Boston's First Settler - Boston, NY
N 42° 39.133 W 078° 44.638
17T E 684923 N 4724662
Boston's First Settler
Waymark Code: WM3594
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2008
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Boston's First Settler
In 1803 Charles Johnson purchased 50 acres of open land in the forest, paying $2.25 per acre. He built the town's first log cabin in 1804 and raised the first frame barn in 1807. Johnson owned another 30 acres containing visible remains of an early palisaded Indian village.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
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Date of FIRST: Not listed
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