. Historical records of a hundred and twenty years, Auburn, N. Y. . ymaking its way westward, the trail—the only means ofland travel—being dotted at long intervals along theway by the cabins of the intrepid pioneers as they stoppedto locate and establish homes. In 1780 there was scarcelya settler west of Schenectady; in 1785 there was notmore than one cabin at Fort Schuyler, now Utica, andwest of this point few white men, other than soldiers,had yet penetrated. By 1789 the State had got in pos-session of a vast domain and was parcelling out theland to speculators who in turn were selling it to
. Historical records of a hundred and twenty years, Auburn, N. Y. . ymaking its way westward, the trail—the only means ofland travel—being dotted at long intervals along theway by the cabins of the intrepid pioneers as they stoppedto locate and establish homes. In 1780 there was scarcelya settler west of Schenectady; in 1785 there was notmore than one cabin at Fort Schuyler, now Utica, andwest of this point few white men, other than soldiers,had yet penetrated. By 1789 the State had got in pos-session of a vast domain and was parcelling out theland to speculators who in turn were selling it to pioneersand homekeepers. Some sections were set apart asmilitary tracts, which were subdivided into lots of sixhundred acres each. These lots were given to soldiersas compensation for their services in the War of theRevolution. But only a small part of these grants wereever occupied by the grantees. They were mostly soldto speculators. Each of these lots, as above stated,contained six hundred acres and so it is that Auburnoccupies six of these military COL. JOHN LEONARD HARDENBERGH Founder of
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