Erwin Area Community and Schools: {not inclusive list}
Communities and locations in the Town of Erwin: [See Maps of community/location to determine if such is in Addison School District]
- Coopers Plains – A hamlet in the northern part of the town. [not in Addison School District]
- Corning-Painted Post Airport - A small airport west of Painted Post. [not in Addison School District
- Erwin Wildlife Management Area – A conservation area in the northwest part of the town. [only a part of the Erwin Mountain State Forest is in Addison School District]
- Erwins – A hamlet in the eastern part of the town on NY-417. [only a small part is in Addison School District]
- Gang Mills – A hamlet southwest of the City of Corning, New York on US Route 15. [not in Addison School District]
- Painted Post – The Village of Painted Post on NY-415. [not in Addison School District]
Wikipedia.org [Erwin]
History of Erwin and its communities and locations: [Erwin and Painted Post]
In 1793 the town was organized and named Painted Post. In 1793 the town was organized and named Painted Post. This town was made up of the Towns Hornby, Campbell, Erwin, Lindley, Corning and Caton. After a time each town was separated from Painted Post and organized as a separate political entity with an individual name.While the surveyors were working, Colonel Arthur Erwin from Bucks County, PA came up the Old Andaste Trail supervising a cattle drive destined for Fort Niagara. With an indian guide he rode over the hills to see the lay of the land. He then hurried to Canandaigua to offer Mr. Phelps 1500 dollars for Town Two, Range Two (Erwin). The offer was accepted and cattle was used for part payment. Erwin was a wealthy Irish immigrant, had served in the American army during the Revolution, and owned other lands as well. Colonel Erwin was shot by a "squatter" over a land and crop dispute while visiting in PA. No one was ever charged with the murder. As a result, Colonel Erwin never lived in the Town of Erwin.
Sons, Samuel and Francis inherited the portion that is now the Village of Painted Post. Two towns, Erwin and Lindley were broken into small lots resulting in large scale lumber mills here. These large mills eventually led to the development of industry in the area. In 1826 -Town of Erwin organized and held first election. Sam Erwin was the first supervisor.
1830 - 1832 Isaac Grey and two lawyers purchased about 4000 acres of land that had superior and valuable timber. They built the first sawmill on land that is now "Gang Mills" In 1846 the mill was rebuilt, enlarged, steam was added to hydraulic power, new machinery and buildings. This area then became the most extensive lumber establishment in town, county or state. 1838 - General F. E. Erwin was elected supervisor of this town substantially as it exists today. 1833 - Captain Sam Erwin first laid out the Village plot of Painted Post between Hornby Road, the river, Hamilton and Steuben streets. Later enlarged by General Erwin and others.
1841 - Dr. John Cooper Built a large residence, sold lots and started a small village on his farm near the junction of Meads Creek Valley with Conhocton river and western boundary of the Town of Erwin. 25 or 30 houses were built as well as a hotel (Ogden's), churches, schoolhouse, flour and grist mill, steam saw mill, chair factories, wagon and blacksmith shop, 1 or 2 stores, post office, etc. The Rochester branch of the Erie Railroad had a station here. This hamlet is "Coopers Plains". 1848 - 1849 The first schoolhouse was built by Arthur H. Erwin and rented to the district for $100 per year. This was located on the south side of the river. 1868 - The present brick schoolhouse built on Charles Street for $14,000 including lot and furniture. 1850 - Methodist Church Society erected an edifice on the corner of Chemung and Steuben Streets. Sept. 1850 - Lodge of F & A Masons instituted in Village. 1852 - Corning, Painted Post, Coopers Plains and Monterey Plank Road Company was formed. A track was laid from the Village of Monterey to Coopers Plains, then to bridge over the Conhocton River at Corning - about 15 miles with four toll gates. Six years later the plank road was abandoned between Coopers Plains and Monterey. Later a "Jordan" road from Corning through Painted Post to Coopers Plains was built. 1852 - Baptists organized. Meetings were held in Empire Hall (SE corner of Water and Hamilton Sts). The hall burned in 1860, then the Tabernacle was built.
1861 - Town and Village furnished soldiers to put down the memorable Southern secession and rebellion. 1860 - 1863 Again, much growth in the Town and Village. Soil was a deposit of rich alluvium adapted to grow cereals, roots, choice fruits, dairy farming, stock, wool growing. Lumbering began to dwindle.
