"The surrounding mountains were wild and a bit sinister. Mr. Whitehead grumbled nervously at this prospect. However he would buy the farm. Doubtless we could use it, but he hoped to find a more pleasing prospect toward the West. He finally decided on five farms that lay above on the upper side of the Glasco Turnpike extended in from Rock City cross roads to the hill above Shady. This decision once reached he returned to his family in California and authorized Mr. Brown to buy the farms. "
This is an excerpt from Hervey White's diary that is in the collection held by the Historical Society of Woodstock. I'll read a selected few paragraphs for the presentation in Rhinebeck on Friday. Look for more tomorrow!
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