Colonie Central High School - Rougetor Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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R ,4 Whispering Pine .... As the sleigh started homeward, the snow which had been falling so freely minutes before stopped as suddenly as it had started and the moon broke through the dark, wind swept clouds, illumining a large, two story, boarded up house. This was the Isaac Truax Tavern and strange tales about it circulated among the riders. The tavern itself was a large two story build- ing made of hand hewn logs. The attic contained a series of bedrooms, while the ground floor had four bedrooms, two at each end of the building, with the main room with two large fireplaces at each side, between them. Two trapdoors opened into the cellar, which was divided into two sec- tions by a brick wall. One section contained the bar. One boy had picked up a rumor that more fMarker I Q Isaac Truax who departed this life October 9th, 1811 Aged 61 years 10 months and 15 days fMarker II j In memory of Catherine Dorlader Wife of Isaac Truax who departed this life August 6th 1886 Aged 20 years 16 mo. 86 days x lay 1 ' XX x lil x 'v - , X A ' N I 5.7- w Q h t - 1 ' X XX 'alklb - -1 Q EPQ if -I fi- - 7 4- . er-A lf F? S .- ' ' ' T' I I l 'N 5-its Vg'-R I - ff. A 5 K 1 X XX 1 'NJ xg Y. , I new QQ- X ll - fi people went into the tavern than came out! An- QMarker IIIQ other recited how a peddler, supposedly carrying of Isaac rux jewels, took lodging in the tavern. That night, who w hearing boards creaking outside his room, he May 8 17 0, 112 grabbed his jewels, leaped through a window and ran to Schenectady. Truax, however, followed him and the peddler was forced to shoot at Truax but did not kill him. Some one also revealed that the Truax family supposedly kept giant mulatto slaves who were the ollicial executioners of those whom the Truax clan robbed. Stark reminders today of their own deaths can be found in the bleak tombstones in the Truax family cemetery just off King's Road near Morris Road. Their chipped markers ironically denote their life spans as follows: April 17th 1808 Aged 81 years 10 months and 27 days fMarker IVD Memory of Mary Wingard wife of Isaac Truax who departed this life May 10th 1802 Aged 72 years 7months and 13 days

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