User:Infero Veritas/Colt's Station

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First Settlers
[PPC owned the 'Triangle']

[could buy land for $20-40 per acre from PPC]

[Names of people preceeding colt]

Colt's Arrival
[1795 first trip: offers PPC $1 per acre for 30,000 acres]

[1797: Settles perminantly. Preceeded by the others]

Significant Events
[Joseph Shadduck Sr Kills Bear]

[Most expensive horse dies $120]

Demographics
[274 land purchases in Judah Colt Daybook 1798-99]

Religion
[Protestant at Colt's Station]

[Methodist Church]

[Methodist Episcopal Church in Little Hope]

[Second Greenfield Union Free-Will Baptist Church]

[United Brethren Congregation]

Roads
[1797: Freeport to Colt's Station (now Rt 89)]

[1804 or 1806: Colt's Station to Waterford by way of Phillipsville]

[1813: Station Road from Wesleyville to Mayville (Now rt 430)]

Industry
[Judah Colt's Store]
 * Store open from 1797 to ~1804
 * In 1820 Joseph Selden open a store at the location. This was run by various people until ~1880
 * In 1815 a tavern was opened on the property.
 * In 1865 the tavern was turned into a farmhouse until ~1879
 * In 1884 all that was left in Colt's Station was a schoolhouse, liberty pole, and 2 small dwellings.

[Cheese Factory in Little Hope]

Landmarks
[Judah Colt's House]

[Nearby Little Hope]

[Log City]

Mills
[Bissell Mill]

[Whiteside Mill]

Schools
[Unknown Named School]

[Station School]

[Miller School]

[Shadduck School]

Cemeteries
[Shadduck Family Burial Lot]

Recent History
[1940's built restaurant and store]
 * The buildings as they currently stand were built in the 1940's

[turned into gas station]
 * Sometime in the 1960's the corner building was turned into a gas station

[turned into store/movie and ski rental]
 * In the mid 1990's a new owner opened the "corner store", as it was nicknamed, and eventually started renting movies and ski equipment. The business closed in 1998 and sat vacant for 3 years.

[private ownership and restaurant]
 * The property where Colt's store was located is now a private residence. The restaurant is leased and operates for breakfast and lunch, and dinner on weekends.

[robert's trucking]
 * Robert's Trucking began on the southeast corner of the village in _____. The company has since expanded and has two other warehouses in Erie County, Pennsylvania.

[currently 4 families, 4 businesses, ~11 residents]
 * Avg gross household income: $575,000
 * 2 farms, a restaurant, and a trucking company
 * 4 houses, 4 barns, 1 pole barn, 1 old foundation, 1 restaurant building

Geography
[Include terrain descriptions]

General References
In line citations will be added as completion is done
 * Samuel P. Bates' 1884 History of Erie County:Greenfield Section
 * Judah Colt Daybook 1798-99
 * Rootsweb:Greenfield Township
 * List of Schools in Greenfield
 * Early Families of Greenfield Article