Editing Wyoming, New York (section)

== History ==
The Village of ''Newell's Settlement'' was founded in 1809 by [[Silas Newell]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.middleburyny.com/index.php/history |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=www.middleburyny.com}}</ref> It was later renamed to ''Wyoming'' in 1829, to be incorporated in 1875 {{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}. However, on Revolutionary War muster roll taken for March, April, May, and June 1779, of Lieutenant Colonel William Smith's company, a regiment of foot it states the regiment was mustered in Wyoming {{clarify|date=October 2017}} {{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}. Signed and dated by Nehemiah Wade, D.C.M.{{clarify|date=October 2017}} on June 30, 1779 {{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}. 
It was one of the earliest locations where [[natural gas]] was developed {{citation needed|date=October 2017}}. While the field was never a large producer, it still provides gas for the village streetlights and some homes to this day. The downtown historic district is known as the "Gaslight Village."

[[Middlebury Academy (Wyoming, New York)|Middlebury Academy]] was built in 1817 and was chartered by the NY Regents in 1819, and is believed {{by whom|date=October 2017}} to be the first institution of higher education west of the [[Genesee River|Genesee]] in New York. It still stands in downtown Wyoming, maintained as a museum by the Middlebury Historical Society. It is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as of 1980.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>  Also on the National Register of Historic Places are the [[Bryant Fleming House]] and [[Wyoming Village Historic District (Wyoming, New York)|Wyoming Village Historic District]].<ref name="nris"/>

Another historic place is Hillside Inn, a classic Greek revival mansion built by Dr. Pliny Hayes as a Water Cure establishment in 1851.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Village of Wyoming – The Gaslight Village |url=http://villageofwyoming.org/ |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=villageofwyoming.org}}</ref> It overlooks the Village of Wyoming, and until 2012, was a bed and breakfast inn. It also has been a [[destination spa|spa]] (with mineral springs) and has hosted many famous people including [[Susan B. Anthony]], [[John Muir]], and Presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] {{Citation needed|date=October 2017}}.