stratton, Samuel, 168
Strawberries: in Great Depression, 149; wild, for Strawberry Festival, 130
Street lighting, cost (in 1930s), 151
Strout: Alan, xi; Caroline, xi; Richard L. (journalist), 191
Stuart, 19; Dr. James (Loyalist), 17
‘Sublime scenery’, 223
Summing up: can history illuminate the future?, 221; even opponents favor some planning, 227; is concensus possible?, 225; just what is Davenport?, 220; Mary Briggs a wonderful guide, 220; will planning help?, 224
Summit Lake, Indian trails, 32s
Sumner, Nathahiel, Rev., ( ‘Munsell’ author), 122; Nathaniel, Rev. ( ‘Munsell’ author), 122, 162
Susquehanna River, 1, 32, 32s, 33, 34, 36, 48; and lumber trade, 45, 45n; Clinton boat fleet passage, 33; Harpersfield’s western boundary, 19; River Basin Commission supports Davenport dam, 166; upper valley a no-man’s land, 5s; upper valley families (1769), 12
Susquehanna River settlements, 19
Swart, 7; Jesayus, 7n; Peter, 140; Sebastian, 22s; William, 22s, 24n, 47Swart Hollow, 47
Sweet, C. E., Mrs., 132p
Taber: Burt L., 81p; Carol, 104p, 124p, 127n; Elbert A. , 81p, 85p, 94c, 95, 98p, 111; home, and ice cream social, 139p; (home), 228p; Eva, 81c; John, Rep., 166, 168; Ralph S., 51p, 81p, 90s, 98p, 114c, 126; and 1949 store robbery, 98c; as schoolteacher, 119p; first car, 169p; young Ralph, 98p
Tallmadge: C. H., 55; Clarence B., 182
Tally Ho Restaurant, 56c
Ralph; Ralph; Ralph S.; Ralph;
Tanneries, 48, 49, 58; workers in, 86
Tannery, Miller and Osborne, 53
Taubel: Alan, 181; Joan (Powell), xi, 181c, 205
Taverns, 27, 36, 47, 137; along turnpike, 38; and whiskey, 38; description (1804), 37; gaming discouraged, 13; Goodrich v. Goodrich competition, 122; incompatability with Congregationalism, 122; Prentice recognizance, 14p, suit against owner, 132
Taylor: Betty (lake owner), 188; Bob (lake owner), 188; Claude, 4c, 90s, 136, 205, 205p; (hay wagon photos), 80c; David, 29; John S., 126n; Mike, 52; Vestina, 34p; Vida, 228p
Technological change, impact on Davenport, 162
Telegraphs, in Davenport, 87
Telephones: hand-cranked & dial, 169; Meredith Telephone Company, 168n; wiring Davenport village, 93s
Telian, Bernice Graham, xi, 8n, 117, 127n, 130, 148
Teller, Ethmer, 136p
Temperance societies, 131, 131n
Ten Eick, 21; George (tavern owner), 122; John (lightning death), 113s; See also Ten Eyck
Ten Eyck: Andrew, 23, 24n, 52; Andrew G., 21; Henry, 52, 52c; John, 23, 52; Seth G., 28, 52
Ten Eyck lumber mill, 52p, 60p
Ten Broeck, Lloyd, 95p
Tent show, in Davenport Center, 176
Terresly, Jacoby, 126n
Theater: at Baldwin’s Hall, 178; vaudeville at Sherman Lake, 183
Thering Sales and Service, 219p
Thomas, Frank, 115n
Thompson, John, 91
Thompson’s Hall: and Christmas celebrations, 134; as community center, 92
Thomson’s (and others) Store & Hall, East Meredith, 91p
Threshing machine, 84p
Tilden, Samuel J. (presidential candidate), 28
Timber, exports, 45
Titus, Robert, Prof., 2n
Toilets: flush, 179, 210; recent history, 210; ‘Sonnet for a Two Holer’, 210s
Tollhouses, Harpersfield & Davenport Center, 36
Tom Howard’s mini-mall, 219p
Tompkins, Frona, 134
