The following is an extract from the TimesUnion web site:
Lee Traver was in the basement sorting through a box of family items when he came across two very worn brown books written in beautiful quill penmanship.
"I had no idea what they were when I first found them," said Traver, a farmer who lives off Route 43. "I didn't think they were anything special but would never think of throwing them away."
He found the books contained meeting records of a bygone town called Greenbush. The records were from 1796 to 1802.
"I had no idea what they were when I first found them," said Traver, a farmer who lives off Route 43. "I didn't think they were anything special but would never think of throwing them away."
He found the books contained meeting records of a bygone town called Greenbush. The records were from 1796 to 1802.
Before the city of Rensselaer and towns of East and North Greenbush were formed in the mid to late 1800s, the area that encompasses them was called the town of Greenbush.
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