John P. Bowman, a well-known businessman from
Cuttingsville, Vermont, moved to Stony Creek in 1852.
He purchased an incomplete tannery, which, with a
sawmill and three houses, were the only structures in the
village of Creek Center. He . . . — — Map (db m150077) HM
Bowman came to Stony Creek in January 1852, a new and sparsely
settled area. He purchased an uncompleted tannery, a sawmill,
three houses and 6,000 acres of forest. With hard work and determination
he soon had a capacity of forty thousand sides . . . — — Map (db m150078) HM
“The "Biggest Little Town” in NY State has more than thirty thousand acres of Forest Preserve waiting for hikers, hunters and campers. Fresh mountain streams feed into Stony Creek and the Hudson River, where native brook trout seek out . . . — — Map (db m150209) HM
Dedicated to those who served in the
military service for
duty - honor - country
“for what avail the plough or sail,
or land or life if freedom fail?”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson — — Map (db m150273) WM