Town dump: off Charlotte Creek Road, 211; transfer station & controversy, 211s
Town Hall, Davenport, 159p
Transfer station (contentious beginning), 211s
Trash in Davenport, history, 211
Trask, Louis, 24
Tryon County, 19
Turkeys, 37; disappearance of wild, 163; wild, reintroduced, 163
Turkeys, herding of, 38s
Turlington, Edgar (visitor & poet), 210
Turner: Benjamin, 24n; Eulene, 104p; Paul, 22s
Turnpike: Alabany and Delaware, 35; Catskill, 20, 34, 35, 37; Charlotte, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38, 41, 85; and Battershall gristmill, 60p; and creamery evaporator, 52p; and new prosperity, 122, 123; and schools, 102; and whiskey, 36s; and whiskey trade, 47; coming of, 35; covered bridge, 41p; in West Davenport, 60p; resurfacing, 171; Charlotte, 36p, 56p; Harpersfield-Oxford, 35; number in NY State, 34; Oxford, 35n; Susquehanna, 34, 35, 38; demise, 36
Tuttle, Joanne, 124p
‘Twisters’, of May 1983, 161
Tyler: Alvah (harness maker), 95; Alvah H., 51, 52, 52n, 128; Roy (of Hobart), 174
Ucci, Dr. Richard, 111
Unadilla, 34
‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, in Davenport, 178
Union Free School: becomes fire station, 114; controversy over, 104, 208; destroyed by fire, 117s; graduations at Baldwin’s Hall, 179; winter attendance and snow plows, 172s
Up Country Photo, 205
Urban sprawl, 224
Utter, 49; Fred, 116n; S. W., 113; Sidney (WWII gold star), 194
Valenti, Dennis, 216
Van Deusen: Bernice, 4p; Franklin J., 4p; Frank (and family), 84p; Marion, 4p; Theron, 4p; Vestina, 4p; Walter, 167p
Van Dusen: A. J., Mrs., 157; L. B., 50, 51
Van Dyk, Johannes (‘early Dutch traveler’), 5
Van Hoesen: Alfred, 200; Isaac, 200; Marshall, Cpl., 200
Van Pelt, Charlie, 155
Van Valkenberg: (family), 107; Joachim, 12, 32
Van Valkenburg: Adam, 22n, 107; James, 22n
Van Zandt, Henry (Mr. and Mrs.), 39p
Van Zandt, George, 73p
Viaduct in Davenport Center, 171
Vietnam War: beginnings, 201; protests in Albany, Oneonta, 201
Virgil, Alma, 49s
Volkswagon and Audi dealership , 219p
Von Neer: Elizabeth (Mrs. Frank), 180; J. Frank, Prof., 177, 180, 187, 192p
Von Neer, Neers & Van Zandts, 192p
Vroman, Vrooman, 7
Vrooman: Barent, 7n; Bartholomew, 7n; Martinus, 7n
Wade: Joseph, Mrs., 132p; Leslie, 94, 95p, 126
Wade’s Hall, 87p, 95p, 96, See also Baldwin’s Hall; fire in, 114; history of, 94; replaced by roller skating rink, 94
Wager, Cornelius, 22s
Wagner, Carrie, 4p
Waid, Jason, 201
Waldron, Simon, 19s
Walker: Lorraine, 115n; Robert, 115n; William, 22s
Walsh, Jeffrey B., 5n
Walsh-Svenson, Mary A., 21c
Wamsley: Karen, 116n; Roger, 116n
Wardwell: Homer, 126n; Orrin (cooper), 54, 90; William, 126n
Warner, S. A., 128
Warren, Barry, Prof. (SUNY), 222
Wars and conflicts (1958-2004), 200, 201
Washburn, Samantha, 144
Washington, George, 127
Waterbury, Dr. Robert, 108
Watley, Frank C., 145
Wattles: Nathaniel, 34; Sluman (Judge), 34
Wattles Ferry, 34
WCTU: Davenport members in mourning (c. 1898), 132p; founded (1874), 131; in Davenport, 131
Webb: (family), 89; Statira (Indian ancestor), 185
Webster, George, 22n, 107, 107n
Wedding gifts, 1907, 137p
