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

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,4 Whispering Pine . . . It may seem phenomenal that I, a lonely pine tree, know so much about the ancestors of the children on this sleigh, but, in 1889, for example there were only one hundred 'and twenty-two people living between Wolf Road and Vly Road. Thus, it was an easy matter to know these people. I am familiar with the region below Wolf Road. The Frost family or the Celery Kings owned a large tract of land which later became the road for an automobile concern. The Frost homestead was on the corner of the road later named Tremont Street. The Arbuckles, McElroys, Lockrows, Notters and Klomps settled in this area. The Klomps even- it traveled faster than the old coach lines on the Albany-Schenectady road. In 1795, Moses Beal, John Hudson and Ananias Platt had a hard time drumming up business for their line because of the bumpy roads, spirited horses and mud holes. Their coaches of the latest style were suspended on thick leather fastenings. David Johnson in a lumber wagon, made three weekly trips to Albany from Frog Alley in Sche- nectady with passengers, mail, and sometimes barrels of pork to make up for the loss of passen- gers. On the back of the wagon he tied pine sap- lings to use as brakes. 1' KX 1 e X 4- g il 1 V U 4 I JJJ f'gf??: V, f 3 1' .5 Ng! , . A , ., - -gg 1 f' 'r 5 ,W A ,Q J 5121 , J , egg 2 1 2 :fs Ei wi' rv ' -f RTE? 7 -1 - is - -I s. f ,Q 1 ic'4'4 3'l- A - H f 3225593 . f- ,L is I V' - Q- V' 'iq' ll- F-' V -5 S ' . 1 X . . x . Ni - --If.. ,XV 3 di Q T-EN --4. . ' - '- ' , ' F9 ' fain -'YJ 1. - X ,A ,. 1 - Ixs , -.JS 'F r ,C-Qt 1 X-xxbx ,X tually operated a dairy farm between what be- came Fairfield Avenue and Dott's garage. Of all the children in the sleigh, the Ford boy perhaps had the best business minded family. His family bought the old highway gatehouse in 1894. There was also a Ford's beach which drew crowds of adults and children in the summer. Dairy farm, coach lines, highway gatehouses, race track, and beaches--all these family concerns were a part of this area. I feel much taller and bigger in recalling all of these things and it makes me feel a part of the country as a whole. Some were complaining about the slowness of the sleigh for transportation. One disclosed that Although the roads were bumpy and muddy, the region surrounding them was fascinating. The environment included everything from low flat wasteland, sprinkled with heather and scrub oak, to a jungle growth of green bushes spreading on rolling green slopes. There was a forest with its carpet of pine needles, blueberries, huckle- berries and red topped mushrooms, surrounded by gulleys, canyons, and quicksand. The children clambered back into the sleigh. As they rode out of sight, I thought time changes but not the people. The Fords, Roessles, Lansings and the others will probably always be represent- ed in the Pine Bush festivities.

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.al Seated, left to right: S. Edwards, R. Hildebrandt, J. Vigars. Standing, left to right: L. Card, T. Vanderwald, D. Coleman, W. Luft, F. Smith, D. Hart, R. Hart, J. Mulstay, R. Hulfmire, R. Bills. Mrs. Converse s Class X. , IZ ,Z f 1 ,f X Z, 25, , 4' .. , 6 S N' .N f F. X e Mrs. Sandersons Class Front Row, left to right: Roxanne Santore, Judith Beau lac, Thomas Caron, Anita Kiliani, Robert Ferrara Paul Cole, Stephen Schall, Stanley Relyea. if? -f- 1 l if-a il

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