Around Caroline

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Nestled in the rolling hills of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, Caroline is a true community and always has been. In 1795, the first two families came with horses and settled in permanently. The founding mother, Widow Earsley, and her children returned to the cabiin that she and her oldest son had built the previous autumn, and Captain Rich and his family began work on their own abode. Form these first families to those who followed, pulling together to make circumstances better for everone has been an important facet of life in Caroline. Residents clustered in several hamlets, including Slaterville Springs, Speedsville, Caroline, and Motts Corners (now Brooktondale), and carved farms out ot the wilderness between them. They built houses, churches, and businesses. Recreation included picnics, band concerrts, baseball, the Grange, parades and youth groups.