[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ford and New Castle, the boundary crossing the rail-road slantwise some twenty rods south of the station. Though no larger at the beginning than the other stations, its better natural position has been conducive to more rapid growth, and several years ago it was in-corporated, taking within its limits the two hamlets of ' In the deed of the West Purchase, " Oisqua Meadow and " C'isqua River" are mentioned, and by some this lias been supposed to be the true spelling. But.John Copp, the surveyor of the West Purchase (the most accurate of those who made the early records), always writes it Kisco. The accuracy of the deed is questionable, for it has " Muscotah " instead of " Croton," a palpable blunder. The conveyancer probably confounded Kisco and Cisqua, the latter name belonging to another lo-cality. 578 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. New Castle Corner and Kirbyville, lying a mile east. Its chief manufacturing interest is that of theSpencer