The Town of Liberty, fittingly named at the time "from the sentiment which was so dear to the American people" was officially formed from lands of the Town of Lumberland on March 13, 1807. Early settlers came from Connecticut over a road hacked through the woods in 1794, from the Neversink River. When they first came to this area, known as the Blue Mountain Country, they settled to the northwest of the present Village of Liberty on the hill near Revonah Lake.

The Ontario and Western Railway which ran through the town from 1873 to 1957, brought thousands of summer people to the area, as well as transporting millions of gallons of local milk to New York City. Liberty Village no doubt had the largest and the most hotels. Two of the big ones were the Hotel Wawanda and the Liberty House.

Of the smaller hamlets, Parksville is the only one to maintain its original name. White Sulphur Springs, originally called Robertsonville, was named after Bradley Robertson who settled in the area in 1809, and fought in the War of 1812. Ferndale, originally known as Liberty Falls, was settled by Roswell Russell in 1807. Swan Lake, originally called Stevensville, was named after the Stevens brothers, who built large sole leather tanner which operated until about 1873. Red Brick, Egypt, Glen Cove, and others are completely gone.

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Cheers, Kato H.