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	The Triangle Tract - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Triangle Tract was 87,000 acre (352 km²) parcel of land abutting the Mill Yard Tract portion of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase in western New York State.
		They finally agreed on a tract of land west of the Genesee, running south from Lake Ontario approximately 24 miles (39 km) and extending west from "the westernmost bend" of the Genesee river approximately 12 miles (19 km), with this western boundary paralleling the course of the Genesee, and containing 184,320 acres (746 km²).
		However, when the Mill Yard Tract was surveyed, the surveyor assumed that the Genesee River ran due north, and ran the western boundary 12 miles (19 km) distant from the westernmost bend, due north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Triangle_Tract (428 words)

	The Mill Yard Tract (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Mill Yard Tract was a portion of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase of western New York State.
		They finally agreed on a tract of land west of the Genesee, running south from Lake Ontario approximately 24 miles (39 km) and extending west from the river approximately 12 miles (19 km), with this western boundary paralleling the course of the Genesee, and containing 184,320 acres (746 km²).
		Allen's 100 acre (0.4 km²) tract became the nucleus of Rochester, New York.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/the_mill_yard_tract (545 words)

	ENTERPRISE MILL HISTORIC SITE
		Each mill has left an imprint on the landscape in the form of historical remnants and the change of the forest stands in terms of age, density, and species composition.
		There was a substantial volume of pine, fir and cedar cut during the mills' operation for lumber and also for the construction of the log chutes used in skidding.
		Lumber was hauled from the mill to the valley in wagons pulled by horses or mules.
	www.indiana.edu /~e472/cdf/histarch/mill (4927 words)

	History of New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the onset of the Revolutionary War, there lay a vast tract of land from the upper Mohawk River to Lake Erie, that was thinly occupied by the Iroquois and virtually unknown to the colonists.
		The strip ran from the Pennsylvania border to Lake Ontario, and was known as The Morris Reserve.
		At the north end of the Morris Reserve, a 87,000 acre triangular shaped tract (the "The Triangle Tract") was sold by Morris to Herman Leroy, William Bayard and John McEvers, while a 100,000 tract due west of the Triangle Tract was sold to the State of Connecticuit.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/h/hi/history_of_new_york.html (1889 words)

	French's Gazetteer for Monroe County, NY
		Mills were erected at an early period; and gradually other machinery was added, until the present great amount and variety have been attained.
		The mills have a capacity for grinding 800,000 bbls.
		A large number of settlers came in, mills were built, and the place immediately became the commercial and manufacturing center of the fertile Genesee country.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nymonroe/french.htm (8551 words)

	CHAPTER 3. THE MAP OF MILL BEGINNINGS
		The narrowest walls are a yard through and those on the creek side measure five feet, while across the space where the old where used to turn, another wall of there-foot thickness still stands close to the water's edge.
		There was apparently two wash-outs and a third mill built in 1899 which was the bearer of the quaint and most unique weather-vane which was made by some free-hand flsmith artist, and so designed as to include the initials of Penn, Pusey and Carpenter, probably the three interested in the mill at that time.
		There are more really old mills standing than is generally believed, and very many of these have stood upon their foundations since the 1700's, wearing thus a crown of nearly two centuries although looking strong and able, in their present-day dress.
	www.angelfire.com /folk/molinologist/rawson3.html (2836 words)

	Rochester, Monroe County, New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the north end of the Morris Reserve, a 87,000 acre (350 km²) triangular shaped tract (the "The Triangle Tract") was sold by Morris to Herman Leroy, William Bayard and John McEvers, while a 100,000 tract due west of the Triangle Tract was sold to the state of Connecticut.
		On November 8, 1803, The Pulteney Association sold the 100 Acre Tract for $1,750, on a five-year land contract, to Col. Nathaniel Rochester(1752-1831), Maj. Charles Carroll, and Col. William Fitzhugh, all of Hagerstown, Maryland.
		By 1834, some 20 flour mills were producing 500,000 barrels (44,000 t) annually, the population reached 13,500 and the city area expanded to 4000 acres (16 km²).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Rochester,-Monroe-County,-New-York.htm (4497 words)

