Morris, New York

The year was 1925 and ghostbusters were not available. So the US government decided to ask school children to send in pennies! I am not kidding.

1803 painting of USS Constituion.

The article below was in The Morris Chronicle on April 8, 1925.

Greetings Village of Morris Residents,


The Village Board is announcing the retirement of Chris Robinson on July 22, 2022.


Chris has been a loyal and valuable Village employee for the past 28 years and the 
Village will miss Chris immensely.

The Village Board would appreciate, if you see 
Chris, to please take the time to wish him well.


The Village Board


Michael Newell

Rush French

William Burdick

28 years?

Looking for the names of teachers at the Filer Corners school I came upon this note from F. T. Jarvis. His recollections contain some errors. The crime took place in the Town of Burlington, not Butternuts. I was able to find an account of the trial at Cornell University [ https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sat0203] and attached it below.

Ran across this article in The Morris Chronicle about an event that we don't see too often these days. Read about it in the PDF below.

To read the book click on the PDF file linked below.

The Morris Chronicle offered a prize for the best history of the Butternut Valley written by a student. You can read the result as it appeared in the March 26, 1890 edition of the paper.'