The Millers Mills Ice Harvest Festival drew thousands to watch this age old tradition of pulling the ice out of the water and on to a horse-drawn wagon to an ice house and stored until summer when it was used to make homemade __ __. (2 words)
The town may not have its own history book, but Alice M. Hatch (1847-1937), a local historian and genealogist, chronologized the history of early families in the town, called the Hatch __, a valuable resource in our library.
Eve Cowder Harter (1808-1909) of South Columbia, daughter of Philip Peter Cowder and Mary Catherine Crim, celebrated becoming a centarian by riding in an __.
In 1813, the town was divided into 12 school districts. The first __ was Betsey Dodge in the new district at South Columbia, commenced May 2, 1814. She taught 17 weeks at a dollar a week and board herself.
Mrs. Martha DeEtte Lincoln (1838-1910) grew up in South Columbia where her father James Brown tended the fulling mill. She lived in Washington, D.C. and was an authoress, poet and a journalist. She wrote "Over The Lawn To The __ __" in 1893 in honor of Ruth Cleveland's move here after her father's inauguration. (2 words)
A well remembered resident who promoted the town's history was Doris Huxtable (1918-2009) who was its longtime __ and very active as publicity director in promoting the Millers Mills Ice Harvest, which attracted national attention from visits by noted CBS TV personality and newsman, Charles Kuralt.
The stage coach was replaced by the Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley __ built between 1869-70 with stations in Millers Mills and South Columbia. Soon after, the line was leased to the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western __ Co. (D.L.&W.). It was used for freight until 1987!
Millers Mills is named after Andrew Miller (ca. 1732-1803), a Revolutionary war veteran who moved from Rensselaer County to the town of Columbia where he built a log cabin, constructed a dam and built saw and grist mills. He was the __ person buried in the Columbia Cemetery at the church noted in this puzzle.
Abijah Beckwith (1784-1874) was a veteran of the War of 1812 who advocated for abolition of __ and the construction of the Erie Canal when he was state assemblyman (1817, 1823, 1842, 1847) and state senator (1835).
The communities of Columbia Center, South Columbia, Spinnerville, and Getmans Corners were centralized with the __ school district shortly after 1937.
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