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| Early Industries Continued |
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| Early days view of Napanoch. 1906. Right Center:The Axe Factory.Center: The Axe Factory. |
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| Left Center: Methodist Church. Back: Napanoch Prison. |
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| Early Industries Continued |
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| One of Napanoch's Oldest Industries. The Pulp Mill remains are located on this |
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| site at the present time. |
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| Napanoch Axe Factory Dam on the Rondout Stream |
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| In 1898 four men, Milton and Manny Wood and Fred and George Gosselin, |
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| were walking in the woods behind the Eastern New York Reformatory, then |
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| under consruction.They came upon a rock that seemed to contain gold which |
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| test proved it did. 1903 the Napanoch Gold Mining Co. was incorporated |
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| with capital stock of $500,000. However, the golden value did not materilize. |
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