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251.  December 8, 1902.  Patrick H. Downs, Last Will & Testament (cont.).  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 25, p. 508.

252.  February 22, 1905.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 97.

253.  March 25, 1904.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 67.

254.  August 6, 1903.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 177.

255.  March 25, 1904.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 198.

256.  May 21, 1904.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 213.

257.  June 12, 1903.  Probate of Estate of Patrick H. Downs.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 297  (cont. below).

258.  June 12, 1903.  Probate of Estate of Patrick H. Downs (cont.).  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, pp. 298-99.

259.  June 12, 1903.  Probate of Estate of Patrick H. Downs (cont.).  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, pp. 300-301.

260.  June 12, 1903.  Probate of Estate of Patrick H. Downs (concluded).  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, pp. 302-303.

261.  April 27, 1904.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 489  (cont. below).

262.  April 27, 1904.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 490  (cont. from above).

263.  January 21, 1904.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, pp. 410-411  (cont. below).

264.  January 21, 1904.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, pp. 412-413  (cont. from above).

265.  May 5, 1904.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 497  (cont. below).

266.  May 5, 1904.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, pp. 498-499  (cont. from above).

267.  December 1, 1903.  John Delehanty (uncle to our John) sells his portion of the Bomoseen Slate Company (co-owned with his brother James) to the Penrhyn Slate Company.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, p. 521  (cont. below).

268.  December 1, 1903.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, pp. 522-523  (cont. from above).

269.  December 1, 1903.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, pp. 524-525  (cont. from above).

270.  December 1, 1903.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 26, pp. 526-527 (conclusion of above).

271.  March 19, 1878.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 19, p. 430.

272.  May 18, 1872.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 18, p. 346.

273.  May 24, 1873.  Notice of tax sale of West Castleton Rail Road & Slate Company.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 18, pp. 778-780.

274.  March 19, 1878.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 19, p. 430.

275.  April 12, 1875.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 19, p. 561  (cont. below).

276.  April 12, 1875.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 19, p. 562  (cont. from above).

277.  September 23, 1890.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 22, p. 138.

278.  October 21, 1890.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 22, p. 717.

279.  April 1, 1868.  Castleton Town Deeds, Book 17, p. 93.

280.  Slate workers, n.d., late 19th century.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

281.  This is a key photograph:  Cedar Mountain slate quarry, late 19th century.  This is what the lovely verdant mountain in previous photos looked like while it was a slate quarry.  Amazing.  From the Joe Doran Collection. 

282.  Remember the photo of the bunny rabbit on the trail leading up to Cedar Mountain?  This is taken from the same spot, late 19th century.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

283.  Cedar Mountain slate quarry, late 19th century.  Amazing.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

284.  Cedar Mountain slate quarry, late 19th century, looking out on Lake Bomoseen.  Very near to where the John Delehanty Memorial is today.  Freaking amazing.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

285.  West Castleton, late 19th century.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

286.  Areas around Lake Bomoseen, late 19th century.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

287.  Eastern Slate Quarry and Mill, near Blissville just south of Hydeville (Eagle Patch, where Peter Patten took me hiking), ca. 1900.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

288.  Historic photos of local slate quarries.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

289.  The old schoolhouse, and St. Joseph Mission Church in West Castleton. This is very probably the school that our John Delehanty attended, and the church in which he was baptized, and to which his family belonged.  A key  photograph.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

290.  More invaluable historic photographs.  Top:  workers at the Cedar Mountain Slate Company Mill, Charles & Thomas Downes, managers, ca. 1870.  Bottom:  Company houses of the West Castleton Railroad & Slate Company, with the 1868 slate mill in the background.  See photo pages 1-2 for lots of photos of the ruins of these and other buildings.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

291.  "Workers at the Mary Ann Hayes Slate Mill, West Castleton," late 19th century.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

292.  Ed Barna, "Once Upon the Shores of Bombazine," Rutland Daily Herald, Thurs Sept 24, 1998, p. 7.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

293.  Obituary of James Delehanty, Fair Haven Era, 1917.  From the Joe Doran Collection.

294.  Text of display on why slate splits as it does, at the Slate History Museum, Granville, NY.

295.  Map slate districts of eastern NY and western Vermont.  Slate History Museum, Granville, NY.

296.  Detail of map of slate districts, showing Castleton and West Castleton areas.  Slate History Museum, Granville, NY.

297.  Stunning to stumble into this as I did:  display at the Slate History Museum highlighting Irish immigrants (one of several panels on immigrant groups:  Welsh, Italians, etc.) featuring none other than our very own James Delehanty and Patrick H. Downs!  Remarkable.

298.  Historic photo displayed at the Slate History Museum, Granville NY (none of these really turned out very well but I'm including them anyway; sadly, none of the photos were labeled or dated, which as a historian I found rather jarring).

299.  Historic photo of slate workers, Slate History Museum, Granville.

300.  Historic photo of slate workers, Slate History Museum, Granville.