1896 - Weston Engine Works started in Painted Post followed by The Rand Drill Company making Weston's steam engines and a specialty air compressor. Later called the Imperial Engine Company and the Ingersoll Rock Drill Company joined forces to form the Ingersoll- Sergeant Drill Company in 1897. 1905 - The Rand Drill Company and Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company merged and formed Ingersoll Rand. Ingersoll Rand Company was a great contributor to the economy and growth of Painted Post and the Town of Erwin, and played a very important part in our national defense and war effort during World War II. They manufactured all sizes of air compressors, gas engines, and related machinery. Ingersoll Rand is a world- wide company. 1987 - Ingersoll Rand moved from Painted Post and Dresser Rand came in and now manufactures gas engines and reciprocating compressors for the gas and oil industry. Dresser Rand and Dresser Industries. This is the primary industry in Painted Post.
Source:
erwinny.org [Erwin and Painted Post History]
Facebook: Painted Post Erwin Museum At the Depot
Gang Mills and Erwin Mountain Forest [comunity/location in Erwin] [Gang Mills not in Addison School District]
Erwin Mountain State Forest
Erwin Mountain State Forest includes camping, trappng, hiking, hunting, and wildlife. It is located by traveling West on Beartown Road to Erwin Wildlife Management Area. Hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, mountain biking, snowmobiling and horseback riding are allowed within the property but there are no designated trails or maintained areas for these activities. Directions: Erwin WMA is situated approximately 5 miles west of the City of Corning. From the north the area can be accessed from Smith Hill Road off the Coopers Plains exit of Route 17. From the south the area can be accessed from Weaver Hollow Road off the Gang Mills exit of Route 15.
Source:
Dec.NY.gov [Erwin Wildlife Management Area]
It was purchased in 1928 by New York State. Since that time, management projects creating wildlife openings, marsh ponds, and tree and shrub plantations have enhanced wildlife habitat. Success of this management is evident in the abundant harvest of wildlife from Erwin.
Source:
Dec.NY.gov [Erwin Wildlife Management Area]
Railroad at Gang Mills [Gang Mills not in Addison School District]
During the mid 1800s, Gang Mills was the site of gang-saw mills to cut lumber. Gang Mills is a Community/location in Erwin, NY. "Railroad yard was built in 1951. Yep, it's 60 years old." "Gang Mills was and useful strategic location because it was adjacent to the connection between the Erie (now NS) and NYC (now WCOR). At the time the yard was built, the Erie and the Reading connected in Williamsport via trackage rights the Erie had over NYC's Corning Branch (dating back to the early 1900s). The Erie had to pay NYC a decent share of the revenue (35%?), but it was generating a train a day in each direction. Indeed, the connection lasted until Conrail... because the Rading had no connection of its own to the Great Lakes."
Gang Mills also fielded locals down the branch to Mansfield and Blossberg until Agnes destroyed the branch in 1972. The traffic apparently diminished over time, as one of the EL books in my collection shows the local powered by an SW8 during the late '60s.
The Erie fielded a long haul local down the Erie Rochester Division to Gang Mills when the yard was built. After the Rochester Division was severed, the EL used some of the former Lackawanna mainline for the local. In the ′50s, the traffic pattern seems to indicate loads came from the west, based on the photos I′ve seen of the Erie interchanging with Steuben County′s shortlines- the B&H and the K&P. The role for Gang Mills grew after November, 1963... when the Lackawanna main was severed between Groveland and Wayland. Although the interchange with the K&P was over by then (and buried under Route 17), the traffic on the B&H was growing, so Gang Mills became the origination point for that traffic, as well as EL′s own customers on the Wayland Branch.
Source:
Rail Road at Gang Mills [includes memories of those who road it]
Memories of Gang Mills Rail Road
Memories of Gang Mills Rail Road
Erwins Community/Location
No history available.....See Erwin/Painted Post History above. The map of Erwins boundry line and Erwin boundry line is the same area exactly. Erwin and Erwins appears with the same location marker on bing.com/maps and google.com/maps. Why two names is unknown. Corning Glass Works has factories there. Also a trucking company exist there.
Corning-Painted Post Airport [not in Addison School District]
The airport is owned by the Town of Erwin and located near Painted Post, New York. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
One of the local operators is the Costa Flying Service, owing its name to Joseph Costa, a local pilot that attempted to cross the Atlantic in 1936, via Brazil. In the 1940s it was called "Costa's Airport". His son, Joseph R. Costa is currently the airport's manager.
2012, the airport had 9,025 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 99.7% general aviation and 0.3% air taxi. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-engine and 4% helicopter. It is the oldest flying service in New York state.
