— Photo from Roland Tozer
Roland Tozer and Dennis Fancher, Westerlo Historical Society members, stand by a new marker the society placed at the site of the Samuel Snyder Sawmill where routes 402 and 404 intersect, near Bear Swamp. Later known as Brittons’ Mill, it was owned by Nathan Britton and his wife, Emma Snyder Britton, and powered by a tractor steam engine. A 1924 storm destroyed the mill but part of the dam still stands on land now owned by Patricia and Joanne Britton. Kate Latham of Westerlo and Rosie Kuhar of Rensselaerville are direct descendants of Samuel Snyder.