MILO DECKER'S PLOW AND WAGON SHOP  TAGHKANIC COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK By Capt. Franklin Ellis ^224 ^1878 ^Milo Decker's Plow and Wagon shop is located on the outlet of Chrysler's pond, near the southeast corner of the town.  It was first built about 1820, by John C. Wheeler, and has since been owned and operated by Peter C. Wheeler, Hiram Wheeler, John G. Lower, and its present owner, Milo Decker. ^The wagon and blacksmith-shop is twenty-four feet by forty feet, and the furnace is of the same size.  The power is used is furnished by the creek. ^The product of the shop is principally plows, of which from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty are made each year.  The custom work done in addition amounts to about $2000 per annum, furnishing employment to three persons. ::HOME::TAGHKANIC INDEX::