Mike's West Castleton Journal

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101.  Newspaper clippings, Joe Doran Collection, on West Castleton slate mining companies, 1850s and 1880s.

102.  Newspaper clippings, Joe Doran Collection, including mention of Downs & Delehanty in 1884.

103.  Newspaper clippings, Joe Doran Collection, including Matthew (Mathias) Delehanty obituary, July 1899. 

104.  Newspaper article, Rutland Daily Herald, Nov. 11, 1954, "Glen Lake Area, Castleton, Is Former Site of Revelry of Green Mountain Boys."  Focus on West Castleton slate industry.  From the Joe Doran Collection (most of the day spent taking notes). 

105.  Detail of Fair Haven Era, Oct. 9, 1901, with obituary of Bridget Waters Delehanty ("Mrs. Mathias Delehanty").  Fair Haven Free Library (9:00 a.m. Tues May 29).

106.  Fair Haven Era, April 11, 1879, including a story on an industrial accident at the quarries in West Castleton.  This and all subsequent photos of the Fair Haven Era from the collection of the Fair Haven Free Library.

107.  Fair Haven Era, front page, April 18, 1879.

108.  Fair Haven Era, page 2, April 18, 1879, including a story on a young man who migrated to Minnesota.

109.  Fair Haven Era, page 2, April 25, 1879.

110.  Fair Haven Era, front page, June 20, 1879, featuring a "Letter from Minnesota" by a recent migrant from Vermont.

111.  Fair Haven Era, front page, Feb. 15, 1900.

112.  Fair Haven Era, front page, March 8, 1900.

113.  Fair Haven Era, front page, March 15, 1900, that mentions (among other things) the schoolteacher Annie Delehanty (James Delehanty's daughter).

114.  Fair Haven Era, front page, March 29, 1900  (trying to get a handle on the context in which John Delehanty dwelt after his father's death; he's now 13 years old).

115.  Fair Haven Era, page 2, March 29, 1900, including mention of old-timer Miles McDonough, who's reported to be very ill  (John Delehanty's first wife was Bridget McDonough, with whom he had son Lester; we're trying to figure out if there's a Minnesota-Vermont connection with the McDonough family; the land records show that the father of Patrick H. Downs [of Downs & Delehanty Slate Company] and Miles McDonough owned land adjacent to each other).

116.  Fair Haven Era, front page, April 12, 1900, including mention of the formation of the Bomoseen Improvement Society, one of whose members was Patrick H. Downs (of Downs & Delehanty).

117.  Fair Haven Era, front page, May 3, 1900; includes mention of another Minnesota connection (in this case the Johnson family).

118.  Fair Haven Era, front page, May 10, 1900.

119.  Fair Haven Era, front page, May 24, 1900.

120.  Fair Haven Era, page 3, May 24, 1900.

121.  Fair Haven Era, page 3, May 31, 1900.

122.  Fair Haven Era, page 3, June 7, 1900.

123.  Fair Haven Era, front page, June 28, 1900.

124.  John Delehanty Memorial, Cedar Mountain, Lake Bomoseen  (enough library work!  Sketching out the letters in chalk after hoisting this baby up into nearly vertical position the day before ).

125.  Another view.

126.  Another.

127.  From behind; what it looks out on.  Lovely.

128.  What it sees.

129.  A glorious evening.

130.  The slate quarries on the eastern side of Scotch Hill Road from Fair Haven to West Castleton (early a.m. Wed May 30).

131.  Another view of the Scotch Hill Road quarry.

132.  Public history marker along Scotch Hill Road on the road to Fair Haven from West Castleton, describing the first slate quarries in Western Vermont, right in this area, beginning in 1839.

133.  Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, Fair Haven, early a.m.

134.  Same church, different view; the Delehanty's belonged to this church.

135.  Another view of Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church (built 1873), Fair Haven.

136.  Fair Haven Catholic Cemetery, gravestone of Father Patrick Henry Delehanty (1862-1888); this and all photos in this sequence from this cemetery, though the light was poor; I've got to go back when it's better.

137.  Close-up of Father Patrick Henry's gravestone.

138.  Anastasia Delehanty Wallace, her husband Patrick Wallace, and their daughter Alice E. Wallace (1875-1910; John Delehanty's Aunt Anastasia).

139.  Headstone of Mathias and Bridget Delehanty (John's father and mother).

140.  "Mathias Delehanty, May 2, 1842—July 10, 1899, Bridget His Wife, Aug. 10, 1852—Oct 9, 1901"

141.  On the side of the same headstone, John Delehanty's two sisters:  "Margaret, July 20, 1881—May 27, 1903.  Elizabeth, Nov. 17, 1884 — Sept. 24, 1900."  Margaret was the fifth family member to die within five years (father, mother, younger brother, two elder sisters).  Soon after, John Delehanty migrated West and married Bridget McDonough, his first wife.

142.  Other side of the same headstone:  "Mathias Jr., Apr. 2, 1892 — Feb. 23, 1901."  John Delehanty's brother.  Eight years old.  Died in the dead of winter.

143.  Mathias and Bridget.

144.  James Delehanty — (John Delehanty's Uncle James).

145.  Three of James' children (John Delehanty's cousins) on the same headstone:  "Francis J., Sept. 21, 1882—Feb. 16, 1951.  Mrs. Helen A., [no birthdate]—May 3, 1923.  Ambrose M., April 11, 1887—July 31, 1963."

146.  Rear of the same headstone; probably grandchildren of James.

147.  Side of same headstone:  "Catherine H., Aug. 4, 1871—Sept. 11, 1920.  Mary E., Dec. 5, 1865—July 31, 1959.  Helen F., July 27, 1880—Dec. 23, 1961."

148.  Fair Haven Cemetery, looking NE toward the entrance, with James' headstone in the foreground.

149.  Main Street, Castleton:  "Marking the Meeting Place of Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold on their Historic March to Fort Ticonderoga, May 9, 1775."  History runs pretty deep here.  To the Town Offices!  (still Wed May 30)

Land and Related Records, Castleton Town Offices

150.   December 1, 1868.  Mortgage Deed:  Hydeville Company to Delehanty.  Hydeville Company, Castleton, receipt of $150 from Michael Delehanty for parcel of land on the west side of the road from Hydeville to West Castleton.  (Who was Michael?  Richard?  Edward?  All belonged to another branch of the Delehanty family.  Exactly how they were related to our Delehanty's remains unclear.  I suspect that first-generation immigrants Richard and Patrick were brothers (our g-g-grandfather Patrick).  Though at this point I don't know how Richard, Edward, and Michael (and their heirs of the same names) were related to our Delehanty's.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 17, p. 217.