	Delaware Chapter XLVI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		MILL CREEK HUNDRED is situated in the north-western part of New Castle County, and is bounded on the north and west by the Circle, on the east by Red Clay Creek and on the south by White Clay Creek.
		The mills are the chief means of livelihood for many of the residents of this section of the hundred, employment being given to one hundred and fifty operatives.
		After the long period of thirty-nine years, the old mill was found to be in such a dilapidated condition, and so far behind the needs of the continually increasing demands for more and better, as well as the cheaper paper, that the new firm reluctantly concluded to erect a larger and more modern plant.
	www.accessible.com /amcnty/DE/Delaware/delaware46.htm (10726 words)

	History_of_New_York
		Upstate New York (as well as parts of present Ontario, Quebec, Pennsylvania, and Ohio) was occupied by the Five Nations (after 1720 becoming Six Nations, when joined by Tuscarora) of the Iroquois Confederacy for at least a half millennium before the Europeans came.
		This 184,300 acre (746 km²) tract west of the Genesee was known as The Mill Yard Tract, so named because Phelps and Gorham asked the Indians for land west of the Genesee at the Upper Falls so they could build a sawmill and gristmill.
		At the north end of the Morris Reserve, a 87,000 acre (350 km²) triangular shaped tract ("The Triangle Tract") was sold by Morris to Herman Leroy, William Bayard and John McEvers, while a 100,000 acre (400 km²) tract due west of the Triangle Tract was sold to the State of Connecticut.
	www.hatwholesalers.com /search.php?title=History_of_New_York (2050 words)

	History of Homestead Valley, Part V
		The Mill Valley Library's History Room has an interesting map entitled, "LaVerne Heights Mill Valley Marin Co.; J. Wright & Co. Exclusive Agents." This map would have been shown to someone interested in buying one of the lots for sale in a subdivision between Montford and Edgewood in what is now the Pixie Trail area.
		In 1920, the Mill Valley School District bought a 1.7-acre parcel on the corner of Melrose and Montford for $2,250.
		“Mill Valley was a town of and for hikes.
	www.millvalleyhistoricalsociety.org /history-of-homestead-valley-2000-2001.html (7895 words)

	Phelps_and_Gorham_Purchase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This 184,300 acre (746 kmandsup2) tract west of the Genesee was known as The Mill Yard Tract, so named because Phelps and Gorham asked the Indians for land west of the Genesee at the Falls so they could build a sawmill and gristmill.
		Morris, however, reserved for himself 500,000 acres (2,000 kmandsup2) in a twelve mile (19 km) wide strip along the east side of the lands acquired from Massachusetts, from the Pennsylvania border to Lake Ontario, known as The Morris Reserve.
		At the north end of the Morris Reserve, a 87,000 acre (350 km²) triangular shaped tract ("The Triangle Tract") was sold by Morris to Herman Leroy, William Bayard and John McEvers, while a 100,000 acre (400 kmandsup2) tract due west of the Triangle Tract was sold to the State of Connecticut.
	www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Phelps_and_Gorham_Purchase (733 words)

	Third Generation: The Ancestry of Homer Coppock
		The John Coppock Mill is mentioned in the book The Land of Many Mills by Jacob Swisher, which was to be found in the library.
		In the early heyday of milling, the Coppock Mill, located on the north side of the Skunk River near the Washington, Henry and Jefferson County line, was widely known.
		The grist mill was erected about 1852 but Howard Cochran said it was much later before it was operating, about 1858.
	home.mchsi.com /~thegoffs/generations/thirdgeneration.htm (1212 words)

	The Pioneer History of Orleans County, NY, Ch. 2, Phelps and Gorham's Purchase
		About the year 1793, Robert Morris sold this tract to an association of capitalists residing in Holland, expecting and reserving a parcel of land, twelve miles wide, to be taken off from the east side.
		The agreement was, this "Mill Yard," should be bounded east by the Genesee River; south by a line running west from about where Avon now stands; and west twelve miles ; thence north to Lake Ontario.
		Augustus Porter, nearly parallel with Genesee River, and twelve miles west of it, for the west bounds of the Mill Yard Tract.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/state/orl/ch2.html (419 words)

