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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  No 
  fossils 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  above 
  section 
  or 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   posures 
  examined 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Grand 
  Gorge. 
  The 
  red 
  

   shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  of 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  are 
  conspicuous 
  in 
  the 
  hill 
  

   southwest 
  of 
  Grand 
  Gorge 
  and 
  the 
  rocks 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  

   village 
  are 
  represented 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  map 
  as 
  near 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  formation 
  which 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  generally 
  understood 
  

   limits 
  of 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  formation 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  about 
  their 
  strati- 
  

   graphic 
  position. 
  

  

  CHARLOTTE 
  VALLEY 
  SECTION 
  

  

  The 
  Charlotte 
  river 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  northwestern 
  part 
  of 
  Summit 
  

   township, 
  Schoharie 
  co., 
  and 
  flows 
  generally 
  in 
  a 
  southwest- 
  

   erly 
  direction 
  across 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  Delaware 
  co., 
  enter- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  at 
  Emmons, 
  above 
  Oneonta. 
  To 
  the 
  

   north 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  a 
  steep 
  range 
  of 
  hills 
  across 
  the 
  southeastern 
  

   part 
  of 
  Otsego 
  co. 
  separating 
  its 
  valley 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  

   Schenevus 
  creek, 
  while 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  is 
  a 
  wider 
  divide 
  between 
  

   the 
  Charlotte 
  and 
  Delaware 
  river 
  valleys. 
  The 
  rocks 
  along 
  the 
  

   immediate 
  river 
  valley 
  belong 
  mainly 
  in 
  the 
  Ithaca 
  formation 
  

   while 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  steep 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  is 
  capped 
  by 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  

   formation 
  which 
  forms, 
  very 
  largely, 
  the 
  northern 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  

   hill 
  on 
  the 
  south. 
  

  

  Davenport 
  

  

  Davenport 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  tier 
  of 
  townships 
  in 
  Dela 
  : 
  

   ware 
  co. 
  bounded 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  Maryland 
  and 
  Oneonta 
  

   township 
  of 
  Otsego 
  co., 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  by 
  Franklin, 
  The 
  

   Charlotte 
  river 
  crosses 
  the 
  township 
  from 
  its 
  eastern 
  border 
  

   nearly 
  to 
  its 
  western 
  line 
  and 
  receives 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  branches; 
  

   the 
  larger 
  ones 
  from 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  are 
  

   pretty 
  well 
  mantled 
  with 
  drift, 
  and 
  no 
  very 
  extensive 
  sections 
  

   were 
  discovered 
  during 
  the 
  hasty 
  examination 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  pos- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  township. 
  In 
  general, 
  however, 
  it 
  was 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  that 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  valley 
  the 
  rocks 
  belong 
  in 
  the 
  Ithaca 
  

   formation; 
  while 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  steep 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  

   along 
  the 
  Davenport-Maryland 
  township 
  line 
  is 
  capped 
  by 
  the 
  

   Oneonta 
  which 
  extends 
  considerably 
  farther 
  northeast 
  than 
  is 
  

   represented 
  on 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  Neio 
  York. 
  

  

  