ROCKWELL FALLS HISTORY

.BACK IN THE MID 1700'S, ROCKWELL FALLS WAS KNOWN AS JESSUP FALLS WHEN BROTHERS EBENEZER AND EDWARD  JESSUP PURCHASED A LARGE PARCEL OF LAND ON THE HUDSON RIVER FROM THE MOHAWK TRIBE AND SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON. IN 1800 JEREMY AND BETSY BIRD ROCKWELL PUCHASED SOME OF THE LAND BY JESSUP FALLS AND RENAMED IT ROCKWELL FALLS.