	Murray County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Settlers were promised land at $6 an acre, plus a 14' by 18' house erected with sod walls and siding to be put on by the settler.
		The Curries also built a little red store by the mill and stocked a line of general merchandise as well as a supply of medicines and drugs.
		The mill was later purchased by F.H. Silvernale and the store sold to Henry Paal and John O'Shea.
	murray-countymn.com /internal.asp?storyid=37&secid=200 (851 words)

	Notes: Biographies
		Allen builds his mill on the west side of the river, on a 14 foot falls, at the approximate location of the Broad Street Bridge.
		The saw mill was destroyed by flood in 1803, and the grist mill burnt in 1807.
		The mill stones were used for a while in a mill on Irondequoit Creek.
	www.vintageviews.org /vv-tl/biographies/biography.html (5702 words)

	JLS Railroad Operating Manual
		We keep tract of the engines fuel quantity, sand quantity and coal and water if it is a steam engine.
		The helix leading up to this yard (on a table 39" from the floor where the rest of the layout is located) is of variable grade from.4% to 4.4%.
		Aside from these main yards, there are about 8 other sidings and industries including the 34 foot farm siding.
	www.trainweb.org /jlsrr/operating/operations.htm (1856 words)

	Delaware Chapter LXV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On January 12, 1670, a grant was made to James Mills for a "neck of land" lying "to the southward of the town called Whorekill" He was also given the privilege of buying the Indian right.
		On the 5th of December, 1793, the trustees purchased of John Stephen Hill, four hundred acres of land, a tract called "Springfield" lying on White Creek, in Baltimore Hundred, which was by Maryland, patented April 9, 1684, to William Whittington, and by numerous changes came to John S. Hill.
		Tussock’s Branch still retains the name, and Kinney’s was early enlarged and called the "Poor House Ditch," and afterwards "Wall’s Ditch." On this tract was a dwelling built about 1766, which was at once fitted up for the almshouse, and used as such until taken down in the spring of 1877.
	www.accessible.com /amcnty/DE/Delaware/Delaware65.htm (5018 words)

	History of Early Mill Valley
		To process the wood Reed built the first saw mill in Marin County in the future "Cascade Canyon" (the "Old Mill" of Mill Valley).
		The construction work on both the mill and the adobe houses was probably done by local Indians, who also performed the labor of running the rancho and the home.
		Richardson and Reed were convivial friends and had never considered the need for a rigid definition of the boundary between their two properties, but Richardson's heirs claimed that the Reed mill had been constructed on their property and sued to support their claim.
	www.millvalleyhistoricalsociety.org /history-of-early-mill-valley.html (1190 words)

	The Pioneer History of Orleans County, NY, Ch. 3, The 100,000 Acres Tract
		Robert Morris sold a tract lying next west of "the Mill Yard," to contain 100,000 acres, to Cragie and others.
		Afterwards, and about the year 1811, this tract was divided between the estate of Sir William Pultney, and the State of Connecticut.
		The trees were cut through on the Transit Line, to the width of four rods, at an early day, by the Land Company; thus affording a convenient land mark to the early settlers in locating their lands, and serving as a guide in finding their way through the woods.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/state/orl/ch3.html (255 words)

	The Memoir of Charlotte Chambers
		His mills, his farm, and the improvements of his neighbors, were of too much value, and had been obtained at too great a cost of labor and backwoods' privation, to leave to the despoilers.
		As it will be necessary to survey the boundary of this tract with all convenient speed, that the United States may receive the payment for the same, I propose to appoint you for that purpose, being assured of your abilities, diligence, and integrity.
		Scarcely ever was the yard or the lawn in front, seen without the thin blue curl of the smoke from their lodge fires.
	home.fuse.net /christol/ChambersMem.html (19184 words)

	Country Heritage Community - Area Attractions
		The spring of 1857 Rose platted another tract to the east of Milton, called it Village Creek, which was the name of the post officer at that time.
		In 1857, a brick yard, flsmith shop, and three flour mills in complete operation, begin to let their works be shown.
		In 1868 the mills were destroyed by fire, but were rebuilt through the untiring energy of Mr.
	www.silosandsmokestacks.org /chc/attract.htm (1337 words)

