Various history links for the area: The above map from a downloadable source:

Here's something that might be worth tracking down.?ÿ Title Maps of Fallsburgh, Loch Sheldrake, Centerville and Sandburgh in the Town of Fallsburg...

true, but but you would still fit more round product in given space than using square boxes (if it was large enough to avoid inefficiencies at the per...

I wouldn't have noticed.

I haven't seen any of the cemeteries in that area, but am reminded of Mt Moriah cemetery in Deadwood SD.?ÿ There seems to be a terrace level for every...

It's not everybody who can say they owned a cemetery, even for a brief time.

I would hope the cemetery association will bid and everyone else will have the decency to abstain.

True on a box volume basis. But if the content is round and you can put many boxes together, round boxes are more efficient on a basis of product per...

My guesses: Square box is easier to make.?ÿ Round pizza bakes more uniformly than square.

Hmmm...

Somebody copied the abbreviated description from the assessor's GIS and thought it was a sufficient description, despite the fact that the GIS said "N...

How were the lots described during this process?

Locating this definitely calls for a surveyor, preferably one acquainted with local practices, and one who tries to get it right before callng it done...

Unless the rocks are iron-bearing, they won't do any more than increase your detector's distance from the target. You should be able to tape those di...

And the nail cost how much more than a cent ...?ÿ How did he save money on nails?

Private message to Mark explains it. I didn't want to post the details here, but indeed there was enough information to combine with what you can fin...