In 1825 Anthony G. Badgley purchased property for a General Store in Salt Point, Dutchess Co., NY, where every imaginable item was sold or bartered, such as all kind of sugars, cloth, liquors, tobacco, candy, stationery, newspapers, hardware and other items, which the predominantly farming oriented folks in Salt Point could not grow or make themselves. The store also served as the Salt Point Post Office, with Mr. Badgley being the first Post Master, appointed in 1829. He sold the Store in 1833 and passed away at 71 years of age.
In 1825 Anthony G. Badgley purchased property for a General Store in Salt Point, Dutchess Co., NY, where every imaginable item was sold or bartered, such as all kind of sugars, cloth, liquors, tobacco, candy, stationery, newspapers, hardware and other items, which the predominantly farming oriented folks in Salt Point could not grow or make themselves. The store also served as the Salt Point Post Office, with Mr. Badgley being the first Post Master, appointed in 1829. He sold the Store in 1833 and passed away at 71 years of age.
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