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The old swimming hole on Taylor creek, 1913. L to R Leon Freeman, Rene, Louis and Lloyd Sergent swimming
Snow

March 5, 1947 the winter of the ‘big snow storm’ when milk from the Solon Pond area was brought to the Leadway store in Taylor, New York by horse drawn sleighs, where the milk truck would meet them. The men in this picture, unidentified, are Max Reynolds, Howard Potter and Clayton Smith. The original photo was taken by Edna Blanchard.
    School House #2, the Woods School house. It is located on Cheningo Solon Pond Road, just before Elwood Road. The Taylor Historical Society recently erected a highway marker identifying it. ( fall of 2017) Schoolhouse
School

   School House Two

The inside of the Woods schoolhouse with the students at their desks, and the teacher in the back of the room. We believe he is Emmet Kibbe.

                                 Potter Hill School 1904
     Back Row:    "Lida Dennis          William Dutcher           Minnie Smith"

Middle Row: Vetta Sergent Wells, Blanche Clark, Teacher Oscar Sergent, Ora Sergent Freeman,Otis Phillips

First Row:   Martin Kibbe, (unk), Carrie Fish, Rene Sergent and Ivan Fuller

Front: Twins Rae and Mae Sergent ( later Mae Kellogg) Twins parents were Jennie and Oscar Sergent.

 Schoolhouse
Mr Nathan A. Bundy was responsible for bringing the railroad to Cincinnatus. To the left is his  obituary detailing his many positions and accomplishments. At one point, there was talk of extending the rail line up to and past Taylor and continuing toward Utica. It never came to fruition.
As many of you know, we spent a good amount of time researching the history of the Puzzle Inn operated by the Cross Family on Route 26 in Taylor. We recently found out that Earl Cross and later Norman Cross also operated 3 pool tables during the 1932-1935 period of time. Here is a copy of the license under which they operated in 1932.