Editing Morehouse, New York (section)

== History ==
Morehouse was formed from part of the town of [[Lake Pleasant, New York|Lake Pleasant]] in 1835. Morehouse ("Morehouseville") was created by land developer and entrepreneur Andrew King Morehouse (1805-1884); the post office there opened on April 9, 1834. (Morehouse owned {{convert|60000|acre|sqkm}} of wilderness in Hamilton, [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer]] and [[Saratoga County, New York|Saratoga]] counties, but ultimately ended up dying in a poorhouse.) Part of the town was later taken and added to the town of [[Long Lake, New York|Long Lake]]. An additional part of Morehouse was taken for Long Lake in 1861. In 1901, the town of [[Inlet, New York|Inlet]] was formed from the northern end of Morehouse.

One of the most newsworthy events to occur in town was the crash landing of an [[American Airways]] Curtis Condor in December 1934 and daring rescue of the crew by locals on snowshoes in the southern end of town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warbird Information Exchange • View topic - Curtiss Condor restoration |url=http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=34259&start=15 |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=www.warbirdinformationexchange.org}}</ref>