TBWPJul 14, 19919:38 pm& €ć€č€ę€ě€î€đ€ň€ô€ö€ř€ú€ü€ţ€-€-€ €"=$Aa€˘€Ş€9Ź€ĺAç€B(€j€-l€(tm)€›€ą@ł€2ó€% <' Ac €6¤ €Ú ?Ü €,€G€3I€|€'€(c)€Ă€5Ĺ€ú>ü€: €T €?V €!• €ś :¸ =ň €/ €L €:N €ˆ <Š >Ć €  €$ A& €g €‚ ?" €@Ă € > >C €  €Ž €* €ş €=1/4 €ů @ű ;; >v € ´ €" @1/2 €7ý €4 =6 €;s €(r) €&° €Ö ;Ř €"€5>7€(u€@Ÿ3ß Q&A WRITE -- B. Emerald ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙FRONTENAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY˙˙˙˙First general election in Whitestown (created 1788 embracing entire state west of Utica, less than 200 people) held at Cayuga Ferry.˙˙Aurelius, formed Jan. 27, 1789, took in Brutus, Cato. ˙˙First settler - Col. John Harris, Harrisburg, PA, 1788, south of present village. Married Mary Richardson 1789, had son, John Jr˙˙1796 - State road from Whitestown to Geneva˙˙1800 - Cayuga Bridge˙˙Presbyterian Church of Cayuga founded May 30, 1818, in a school house. Two years later erected a meeting house.˙˙Harris' Ferry went to Cowing Point on west side of the Lake (partner James Bennett). A year later two more ferries started, one out of Cayuga Village and the third at Mud Lock.˙˙Harris also had a store - 1789 - 1814 - on a lot just south of Presbyterian Church. Inn in village 1790.˙˙Dr. William Franklin - First Physician 1797-1804.˙First Methodist 1830˙St. Joseph's R C 1853˙St. Lukes Episcopal 1871˙˙Hon. John Annin 1795 First Sheriff of Cayuga County˙˙Hugh Buckley settled 1796 as gatekeeper on bridge, tavern and jailer, later a teacher.˙˙Dr. Jonathan Whitney 1798 then returned 1806 until death 1851˙married Dolly Smith 19 children˙˙Cayuga Bridge Co. incorporated 1797 - John Harris, Thomas Morris, Wilhemus Mynderse, Chas. Williamson and Joseph Annin (Christopher Morgan, Clerk)˙˙Bridge destroyed 1808. Rebuilt 1812-13; abandoned 1857.˙˙David Hahn(?) First blacksmith made a latch for first frame schoolhouse and stamped thereon his name and date of erection (S.E. corner of Center Street)˙˙Ralph deCamp (south of Fosterville) came from New Jersey to work on Auburn prison in 1817.˙˙Loring & Emory Willard build a distillery (north of Malt House property) sold to Daniel McIntosh who changed it to a tannery.˙˙Loring Willard, in War of 1812, purchased boats (Durham boats carried 30-50 tons) sailed out of Oswego to Sacketts Harbor - never used.˙˙Bezaleel(?) Shaw, Mass. 1802 blacksmith.˙˙John Moffitt, a Scotchman, started a brewery prior to 1813.˙˙During War of 1812, probably through Loring Willard, Cayuga did a lot of carrying trade and slaughter of immense number of cattle. Cayuga never developed so much business at any other time.˙˙Dr. DeMun kept a drug store and was the first man to experiment with gypsum in Cayuga. He pulverized it in a mortar.˙˙1799-1800 Emory Willard carried the mail from Cooperstown to Aurora on horseback, every alternate week, at $2.50/week.˙˙Romeyn R. Candee 1869 Canal Grocery.˙˙Malt House was 40' x 100' brick erected 1868 Corp. 35,000 bushels of grain, 100,000 bu/yr.˙˙Marl Works - H. Monroe & Co. of Syracuse. Marl dug in Seneca County, boated to Cayuga and New York.˙˙Hotels - Titus House, R. R. Hotel and Dining Room kept by Capt. F. H. Lyon (1842-1854 steamboating on Cayuga Lake).x- Xř*úÖ  "'.8"÷w.6"]"d.25"˙y1.75"7.8"66 =ţ  b D:\QA\epsonfx.fnt