Weddings and ‘hornings’, 136
Weissmuller, Johnny (swimmer & Tarzan), 187
Wesley, John & Charles, Revs., 120n, 122n
West, William (Sexsmith Lake caretaker), 191
West Davenport, 51; and Ku Klux Klan, 126; and Phineas Franklin Bresee, 127s; and Pindars Corners fire station, 117; and railroads, 40; and South Hill forest fire (1908), 111; businesses in, 89; C&CV RR reaches, 40; first framed house, 13; first road paving, 172; general store & post office (1930s), 89p; in 1860, 55; lumbering in, 45; mail catcher, 43p; manufacturing in, 55; population (1860 & 1875), 95; post office, 89; railroad turntable, 40n, 44p; revival meetings, 121; support of two churches, 124; WCTU, 131
Westcott: Dr. Gardner, 21, 23; and fracture frame, 108; and schools, 108; school offices held, 25c
Westover, John (RR director), 39
Wetmore: James (Justice), 13; James H., 81s
Wheat, unsuitable locally, 51
Wheat, in Delaware County, 70
Wheeler: Bill, 99p; Roswell, 75
Wheelwright and wagon shop, 60p
Whiskey: and surplus grain, 47; consumption, 38; local production (1810), 130n; trade, 45
White: Edward, Rev., 125; Francis, 104p; Gertrude, 127n; John, 140n; Richard (harness maker), 90; Robert, 195
White (of Prattsville), 36, 36s
White Pine blister rust, 151s
Whitehead, Stephen G.. Rev., 121n
Whiteman, Paul (sawyer), 53
Whitlock: Cyrus, 89; Dewey, 174; E. LaVern, 173; airplane, 174p
Wickham: Henry, 113s; John (of Harpersfield), 113s; Mima, 112p, 113s
Wilber, ‘Lucky’, 151
Wilcocks, Jesse, 19s
Wilcox: Josiah, 21; Merle, 116n
Wilke, Richard (house of), 222p
Wilkens, Grace, 128p
Will Flower furniture factory, 56; East Meredith fire station, 117
Willard, Frances E. (WCTU president), 131, 132c
Williams, Joan Kenyon (author), 73s
Wilson, George, 126n
Wine, in Davenport, 81s
Wohlrab, Stewart (inn keeper), 93
Women’s Christian Temperance Union. See WCTU
Wood, Connie (stained glass), 205
Wood ash, trade, 45
Wood pulp for plaster, 55n
Woodbeck: Emma, 132p; Walter J., 28s
Worcester, NY, 39; successful planning, 224
World War I: ‘doughboys’, 147p; Davenport numbers serving in, 148n; farm price regulation, 148; local shortages, 148; mobilization for, 146; no record Delaware Co. enlistees, 147n; Red Cross at Sexsmith Lake, 190; world had seen nothing like it, 148s
World War II: Davenport & Oneonta’s casual reaction (pre-1941), 194; D-Day and the beginning of the end, 197; differences from WW I, 195; draft comes to Davenport, 194; in Davenport town board minutes, 194; local benefits and the GI Bill, 199; nuclear bombs and the Cold War, 199; participation of Davenport civilians, 196, 197; Pearl Harbor casts the die, 194s; prior Italian & Japanese actions, 193n; rationing begins, 194; U.S. reluctance to engage, 193
Wright, Jaqueline, 216
Wright’s Brook, 13; Indian trail, 32; railroad routing, 39n
Yager, William E., 5
Yarborough, Jacqueline Hamblin (author), 182, 183c
Yerdon: J. T., 86; Mary J., 36c
Yerdon’s mill, 14, 51; damsite, 16p; destroyed by fire, 14n
Zimmerman, Charles (airfield), 173
Zoning proposed, 226
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