![]() Other streams are Deer and Grindstone Creeks, on both of which are falls of considerable height. ![]() In various localities copious springs gush forth, increasing in volume during the summer months, and giving the name to Spring or Trout Brook, which descends 150 feet in a distance of three miles. The site of Pulaski village is 131 feet above the lake, while certain points farther east reach an elevation of 250 feet or more. The deep ravines through which the streams find their way to Lake Ontario afford a variety of scenery at once wild and picturesque, and no town in Oswego county surpasses this in natural beauty. The surface is generally level or gently rolling and has a decided westerly inclination. Richland is quite irregular in outline, and is bounded on the north by Sandy Creek and Lake Ontario on the east by Orwell and Albion on the south by Albion and Mexico and on the west by Mexico and the lake. March 27, 1844, lots numbers 127, 137, 147 and 157 of township ten of the Boylston Tract were set off to Orwell, leaving the town with its present area of 32,251 acres. By chapter 264 of the laws of 1836, as amended by chapter 33 of the laws of 1837, lots 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 and 110 of the 21st township were annexed to Mexico. March 24, 1825, Richland was further reduced by the erection of the towns of Sandy Creek and Albion. ![]() March 31 of that year, lots 137 to 148 inclusive, of township 21 of Scriba's Patent, were annexed to Mexico. Orwell (then including Boylston) was set off February 28, 1817. ![]() Richland was formed from Williamstown on the 20th of February, 1807, and at that time included the present towns of Sandy Creek, Orwell, Boylston, and Albion, and a part of Mexico. Originally transcribed by Luella Long (2004). Landmarks of Oswego County, New York by John Charles (1821-1905). ![]()
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