	Lancaster Avenue: Strategies for Corridor Revitalization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Additionally it shows a "Door and Sash Mill" on the north side of Lancaster Avenue opposite 54th Street, and a larger "Overbrook Carpet Company" at SW corner 56th and Lancaster (this is currently a box manufacturing company).
		According to the U.S. Census, total population of the two census tracts in Overbrook (tracts 113 and 114, just to the south of Lancaster Avenue) was 10,777 in 1990.
		Between 1960 and 1990, the total population in these census tracts decreased by 19%; population loss was far greater (-31%) in tract 113, east of 59th Street.
	www.philaplanning.org /plans/lancave/lancaster.html (6443 words)

	DM: Sawmill fire holds historical weight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first survey would have put the mill and the town a half-mile or so north of where it is now.
		That route was considered to be too hilly and it was moved slightly to the south, 3.2 miles north of the county seat at Pittsboro.
		The mill had been installed in Batesville some 25 years earlier, and all the floor joists and pilings were marked so it could be reassembled here.
	www.olemiss.edu /news/dm/archives/98/9806/980605/980605ED3denley.HTML (690 words)

	Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Platte Co. - Part 8
		Welch, three groceries, one livery and feed store, one lumber yard, a flsmith and wagon shop and agricultural depot and one hotel, whose proprietor is Albert Fields.
		For a number of years he was land agent of the Union Pacific Railroad, and in 1875, he came to Nebraska and purchased a large tract of land in Stearns Precinct, Platte County, and has since been active in getting settlers to come to the State and locate in that precinct.
		has sixty acres of his half of the tract in cultivation, and is preparing to engage in stock-raising.
	www.kancoll.org /books/andreas_ne/platte/platte-p8.html (2939 words)

	Smart Communities Network: Sustainable Business Success Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The manufacturing facility will be an integrated recycling paper mill, including a wastepaper de-inking plant, a newsprint paper making machine, a wastepaper sorting plant and a steam boiler.
		The mill will serve as a solid waste alternative for a city recently proposing to build seven large waste incinerators.
		The paper mill will enable a major paper-making company to use secondary fibers for the manufacture of its newsprint, a commodity that is now manufactured mostly with virgin timber.
	www.sustainable.doe.gov /success/bronx_community_paper.shtml (886 words)

	[No title]
		And, both of these facilities were [later] used by Con Agra to store flour, and at one, they milled flour.
		Sandts Eddy is where the milling is taking place now, but it has a Martins Creek address.
		The appropriate unit is: All employees including truckdrivers and me- chanics employed at Martins Creek and Treichlers, Pennsylvania, mills (including Sandts Eddy), but excluding office clericals, guards, jani- torial employees and supervisors as defined in the Act.
	www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/278/278-246.txt (5289 words)

	[No title]
		Ezra Hubbard was building a mill at Rocky Hill-- bad blood had come to exist between he and the Haleys who wanted to drive him off his claim.
		Healy, and rafted it down the river to the Abram mill and sawed it out and built a house in Lincoln, on the lot east of the Lincoln House, where the white barn stands today.
		Sam Donley was another old settler, who lived in the same neighborhood and owned a large tract of land and was a faithful farmer, and is also an old soldier and served his country well in the war of 1865.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/lincoln/reespart2.htm (6013 words)

	Union Benevolent Assoc. and Quaker Cemeteries
		I have continued the examinations of the title to this tract of land, since its acquisition by Trustees from Charles Francis Adams in April 1870, and find the same good in them and the survivor or survivors of them for the purposes described in the said deed of conveyance, Liber 630 folio 382.
		This is a good location for the yard in relation to the other service facilities, the property and supply building, and the mechanical shops, and it has good access from an already established road.
		That the size of the Property Yard be reduced (as shown by the red dots on the attached map), thus saving a number of trees and producing more of a screen from Adams Mill Road;"2.
	www.si.edu /oahp/holthous/cemetery.htm (13532 words)

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