Robert B. Van Valkenburgh

Posted by Administrator on Sep 17, 2010 in Featured Category, The Earliest Years, The Families of Prattsburgh | 0 comments

Robert B. Van Valkenburgh was born 09/23/1821 in Prattsburgh in a family of twelve children. He was raised in Prattsburgh and graduated in 1839 from Franklin Academy as valedictorian of his class.

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Town Beginnings 1813 – 1850

Posted by Administrator on Sep 14, 2010 in The Earliest Years | 0 comments

The first white man to live in what is now Prattsburgh was a hunter and a trapper. His cabin was built on the Charles Babcock Farm. He...

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