The State of NY, School at Industry (rt 251 between the W. Henrietta Rd and Scottsville) began primarily as a place to corral unwanted and unemployable children. They were nearly self sustaining, producing much of the food on its self contained farm. I was there about 1953 to play an exhibition softball game. I recall small buildings as living quarters for the "inmates" Males and females were seperate, but it was quite obvious that much fraternization had been going on. Mostly white then, and obviously retards. that we know today as Downs Syndrome. I believe the place still operates and has about 100 inmates, who if teachable, can attend grades 6-12. --- On Thu, 12/16/10, Susan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Susan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NYMONROE] State Agricultural & Industrial School To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 12:33 PM Not the same place.  He's asking about the one in Rush. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bohrer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [NYMONROE] State Agricultural & Industrial School Kay, give this a try. Basically it was a prison. http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/rochimag/architecture/LostRochester/WesternHouse/WesternHouse.htm ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, December 16, 2010 1:38:16 AM Subject: [NYMONROE] State Agricultural & Industrial School This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KKing1510 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.monroe/12132/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone know anything about the State Agricultural & Industrial School at Rush, NY? It shows up on the 1920 census, but google didn't turn up much. There seem to be numerous "Heads" on a lot of farms, but within the household of these farms are "Officers" (that the relation given to the Head), but then they are listed with occupations like "Teacher". I'm trying to better understand what was happening. In particular, I am looking at the household of Mowry Skinkle at this url (if it posts): http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6061&iid=4313452-00399&fn=Mowry&ln=Skinkle&st=r&ssrc=&pid=19142479. Thanks! - Kay Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message