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Gardiner

• Town of Gardiner -- The town is of comparatively recent formation, dating from 1853. It was named for Addison Gardiner. of Rochester, New York, Lieutenant-Governor elected in 1844 and a judge of the Court of Appeals, 1847.

  Probably the oldest house in this attractive, fruit growing township is that of Jacobus Bruyn, who carved over his front door:

  "Time is a devourer of all things.
  Virtue is a driver away of all vices."
  JACOBUS BRUYN, 1724.

  The new scenic highway, the Shawangunk Trail, Route 55, is a great asset to the town.

  The deserted Trapps village on the mountain is a relic of days when making barrel hoops and picking huckleberries supported mountain families.

  Gardiner is now a prosperous and attractive dairy and fruit farming town, with modern and progressive residents.

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