NY RPPC 8 vintage Sandy Creek Centennial 1825-1925
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Up for auction are 8 vintage and unused real photo postcards of the Sandy Creek Centennial celebration of 1825-1925. All the cards are in excellent condition with AZO backs. The photo of the Sandy Creek news car was shortened. The Town of Sandy Creek, lying in the extreme northwest corner of Oswego county, was set off from the north part of Richiand on the 24th of March, 1825. Its boundaries have remained unchanged; its area comprises 24,347 acres. Originally it was included in the great Boylston tract and formed a part of the survey township of" Rhadamant," or No. 10, and at the time of its first settlement was the property of the heirs of William Constable, of whom H. B. Pierrepont was the principal. It is bounded on the north by Ellisburg in Jefferson county, on the east by Boylston and Orwell, on the south by Richiand, and on the west by Lake Ontario.The surface is generally rolling and has a westerly inclination, the eastern border being about 500 feet above the waters of the lake. Dense forests originally covered the whole area, and for many years afforded much remunerative employment. Large quantities of valuable timber were converted into ashes, which in turn were manufactured into potash which was long almost the only product which could be sold for money. As late as 1860 t were eleven saw mills, two shingle mills, and
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