The former home of the American Legion in Morris has been donated to the Morris Historical Society. It needs some work to be converted for use by the society.
Dr. Joseph Phelps, who served as the Morris Central School physician in 1964 -- and also as an Otsego County coroner once had an office in the right hand side of the building.
Lived in my village of Morris home for 24 years before I noticed this thermometer hanging on a nail driven into a post in the basement.
"Garrattsville Past" by Rosaline Smith
Erastus E. Steele and his Store
On May 11, 1892, E. E. Steele moved into the village of Garrattsville.
Two teams brought his goods from Edmeston through mud up to the wagon hubs much of the way. Mr. Steele bought out the Edward Lewis Hardware opposite Card's Mill.
