This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFk.2ACIB/966.974 Message Board Post: Came across this referenence in THE TOWN OF ESOPUS STORY - "Josiah House came over from Barrytown in Dutchess County in 1883 and purchased five pieces of land from the Pells that extended west from the highway to the east bounds of 'Shopawannic' Mountain. Here the family developed a commercial fruit farm" .p 145. Just thought you might be interested. Sharon