Morris, New York

The 1883 fire on Main St took out about 12 buildings including outsbuildings.

One building lost was run by the Watson Family who rebuilt after the fire. It later was renamed the Kenyon House.

Ever hear of the Oil City State Forest in Otsego County, NY? It was news to me, too, but there is such a place!

To get a better look at the map use the link below. The map was produced by the Otsego County Planning Department on January 21, 2012.

When I first looked into this I could not find any mention of a linotype in use at The Morris Chronicle, but I have since found articles in 1920 and 1922 showing that the Morris Chronicle had a linotype before the New Berlin Gazette. See the links below the text to read the articles.

B. C. Gardner, Benjamin C. Gardner

Article numbers, schools mentioned. year

#1....Buck School House, New Lisbon, 1836

#2....Butt's Corners, 1838

#3....Jacksonville (Now Mt. Vision) School 1850

#4....Wheeler District (between West Laurens and Otsdawa) 1851

#5....White School House 1842-43
......New Lisbon Centre School

#6....Buck School House
......Burlington Green School House 1846
......Burlington Flats School
......Peet Hook School

#7....Burlington Flats School

#8....West Burlington School 1847-48

Twenty photos from the collection are presented here.

Another twenty-seven are available at the link below.
http://ourtownnews.info/morris-ny/1970-Centennial-Roffe-part-2

Remember there are more photos in part 2 of this collection.