History of Mt. Upton, New York

The first settle in Mt. Upton was Eli Place, who came in 1792 and built a fur trading post. Following him was GUerdon Chamberlayne and his brother Wyatt, William Hyer and John Secoir came in the fall of 1792. About 1800, Guerdon built and saw mill up the creek which was in operation until 1842.

Hyer bought and cleared some land to built a farm, and his brother Nathaniel Hyer came in 1793 and cleared the farm north of his brother. This farm is now owned by John Twitchell.

Zachary Boyce came in 1794. He was a stone mason. He built a stone tannery, but an ice jam in 1806 destroyed some of his construction. He then sold the land back to Chamberlayne and moved on to Broome county.

George Fenno and John Saxton opened the first store in Mt. Upton in 1816 in a log cabin at the four corners. The cabin was finally torn down in 1965 by the State of New York. The land is now owned by the Mt. Upton Lions Club.

Beginning in the early 1800s, several more stores were built by new settles within that century.

First lawyer in the village was Francis Upton Fenno. First physician was John Mather. First superintendent was George Romer. Bordens opened their mil plant in 1896 and expanded their business with a larger plant building, five huge boilers, ice houses, horse barns and a 125foot metal smoke stack in 1900.

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