Morris, New York

2008 Google street view.

1947 R.F. Gould photo

A Civil War era Morris NY manuscript that Alexandra (Sanderson) Stocker inherited from her great-grandmother. It was created by her aunt, Evelyn (Cruttenden) Sheff and some other young adults of Morris NY in 1861. The original is tied with silk ribbon and bound with tin pins (which you can see in the scans). Please click on the link at the bottom of this page to download the PDF of manuscript.

Evening Star, Vol. 1, No. 8
7 June 1861
Morris, Otsego Co., New York

An image of 113 Main from September, 2008.

from February 20, 1871 - The Morris Chronicle.

1947, Dr. Naylor and employees crossing Main St on their way to De Long's Restaurant.

1947, Morris Postmaster Lee Starr and clerk Jane Knickerbocker check Naylor shipments. Lee Starr was the postmaster in Morris from 1935 until 1950.

The Village Library of Morris (http://libraries.4cls.org/morris/) has made a number of pages of the Morris Chronicle newspaper, pages of the Otsego Chronicle, and records of the Zion Church available online at the following site.

Records from the 1840s to the 1960s are available through this link. There is a search feature to help you locate pages of interest.

http://morris.advantage-preservation.com/

Above, Rene M Elliott shared his map and wrote, "Note that nothing connects at Bridgewater, I really think the Butternut Valley Auto Club lobbied to get people diverted up the valley, (after all, who wants to go to New Berlin?) and I think the emphasis was to get automobile tourism in places you couldn't get to by railroad."

1927 and 1928 brochures side by side showing the whole cover, also shared by Rene.