Show 0 N L I 1 T ra i m i A N people of horseheads Horse heads pleased with original name now known as north elmira and has llast L sst its chief industry place made historical by gen sullivans army A good many people who live there are kicking to tills this day because the name of horseheads Horse heads was changed to north elmira said a talkative citizen c cf ce f chemung county according to the new york sun do you know why I 1 see you dont well maybe you yol i dont know either why it was called horseheads Horse heads in the ali first st place I 1 sen you dont then it is plain youve never been to horseheads Horse heads you see when the first white settlers entered the chemung country a century and a quarter ago they found the skulls of I 1 dont know how many horses lying in heaps along the river in a spot that seemed to be a good spot to settle on the tradition is that these skulls had belonged to horses that were with the army of gen sullivan when he made his historical raid on the hostile indian tribes u up p through that country and into the genesee I 1 country in 1779 on the re tur march of the vIctor victorious lous army from the genesee country a part of the troops encamped along the chemung As gen sullivan intended to float down the chemung with his force on rafts he ordered the killing of the superfluous horses wild animals devoured the carcasses and there the bleaching skulls lay when the first settlers came in and preempted pre empted the land so they thought the matter over and called tho the settlement horseheads Horse heads Ph ats the way horseheads Horse heads cameto came to get its name and the ih e reason a good many people who live the there are kicking because the name was changed is that as time went on and horse heads beads grew to be quite a town its queer name excited the curiosity of strangers and it was soon noticed that the very first thing they would say on landing there was why is it called horseheads Horse heads so it came to pass that patriotic citizens began to lie in wait for strangers and as soon as the invariable question came aade it was their one great delight and recreation to tell th tb story in much detail in fact competition in telling the story atory became so close among enterprising and watchful horsehead homers that the man who captured the ear of a stranger first and most frequently was rather looked upon with envy by the les alert of his fellow citizens at last one day a capitalist from the east who was sought after to become interested in establishing a manufacturing ma industry in horse heads visited the place he stepped into a public house near tho the depot to inquire where the local capitalist t lived will you kindly tell me said he but that was as far as ho he got four alert citizens were on their feet in an instant they all addressed him in september 1779 they said gen sullivan on ills his return from chafing the indians indiana out of the gene see country encamped on this very spot then followed the rest of the story the visiting capitalist capiti ilist stood speechless with surprise the proprietor ot the place said to him they got it badly mixed up or der your drink sent to the back roona 4 11 0 t V V 41 I 1 A discovery of horsehead horseheads Horse heads and ill come in andrell and tell you the story sti straight the visiting capit capitalist alisi hurried out v of the place meeting a boy on ane 1 he said to him my son can you tell me oh yes said the boy in september I 1 1779 gen sullivan the visitor rushed down the street and presently met the man he was seeking this citizen explained the state of affairs to him then the visiting capitalist declared lie ho put a cent of money in horseheads Horse heads unless the name of the place was changed they wanted ills his money bad and the legislature or something was induced to change horseheads Horse heads to north elmira but a good many patriotic cit citizens iad RS are kicking about it yet and even now so im told if you broach the subject they w will exe exclaim a m why it Is sacrilege here where gen sullivan encamped in september 1779 after |