Mount Pleasant, Ulster County, New York
Mount Pleasant is a
Catskill State Park, to the south of Phoenicia and to the north of Boiceville. The community is located at 42°02′54″N 74°17′21″W / 42.04833°N 74.28917°W.[1]
History
In 1805, Jacob Montrose was a licensed innkeeper who lived at "The Corner", near Mount Pleasant. In 1810, it was held by Jacob Longyear. There was later a railroad station at Mount Pleasant.
In 1880, the Ulster County Manufacturing company operated a pulp-mill in the hamlet. Joseph Degraff ran a pill box factory. There was also James Lockwood's store, Martin Terwilliger's blacksmith shop, John Inglodson's shoe shop, two mills, and a hotel.[2]
References
- ^ "Mount Pleasant". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
- ^ Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett. History of Ulster County, New York', Everts & Peck, 1880, p. 308
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