History Montour Falls, New York

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shequaga falls borders west side of village of montour falls


the current name of montour falls adopted village on march 20, 1895. town of montour named after 18th-century native american seneca tribe matriarch, catharine montour.


from 1850 1888 area s havana pottery stoneware manufacturing community comprised 6 firms: savage, parsons & co., savage & rogers, brewer & halm, s. t. brewer, h. m. whitman, j. m. whitman , a. o. whittemore.


charles cook, businessmen, politician (canal commissioner , state senator), philanthropist , visionary, credited establishment of schuyler county (1854) , havana, new york first county seat; cook academy (originally people s college) began construction in 1858. today same facility home new york state academy of fire science. cook served president of chemung canal trust bank—the oldest continuously operating bank in region dating 1835. on november 20, 1886, tribute service held @ cook academy attended governor david hill , more 1,000 citizens, associates , admirers of cook. bust of charles cook dedicated @ tribute service. charles cook never married.


in 1872 2 native son engineers of havana, new york, formed materials handling company called shepard niles. in 1902 built first heavy duty crane , sold around world. company still in business today. web site: workhorse cranes , hoists last virtually forever–this industry expects shepard niles. our custom hand-built, heavy-duty class d , e cranes , hoists helped america become world s leading industrial nation, , powered our country through 2 world wars. while company ongoing, since acquisition in 1989, primary operations no longer domiciled in montour falls.


in 1934 national bank of montour falls listed in federal reserve bank roster second district. national bank of montour falls (also 1934) issuing bank on $10.00 (ten-dollar) federal reserve note.


montour falls known natural attraction of 165-foot waterfall located on west side of village. @ base of falls sign labeled she-qua-ga , transliteration of seneca name. bridge above waterfall spells name che-qua-ga . many historic names have been recorded under wide variety of spellings, various peoples tried transliterate them 1 language another. attraction known montour falls .


the brick tavern stand, montour falls historic district, , montour falls union grammar school listed on national register of historic places.








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