Morris, New York

Shawn Patrick donated a 1000 dollar gold bond issued by the Unadilla Valley Railway Company.

The back side of the bond.

Some quick history of the Unadilla Valley Railway Company from Wikipedia

The Unadilla Valley Railway was a shortline railroad company that operated in the Unadilla Valley of upstate New York from its opening in 1895 to its abandonment in 1960. From 1937 onwards, it was owned by the H.E. Salzberg Company.

Stockcars at the Morris Fair, August 22, 1965

Photo donated by Shawn Patrick.

Don Phoenix was flagger.

Drivers with car numbers are

32 Stitch Maurano
100 Don Newwell [probably should be Newell]
41JR Joe Donahue

Just for ducks I checked The Daily Star for August 23, 1965 to see if they covered the race in the photo. Apparently they did not -- none of the men mentioned in the photo were in the newspaper article.

Shawn Patrick donated this Premium Book from the 1901 Morris Fair.

The book measures 5 inches by 7 3/4 inches. I opened it as I scanned it so that you see two pages at a time.

In 1901 the 25th Annual Exhibition took place October 1, 2 & 3. The Morris Chronicle published the fair book.

The Morris Chronicle also wrote about the fair. Two newspaper pages are linked below for your reading pleasure.

The 1917 Linn Tractor in the building along the Morris, NY Firehouse Parking Lot

Parts 1 -

Part 1
https://youtu.be/8rEdG2IC2xY?si=a4wDNlkVp4SS65nC

Part 2

Part 3
https://youtu.be/RwDXcPhUDjc?si=_LGYdwH0qLHE3LJp

Part 4
https://youtu.be/F-H9WMoeBZU?si=gUgpS1d1dEeKGqyZ

There is a link to the 48 page booklet below.

Civil War Veteran, Morris Town Supervisor, New York State Assemblyman, President of Hillington Cemetery, on Morris Fair Board.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94767622/nathan-bridges