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Fascinating Vintage Photos of Chenango County, New York in the 1960s

Chenango is a beautiful county located in the central part of the New York State. The title ‘Chenango’ is taken from an Oneida word meaning ‘large bull-thistle’. It has a Board of Supervisors that consists of 23 Town elected officials, serving as representatives at the County level.

The Chenango River, a tributary of the Susquehanna River, flows southward through the county. The county is considered to be in the Southern Tier region of New York State.

Here below are some fascinating vintage photos taken by Lynn Harrington (1915-1999) that show wonderful scenes of this county in the 1960s.

#1 Looking across the Thompson Creek valley from our driveway, October 1960

#3 Surplus inflatable rubber rafts during the summers, July 3, 1960

#4 The Lyon Brook Trestle (Lyon Brook Bridge) of the New York, Ontario & Western railroad between Norwich and Oxford, New York, March 1960

#8 Near Steer Pond in Chenango County, New York, spring 1961

#9 Ray L Thompson barn at Kings Settlement Road, Chenango County, New York, 1961

#10 The Great Brook Valley near South New Berlin, New York, in June of 1961

#12 Upstate New York barn, Kings Settlement Road, Chenango County, 1961

#13 A line of trees between an abandoned road and an abandoned homestead in the Chenango County high country, 1962

#14 At the end of the day, we had a bonfire of trimmings from around the yard. February 1962

#17 Looking northward from Whaupaunaucau across the Chenango Valley. Steam Sawmill Hill is at left, circa 1962

#18 Looking WNW at the center of town from low altitude, October 1962

#20 An abandoned house in the Chenango County high country, June 1962

#21 On a ridge on the west side of the Chenango Valley near North Norwich, March 1962

#23 Summer valley fog along the Unadilla Valley on the county’s eastern border, 1962

#26 Chenango County Courthouse, Norwich, New York, 1963

#28 Looking down into the town of North Norwich from a vantage point on the western side of the valley.

Looking down into the town of North Norwich from a vantage point on the western side of the valley.

The hill on the left is called "Steam Sawmill Hill", October 1963

#29 McCall Pond, Chenango County, New York, June 1963

#30 Norwich, New York, on the north side of the town square, 1963

#32 Waterfall south of the Norwich, NY, reservoir, 1963

#33 Young maple in autumn sunset on a ridgetop near Thompson Creek, Chenango County, New York, October 1963

#37 View from the east.

View from the east.

The building in the foreground is the then-new high school, which would go into operation that fall, Norwich, New York, April 1964

#38 After the leaves, before the snow. View southward from east of Norwich, Chenango Valley, late 1965

#39 Looking east over the Chenango Valley from Tinker Ridge, June 1965

#40 Looking toward Oxford from the old O&W trackbed on the East side of the Chenango Valley, June 1965

#41 Mom at the West HIll quarry, looking down on Norwich, September 1965

#42 Mom on a hill above the Unadilla Valley, near White Store, on October 17, 1965

#44 Chenango Valley from Sugarloaf Hill, January 8, 1966

#45 Gate on Tanner Hill, Chenango County, New York, early 1966

#46 Hills on the east side of the Chenango Valley between North Norwich and Sherburne, January 8, 1966

#48 Last stages of the destruction of the old Chapman & Turner department store building at the heart of Norwich, the SW corner of Broad and Main streets, January 1966

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