Source:
Wikipedia.org [Cornng Painted Post Airport]
Corning Painted Post Airport Details
History of Costa Flying Service
Costa Air Service Website [includes many services including lessons, tours, airplane storage, repairs/service, and more]
Coopers Plains [not in Addison School District]
1841 - Dr. John Cooper Built a large residence, sold lots and started a small village on his farm near the junction of Meads Creek Valley with Conhocton river and western boundary of the Town of Erwin. 25 or 30 houses were built as well as a hotel (Ogden's), churches, schoolhouse, flour and grist mill, steam saw mill, chair factories, wagon and blacksmith shop, 1 or 2 stores, post office, etc. The Rochester branch of the Erie Railroad had a station here. This hamlet is "Coopers Plains".
1852 - Corning, Painted Post, Coopers Plains and Monterey Plank Road Company was formed. A track was laid from the Village of Monterey to Coopers Plains, then to bridge over the Conhocton River at Corning - about 15 miles with four toll gates. Six years later the plank road was abandoned between Coopers Plains and Monterey. Later a "Jordan" road from Corning through Painted Post to Coopers Plains was built.
1873 - Three post offices in the Town of Erwin - at Painted Post, Coopers Plains, and at Erwin.
Frank F. Pierce School
Frank F. Pierce Early Childhood Center is located at 3805 Meads Creek Road Painted Post, NY serving grades PK in Steuben County. The Elementary Enrichment Program is for qualifying Gifted and Talented students in 2nd through 5th grades. The students have the opportunity to meet one day a week in their own school in small groups over the course of one semester. The program is three days a week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and the students have enrichment for one and a half hours.This Elementary school has a Building Leadership Team (BLT). The Building Leadership Team’s main function is to review the school’s current student achievement levels and make recommendations for improvements. Each year the school staff and BLT develop a School Improvement Plan to address these needs with clear objectives and action plans. The BLT monitors this plan throughout the school year and reports year-end progress to staff and parents. Check out this year’s School Improvement Plan.
The Corning-Painted Post Area School District has recently adopted a new reading program from Kindergarten through Grade 5. This is due to the challenges faced by the educators and students in the Corning-Painted Post community are shared by school districts across the United States. Public schools are facing what some have called a crisis of low student expectation and achievement, as well as high drop-out rates.
The staff of teachers and other officials works closely with parents and the entire community to provide the best education possible for students. And students really excel in this learning environment that affords good class sizes, positive community support, individual attention, and encouragement which help all students strive for excellence.
2014: CareFirst purchases the former Frank Pierce Elementary School in Coopers Plains, NY and launches Strengthening Communities: the Campaign for CareFirst to raise the $600,000 required to make the necessary building renovations.
Source: CareFirst Facility
erwinny.org [History of Erwin]
Road Side Thoughts [Coopers Plains]
NewYorkSchools.com [Pierce School]
Painted Post [not in Addison School District]
See section of this page: History of Erwin and its communities and locations: [Erwin and Painted Post]
The name comes from a Seneca carved post found by explorers at the junction of three local rivers. The former Town of Painted Post in 1836 was renamed the Town of Corning.
The Senecas never had a painted post but rather the post that existed in the Painted Post area was not "painted". The plain post had been used as a type of bulletin board and when the white settlers moved into the area they painted it. To paint this post was desecration to the Seneca people. The Seneca language word for the area was TKäen DōD, meaning "Land of the post".
According to village records, Painted Post was established as a village in 1803. The Erwin brothers are considered the firstwealthy European descended settlers to have settled in the Painted Post area in the late 18th century (Painted Post village is in the town of Erwin, named for the brothers and incorporated in 1796). The brothers' 4 mansions are still standing. There are maps in existence dated 1796 which include Painted Post. The village was first incorporated in 1860 and officially re-incorporated in 1893. The name is derived from an historic, although probably unpainted, wooden post seen in the area at the end of the 18th century. The origin and purpose of the post remain controversial.
Painted Post is featured in the Stephen Vincent Benet poem "American Names.
Painted Post notable people:
- W. Sterling Cole, former US Congressman
- Willard Nelson Clute, a noted botanist, was born in Painted Post
- Charles B. Farwell, Chicago Merchant, Banker and Politician
- William Spring Hubbell, former US Congressman
- Thomas J. Watson, founder of IBM
Wikipedia.org [Painted Post]
PaintedPostNY.com [Painted Post Information]
CorningNYHistory [Painted Post]
GlenPhotos.com [Painted Post]