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A Short History of the Town of Franklin, New York
by Richard de Frances

The Town of Franklin lies in the northern part of Delaware County. It is bordered by Otsego County on the north, the town of Harpersfield, and Meredith on the east, the towns of Delhi, Hamden, and Walton on the south, and the town of Sidney on the west. Franklin presents a view of wooden hills, streams, ponds, old homes, and commerical buildings, and numerous winding roads. Its surface is hilly upland made of shaly loam atop hardpan, while the valleys consist of gravelly loam and alluvium. Ouleout Creek, which flows into the Susquehanna River, is the main surface water feature along with its tributaries, Handsome Brook and Croton Creek.

Little is known of the area prior to the American Revolution. It was a wilderness visited by different Indian tribes, colonial hunters and trappers. Various land patents were bought sight unseen by speculators who were lured by dreams of profit taking. Hundreds of settlers had moved into the Town of Harpersfield. Continue...

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