Town of Chestertown, NY Website
Town of Chestertown, NY Website
Some years before the New York Legislature set off the Town of Chester on March 25, 1799, the area was already being considered for expansion. Ideally located between the east and west branches of the Hudson, it was possible to enter the virgin territory by boat, the pioneers' easiest method of transportation.Much of the wilderness was already familiar to men who had fought in the colonial wars, and some of the families who first moved into the Gore area had already been given colonial grants prior to the revolution. After the revolution, many of the solders were given several hundred acres as payment for their services.Clearing the virgin forest which these pioneers found brought in the first cash crop, and made the land suitable for cultivation. Settlers tried raising sheep to clothe and feed their families. Carding mills and tanneries were developed as the first manufacturing.
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