Pepacton, New York
J.E. Goodsir's general store in Pepacton. Downsville Dam submerged Pepacton in the 1950s.
About this community
- River
- Delaware River
- Established
- 1792
- Inundated
- 1947
- Population
- 197
Archive artifacts
Personal Accounts
- Scrapbook page 1950Newspaper clippings in a scrapbook created by Joan Westcott that chronicled the development of New York City's Pepacton Reservoir.Joan Westcott · Delaware County Historical Association
Sources
- Diane Galusha, Liquid Assets: A History of New York City’s Water System Expanded Edition. Expanded edition (2016).
- “Pepacton General Testimony Exhibits.” 1972. New York City Department of Environmental Protection, DEP Archives.
- WW. Munsell, History of Delaware County, N.Y. With Illustrations, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Some Pioneers and Prominent Residents. (1880).
- Tim Duerden, A History of Delaware County, New York: A Catskill Land and Its People, 1797-2007 (2007).
- https://www.dcnyhistory.org/roger6goodsirsstore_Pepacton.html.