photo by Bob Thomas, Jan 18, 2016, the sidewalk up the center of the school lawn was not cleared because there was no school on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
In her 2008 book, "Morris: A Look Back," Joyce Foote quotes an article about the milestones.
On September 8, 2015 I bicycled from Morris to Mt. Upton and back looking for the milestones.
You can see photos of what I found below the text. You can "right click" on the images
and download them for a closer look if you prefer.
Here we quote an item printed in the Otsego Journal somewhat earlier, on
Memorial to Hannah Cooper located on NYS Route 51 two miles south of the village of Morris, NY. The text below is carved in the sculptured marble monument which takes the shape of a single pillar supporting a large urn.
For thee, sweet maid!
Resplendent beams of thought,
Wisdoms rich love,
By Seraphs hands, were given,
Thy spotless soul
Thy pure effulgence caught,
It sparkled, was exhaled -
And went to Heaven.
An old real picture postcard of the NYS 51 and 80 intersection in West Burlington with a sign that said, "Garrattsville, 4 1/2 Mi, Morris 12 1/2 Mi." You are also warned not to drive in one track and create ruts in the road. The building in the photo looks the one that still stands at the corner and has served as a store at times, but now is just a home. Here's a more recent photo and the postcard front and back. A bit of tinkering with the doors and windows has taken place but structure is unchanged.
138 Main St Two-story, two-bay, frontal-gable frame commercial building with later Italianate false front. Recessed storefront retains paired wood doors with glazed upper panels and display windows dating to the Italianate period; upstairs façade has bracketed frieze andretains windows with two-over-two wood sash and wood clapboard siding. Sides and back of building also retain wood clapboards. Built I 840s; remodeled 1865-85.
Historic map references: 1856: Watch shop; 1868: Store WRB; 1903: Mrs. A. Simmons;1916: storage
