Annals and recollections of Oneida County, (N.Y.) by Pomroy Jones, 1851, pg 699:
The settlement of the town of Western was commenced in the year 1789, by Asa Beckwith and his four sons, Asa, Reuben, Wolcott and Lemuel...Their grain, potatoes, etc., for seed, had to be procured at the German Flats. Henry Wager and Asa Beckwith went on foot to the German Flats for seed potatoes, and each brought home a bushel upon his back, which they planted.
These were the first potatoes ever planted in town. Mr. Wager was well repaid for his time and toil,for from the bushel he harvested seventy bushels in the fall..Late in the fall of 1789, the few inhabitants constructed a bridge across the Mohawk River ...This town was incorporated in 1796, and was taken from the town of Steuben.
The settlement of the town of Western was commenced in the year 1789, by Asa Beckwith and his four sons, Asa, Reuben, Wolcott and Lemuel...Their grain, potatoes, etc., for seed, had to be procured at the German Flats. Henry Wager and Asa Beckwith went on foot to the German Flats for seed potatoes, and each brought home a bushel upon his back, which they planted.
These were the first potatoes ever planted in town. Mr. Wager was well repaid for his time and toil,for from the bushel he harvested seventy bushels in the fall..Late in the fall of 1789, the few inhabitants constructed a bridge across the Mohawk River ...This town was incorporated in 1796, and was taken from the town of Steuben.
Annals and recollections of Oneida County, (N.Y.) by Pomroy Jones, 1851, pg 699:
The settlement of the town of Western was commenced in the year 1789, by Asa Beckwith and his four sons, Asa, Reuben, Wolcott and Lemuel...Their grain, potatoes, etc., for seed, had to be procured at the German Flats. Henry Wager and Asa Beckwith went on foot to the German Flats for seed potatoes, and each brought home a bushel upon his back, which they planted.
These were the first potatoes ever planted in town. Mr. Wager was well repaid for his time and toil,for from the bushel he harvested seventy bushels in the fall..Late in the fall of 1789, the few inhabitants constructed a bridge across the Mohawk River ...This town was incorporated in 1796, and was taken from the town of Steuben.
The settlement of the town of Western was commenced in the year 1789, by Asa Beckwith and his four sons, Asa, Reuben, Wolcott and Lemuel...Their grain, potatoes, etc., for seed, had to be procured at the German Flats. Henry Wager and Asa Beckwith went on foot to the German Flats for seed potatoes, and each brought home a bushel upon his back, which they planted.
These were the first potatoes ever planted in town. Mr. Wager was well repaid for his time and toil,for from the bushel he harvested seventy bushels in the fall..Late in the fall of 1789, the few inhabitants constructed a bridge across the Mohawk River ...This town was incorporated in 1796, and was taken from the town of Steuben.
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