People Made It Happen Here
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People Made It Happen Here: History of the Town of Rensselaerville c.a. 1788-1950, was published by The Rensselaerville Historical Society in 1977.
Here are some excerpts posted on this site with permission of the Rensselaerville Historical Society:
Maps from People Made It Happen Here:
Rensselaerville in 1807 
Medusa from 1866 Beers map
Photos from People Made It Happen Here:
Main Street looking West from Presbyterian corner 
Lower Main Street from the Medusa Road 
The village of Rensselaerville from above the Lincoln Pond Road 
State Road looking North 
About 1900 
July 4, 1910, Baseball game, Rensselaer 
The old "White" Rensselaerville Village Bridge across Ten Mile Creek, wooden plank bed. Gristmill seen under the bridge. This is the oldest bridge recalled. Around 1914 this was replaced by another. Around 1952 the present concrete bridge was built. 
Cooksburg covered bridge 
Burhan's residence in 1910, Cooksburg 
Barn belonging to George Burhan, picture taken 1910-1915, Cooksburg 
Main St. in Medusa ca. 1900, Hotel on left, ball room over shed was used for dances, meetings, justice court 
Medusa Band was called the "Citizen's Band", operating ca.1888 
Medusa Band Wagon. This wagon was built in the 1830s for a small circus. This circus went bankrupt in Richmondville, N.Y. in 1835. The Richmondville Band bought the wagon and used it for several years. They sold it to the Chesterville Band {Westerlo}. The Medusa Band purchased the wagon before the close of the last century, it was last used in a Medusa church entertainment during the 1930s 
Medusa Baseball Team ca. 1924 
Medusa bridge and dam that furnished waterpower for the paper mill, Bridge built in 1899 
"Doolittle Homestead"
