Settler: 1812 – Samuel Bates
Child: 1816 – Bartlett Morse
Death: 1816 – George Balcomb
Marriage: 1817 – Esther Bates to James Aikon
School: 1819 – lot 123, south of 4 corners East Kendall
Teacher: Gurdon Balcomb
Sawmill: 1819 – Ammon Auger – Ebenezer Boyden
Library: 1822 – Amos Randall – books purchased by selling shares ($2.00) and by contributions
Building: 1821 – double log cabin on southwest corner of village square – built by Reuben Roblee – Lyman Spicer
School in Kendall: 1823 – in 1/2 of double log cabin
Teacher (in above school): Anna Auger
Grist mill: 1824 – Ose Webster
Frame school: 1824 – on northwest corner of village
Tavern: 1824-1825 – the double log cabin plus an addition
Norwegian: 1825 – Cleng Peerson
Norwegian settlement: property on the end of Norway Rd. – west side
Blacksmith: 1825-1826 – William Bassett
Canal system: 1825 – completion date – Erie Canal
Store: 1832 – Lewis Peet
Mail Route: 1835 – Sandy Creek to North Murray
Post Office: Kendall in honor of Amos Kendall – post master general of U.S.
Postmaster: S. Kinney – William Bassett carried the mail once a week by horse or on foot
Formation of the Town: 1837 – Merchants Webster and Peasley secured passage of an act in State Legislature – providing for the formation of the town – separating from Murray – 19,994 acres.
Officers: 1837 – Supervisor – Alanson Whitney
Town Clerk: Theron Soule
Doctor: 1836 – Dr. Walter Sanford and Theophilus Randall
Church: 1834 – Baptists/Congregationalists located northwest corner – school removed
Lodge: 1848 – Sons of Temperance
Sidewalks/Streetlights: by Village Improvement Society
Railroad: 1875 – Rome-Watertown-Ogdensburg
100th Anniversary: 1912 – Village Improvement Society – parade, ball game, drama, dance, 8,000-10,000 people attended, receipts $1,045, expenses $645
Town fire: 1901 – leaving only Merrill-Kidder Store on East Avenue – 2nd fire: 1913, 3rd fire: 1914
Cold Storage: 1914 – fires in 1924 and 1926 destroyed railroad section destroying most of businesses: cooper shop, dry houses, vinegar and cider mill
Town Park: 1954 – 3.6 acres on Lakeshore from G. Forbes – $4,500 – end of Center Road
Dump: 1954 – 5.05 acres on Backus Road
Fire Company: 1912
Fire Chief: Frank Whitehouse
Fire Truck: 1913 – price $1,035
Fireman’s Ladies Auxiliary: 1949
Masonic Lodge: 1871 – “Stone (building) Jug” – only lodge to hold meetings on ground floor
Eastern Star: 1904
Town Historian: Mrs. Howard (Anna) Burt

WEST KENDALL
Store: Major William Allis
Church: 1833 – (Hamlin side) Methodist/Episcopal

KENDALL MILLS
Grist mill: 1823 – Ose Webster
Saw mill: Ose Webster
Store: 1842 – Benjamin Copeland
Hotel: 1862 – Isaac Amsden
Church: 1869 – Methodist/Protestant

TROUTBERG
Hotel(?): 1860 – Ontario House and Aarge bowling alley and dance pavilion added.
Kendall side 1880 -Bush House (Cady house) – Morton side.

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PLACES & ROADS: FORMER NAMES

Clark’s Settlement: 1816 – on County Line Rd. – approximately 2 miles from lake (also noted as Morton)

Webster’s Mills: 1824 – now Kendall Mills
East Kendall – now Morton

North Murray: 1819 – 1837 – Kendall
Porter’s Corner’s: Intersection Sand and Center Roads
Cherry Avenue: East Avenue, Kenmor Road
Sand Road: Roosevelt Hwy/Route 18
Auger Road: Kendall Road
Backus Road: Woodchuck Alley
Kendall: West Kendall Road – Carr Road
Kendall: Morton Road – East/West Avenue, now Kenmor Road