History Corning (city), New York
the first settlement in town of corning made near site of future city in 1796. community set apart town village in 1848. corning incorporated city in 1890. glass industry developed, corning became known crystal city supported companies such hawkes, sinclair, , hunt - produced of finest american brilliant period cut glass between 1880-1915. the corning area s first real industry lumber. first settlers used area s river systems transport logs , finished lumber in fleets downstream buyers. gave rise large mills helped develop area. rafting of lumber began wane timber depleted. @ 1 time mills of corning area reputed among biggest in world. after lumber depleted great mills moved north new forests. east, across chemung river corning, lies gibson, site of feeder canal chemung canal system. of corning s prosperity came feeder canal system exposure. canal cargoes corning included soft coal, timber, tobacco, grain, , whiskey. april 22 december 11, 1850, canal season year, newspaper reported 1...