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Horseheads

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In 1779 near this spot, General John Sullivan mercifully disposed of his pack horses, worn out by faithful service in the campaign against the Six Nations of the Iroquois. The first white settlers entering this valley in 1789 found the bleached skulls and named the place Horseheads.
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