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Article: QUIET TOWN WAS ONCE A BOOM TOWN; IN THE LATE 1800S, DERUYTER WAS A PROSPEROUS RAIL STOP.(Neighbors Madison)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2007
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Byline: Dyana Smolen Contributing writer
Travel through the small town of DeRuyter along state Route 13, and you experience the shadow of a once-prosperous area.
Located at the southwestern edge of Madison County, the town's story is a common one among rural America. Once lively and self-sufficient, the village's downturn paralleled the nation's economic shift from agricultural force to industrial giant.
But in the 1870s, DeRuyter was a hopping rail town with a variety of businesses and a hotel that was considered the best in Central New York.
According to Chris Glave, president of DeRuyter's Tromptown Historical Society, the town's ...